Once you’ve used an electric can opener it’s hard to go back to those old-fashioned manual ones. If you have an electric can opener, you know this already. Some gadgets aren’t worth taking up the space… but some are, especially if you have weak hands or suffer from arthritis.
In your RV, do you use an electric can opener? Or do you only use one when you’re at your sticks and bricks? Feel free to leave a comment below the poll.
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We don’t even use one in our sticks and brick. A hand one is so much more convenient
It’s a very rare occasion when I have a can to open during my camping escapades. We do use one at home.
The only cans I open in the RV have pop tops.
Opposite the first couple of comments, we use a battery operated can opener in our S&B and RV. We live 7-8 months each year in the RV. We have a fully stocked pantry, having converted the midbunk room into what we call out box room. Our RV has as much kitchen counter space as the S&B home so we do a lot of food prep & cooking. Much of the ingredients come from the kitchen pantry or the box room pantry.
We discovered the ease of using the electric can opener when our joints began complaining about using the hand crank opener. We also keep a good supply of rechargeable batteries on hand for all our portable electronic devices.
Canned food is too heavy. RV shelving can’t handle too many without overloading. Frozen veggies taste better and are much lighter when not packed in water in a can.
I use an OXO hand crank opener both at home and on the road.
I have carpal tunnel in both wrists so a hand held can opener is too painful to use…So yes I use an electronic one when needed.
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We use a smooth edge manual can opener at home. It eliminates the sharp edge of the lid and the chance of the lid falling into the can. The electric one was tossed years ago.
Of course we have very few cans that need one. Use mostly frozen vegetables to eliminate the sodium and dried soup packets in the trailer.
We do have a P38 in the trailer, just in case. If we can find it.
We don’t even have one in the sticks and bricks.
Ditto, us either.
Neither do we. Had ones decades ago when our boys were teenagers and eating us “out of house and home”, but not since they wore it out. No need for one now that soup, tuna, pineapple, etc., come in cans with pull-tab lids. I’m just happy that I’ll never have use a P38 to open a can again!
After all these years, I still carry a P38 on my key chain. Wonder if it still works? I don’t think I have the strength to use it anymore
I don’t have one in my house either ….
Hahahahahahaha!
Hahaha! Should be a survey choice!
I will check with Mrs preparedness but I don’t think we even have a can opener (of any kind) in the RV .
No disrespect to the other commenters who have personal reasons for needing same. I commend them for finding their solutions!
Why not? much easier on arthritic hands
I don’t even use an electric opener at home, in spite of my arthritic hands. Last one I tried left metal filings on top of the food, and it was a good brand. Haven’t tried another one since.
We don’t buy much in the way of canned foods because of a special diet I am on requiring more fresh and frozen foods. If we do buy canned foods, what we purchase usually has a pop up tab to lift the lid off. If we need the use of a can opener, we have a manual can opener in our RV which we live in FT. We’ve never owned an electric can opener in the 41 years we’ve been married and lived in S&Bs, but eventually we may need to look into getting one later in our “golden years”.
I have a battery operated can opener in the RV and S’s & B’s. It doesn’t cut the metal lid, it unseals the lid. No shavings, no sharp metal and you don’t need an electrical outlet.
We have one but rarely use it. Fresh foods are preferred in our eating habits.
I haven’t used an electric can opener in many years! They we’re always breaking and having to be replaced. The manual one is very reliable!
DW takes all her modern conveniences with her. She says she out grew roughing it 40 years ago. I showed her my G.I. issued can opener, she said it was too complicated for her. Lol
Nope P38 issue in the USAF. One in the drawer one on my keychain. Home is electric but most things now are pop tops so not used often.
don’t even use one at home
Nor do we at home. Have a great can opener that takes the lids off below the rim of the can so that the lids don’t have a sharp edge. Only can opener we will use.
Not worth the weight or power use for us. But we probably open 1 can a week.