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Open sesame? OXO Good Grips® Jar Opener lives up to its billing

Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: About retirement - Howard Croft, Product reviews | Comments Off
21181_3a_1[1]I sent one of our OXO Good Grips® Jar Openers to cousin Howard for his (usually forthright) views. This was his verdict.
“I had seen this device in cookery shops before being asked to test drive one, but never paid much attention because I suspected that, as with so many devices, it would not work. I was wrong, it is extremely effective. Gone are the days when I would trap the lid between the jamb and the hinge edge of the door, grip tight and turn, a strategy that frequently deposits broken glass and branston pickle on the carpet. The handle is fat and easy to grip, and made of non-slip rubber.
I persuaded my mother-in-law to give it a try and (after I found a jar in the cupboard that was not cross-threaded) she whipped off the lid of a jar of maraschino cherries in the twinkle of an eye. She declined to have another go on a bottle of pickled onions, which tells only that she prefers a champagne cocktail to a ploughman’s lunch, and nothing at all about the OXO device. I am no mechanical engineer, nor a metallurgist, to these wise old eyes it seems a robust implement that will put up with a good deal of use before it fails, if ever. She did not return the opener.
My only cavil, and it is a small point, is that the sticker indicating the direction of rotation is on the face that meets the lid and so is not visible when operating the opener. I thought I was smart and with some difficulty peeled off the instruction and re-sited it on the visible surface. But then the arrows were pointing in the wrong direction, so tightening the lid. So – not so smart. For most of us, which way to turn a standard screw is pretty intuitive but I have come across people who know the way to turn on a tap is by trial and error.
I strongly recommend this utensil.”
Praise indeed. For more information, go to : http://thefutureperfectcompany.com/shop/items/37/jar_opener_by_oxo_good_grips
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