Opening jars is a thing that most of us do with our hands. Grip, twist, pop! The Lids Off Jar Opener for Black & Decker is for those that can’t perform this simple, everyday task.
At this point, we’d usually chuckle and poke fun at a gadget so sharply focussed on one single job. What’s more, it is a uni-tasker of rather grand mechanical ambitions, a jar-enhancing exo-skeleton more akin to Ripley’s Alien-killing Power-Loader than the rubber glove or grippy lever we’re used to.
But laughing would, in this case, be the wrong thing to do. A quick look at the customer comments on Amazon.com shows almost exclusively five-star ratings, mostly from buyers with arthritis who, however many damp cloths or bowls of hot water they use, will never get the lid off a jar with their bare, gnarled hands. In fact, the only low (two-star) rating came from a buyer who couldn’t fit his jars into the machine, suggesting he may either have a rather large family, or other problems altogether.
All you need to do is pop in the (normal-sized) jar, press down the lid and hit the button. The gripper mechanism automatically adjusts to the size of the lid and a button press opens it up. This, according to the Black & Decker page, “Saves time and simplifies the often-dreaded task of jar opening.” The price of this dread-busting machine? A reasonable $27.
Lids Off™ Jar Opener Deluxe [Black and Decker via Core77]
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