It's very hit or miss, like my Steelcase chair has soft plastic arms and they are fine after a decade. But then I've had a wireless mouse with some soft touch plastic and it became gummy and sticky after a couple of years.

We have used smooth edge can opener for roughly 15 years.

Yeah but those leave the can with a sharp edge. The newer ones are much safer for kids.

I still use this opener. It comes from the USSR

When we moved, I left my cheap 10 year old top loader behind and excitedly bought an LG front loader. I hated that front loader with a blinding passion, but couldn't bring myself to replace a nearly new machine. I eventually replaced it with a used top loader I got for free. I didn't feel right selling it, so I donated it to a family that didn't have one. The front loader did NOT get clothes clean, probably due to not enough water (even with the extra water setting). There was barely a little puddle in the bottom. Imagine washing a sinkload of dirty pots and pans in an inch of sink water and you get the idea. So I had to soak the clothes first, but problem is you can't soak clothes in a front washer. I got a big 5 gallon bucket just for that purpose. I had to fill the 5 gallon bucket, add a little Oxyclean and laundry detergent, add the clothes and manually agitate them a little, soak the clothes for 30 minutes, then lug the heavy bucket to the washer and awkwardly pour them in to the front loader. It was ridiculous, I felt like a washer woman from 100 years ago. If you start the door and then want to add a couple items, you have to wait for the washer to drain out a little water before the door unlocks, then after you add the clothes, it refills again. Front loaders look stupid with the door hanging open all the time. The u-shaped seal had an insufficient "lip" to keep water out and collected a puddle of water in the bottom of the seal after every wash. The inside of the seal was always disgusting--wet, moldy, hairy and slimy. (I ALWAYS left the door completely open, did not use fabric softener, and used less detergent than called for.) When the musty smell got too bad, I would dry the inside of the seal then stuff bleach-soaked rags in there, and go back in every hour or so and wipe down the seal with the rags, then rinse and resoak the rags (OUTSIDE with a hose and bucket, since we are on septic and I can't put a bunch of bleach in the septic), repeating the whole process until the seal was clean. It was absolutely ridiculous! I'd never get another front loader.

I regularly hike in south eastern Switzerland over Christmas time in my redwings, and they are definitely not appropriate to the business style of dress there. I would suggest waiting until you arrive to get a feel for the style if your intention is to blend into the culture there.

E z duz it moved into the swing away plant when they went to China. I bought an e z duz it recently and it is heaven! Just like the old swing always!

I just use my electric Campbell's can opener from the 70s. I replaced the motor with an upgrade a few years back and replaced the blade but other than that 0 maintenance.

OXO is the way.

You want the Costco one. I do use some of the regular Gorilla dump carts around the farm and they are great, but the collapsible ones by them don't look as sturdy. Ideally you likely want both eventually, because tossing heavy tools in a collapsible wagon isn't really what they are meant for but for your normal use they are fine. Be warned they are a bit bulky to pull in and out of your car!

Yup, got one of these 10 years ago and it’s still going strong. It wasn’t that expensive either, like $30.

I have a pretty solid one I just got from walmart that's been good so far, goodcook, feels pretty heavy. Think we've had it about a year without it rusting or getting wobbly like a lot of the other ones we've had.

I have one of those. It's harder to turn than a regular can opener, and more slow going, too. My husband hates it. I use it, but even on small cans I debate whether to pull out the big, bulky electric can opener instead. On the plus side, it's easier to re-use the cans for other purposes with the lip gone.

Another vote for the EZ-DUZ-IT. It's not BIFL, I've had one fall apart after years of near daily use, but still easily outlasts others.

Yeah... don't buy can openers with plastic turning handles - the plastic will fail every time. You can buy new ones that are similar to the two on the right and in the middle with all metal parts and it'll last you just as long as the one on the left.

Swing Away is the answer, eBay sells NOS ones, I bought one new in package, advertised as the can opener of Sky Lab!

probably the best single purchase I've ever made

All of those can openers puncture the steel top, and they’re effectively obsolete.

A much better (and more durable) can opener design exists.

I’ve had my side-cutting can opener for 10+ years, and it’s a generic one that picked up from a thrift store. These “new” style openers last forever because there’s fewer moving parts, and less force is used in the opening process.

Check out the EZ-DUZ-IT can opener. It's still made in the USA and will outlast all of us.

The French often use this model: https://www.cuisinstore.com/-ouvre-boite-castor-inox-prd1474.html

Simple, effective, and indestructible. A once-in-a-lifetime 2.5€ purchase.

My OXO can opener is ergonomic and has been working for the past 18 years.

Just get a comercial can opener, they clamp to a table and have a huge leverage, also ready an available spare parts.

My P-38 (and another 'souvenir') came back from RVN with me in 1969, and is still used regularly.

I had one like the one of the left that went to shit after a couple months. It had a plastic bushing in it that wore out / broke. My current one is more like the right one, and I've had it about 10 years. The P51 is indescribable, cheap as can be, and works very well once you get used to it.

They do indeed. It takes more work and time to open a can with them, of course. Gives the thumb a workout. They still make both those and the P38. You can get them in stainless steel now, too. They take up absolutely no space. They weigh virtually nothing. They cost virtually nothing. I always keep one tucked into my wallet just in case. One never knows when they will have to open a can.