This only sort of on topic.
Occasionally I need a can open. I don’t use many canned items but there are not many substitutes when you need a can opened and my old can opener had succumbed to the ravages of old age. So the other day I went to the store to get a manual can opener that could hide modestly in the drawer until I needed to extract black olives from their suit of tin armor.
A manual can opener was $17.00 for one that I felt wouldn’t break.
An electric one was $8.99.
I’ve a new device looking for a plug.
I don’t understand the pricing.
I don’t understand it either. We’ve used the same Oxo can opener for about ten years, but we need a new one - probably two, on the prepper premise that ‘one is none, two is one’.
We looked at the grocery store the other day, and the manual ones were about 8.99 to 14.99; but they didn’t have an Oxo, so we’re waiting, because the Oxo has just been so reliable.
Wouldn’t hurt to have one of these in storage as an ‘extra’ either - my Grandmother actually used one until she was very, very old; she never really adapted to either the modern manual ones or the electrics, despite the arthritis in her old hands ;-)
-JT
” A manual can opener was $17.00 for one that I felt wouldn’t break.
An electric one was $8.99.
I don’t understand the pricing.”
Actually pretty simple.
The $17 manual opener is probably made of better quality material which costs a bit more.
It will also last for many, many years even with heavy use.
Because they last so long the producer has to make more money on each sale.
The $8.99 electric opener is made of cheap plastic, cheap metal cutting tool and barely acceptable wiring.
With moderate use it will probably need replacement in a year or so.
IMVHO you would have been better off with the higher priced manual opener.
I have an old wall mounted manual opener in the basement.
Bought it 40 years ago and it has seen heavy use.
Still works great.
And during a power outage you’ll wish you had a manual. :)
Zyliss makes a good product.
I have a ‘good cook’ manual can opener and absolutely love it. Bought 2 extra ones but the original one is still working just fine after about 5 years. The cutting wheel never touches the food, so no cross contamination. No sharp edges and easy to use. You can look it up on Amazon.