Black & Decker JW200 Lids Off Jar Opener

 (9 customer reviews)

I just received the B & D Lids Off Automatic Jar Opener. I am a retired gentleman suffering from some tendon weakness, but am reaonably resourceful. I can open most jars with my hands, but every once in a while I come across jars that are impossible to open even using all the common kitchen techniques; hence the purchase of this product.

The first jar I tried to open was 'Del Monte Orchard Select Apricot Halves'. I have found Del Monte jars to be infamously tight. Anyway the B & D opener failed to open the product and instead became jammed making it impossible to remove the jar from the opener without prying the upper body up with a screw driver ( a technique that I suppose is not recommended).

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4/6/08

After using the jar opener for several months I now find it to be a much better product than I first perceived. I have had to learn some things about placement of jars, but discounting my first attempts, it has worked well.

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I purchased the Black & Decker Lids off because it works, saving my aging hands the trouble of trying almost everything else, then running to the tool box for a sledge hammer! The only problem with this model is that the rubber inserts that hold the jars firmly, will eventually wear out, which makes the B & D jar opener useless.

I bought this for my grandmother who has arthritis in her hands. My grandfather used to open everything for her, but he passed away last year. This jar opener has solved all of her jar-opening problems. She only has to put the jar in place and press a button. She is 85 years old and usually doesn't like to learn how to use new electric gadgets, but after I showed her how to use this one time she was able to use it. She said that it has opened every jar she has put in there with ease. I asked her to rate it and she gave it 5 stars.