I usually take out my hand operated can opener when it does not work, but today was the last straw, my daughter took the hand operated one to school, so I did not have any other backup. I was in the middle of dinner AND IT WAS DEAD AGAIN.
Consumer Complaints & Reviews
I also purchased a Gizmo can opener at Sears 12/28/2004. I have had trouble with it since day one. It is sometime charged, and sometimes not, it is always in the charging stand. The reason I purchased the product is it is supposed to be for convenience, and is supposed to stay charged even when not on the stand.
My wife and I purchased a Black and Decker electric can opener from Sears, and this design is absolutely the poorest excuse for a can opener I have ever seen. It will not grasp can rims, peels labels into the can when it sometimes will open a can, if and when it even will do that--and is in general, junk.
Metal and label paper in contents of can, if and when it even grasps the can, and simply most of the time will not work at all, even as a brand new product.
I purchased a Gizmo can opener, mounted the base under the cabinet and removed our old under cabinet can opener, charged the new one all week-end. When I tried to open a large can of coffee all it would do is puncture the can, but not walk around the can like it's advertised. I called customer service and was told it should open the large cans and to return it to the store, it may be defective. I returned it yesterday, brought home another one, charged it for 24 hours, same problem.
Now customer service says the coffee can may be too thick to open, I tried a gallon can of pickles, same thing, it doesn't work. It works ok on small cans, but not large ones.
As a result I have to remove the new can opener, and reinstall the old one.
Each trip to Wal-Mart is 20 miles round trip, 20 miles to purchase the first one, 20 miles to return the first one and get the second one, 20 miles to return the second one. 60 miles total.
