Can openers that are easy to use

OXO Soft Handled Can Opener has the best record for easy opening: 30 of 31 shoppers said it opened cans easily. Cuisinart Deluxe Can Opener comes next at 14 of 16. OXO Locking Can Opener has the weakest record here at 12 of 37, and more reviewers weighed in on it than on the other two.

  • 100 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Aug 2018 to Sep 2026

Updated . How we count

Did it open cans easily? What shoppers said
  1. OXO Soft Handled Can Opener 31 said either way
  2. Cuisinart Deluxe Can Opener 16 said either way
  3. OXO Locking Can Opener 37 said either way

Share of shoppers who stated an outcome for ease of use. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

OXO Soft Handled Can Opener Best record OXO Soft Handled Can Opener 30 of 31 say it opened cans easily See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

Breaking comes up for all three: 8% of OXO Soft Handled reviews, 10% of Cuisinart reviews and 5% of OXO Locking reviews say it broke.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points shoppers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1 OXO Soft Handled Can Opener

OXO

Soft Handled Can Opener

Best for comfortable grip

30/31 say it opened cans easily

A manual opener where the handle gets the credit: 26% praise the comfortable grip and 30 of 31 said it opened cans easily. 13% say it holds up, though 8% say it broke. OXO's own site agrees at 8 of 8, which we show but don't count.

What shoppers praise

  • Comfortable grip 26%
  • Holds up 13%
  • Good value 5%

What shoppers complain about

  • Broke 8%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 30 of 31
  • Brand site 8 of 8 shown, not counted
2 Cuisinart Deluxe Can Opener

Cuisinart

Deluxe Can Opener

14/16 say it opened cans easily

The electric opener on this page, and 14 of 16 said it opened cans easily. Complaints are few, with 10% saying it broke and 10% saying it was hard to use. Fewer reviewers weighed in than on the two OXO openers, so the record is thinner, and Cuisinart's own site shows 9 of 9, which we show but don't count.

What shoppers praise

No repeated praise yet.

What shoppers complain about

  • Broke 10%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 14 of 16
  • Brand site 9 of 9 shown, not counted
3

OXO

Locking Can Opener

12/37 say it opened cans easily

Reviews lean negative. 12 of 37 said it opened cans easily and 28% praise how easy it is, but 42% say it's hard to use, 40% say it slips off the can and 10% call it too expensive. OXO's own site shows 8 of 8, which we show but don't count.

What shoppers praise

No repeated praise yet.

What shoppers complain about

  • Slips off the can 40%
  • Too expensive 10%
  • Broke 5%
  • Dulls or stops cutting 5%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 12 of 37
  • Brand site 8 of 8 shown, not counted

Share of 40 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

Where these numbers come from

The 3 products ranked here carry 2,247 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about ease of use, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Aug 2018 and Sep 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

We count what shoppers report. Nothing here is safety advice: use heaters, fans and other appliances as the maker's manual says.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most shoppers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

Read the full method

Product pages we read

  1. OXO Soft Handled Can Opener Target (39 reviews counted)
  2. Cuisinart Deluxe Can Opener Target (21 reviews counted)
  3. OXO Locking Can Opener Target (40 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which can opener is easy to use?

OXO Soft Handled Can Opener has the best record (30 of 31), followed by Cuisinart Deluxe Can Opener (14 of 16). OXO Locking Can Opener has the weakest record here at 12 of 37.

Is an electric can opener easier to use than a manual one?

This page can't settle it, because just one opener here is electric. The electric Cuisinart Deluxe Can Opener has 14 of 16, while the manual OXO Soft Handled Can Opener is higher at 30 of 31, with 26% praising its comfortable grip. Fewer reviewers weighed in on the Cuisinart, so its record is thinner.

Does the OXO Locking Can Opener open cans easily?

Reviews lean negative. 12 of 37 said it did, but 42% say it's hard to use and 40% say it slips off the can. People often write about a can opener when it fails, which pulls every share down. Even so, OXO Locking Can Opener has the weakest record here.

Which can opener works for weak hands?

We don't split reviews by hand strength, so we can't say for sure. The closest signal is grip: 26% of OXO Soft Handled Can Opener reviews praise its comfortable grip, and 30 of 31 said it opened cans easily.

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