Product Description

Ordinarily, opening a jar requires you to keep the bottom of the jar in place with one hand, while the other hand struggles to unscrew the lid. This jar opener has a detachable base pad - put this on your counter and the jar on it, it's not going anywhere now. Then slide the opener over the lid, engage the stainless steel teeth, and do the twist...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #546 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Black
• Brand: Oxo
• Model: 1057943
• Dimensions: 1.10" h x 4.90" w x 11.10" l,

Features

• Jar opener with base pad for opening jars of any size
• Opener's stainless-steel teeth grip the lids of individual jars
• Nonslip base pad holds jar bottom while opener twists lid
• Contoured, comfortable handle includes hanging hole
• Opener is dishwasher-safe; pad should be hand washed

Amazon.com Product Description
Give the calluses on your hand a merciful reprieve with this OXO Good Grips jar opener, which opens jars of all sizes. Borne of OXO's high-performance i-Series line of premium kitchen tools, the opener fits everything from small mustard jars to large containers of pasta sauce. To use, place the included nonslip base pad underneath the jar, and then rest the opener itself atop the jar lid. After a quick counter-clockwise turn, the lid should loosen easily. The opener works by leveraging its riveted stainless-steel teeth against the secure traction generated by the pad. Even the most stubborn jars don't stand a chance.

Like all OXO kitchen tools, the base pad features a unique handle designed to fit the contours of your hand. Chefs can choke up on the handle to provide additional leverage, or grip it normally for a more comfortable fit. The opener fits conveniently inside the base pad for storage, which has a hanging hole at the end of the handle. The stainless jar opener is dishwasher-safe, though OXO recommends hand washing the base pad if necessary.

Customer Reviews

opens everything
Wow! This product opens every jar, small and large. I don't hesitate to recommend it to everyone. I don't know what I'd do without it. Some may use an electronic opener, but it doesn't work on everything and this will work when the electricity is down.

Still need strength!
I have another gadget that works great on jars that don't have a lip under the lid so I thought I'd try this for those jars (like Classico pasta sauce) that my little gadget doesn't work on...but you still need strength of a muscle man! Maybe I'm doing something wrong but even my husband tried it and said it was easier to just open it with his hands. The "teeth" on this opener just slip...very disappointed.

STRONG AS AN OX!
This is the strongest jar opener I have ever owned. In fact, I had given up trying to find a satisfactory one because ALL I have purchased in the past have broken sooner rather than later.

NOT THIS ONE! It is very impressive and sturdy. In fact, I would advise caution as it opens the jar with less work and pressure than one is expecting to have to apply to it. When using for the first time, I would recommend taking it easy. It really does all the work.

The rubber base is also a plus so the jar does not slip around while it is being opened. And it fits into the opener easily for storage.

The directions read that the base needs to be hand washed, while the opener itself is dishwasher safe. Both rinse so easily, however, that I don't see why it would be necessary at all to use a dishwasher for cleaning.

With arthritic hands, this opener is a blessing for me which I have been searching for a long time to find.