JML Electric Can Opener - One Touch Automatic Tin Opener for Clean, Fast and Effortless Opening, Magnet for Mess Free Lid Disposal - Kitchen Tools & Gadgets for Arthritis & Reduced Mobility Users

Excellent product,so easy to use.wish all gadgets were as good as this one.solid build and cleans easily.

Bought after a hand operation. Easy to use one handed.

Opens most tins effortlessly. Just not the Fray Bentos steak and kidney pie tin.

The media could not be loaded. One of my household suffers from osteoarthritis, and this painful condition has meant that opening tins, a regular task whilst cooking has become nigh on impossible with the two most common mechanical types available: either a claw type can opener that rips through a lid leaving sharp edges; or a butterfly can opener that features a rotating cutting wheel and requires a handle to be turned. Even trying to buy cans with pull rings to save having to use a can opener at all has been ineffective as the grip required to use the ring pull simply isn’t there. This is extremely frustrating for the sufferer, who takes pride in being independent and dislikes having to ask one of the other household occupants to perform this task with a passion.To give that sense of independence back to the sufferer I purchased a JML™ Hands Free Battery Powered Tin Can Opener which will perform this vital task with just the effort required to press a large button. What attracted me to this particular opener was one of the claims made in the product information: “Ideal for those with arthritis or limited hand mobility”. Other electric can openers didn’t necessarily make this claim, and at £14.99 I thought the price was acceptable for the extra functionality given a manual opener would cost in the region of £3-£5. That large button seems to have been deliberately designed with impaired hands in mind, and after fitting the 4 x AA batteries to the underside of the opener it operated effectively and intuitively. The user simply places the opener on the top of the can with the large cutting wheel pressed against the side and pushes the start button. That’s a trigger for a smaller cutting wheel to grip the can very securely, with the back of the opener lifting up and moving around the tin lid all by itself. When the lid has been opened the back of the opener falls flat against the top of the newly opened tin, with the freshly cut lid attached to it thanks to a large magnet on the underside, and it’s just a matter of pressing that large button to turn off the opener.What I particularly like is that the opener is very tactile and sits in a hand without the greatest grip easily. It’s deliberately chunky, but doesn’t weigh a lot even with batteries added. Most of the construction is smooth, food quality plastic which easily wipes down if it gets messy with a damp cloth – don’t put in the normal washing up if you want it to continue working. The ‘business end’ is stainless steel so will remain bright and shiny, which some manual tin openers do not. The cut isn’t made on the top of the can but just below, on the side of the lid, and whilst the opener is operating the grip on that lid is very firm indeed – it’s not slipping off. What is surprising is the cut on both the lid and the can is smooth – there’s no chance of cutting your fingers on a sharp edge here which is a very nice feature. The opener will happily open cans with or without an integrated ring pull, of all sizes such as small tins of peas or carrots, large tins of new potatoes, or Fray Bentos™ pies which are a very occasional treat but often tricky to get into. The can lid doesn’t need to be circular either, with the opener tackling rectangular sardine and mackerel tins just as readily.To say that the primary user of this can opener is delighted would be an understatement. She has found it easy to use, easy to keep clean, and liberating, getting rid of a significant source of almost daily frustration. The opener sits easily in amongst other kitchen utensils in a cutlery drawer and doesn’t take up a lot of space, measuring around 15.5cm long, 6.5cm at it’s widest, and around 4.5cm at it’s deepest. With batteries in situ it weighs around 320g. The only slight downsides I can see from this product are that pressing the button doesn’t always result in instant turn off, you might have to press it twice for it to register, and an automatic cut off facility would be a nice-to-have; and occasionally the cutter has to traverse the can twice to make the cut, although this usually happens with tinned potatoes which seem to have a thicker layer of steel to chew through. Both of these are minor issues when judged against the sense of liberty this device has brought, and I’d recommend it for anyone whose hands aren’t as nimble as they should be.

Very useful and easy to use

Struggled really bad with manual tin openers. Saw positive reviews and thought if it’s rubbish I can send it back. Oh my gosh, it’s fantastic, put on top , no pressing, just make sure it’s in place. Press button, wait until it changes sound when it’s done full circle and press again. Opens all sorts of tins and even ring pull tins. This has made my independence a lot better. The tins aren’t sharp either. Top tip, glue pretty paper to sides of used and washed tins to make a plant pot, pencil holder etc. reuse then recycle. Definitely buy brand new batteries, unlike me who used old ones and the tin got stuck until I bought new ones. This isn’t a paid review. I will definitely be buying this one when a replacement is needed

As a trail (as in the video) I asked it to open a Fray Bentos tinned pie which it succeeded to my surprise as these are very hard to open with a standard can opener. However it failed to open 2 different sardine tins, and one of them was then so distorted after that I was unable to open it with an ordinary opener or the ring pull and had to throw it away. On standard tins it seems to do a good job, except once it missed a section over the ring pull. If you have trouble opening cans, and some of the ring pulls often break off, this is well worth a go but you may not have 100% success.

Got it today. Not east to,open the packaging if you have weak hands.Main issue is it does not do what it says on the box. First try on a tin of Heinz baked beans. After 20 noisy revolutions there is no sign of the can opening.What I am left with is some sharp edges where it has been trying to cut through the metal