West Bend Electric 77205 Can Openers: A Review

The West Bend 77205 electric can opener is great for people with arthritis or carpal tunnel syndrome, since they often have difficulties with manual can openers. The strength and hand pressure required to close and hold the mechanical can opener while opening a can causes excruciating pain. For others, an electric can opener is a convenience that makes kitchen work go faster.

The West Bend Electric Can Opener has a lot of great features. It comes in a variety of colors to match your kitchen decor: red, blue, black, white, and metallic silver. A cord bin allows you to store all or part of the cord, so that it is not stretched out over the countertop in the way. As the can opener completes opening the can, a magnetized arm captures the can lid to prevent the lid falling into the can's contents. It is tall enough to open gallon size cans, and has a very small footprint so that it takes up very little countertop space. The slender design is attractive and fits in well with other modern kitchen conveniences.

The best feature (other than the fact that it works very well as a can opener) is the button on top that allows you to remove the entire cutting assembly for washing. Since the cutting assembly is dishwasher safe, you don't have to risk cutting yourself to clean it. This greatly enhances the ability of the cook to keep the can opener clean. While many electric can openers are hard to keep clean, this one is simple and easy. The assembly easily snaps back into place, ready for the next can.

In addition to the above features, the West Bend 77205 Electric Can Opener also sports a bottle opener and knife sharpener on the back. I have been using my West Bend Electric Can Opener for three years, and it works as well as it did right out of the box. It is comforting to know that should the blade ever become damaged, Westbend sells replacement cutting blades.

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