Customer Reviews

12oz Can Crusher

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Crushing your cans is a great idea if you are tight on space and far from the recycling center and you go through a lot of canned beverages. And you don't mind cleaning up the whole sticky crusher and surrounding area.

That's a lot of ifs. I see why nobody has bothered to design a good can crusher.

This one only squishes them to 1-1/4 inches. That's less than 4 to 1 compaction for a 12 oz. can.

I put a block of wood in the bottom so the cans would squish to about 6/10 inch. That's 9:1.

However the side arms are very flimsy and started twisting into a useless shape after I crushed about 90 cans.

Also, about 5% of the cans fly out of the chamber before the crusher has a chance to do its work.

Now that Lowe's Hardware and Walmart have discontinued selling aluminum can crushers I have had to search on the internet for a replacement for the Progressive Int'l (Style CC-90) version that is probably the third can crusher I've purchased in about 15 years. My husband is a dedicated beer drinker, like, it's his religion... at least 12 beers a day. The product here offered by CVS Supply is far superior to the Progressive Int'l product we have worn out in two or three years. I have gotten 5 to 8 years of use from the CVS product. Maybe we don't crush cans every day, but you can count on the fact that it's never less than 4392 cans a year for the five-plus years. Our teenager is now away to college, so we don't have soft drink cans added in these days. Very dependable product for the price. Bet it could last longer if we had an indoor location to place it... that's 5-8 years out in the weather! I'm probably going to buy TWO this time. (Maybe in the next decade he'll slow down some?)

Don't wast your time with this piece of junk. The sides stick and if your not lined up exactally right the can shoots out and hits you in the face.

Worked fine for a while but didn't crush can as much as I'd like.

The bottom piece started to deform and bend down. Then the cans would pop out as you tried to crush them.

I tried to reinforce it with a block of wood and even with some metal L brackets. Didn't hold.

I've given up and step on them on the concrete floor with better luck.

Wish there were a decent crusher at less than $10!

This product is incredibly flimsy, and only lasted several hundred cans before becoming inoperatable. Get a crusher with a solid handle, as this crusher's handle is easily bent, requiring a lot of time fixing and a little time crushing.

With all due respect to "C. MACPHAIL (cmacphail3), I think this item is great. I finally had to retire my previous all steel crusher when the last repairs failed after 12 years of use. Since buying this crusher, I have crushed over 500 cans with no trouble whatsoever. I don't know about his model, but mine crushes a standard 12 oz. soda can down to an average of 1-3/8", just 1/8" of an inch less than the maximum closure of 1-1/4", assuming the can is placed in the crusher properly. Short of using a hydraulic barrel crusher, I'm not sure how much thinner one could expect a can to be crushed. In fact, I liked this one so much, I went and bought the 16 oz. model to mount in my garage. Am curious to see what it will do with a steel can.

I do recommend that users periodically wash off the sticky residue just to keep the flies away and prolong the life of the crusher.

I love this crusher! Being a big beer drinker, and a recycler, it makes life a lot easier. No more next morning stomping around the kitchen chrushing cans. Be advised shipping is more than the item, and it takes a bit for the crusher to loosen up and not stick. (hence 4 stars not 5) But all in all for the price and the fact that it works, I am happy.

O and Keystone beer has a slightly taller can, which does not fit into the crusher unless pre-dented. just FYI.

I can confirm that the side arms begin twisting after a few dozen "crushes". I straightened/flattened them as best I could several times before they simple got so soft, I could use it anymore.

The sides of the pull down are made from a very light metal and in less than year they will fail. A more sturdy model would be better, that's why I purchased another one made of stronger metal.

Not of high quality. Very hard to install and cans shot out when crushed