Kuhn Rikon Gripper Jar Opener

If you have trouble getting into your favourite breakfast marmalade or have to wait for ‘someone strong’ to call round to open the pickled onions to go with your home-made ploughman’s lunch, we think you’ll be as pleased as we were to find Kuhn Rikon’s Gripper Jar Opener – it opens bottles too.

Brilliant for anyone with a limited grip or stiff joints, the long handle of the Jar Gripper uses leverage to open troublesome lids and bottletops. Unlike some jar openers, it doesn’t require a hard-to-hold pincer action to get a grip on the lids of problematic bottles and jars – just twist the knob on top to fasten the trio of rubber grips around the lid in question and then push or turn the long lever handle.

Instructions for use:

• Widen the ‘jaws’ of the opener by turning the knob anti-clockwise
• Place the opener over the lid and turn the knob clockwise until the grips lock onto the lid
• Hold the jar with one hand and firmly push/turn the opener’s handle anti-clockwise until the jar opens (always remember left is loose and right is tight!)

About Kuhn Rikon

Swiss company Kuhn Rikon has been making fantastic cookware and practical cooks’ tools since 1926. Focusing on quality, function and innovation, their use of the very best raw materials, minute attention to detail and the durability of their products has given them a worldwide reputation for reliability and excellence. You’d expect nothing less from the Swiss.