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Swing Away Wall Can Opener | 
 enlarge | Brand: Swing-A-Way
Buy New: $12.99
Rating:  37 reviews
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 4.5 x 3.2
MPN: 507W
Model: 507W
UPC: 071584005071
EAN: 0071584005071
ASIN: B0000505J1
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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| Features:
| • | Gear-driven cutting wheel provides smooth, powerful operation | | • | Hardened-steel cutter; doesn't skip, even with dented cans | | • | Works for any size can | | • | Mounts on wall (bracket and screws included) | | • | Locks in three positions; swings right or left when not being used |
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Product Description
Its swing away wall bracket allows the opener to be swung out of the way to the right or left when not in use. Gear driven cutter mechanism which makes it the easiest, smoothest to use can opener. White, enamel, nickel finish. Blister carded.
Amazon.com Review
Driven by a rugged brass gear and equipped with a hardened-steel cutter, this wall-mounted can opener opens any can with a smooth, powerful action. Even with badly dented cans, the cutter won't skip as it's cranked around the can's top. Built to last, the opener attaches to its bracket (included, along with four screws) with a slide-out pin so the opener can be removed for cleaning. Once mounted, the opener locks in any of three positions for ease of use and swings flat to the wall either right or left for convenience. Perpendicular to a wall, the opener sticks out 7 inches. It carries a five-year warranty against defects. --Fred Brack
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
Simply the best August 11, 2008
Madam Pince (Maryland, USA)
Like many reviewers, I was searching for a replacement for a 20-year-old Black & Decker SpaceSaver electric can opener (already in my house when I moved in - worked great for many years until finally plastic pieces started to fly out of it.) I thought it would be simple enough - just get another B&D under-cabinet, right? Wrong. The company has changed hands or something and the long and short of it is that there is NO under-cabinet electric can opener out there, by any manufacturer, worth owning today. Take my advice and don't even waste your time looking. I bought three (Black & Decker, Proctor-Silex, and I forget the third) and they were all garbage -- either they flat-out didn't work (skipped or couldn't "latch on") or else they couldn't be mounted under cabinets with an overhang (sure you could install a shim, but you still need to mount the front of them into the front panel of the cabinet, and if the wood splits someday then the front of your cabinet is ruined.) I don't know who engineers those under-the-cabinet models but they don't seem to use common sense -- the Proctor-Silex one you couldn't even raise the thing high enough to insert the can because of the cabinet door.
So I finally decided to go with the old-fashioned, tried-and-true option -- this Swing Away Wall Can Opener like my mother has had for over 45 years. I don't know why I even bothered looking elsewhere. If you have ever been totally frustrated by the simple chore of opening a can -- struggled with "getting it started," "getting the can out," "skipping spots," and all the other issues -- you will wonder why this Swing Away isn't get a standard installation in all kitchens.
It is SOLID. The gears are all metal and will not break (no more pieces flying out!) It operates smoothly. It click-locks into place solidly onto any size can and feels sturdy in your hand. It is not difficult to grip or to rotate the handle, even for my mother's arthritic hands. I don't miss the magnet to hold the can lid (my mother's 45-year-old model does have a magnet, but I haven't noticed my model dropping any lids into the sink, so the lack of a magnet doesn't bother me.) It does not skip spots and when you take the can out afterwards there is no "jerking" involved to cause spilling. It easily lifts off of the mounting plate for cleaning. It folds back out of the way, but yet it locks solidly into whichever of the three "use" positions you prefer. Plus, it's a great price -- name me another kitchen appliance that will give you worry-free service for 40 years for less than fifteen bucks! The only caveat I can think of is that the handle is on the right side, so it may not be perfectly ideal for left-handed operators. (I'm not sure if they make a left-handed version or not...)
Just find a solid surface in your kitchen (don't mount it into a cabinet door that swings open like another reviewer here did) and install the small mounting plate with the four provided screws. Trust me, you will be thankful that you got this thing. It even serves as an exercise machine to help tone up those flabby biceps. ;-)
Swing! and it is... August 10, 2008
Robert Hippe (USA)
Swing! And it is a...
HIT!
Reminds me of my grandma's and ma's can openers.
Actually...
My ma saw mine and i had to give it to her!
CAN OPENER July 7, 2008
joann (Fredonia ,Ks)
I purchased the can opener because I have owned a similar one in the past and I prefer this type of can opener instead of an electric one or a hand can opener.
THE BEST BEST!! July 2, 2008
David R. Cuvillier (LOUISIANA)
CAN'T GET SHARPER OR BETTER THAN THIS WALL MOUNTED MODEL! I THREW AWAY MY ELECTRIC!
 Solid and Functional, but what have you done in the last 50 years? May 21, 2008
N. Cody (San Francisco, CA USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I am a little baffled by the high reviews for this product. My mom had something like this she bought 35 years ago and was the only can opener I used until I moved out to go to college. When I saw this I thought great, I can buy almost the same can opener!
However this misses a lot from my mom's. The big thing hers did was lock closed. I mounted this on the inside of the door of a cabinet and every single time I open the cabinet the stupid thing "swings a way" open. This is further irritating in that the three lock settings that it does have are only useful for mounting in different places. Once you have it mounted, you will then wish it didn't have the other two settings. The other problem with the mount is the bracket is just a little to flush to the wall so the opener isn't flat against the mounting surface. This is aesthetic but it always looks like it is not quite closed. It just seems like a little more thought could have been put into its design, just because it was designed in 1945 (patent 2,462,416) doesn't mean it can't be improved.
My only other complaints are it doesn't have a magnet for lids and it doesn't have a bottle opener (the one my mom had had both).
With the complaints out of the way, I will say it does what it is supposed to very well. Which is of course opening cans, even dented ones without issue. I just wish v2 was thought about sometime in 1946.
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