Basic Industries International 77703 Multi Crush Aluminum Can Crusher
by Basic Industries
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Basic Industries International 77703 Multi Crush Aluminum Can Crusher
Customer Review: Crusher
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great can crusher, that easily crushes. It also holds multiple cans which allows you to crush multiple cans in a shorter amount of time.Customer Review: Frame Bends
Summary: 3 Stars
We used this can crusher in our office. Needless to say it was probably used more than the average household. However, being the person that tended to do the crushing (because people would just leave the cans sitting around for someone else to do, I found it rather easy to use. After about a year the frame and arm began to bend out of shape. This caused the cans to not drop easily into place to be crushed so the user would have to maneuver each can before crushing. Then the handle tended to twist so that it would not crush the can evenly. Perhaps in a regular household this product would be sufficient to last a few more years.
Customer Review: Can Crusher
Summary: 3 Stars
This product is adequate for your typical home use. It's problems consist of outdated design & worksmanship. For example, in the past, all the cans were basically the same size making the multi-can stack very nice; but now some cans are smaller, some are larger, throwing off the whole idea of the "Cage" or "shute" loading system. Also, too much pressure on the handle will bow it and pop the handle out.Customer Review: Construction is weak
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this multi-can crusher and mounted it in my garage. After loading it up for the first time, a pull on the handle did not result in a crushed can. It resulted in the handle popping out of the mechanism. After bending the ends inward a bit, the product can now crush cans. It feels quite flimsy when crushing a can.Customer Review: No Engineering
Summary: 2 Stars
While this crusher primitively demonstrates the function of a lever, that's almost all it's good for. For one, the can stack constantly jams the next can up behind the piston during use. This does not subside by simply reducing the amount of "crush" you apply to the previous can; the following can tips back and stands up behind the piston. As mashing the lever back and forth does little to unjam things, we are now reduced to a one-can-at-a-time scenario. I paid twice as much as I could have for other single can models.
Finally, even with a healthy coat of lithium grease on the piston guides, this crusher ground right through it's "powder coated" finish after only a couple of uses.