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New help with jar lids.(Product/Service Evaluation)

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| June 01, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Black & Decker Lids Off, a new electric jar opener, can be especially useful for people who lack hand strength or grip, our tests showed.

Lids Off does all the turning. In our tests, it easily opened containers ranging from tiny baby-food jars to hefty spaghetti-sauce jars--any jar up to 4 inches in diameter and 8 inches tall. You place a jar in the device, lower its upper housing, and press and hold a button. Clamps grasp the jar lid and loosen it.

Lids Off, which sells for about $40, isn't a must-have for everyone. It takes up counter space, has a rather noisy motor, and won't work in a power outage. It sometimes faltered when trying to reopen a jar that had been in the fridge.

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