Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
I have yet to find a decent electric can opener. I can't even remember how many I've gone thru. So last year I thought I'd buy a good one - Cuisinart - can't get much better than that - right? Wrong! It's as big a piece of junk as the cheaper ones. It drops cans and makes a horrible noise when it does half way work. Many a time I've come close to chucking it out the back door.
My arthritic hands don't allow me to use a manual hand crank type, so now I'm just going to get one of the battery operated ones that walks around the top of the can. It can't be any worse than all the others that I've sent to their graves!
I had a Cuisinart, a tall one, and it got rusty!!

Now I have a Rival that I can raise if needed for tall cans. My favorite of all times was a Black & Decker cordless. I bought a couple, and they lasted me for almost 20 years. Now I can't find them any longer

My husband's favorite was one by Krup - the kind that cut the entire top off, so no sharp edges. It died, and Krup doesn't make them anymore.

Oh yeah, I usually take my old stuff to the dump and throw it in the appropriate pit. Great fun!!