Amco Swing-A-Way 709BK Comfort Grip Can Opener, Black

Here's the scoop on the "made in China" discussion regarding Swing-a-way can openers. I called the AMCO Company last week and was told that since approximately 2008-2009 all their Swing-a-way can openers are made in China. Seems the original company may have changed hands a couple of times through the years, so those brands we could rely on, and were American made are no longer around. After spending quite a bit of time on the Internet searching, it appears that none of the other home can openers are made in the USA either. I called OXO and one other company as well, and the story was the same, all made in China. I just finished rummaging around in storage (ie., "should have thrown it away" stash)and found my two old Swing-a-ways and will try to clean them up and see if they will continue on for a few more years.

Amco Swing-A-Way 709BK Comfort Grip Can Opener, Black

This may have been a good product in the past, but it's inferior now. It failed to open the first three cans I attempted to open. The blade appears to seat properly at first, but then it rides up on the lip of the can, and so, there are sections of the lid that have not been scored and penetrated by the blade. I'm returning this one and going for the Zyliss...

I really would love to be constructive about the product, but really the only metric it has to pass is "can it open a can?" Unfortunately, it slips off the can after one small turn every single time. It took 10 very frustrating minutes just to get a can of tuna partially open enough to dig out the contents with a spoon. I had an OXO Good Grips can opener before this and it worked flawlessly. I would recommend you stay far away from this one and go with one of the OXO can openers.