I Didn't Think I Needed an Electric Can Opener. Then I Tried One.
Electric Can Opener Let me be honest: I resisted this for years. An electric can opener felt like something you'd find buried in a drawer next to an avocado slicer and a gadget that peels garlic. Unnecessary. A little lazy, even. I had two working hands and a perfectly decent manual opener, so what exactly was the problem? Then I spent a week cooking with tendinitis in my wrist, and my whole position on this collapsed. The Actual Problem with Manual Can Openers Here's what nobody really talks about: manual can openers are kind of terrible even when everything goes right. The cutting wheel slips. You have to grip hard to get leverage. The lid doesn't come off cleanly — it folds in at a weird angle, leaves a sharp edge, and somehow there's always a little blood involved if you're not careful. For most people, most of the time, it's annoying but manageable. For some people, it's not manageable at all. If you have arthritis in your hands, gripping and rotating...
