misteRate.info

Great item, but one problem . . .

The earlier reviews are right on target about the solid construction and good looks of the CO100. The reason for the 3-star review: try cleaning it. You need to remove the piercing lever to really get it clean, and to remove the lever you rotate it counter-clockwise from horizontal to full vertical, then pull it out. But the lever is long enough that it sticks up more than an inch above the top of the opener when it’s vertical–in other words, you can’t remove the lever for cleaning if the opener is mounted flush against the bottom of a cabinet. In fact, after using the longest mounting screws and all of the spacers that came in the box, I still couldn’t rotate the lever far enough to remove it. I’m retired and had the time to dismantle the piercing lever and modify the nylon key-mount so that a 45-degree rotation (instead of 90 degrees) will let me remove the lever. But if you don’t have that kind of puttering time and patience, you may want to wait until B&D corrects this design glitch. Then it will rate 5 stars.

Update (5/19/2012): I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, Black & Decker CO100B Spacemaker Traditional Multi-Purpose Can Opener, Black Kitchen, was written by D. Butler.

The average rating for this item is 4.3 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.