Customer Reviews

Starkist Charlie's Lunch Kits, Chunk White Tuna In Water, 4.3-Ounce, 2-Count Lunch Kits (Pack of 8)

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While it looks like this might be the current vaccum sealed lunch to go, it is in fact the older small can. While the the product itself - tuna, mayo, crakers, etc - are fine, the container is unbelevably hard to open. This is not the normal flip top can, but a "new" design that simply does not work. I'm a big guy, and I need a screw driver to actually open the damn thing - the lid and pull tab do not give enough torque to actually remove the lid without breaking the pull tab - or your finger. The top of the can says - in vey large letters around the pull top: "OR USE CAN OPENER" - but the lid is so recessed that a conventional can opener will not work, and the bottom of the can is too rounded. Just make sure you are at least a big guy and have your own screw driver to get what you paid for!

This product has problems with the cans not always opening with the flip tab to open the can. Sometimes it would work and sometime it wouldn't. If you had easy access to a can opener you were okay, but if not, it was impossible to open the can.

When I first ordered this product, I thought it was going to be the envelops, but it turned out to be the cans.

The item in the photo is the flat cardboard "Lunch-To-Go" kit that includes CHUNK LIGHT tuna, butter crackers, mayo, and pickle relish. The product that I received are the round kits containing ALBACORE tuna and wheat crackers. I strongly prefer the chunk light tuna to the albacore, and in fact, chose to order these from Amazon because my local grocer has stopped carrying the chunk light kits. Needless to say, I'm not happy about receiving something different than I ordered, different than what is pictured.

I bought these for my kids' lunches, having had them before over the years. They really are yummy, but there's one huge problem - the new "safer" packaging (top is not as sharp) is nearly impossible to open. End result - my kids ended up skipping lunch! My husband, the engineer, says he loves them, but you "need a screwdriver or tool to open them."

So, buyer beware! Unless Starkist changes its packaging, I won't be buying these again. Sigh...