OXO Good Grips Jar Opener

I could not manage without this OXO jar opener, it works like magic. My hands are not very strong and this enables me to open all kinds of jars,plastic milk bottles etc. When my very old one broke I looked on the internet and found this new model - what a life saver!

A jar of tesco Pickled eggs? It won't open it because the edges are angled. I bought this for my father and even I couldn't put enough force into it for the teeth to grip. Make sure your jar lid has vertical edges.

Not the best, but usable. Does not grip a jar lid very well. Can damage lids if your not careful.

I purchased this jar opener several years ago and it has been an excellent buy. My daughter requested one for Christmas so I ordered a second one but was astonished that the price had tripled! I’m not quite sure why this increase was justified.It is a good product and has easily opened the most difficult of jars irrespective of size. I do recommend it despite its cost.

Well designed. Very useful.

Having watched YouTube tests on dozens of jar openers this design was close to the top of the list, so I bought one.I got an Amazon Warehouse deal so the cost wasn’t too great but my partner and I have found it very difficult to use.The sharp teeth, that are supposed to grip into the metal of the jar’s lid, skidded round removing the paint and raising sharp areas of metal, but not gripping enough to turn it. It is also difficult to hold the device flat on the lid, whilst at the same time pushing it forward to engage the teeth, forcing it anticlockwise to open the top and gripping the jar with your other hand.It now joins a total of five jar openers that one way or another fail to work for us. The search goes on.UPDATERecently I bought an electric jar opener on Amazon and, so far, it works a treat. I have added a photo to this review showing some of the jar openers I have tried during my search to discover one that works. All those in the picture do work to a greater or lesser extent - the new electric one is at the top of the frame.

had one of these for years and it is the best jar opener I have tried so bought this one for my Mum who has a selection of jar openers in her kitchen drawer, none of them work for her though. Yes, you need to push hard against the jar lid to ensure it is tightly located within the V shaped bit, but once this is done, the turn with the handle is fairly easy.

The purpose of this item is to open jars. I was unable to use it to open even one!There is something wrong with the size of the holder that is used to open the top of the jar itself. Most jar tops I have, have been two small for this opener and thus the opening can not be tightly fit on the top in order for the it to be turned and opened. But this also is ineffective for the larger jar tops that fit more snuggly in the opening. When I try to open the jar, the jar opener just turns without opening the jar!In short, I do not recommend this product.