Swing-Away White Can Opener

Pros: easy to use, stainless steel, gear-driven cutting wheel, durable, reliable, portable, efficient
Cons: manual operation may be difficult for people with hand problems

Interesting how sometimes the simplest of items makes our lives a bit easier. Take the Swing-A-Way Can Opener for example. It’s a manual can opener with a basic design, yet it always performs and has never broken. The two Swing-A-Way can ...

Pros: Durable, takes abuse, smooth operation
Cons: I feel it requires off-label cleaning

In this day and age there seems to be less and less need for a can opener. Most of the canned goods I buy come with a convenient pop-top lid. But once a week or so I still need to pull out my Swing-A-Way can opener. The Basics This ...

Pros: Works great, easy to turn, has lasted a long time
Cons: Often leaves a sharp piece of can sticking up - OUCH

I am one of those people that seems to have very bad luck with electric can openers. I received at least two for wedding gifts long ago, and they didn't last, as my mother says, "til the water got hot." I purchased others over the years,...

Pros: Easy to twist open any can
Cons: Steel parts rust far too quickly

I've had a lot of can openers over the years, including a variety of electrics and manual hand-powered devices. I fondly remember a wall-mounted manual Swing-Away that my mother had many years ago and that probably attracted me to the brand when I needed ...

Pros: Heavy duty, easy to use, doesn't take up much space.
Cons: After 15-years the moving parts are rusting!

Before Hubby and I bought our house almost 12-years ago we lived in a mobile home. Needless to say I had a very small kitchen with very little counter space, so an electric can opener was not an option. Even with a larger kitchen and more counter space I ...

Pros: One of the Best Can Openers That You Can Buy!!!
Cons: Main rivet, gears & cutter wheel can & will rust.

WHY THE SWING-AWAY? I bought this can opener quite some time ago. I've used it often enough. I've gotten quite a bit of milage from it & it's still going strong!! HOW IS IT? It still, in my opinion, is the best can opener on the market! I love ...

Pros: Sturdy, Reliable, Opens Cans With Minimum Effort
Cons: Utilitarian Look Is Not Exactly A Piece of Artwork :-)

Indulge me as I walk down memory lane. Perhaps you'll relive some memories as well. :-)

1982: College kid gets his first apartment. Receives old electric can opener from his mom. College kid kills can opener two months later and looks...

Pros: Good can opener.
Cons: -

The Swing-A-Way is a pretty good can opener that can open cans with not too much effort.

The can opener is made entirely of steel with thermoplastic molded around the handles for grip. The plastic is slightly rubber-like and cannot be...

Pros: flawless performance, easy to use, dishwasher safe
Cons: none

How many times have you cursed your can opener? I've gone through can openers the way some people go through underwear. Yes, I've tried them all, from the ugly, el cheapo variety to the ultramodern, ergonomic nouvelle wazoo. None of them were ...

Pros: Older versions of the Swing-a-way can opener were very reliable.
Cons: None of the 5 Swing-a-way can openers I have tried recently have proved reliable.

My first can opener was a Swing-a-way. It worked like a charm. I didn't have a dishwasher except for me. It lasted for about 6 to 10 years. I forgot and left it in the dish water and it got gummed up and I had to buy another one. I bought another ...

Pros: Durable, reliable, inexpensive.
Cons: Designed for "righties".

In my opinion, the standard by which all other daily use household can openers are judged. The tool is solid, sturdy, reliable, inexpensive, and easy to use. I have owned the same Swing-A-Way can opener for over 35-years – and this was ...

Pros: Absolutely the BEST The title says it all.
Cons: Absolutely the BEST

Absolutely the BEST

The title says it all. Now to satisfy the Web Master’s requirement of a minimum of twenty words; I will babble on.
You do the math --- I am 55 years young and I have been cooking since I was knee high to my Mom. She put a can opener in my hands even way back then. And since then I have not seen or used a can opener that even comes close to this one.

There, now you have the rest of the story

Barry