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This rating is based primarily on its installation. This of course means you can have multiple locations for the holes in the cabinet. After I have had time to use it more my overall rating may go up 1 or 2 stars. The installer is directed to use a flexible piece of plastic as a template. A template printed on a piece of paper could easily be put in place and holes marked according. The template should be sized to fit into the corner which means their would be a different template for an overhand and a flat bottom cabinet.
The instuctions show the opener being installed at the front face of the wall cabinet for the raised handle to clear, but they give you enough spacers to mount it anywhere under the cabinet (must be coordinated with under-cabinet lighting). So far the can opener has performed as described. It runs a little slower than our old one, but the cutout can lid is safer to handle due the curled down edge. If your cabinet does not have a flush underside, you may need to install some blocking before the spacers (the mounting screws are +/-2" long). Overall, the installation was reasonable and the performance as expected.
It is easy to install and works perfecty and since it is attached under my cabinets it does not interfer with my counter space. I have a small kitchen and no spare counter space. Great buy and well priced. I have owned a spacemaker can opener for over ten years and decided to replace it with a new one. I am so glad B&D have not discontinued this model. N.Walker P.S. I installed it toward the back of my cabinet not the front edge,so it is not in my way.
This can opener is the most frustrating appliance in my kitchen.My old Sunbean Space Saver can opener was wonderful. The opener is (by definition) mounted underneath a cabinet, and so it is hard to see the position of the can vis a vis the opener. But after 20 years or so, it wore out.So I bought the Black and Decker. A Big Mistake.It is very very difficult to load a can, to position it in precisely the way the opener needs to have it. And placement is absolutely critical with this piece of junk.I have bought one of those hand held, twist the knob openers. I do not use my B&D can opener, and at the first opportunity I will replace it.
We had a 10-year-old Spacemaker Can Opener that we liked. So it is going back to the store. And the lever swings up 1" ABOVE the top of the unit to insert a can.
I am a handyman (we built our own home) and this new model will NOT mount properly on European-style kitchen cabinets (with a full-overlay door). The printed installation instructions do point out to be sure that the can opener is mounted close enough to the front of the cabinet so that the lever will clear the front of the door. It died recently, and we purchased the less-costly version of this model at the large superstore near our home.
So the front two mounting screws would need to be mounted into the bottom edge of the cabinet door, or the can opener cannot be used. I could make a shim to mount it perhaps 3" below the cabinet, but that would be ridiculous. The mounting for this uses four screws through the base of the cabinet, but there are two front screws within 1/2" of the front of the unit.
But in doing this, the front two screws cannot be used. What is wrong with B&D Engineering.
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