Customer Reviews

Black & Decker Spacemaker Under-Counter Can Opener

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3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
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I purchased an under the cabinet Can Opener from B&D twelve years ago for my former apartment (my daughter lives there now) and it still works beautifully. However, over time, it has become pretty ugly and needs replacing. I purchased this model in August 2002 for my new apartment and the piece of junk broke down in two months (push down handle broke in half). Whatever happened to the B&D quality? I want to buy a new one for my daughter and replace mine also but will NEVER use B&D again!!!!

After reading some of the reviews here I had to post and say what a great product this is. I tried several other openers and found them lacking in quality and design. However this one has both! The only knock I would have is that the directions on mounting are somewhat unclear as one gentlemen found out when he went to mount it. You need to make sure that the handle has enough room to operate, you just cant slap it in under your cabinet, it needs to be near the front edge, as close as possible. They also provide spacers to level it off. It has been very sturdy, and without problems. One other thing I did notice is that placing the can in the opener was a little different from what I was used to, I beleive this is because the way the can openr is able to hold the can, (so you don't have to) as it opens the can, which I thought was cool because you can start the can and get your bowl or whatever and come back and there is your open can hanging there. I have not tried this with anything large though, mostly soup and veggie cans. Besides for the price, this is a deal.

I've had this for 4 years and it's a fantastic kitchen tool. It has opened every size can & I have never once pulled out the manual opener. The installation was frustrating. It may be designed for different width cabinets. We used some wood shims (thin wood strips) inside the cabinet to attach with the mounting strip and it's very secure. Maybe you could try shims underneath the cabinet if clearance is your problem. Bottom line - frustrating installation, fantastic opener

I had an old Black & Decker SpaceMaker which broke after about 10 years of daily use. I bought this product as a replacement. It looks sleek, takes up very little space, but has one tiny flaw.....it doesn't open cans. In order to open a can you have to tilt the can just right under the "locater post" and even then the one I have opens a can maybe only 1 out of 20 tries. Maybe I got a lemon, but in any event, its not even worth returning it after considering shipping, etc. I'll just buy another brand and eat this one. Do yourself a favor - pass on this product.

Counter top openers take up space and have to be moved every time you clean the counter. By suspending the opener, it's out of the way and is a lot less trouble in the long run.
Installation takes a little time and care plus it requires drilling holes all the way through the underside of a cabinet. So if you rent or move a lot, a counter top unit might be more practical for you. If you aren't handy with tools, this opener is such a good idea that it would be easily worth getting a friend or a professional to install it.
Until all cans come with some kind of self-opening lid, I'd recommend this unit as a superior design solution.

I should have listened to the other reviews and bought something else. I was replacing a Black & Decker under counter opener that worked like a charm for over 15 years until it broke.

This opener is selective and opens some cans but not all cans the way the other one did. It's a crap shoot every time you want to open a can.... maybe it'll open it/maybe it won't.

Save your money and buy something else.

I've never had problems getting this can opener to work right, and use it quite often. The blade is removable to wash, but they made it really tough to remove (I suppose that's better than it falling off way too easily, but it's complicated enough that I do it very infrequently because of the hassle).

I also bought one of these to replace an old B&D spacemaker that was around 8 years old. My old one was nasty looking, yellowed but still worked good. I should have kept it because this new one is a piece of crud! It is very hard to put the can on and open it, takes me 3-4 tries, and the bottle opener is side to side now instead of front to back, making it very hard to open a bottle. I am VERY disappointed in it and we have been using a manual can opener instead of this one thats hanging under the counter---it will be coming down very soon.

I bought one of these can openers today. The mounting screws stripped out even before I got it completely mounted. The screws thread into soft metal tabs instead of nuts, making it impossible to mount securely. I don't know if it would open a can, as I never got that far, but it looks difficult to locate the can properly. It's a piece of cheap Chinese made junk.

I bought this at Walmart and was happy with it for 2 weeks. After 2 weeks it sounded like it was barely making it around each can. Than it got louder and sounded like it was moaning "ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR gRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRg aRRRRRRRRRRRR" and would only make it half way around the can. Finally it just died, well it still moans a little when you attempt to open a can, but it will no longer have anything to do with actually opening a can....it's dead.... What a piece of junk.....