This is a source of real conflict in my marriage. Wifey likes the electric can opener, but I prefer the manual one. What's your preference?
Can opener preference
- Thread starter I Are Baboon
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Our manual one sucks but it's doesn't suck nearly as much as our electric one does. It takes me longer to get the focking electric one to hook onto the can than it does to just open the can with the manual one. Wife's cousin has a manual Kitchen Aid one that just cuts through cans like it's warm butter. I need me one of those. Why is Kitchen Aid stuff so damn good?
I like the manual. The electric one sounds like a vacuum cleaner. I hate vacuum cleaners...
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Why keep another noisy piece of junk which consumes counter space and power? Tell MBC to get a grip.
Seconded!
irate2:
i think we've got a henckels.
seriously, what is the advantage of an electric opener?
seriously, what is the advantage of an electric opener?
Got a Slit?..... German thing works pretty well. 
Manual. Cheap two buck one that sits in my drawer. Humans are getting lazy enough without needing electric can openers....
Its like running up the stairs beside the escalater. You do it because they are there.
Its like running up the stairs beside the escalater. You do it because they are there.
That is all I used for a can opener for years until my mother tried opening a can at my place. She immediately went out and bought me a hand held one.How complicated can opening a can be?
Well maybe...
electrics are nice, but they have become too complicated...i mean, its a f-ing can....how long does a hand crank model take to open it? by the time you get the electric one out of where it is and plug it in, then align the can on the unit, you would be done w/ a hand crank model.
We have both, but neither gets used very often (cat food cans have pop tops now).
Manual all the way... Why waste the space on your counters.
I can see how my wife (or yours for that matter) might like the electric since they have less hand strength though.
I can see how my wife (or yours for that matter) might like the electric since they have less hand strength though.
Electric can openers are silly and from what I've seen they all get pretty nasty after a while. Manuals take up less space and are easy to clean. I try to just say no to single purpose appliances.
No, the issue is that she does not have the manual dexterity required to operate a manual can opener.Oooo... Are you saying that MBC is weak?! You better take that back!! She might hear you!
If this is true then she might lack marital grip.No, the issue is that she does not have the manual dexterity required to operate a manual can opener.
So sad.
I have never used a can opener and I do not have any intention of ever using one.
C Ration opener!
i use one that was my uncle's from WWII... was with him from Normandy all the way into Gremany.
Electric can openers don't have beer bottle openers.......... So No point in having one! 
LOL! I thought of beans after I posted. We've been eating a lot of fresh produce and the can opener used to get used everyday for the cat.
I prefer manual, but will use electric if that's all that i have access to.
However, i prefer above all the ones that don't leave sharp edges - the newer designs...
One caveat, though is that they don't last as long as the conventional ones [blade dulls].
But they're a hell of a lot cleaner [no food particles in the blade area]
However, i prefer above all the ones that don't leave sharp edges - the newer designs...
One caveat, though is that they don't last as long as the conventional ones [blade dulls].
But they're a hell of a lot cleaner [no food particles in the blade area]
Yeah that's the type I have.... So much cleaner the way it doesn't come into contact with the food.
For the price it won't ever fail you.
Edit: I'm late on this one.
too much work and drama, i go electric and save myself the energy on other things like twisting the cap off the rum.
Electric can openers don't have beer bottle openers.......... So No point in having one!
I think our can opener has opened more beers than cans.
the way it should be Wumpus!
Has this thread swayed MBC's can opener preference?