I’ve found myself looking for a really good can opener. I purchased my last one, a KitchenAid, from Target and I’ve been disappointed in it the whole time. Sometimes it doesn’t puncture the lid right, and it feels like it got rusty kinda fast–not at all what I want out of a utensil I hoped would last for a decade or more (who wants to keep buying can openers? lol).
I’m looking for a manual handheld can opener. I’ve always had the type that opens from the top, but a little bit of Googling shows that there are types that open from the side. I’m in the USA if that matters!
What does Lemmy think?
That depends on the type of can opener, y’all. They aren’t all supposed to be oriented to the top, y’all.
Pretty much any opener that looks like this:
https://www.southernliving.com/thmb/31emwKv-3QbM98s6wGmizeC0yeY=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/GettyImages-172290046-2000-4a8dc618adb94a67b4ff75c4c4695702.jpg
Video:
https://www.tiktok.com/@julie_eigenmann/video/6853637206725233926?pid=video_embed&referer_video_id=6853637206725233926&type=video&referer_url=www.southernliving.com/food/kitchen-assistant/correct-way-to-use-a-can-opener&refer=embed&embed_source=121352282,121331973,120811592,120810756;null;embed_share
Bunkers and single wheel look almost identical, and butterfly and side openers aren’t that different.
https://bigtimekitchen.com/types-of-can-openers/