It is a junk. DO NIOT BUY IT.maybe 5 dollar at most!
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If the can breaks the seal i grab the round end of the spoon & press (getting splashed with cat food) to try to force the lid to further open then use my fingers (usually get cut) to try & grab the lid & pry it off. If that doesnât work i use my knuckles to try to bang the lid further open (in frustration). If still that doesnât work i grab the nearest glass (ACK!) & use the bottom corner to bang on the lid (real tools are not handy where the cat food is kept). By now the seal is broken enough to use my fingers to grab the lid & pull (see above).
That doesnât happen often & i donât remember the last can i had to open that way (thank god), but your way sounds much easier.
Adding the cat food station is downstairs where 2 of our 4 cats stay & the other 2 stay upstairs & we bring the dishes up to them. There is no can opener downstairs even though Iâve gotten several in bocs. Itâs complicated 
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We open all cans with a safe edge can opener. I remember when soda cans were the first thing introduced with removable pull tabs, and it took nearly 20 years to get American beverage makers to switch to the current âretainedâ pop tab and thereby eliminate the thousand of small ârazor blade estrong textquivalentsâ the old cans created. So then they had to move that convenience before safety approach to nearly all metal food cans. My Sister-in-law works a urban hospital ER and says there is not a week goes by that they donât have to treat 2 or 3 finger or hand wounds that are severely infected. What do the patients list as the source of the wounds? Food can pull off lids. The residue food is difficult to get out of wounds completely so they arenât infected. And of course we got tired of them slicing there way out of even those expensive âHâ brand trash bags. Since we do have two cats that to stay healthy get a proper wet food once a day (in addition to small kibble meals 3 times a day) and some of their favorites are in stupid little cans (why canât they all be in the convenient plastic servers like Sheba?) and none of the safety edge openers work on them (not because of the pull tab but because the aluminum just deforms instead of âbreakingâ like steel/tin soup & veggie cans) we rinse them out and collect them all in an empty plastic coffee grounds âtubâ then put them in recycling when that tub gets full.
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It isnât 100% but after I soak the little cans I put the lid in the can and squeeze it so that it traps it.
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@Fritzilla Actually checkout canned cat food aisle sometime. We thought about buying plastic lids because cat food comes in cans intended to be 2 to 4 meals (as opposed to dog food where itâs always 1 or more full cans) and so, at least of the brands sold in Northern Illinois / Northern Indiana there at least 3 different sizes (one âsizeâ - the âmiddleâ one, even varies +/- 1/16 inch depending on the brand). So we thought we would be âsmartâ and buy the ones with three lips on the can side that is supposed to make them universal. Turns out âone lid fits mostâ is really âtoo tight for most and falls off the restâ. The only realistic thing is to only by the 2 serving cans, and have 2 cats so they can just split the full can. Voila, no lids needed.
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The ones I bought fit the small cans, the flat 5.5oz, and the tall ones that Special Kitty makes. IDK if they have changed them or something or different brands have different tolerances but mine work fine for me.
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If you have frequent broken pull tabs, you need to either visit a Harbor Freight store if there is one near you or else a hardware type store that has a good selection of âlow priceâ tools. At Harbor Freight (and probably others) you can find a set/pair of screw drivers (one Phillips, one flat blade) that are âthrough handle, full tangâ. Which means the metal goes all the way through the handle, you should be able to see it. Having those and a reasonable pair of pliers (or "small nose pliers - just not some lightweight jewelry workers pliers) you can use the side face of the pliers like a mallet to smack the tail of the screwdriver and drive it through were the lid is supposed to start itsâ separation. Then with that driver you should be able to lift the edge of the lid to where you can grab it with the pliers and peel it back, or with small nose pliers I sometimes roll the lid up onto them - like the antique cans (anchovies especially) that had a âwinding keyâ to get the lid off.
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This is the one I use - Amazon.com: Good Cook Can Opener, Safe Cut Manual Can Opener, no Sharp Can Edges, Black - and Iâve never had any problem with the aluminum cat food cans
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Naw, that only happens once in a blue moon. I was just answering Taz as what I have done when I came across those stubborn cans lol.
I can relate to slicing body parts on those sharp can lids. When I was little I was running through the house (as kids do) & I jumped over the (freshly pulled out of the can) full garbage bag & my foot hit the bag coming down. I sliced open my heel on one of those sharp lids. Hurt like hell. To this day all sharp lids get put into whatever bags (like pasta bags or a Knorrs side dish bag or even a paper towel) thatâs pulled out of the garbage & then folded in half or rolled up many times for safety. Live & learn. The cans are washed & recycled. I donât recycle the lids (I know youâre supposed too though).
Iâm currently recovering from a fingertip papercut from opening up a box of cheeze-its.
I wonder if this conversation is good or bad for sales of this product 
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- Itâs Caturday. Go forth and do cat things instead.
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I guess no one is buying this item. It clearly states âYouâre only allowed to buy this if you share your tuna sandwich recipe.â and Iâm still waiting for someone to share their recipe. I wish someone would hurry! Iâm hungry. I have my can of tuna but I need that recipeâŚand a can opener.
Also, if anyone really wants to be a Kitchen Mama they should visit the website and dress the part.
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I got tuna sandwiches for school!
The recipe: buy the oily brown cheap tuna, open it with this fancy thing, drain off a bit of the oil, add a glop of mayonnaise, a little diced onion, celery and or pickle. Mix it. Put a glop of it on a slice of white bread. Add another slice of white bread. Wrap it in wax paper, put in a paper bag. Throw an apple on top of the sandwich. Toss in a fig newtons. Carry this to school, let it sit until the oil soaks through the wax paper and the paper sack and flavors the apple and cookie.
Buy a cup of milk for 5c and enjoy lunch.
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You forgot the mustard.
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You just made me appreciate bologna.
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And boiled egg
Remember that time that bologna ended up on my ceiling? Good times.