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Amazon Customer
May 16, 2025
Neat little device
Works as advertised. It leaves no sharp edges and takes the lid off after opening, and compact so fits in drawer. One caveat, though. When the battery seems to be dying, replace it right away. Having it die midway through opening a can is messy and a little involved. Otherwise, nice item. We like it.
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Excellent easy way to do it
This is an excellent can opener. Easy to use just uses batteries. I bought the wider 2.0 to open larger lids like soda cans. Haven't tried. Pleased so far. Hated Manuel can opener no sharp tops. Mine I tried didn't work. Sent it back to get this. 2 thumbs up
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Poor design, doesn't work - Complete Fail!
Kitchen Mama Auto 2.0 Electric Can Opener.I, too, noted the previous 1 & 2 star reviews questioning this opener. Still the surprising number of positive reviews from numerous kitchen store sources AND the CR recommendation were enough for me to give this a try. Wow ... boo! All these sources really need to revisit their tests and reviews.Complete Fail! We tried it twice and it never worked properly. First time, my wife simply gave up on it and went back to our old OXO. 2nd time I tried and it locked on and did it's thing. It did cut the lid after 2 revolutions, BUT IT NEVER LET GO!! I mean, it latched on sooo tightly that NOTHING was prying that thing off. No amount of starting, stopping, lifting, tapping, kind words or not-so-kind words was going to get that thing to let go! Finally got it to come off through brute force, demolishing the can and cutting myself. I am absolutely dead serious about how tightly this thing was gripping the can. I was only 1 step away from getting the tin snips. When I say brute force I mean I really had to crank on it - I tore and bent the can metal in the process! I am absolutely dead serious about how tightly this thing was gripping the can. I was only 1 step away from getting the tin snips. I know now that would have been futile anyway. Even after I got the thing loose it never snapped back to it's open position. FWIW, the can started out being in good condition, free from any visible dents or abnormalities.The biggest reason for my 1 star review is in the design flaw. Surprisingly, there is NO manual release! Every can opener I've used - manual or electric - have always had some mechanism for releasing the device manually. It happens with the best of these things - some odd little snag or dent in the can and it just hangs on a bit more than normal. Had I been able to release this opener manually I could have reseated it and tried again. Did I get a defective unit? Doubtful. Even if it was defective, that is a pretty big problem in design and quality control that I wouldn't want to take a 2nd chance with.
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Works pretty well - if it works.
I ordered this, only to find that the gear that was supposed to catch the side of the can permanently engaged so that it was not possible to attach it to a can. After messing with it for a while, the gear disengaged, but then the opener only worked if you held the button down the whole time it was working.I exchanged that first unit for a second one, and second one works fine. As other have noted, it's pretty noisy in operation and it's not particularly fast, but it opens the little cans of tomato paste (my primary test for a can opener.)This echos others who reported of DOAs or infant mortality in the 2.0 version, so it seems that if you get a good one, you'll be fine, but getting a good one may be the luck of the draw.A couple interesting notes:The defective unit was much quieter in operation than the replacement,.The defective unit was packed very nicely in a molded paper cradle, while the replacement was just held by a heavy paper strap and was very slightly scratched as a result.The differences in the packaging - along with the differing performance - was so dramatic that I wonder if they came off of two different production lines. If so, that might explain the varying experiences.
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James Frieman
May 16, 2025
Easy on your hands.
An unbelievable product for opening cans of food. It’s certainly much easier than using my old fashioned twisty can opener. It’s so good, I bought my daughter one and she loves it.
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Amazon Customer
May 06, 2025
Really works great
I was skeptical, but this opener really works like the video says it does. Great product for someone whose arthritic hands makes it painful to use a regular can opener. Works every time.
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It works.
First can opened! So far it works. When the can is done you have to push the button again and it will reverse direction for a second to release so don't panic. Obviously can't speak to durability but it is off to a good start.
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