mercer63

I have an Oxo as well. I highly recommend it. You can get it ar Bed Bath and Beyond with a coupon

QuiltingVagabond

I have one that the handles squeeze together like scissors - easy to use, cuts really well. Similar to this one

http://www.amazon.com/Chefn-EzSqueez...eze+Can+Opener

wildyard

I also have the older pampered chef one and love it. Took me a while to get used to it, but now I have the feel of it and it is much easier for me to use than other hand openers.
I went through one after another electric openers until I got fed up and decided to never buy another one.

BARES

My mother had one of the Swing-Away's like that and it was the best opener ever. I have one that is hand held that I have had for about 6-10 years and it does a really good job. Not quite as good as the really old one but very acceptable.

pennycandy

I have one of these http://www.amazon.com/Swing-A-Way-40...KGC7B75VGC4XV7 It's the second one that I've owned, I wore out the first one after many many years of use.

Cheshirecatquilter

I have a swing away, wall mounted. It's been working just fine for about 20 years now. You can find them online for 10 bucks, give or take a little. Mine came with a little removable magnetic doodad that catches the lid when it's completely severed and lifts it off for you.

KyKaren1949

OXO is one of the best I've ever had. I bought mine at Kohl's.

Needles

I have a Swing Away, pretty much always have had one. It's mounted on the wood molding around the pantry door. They last 6-7 years staying sharp. But the next one I get may not be that good and probably what's wrong with all the other 'new' ones. MADE IN CHINA. Yep, Swing Away is now a China product. I'll bet many of the others are too, just like Levi's. It's all junk now but expensive. I've started checking out and buying Made in America products.

2manyhobbies

I have a Good Grip I really like. I e had it unite a while. I like the big rubber handles.

madamekelly

Funny can opener story to lighten your heart during your search.
When DH and I set up housekeeping together I hand a normal can opener from The local "buy it cheap" store. It soon wore out, so I went a bought another inexpensive one. It lasted less than a month, so I went and bought a more expensive one thinking the less expensive one was made of cheap materials. The second one was trash in about six weeks! I next tried one of those little battery operated ones that takes the whole top off of the can, did not like it much, and when I cut myself trying to use a spatula to clean out the rest of the tomato paste, it also joined the others in the trash. Next I tried an expensive electric one. Got the best I could afford, and it was trash within a week! Now, getting really disgusted by the low quality of can openers I was finding, I acquired an extra one my sister had had for years that was still nice and sharp. You can just imagine my chagrin when it was up useable in less than two weeks?! Now, I am not usually this hard on things, so I started wondering if putting them (non-electric ones) through the dishwasher was the problem, so I again bought a mid-price manual can opener, carefully stored it, hand washed it, and treated it like fine china, and just "knew" I could make this one last longer by doing so. Wrong! Less than three weeks later it was toast! I began to wonder if the gremlins were doing this (since nothing else made any sense) and began to watch the can opener for anything that might be making this happen. Imagine my complete surprise when I finally noticed the fact that I had fallen into the habit of letting DH open cans for me as I cooked, and finally figured out that the problem was him! My wonderful was DH doing them in! He is a very strong man, and a lefty. He was actually twisting them out of alignment just trying to get them to work in the "wrong" hand! We had a great laugh, and I forever banned him from using my can openers! Haven't had to buy anew one since. Lol!