How to use the Oxo Good Grips Smooth edge can opener 

Thank you! The OXO instructions and their RU-vid video were worthless. "This is the principle behind and this is how to do it." made the light go on. Now making chili.

Thank you! I’m saving your video so I can get to it quickly every time I have to use this can opener!

Thanks for this. I just used one for the first time. I used the opener correctly, but since there are no obvious signs showing it's working (as opposed to a traditional opener and the gap it creates) I hadn't realized the can had been cut. I knew it was a simple things but since I didn't know what to look for, decided to watch your video.

What I as doing wrong was not squeezing the handles together tightly. Thanks for your excellent demo.

I haven't used this particular smooth-edge, side-cutting can opener, but I've used a different brand for many years. This particular Oxo model with the grip-closure handles looks superior, giving a more positive hold on the can, with the serrated gripper wheel on the inside of the rim, not on the top edge of the rim. The ones that place the serrated steel gripping wheel on the top edge of the rim can generate very fine "hairs" of metal when their gripper wheels lose traction and spin. I'm not sure how useful the "pliers" are, though. The cheaper side-cutting can opener I have doesn't have any "pliers", so all I've ever done is use all five of my fingertips spread evenly around the severed lid and pulled straight upward to remove the lid. The prying motion of the Oxo pliers looks awkward, and as your first video showed, can cause spillage. Using one hand to hold the base of the can on the countertop and the other hand to grip the edge of the lid and pull straight upward seems more sensible to me. I understand that someone with arthritis or otherwise limited strength or movement in their hand might need the pliers, so it's great that Oxo included the pliers. But I think for most people, just pulling the severed lid straight upward with the fingers will easily remove the lid with less hassle. Thank you for the informative videos and the diagrams!

Thank you! I could not figure out how to use it!!!

Thank you. Yesterday I should have looked. I had a extra large can of tomatoes. I ended up using the can opener blade in my multi tool which was not easy or safe. Now I know what to do on next can

Thank you! I was going nuts trying to use this opener. Happy Thanksgiving

Hey bro! I figured out that I had to push the turn knob in, in order for the knob to grasp to can

Thanks. I loved the first video.

I hadn't use one that open from the outside so I wasn't entirely sure. I figured out how to use it but was skeptical. Thanks for the explanation :) The tool is very sharp and operates very, very smoothly.

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Thank you! This helped a TON!!

I think what is not emphasized is that it seems you have to open the handles before placing it onto the lid, then squeeze them together to initiate cutting.

Thank you!!! I could not figure it out. Yes, I was considering throwing it out. I'm also wondering if I have any partially opened cans sitting in my pantry that I tried it on and I thought nothing was happening. I kept looking at the claw and thought it must do something, but I could not figure out what. How did you learn how to do it?

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Good description of how it works and how to use. Your significant other was correct. First one is better!

Thank you very helpful

good demonstration i ordered one

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Thank you. Ver helpful How to clean it?

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Thank you for this information. I was using mine inside/outside, upside down. 😂😂

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Me watching this as my onions and celery carrot combo are burning

Just set it on turn it until it gos all the way around, then use the claws to take it off.

I have a Kuhn Rikon and a OXO both with a top handle. I am left handed and this does not work for me. Would you like to open a can with your left hand if you were right handed?

Twenty second video should be easy

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