Ultrablade PRO

Many, many moons ago we bought our first one of this type of can opener...at Big Lots for five bucks. It worked flawlessly for about fifteen years until it finally bit the dust - and our ten year search for a replacement began. We quickly discovered that prices had gone way up while quality had gone way down. We went through at least a half dozen different brands in our search. We found ones whose motors were sorely underpowered that struggled valiantly to make it all the way around the can and soon quit trying. We tried the ones with the cylindrical cutting head that hangs down below the rim and discovered they were extremely difficult to place on the lid to get them started. Until our most recent purchase before this one every one of them (including our first) had the ridiculous design failure of placing the battery compartment cover under the opener, which meant that if the lid got stuck or the batteries failed while you were cutting you couldn't get to the battery cover to replace the batteries.We thought we had finally found a winner with our most recent replacement - it took four batteries instead of two so the motor was plenty strong and instead of cutting for a given amount of time until automatically stopping (which allowed previous models to cut long enough to go around essentially any size can before stopping) it was designed to keep on cutting until you pressed the button a second time to stop it. That would have made it ideal...except that it didn't work! Pressing the button a second time reversed the cutting direction - but would never stop it! This meant that EVERY TIME you cut a lid you wound up having to remove a battery to stop it (which you could at least do now that the battery cover is on top rather than on the bottom) but then you still had to pry the lid out of the cutters - which is extremely difficult and a bit dangerous to do. So it also went into the trash and we searched anew.We came across the Canslab opener and nearly passed on it for two reasons: first, it is quite expensive compared to other models out there, and second, because - while it has a respectable overall rating of 4.4 - there was a one star percentage of about 8%, which was quite worrisome. We rely heavily on customer reviews, reading both the good and the bad, and found that a significant number of the one star ratings involved openers that worked only a relatively short time before they failed. So like I said, we nearly gave it a pass.But then we started thinking about it. We really like this type of can opener: my wife is a lefty so manual openers are pretty much a non-starter, and we knew from our very first one that if you can find one that works well it is a truly excellent device and worth even the considerably higher prices charged today. Finally, by tossing in a few bucks more, we opted for the Asurion extended warranty so that if it turned out to be flawed we would at least be able to get it replaced for three years.This review is a bit premature as we only received the opener yesterday, but I guarantee you that if we discover a significant problem we will revise our review. So for now, we're giving it an absolute five star rating for a number of reasons:+ It cuts smoothly and cleanly and stops - and releases the lid! - when it is supposed to. That alone is pretty much all we ever asked.+ It uses a USB rechargeable battery, which will eventually save us some of the cost as we no longer have to replace batteries.+ Although we did not discover it until it arrived, even the rechargeable battery is replaceable in case it ever fails - which is absolutely wonderful.+ It really wasn't a factor for us, but they advertise that it is much quieter than other openers - which it is.+ It uses the disc shaped cutter rather than the cylindrical shaped one that hangs down over the lid which, as I noted earlier, never worked for us. Curiously, the cutter on this opener is oriented at ninety degrees to the cutter on all other openers we have ever tried, but it seems to be a much better arrangement as it is by far the easiest opener we've ever encountered to position at the start - just plop it down on the lid, push the button and off it goes.+ The little pry bar to remove a stubborn lid is a nice added feature - hope we never have to use it!+ The included magnetic holder is also nice, even though we'll probably continue to keep it in the drawer right beside the oven where we've always kept our opener. But it's nice to have the option.+ The overall design and build quality is clearly superior to anything we've had before. Time will tell if it will prove successful in the long run.So our rating is a full five stars - we are quite impressed. We're both in our seventies and hints of arthritis as well as my wife's left-handedness are fully in play now, but if our initial impressions pan out, we expect that after ten years of searching we have finally found an opener that will meet our needs into our nineties...and beyond!

If I can give this review 10 stars, I will give it 11 this is how much I love this can opener! so as you know to find something that you really like it’s hard. I try a few different can openers at electrical. Some of dont work at all .Some of them just don’t do the job , so I also didn’t want to spend that much money on the can opener it’s only can opener .for me number one was very important that this will be rechargeable and not battery operated in 2025. We should not have batteries Items if we can recharge them. It’s stupid why to create more landfill garbage.Second of all I love to review reviews and this review was posted by gentleman that he’s late 70s and they were looking for can opener and decided to buy this one so after his review, I decide to buy an open and let me tell you we are in love, me and can opener have a relationship now just like that.We’re absolutely happy together. We are perfect match easy to work with !Anybody with any hands problem, disability of any kind please buy yourself ,get yourself this can opener. It’s the most easiest kitchen gadgets I bought and I’m so grateful that I did spend time to read message and reviews so this is why I leave this long review here so maybe somebody will be excited as I am and we’ll purchase it Out of five star is definitely 10 out of 10 star. I will give you a bit more go around. get yourself one and I will add a video to show you how easy it works phenomenal product! .

I got this can opener for my kitchen, and it works well once you get the hang of it. The one-touch operation is nice, and it cuts smoothly along the side, leaving no sharp edges, which I really like. It’s also rechargeable, so I don’t have to deal with batteries, and it’s been great for opening cans without much effort. I can see why it’s good for seniors with arthritis since it’s hands-free after you start it.The only issue is that it’s kind of difficult to figure out how to connect it to the can at first. I had to fiddle with positioning it on the rim a few times to get it to catch properly, and the instructions weren’t super clear on that part. Once I got it down, it was fine, but it took some trial and error. If you’re looking for an easy can opener and don’t mind a small learning curve, it’s a solid pick.

When my older cusinart can opener quit working I ordered this one. I had the hardest time figuring it out! Following the directions It seemed like it never quit cut the entire top off and then the magnetic or the little thing to pull the top off never seemed to work right. Everytime I would make a mess when the lid finally came loose. I honestly had it put back in the box ready to return it but we had a big snowstorm where we were snowed in for 3 weeks (we live in the country). I could not even order another one because I could not check our mail as it was down a 3/4 mile gravel snow and ice packed winding driveway. We don’t get Amazon delivery drivers here, it all comes mail. Anyway with it being extremely cold I wanted to make chili and needed to open chili beans, so had to unbox it and try again. I figured out if I ran it twice and then used my fingernail to pull the top up, it was easy to remove). I decided to keep it and it is installed on the cabinet now. 4 stars because it did not work well following the directions, both my husband and I tried. However it’s easy enough to run it twice on the can and there are probably other ways to get the lid to pop up but I just found my fingernail worked best for me. (Be sure your hands are washed). Now just hoping the battery stays charged awhile for me. So far, so good.