Fox Run Gear Drive Can Opener

 (2 customer reviews)

I am enormously disappointed in this can opener. I searched for a "Made in USA" handheld, manual can opener and thought I found it in the Fox Run brand. What I received was a SwingAway, made in China. This is not the quality or durability of USA made. The steel is soft (for steel) and the gear-meshing tolerances are loose. It doesn't bite into the lid accurately or rotate smoothly. Where can I find a decent can opener?

The last Swing-A-Way can opener, that I purchased in March of 2009 from Amazon, was a white wall mounted mechanical one to replace a 30 year old yellow one of the same brand. That new one I received from Amazon was made in the USA and received a Five Star review from me. I must have received one of the very last few that had manufactured in the USA.

When this one arrived I thought that a mistake had been made. The materials, assembly, fit and finish are more in keeping with a piece of junk that you would normally buy at a Dollar Store, for a $1.00. All of the thin stamped metal pieces have deep scratches that had not been polished out, and the chrome plating over the stamped metal is spotty and uneven. Even the white plastic covers on the handles are soft, ill-fitting and cheap feeling.

Worse of all, the fitting of all of the pieces together is loose and sloppy. I'm puzzled by what type of material was used to make the small round turning gears. They have three...Read more