Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This can opener worked great for a yr and a half. It broke because the switch that the main lever pushes down on has a plastic piece that breaks off. You can see this white plastic piece sticking out on the right side of the gear on front. This piece can break on the first use if you push the lever down hard enough. So much for the all steel head design. This could of been avoided if the company made the small switch lever out of metal like they advertised it being "ALL METAL". I wont buy any more items from West Bend...This is just another company that chose to make inferior products. They knew this would fail. My last can opener that I gave my son when he moved out was built in the late 60's early 70's {brown with flowers lol} is still running after 40 yrs. I should of painted it and kept it. Sad we cant even build a can opener these days. Throw away world. Yet we cry about landfills filling up. Whats wrong with us?