Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is fabulous. I have hand arthritis and can't spread my thumbs out wide, so opening a large jar is nearly impossible...I use channel lock pliers for most, but a 6" jar of pool chemicals that weighs over 2 pounds...that doesn't work with pliers, but works with this! HOWEVER! Do NOT install this the way they show you (with the point of the V farthest from you). If you do, you will have the weight of whatever you're opening dragging down while you are trying to simultaneously push the jar back against the V and turn counterclockwise (which isn't natural). If the jar is wide (like a pickle jar) and/or slippery (like a cold pickle jar) you might find the jar slipping right out of your hand if you lack grip strength like I do. Using both hands with your arms extended outward and up is not that easy unless you're tall or stand on a low stool. It's doable but why make yourself struggle? INSTEAD: Install it with the V pointing towards you and put it as close as possible to the front of your upper cabinet and, if possible, right next to the right side wall of the lip that is under the cabinet (this last part is not really necessary, but I feel it will make the thing less likely to torque over time if your cabinet base is particle board). That way, you can pull the jar towards you while turning it the normal way (clockwise) and it will open in half a turn or less! It will also be much closer to your body. Pulling towards you is much easier than pushing away while turning. You will be amazed! You will, like I did, want to open every jar in your fridge just for the fun of it! No more running hot water over the maple syrup bottle to get the lid off! I'm adding one to my garage so I don't have to run into the house to open fertilizers and the aforementioned dreaded pool chemical jars. The design of this thing is perfect but what they do to make installation easy is even better and I don't know why makers of towel bars, racks, and other things that have to be mounted just where you want them, don't do this: They have attached an adhesive pad to the top of the opener and you peel off the paper and then stick it exactly where you want and then put in the screws. Don't try to use it before you put in the screws...it won't stick (or at least it didn't on mine even though the instructions imply that the screws are optional). No more marking, taking down, drilling, putting up, awkwardly holding it with one hand while you try to get a screw to go into the hole you drilled and then get it to stay while you pick up the screwdriver and try to get it into the screw. This is so much easier! Beaucoup compliments to your engineers, EZ OFF maker! You truly did have people like me in mind and you have done us a great service. Now go coach all the other manufacturers who can't seem to get that everyone has a right to be able to open the things they buy! One little side note: there are other tools like this that are similar (like Good Grips jar opener) that don't work AT ALL! I was hesitant to buy this and I thank the other reviewers for convincing me. What makes this different is that the part the lid goes in is deeper and has 2 blades to grip the lid instead of one. So if you've tried others like this, try this one. You'll love it!