Best Can Opener?

[haha49]

I don't use many cans while camping. Tuna for tuna salad, or soup.
I use a P51 military can opener, use them at home too.
The P51 is larger than the P38. Works great, takes up very little space.

Don't like them. I rather use a swiss army knife. Simple cheap works. Now there is an older knife that I have which was made in England by hand it had a spike like can opener that sucker can beat the twist open ones once you know how to use it. My grandfather opened cans in seconds.

[jandmz]

Hey, Brushy Bill. I used to carry a P38 on my key ring. It came in handy many times. Then 9/11, and I had to stop carrying it when flying. It's in a drawer around here somewhere. I'm going to have to dig it out, now that I'm retired and don't fly for business any more, in fact I don't intend to fly any more.

[Brushy_Bill]

Yes jandmz. I remember my uncle who was a Vietnam
vet pulling his keyring out and using a p38 to adjust the
carb on a 69 mustang I had back in my mispent youth.
He had been out of the service for several years
at that time.

[Dave Gray]

I used a Swing-A-Way for many years but it was becoming increasingly frustrating to use, especially for my wife, (interrupted cuts in the lid probably caused by the can). I started trying others of the same design and they were worse. I stumbled across the "safe cut" aka "smooth edge" design and I love it. It cuts through the side of the rolled edge at the top of the can.

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Mine was marketed under the Good Cook brand at my local grocery store and cost me $17.

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I found the same type made by the same company (Bradshaw) at Wal-Mart for $9.

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[bdosborn]

A friend gave us a lever action can opener. It took us awhile to figure out how it worked but now we love it:



It cuts through the side of the can like the safe cut so you can re-use the can for leftovers.
Bruce

[ocasioc25]

P-38. Got one on my key ring and has been there since 78.

[bobhenry]

The campers all have a swing away can opener in the utensil drawer

The best performing is one of the safety cut style. Mine at the house is a pampered chef

And no I did not pay the ungodly Pampered chef price I got mine at Goodwill for $1.99

[Kaz]

For emergency use only.