This is the second I bought - but not because of my defective or so - no - my mother had asked for a can opener-alternative, with whom she also, despite her broken hands, without much trouble aufbekommt the cans. She said that an electric, which decreases their work altogether. Well, since I could hardly a recommendation without experience. But this can opener I already had at home - and you need absolutely no power to open a can, which then has no sharp edge, and you can sit on the cover. 1A device - for me it is not often used - with my parents the opposite - a long-term study is to show how he proposes to * G * am fully satisfied - for the performance he is not too expensive.