Customer Reviews for Can Ram - Aluminum Can Crusher

Can Ram - Aluminum Can Crusher
by Northern Industrial Tools

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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Can Ram - Aluminum Can Crusher

Customer Review: Does the Job its supposed to
Summary: 4 Stars

This can crusher is great for the price. It crushes the can and I have a garbage bag underneath it to catch them. The only bad thing about this is the crusher is an odd shape, so if you don't keep at least 4 cans in the shoot, the cans pop up when you crush them and you have to keep resetting them.

Customer Review: Don't be fooled by the picture
Summary: 2 Stars

I purchased this product so that I would be able to crush my cans to make it easier to recyle them. After receiving the item I pulled it out of the box with a whole stack of cans near by just waiting to try the new gadget out. The directions for putting this together are more of an outline with pictures that don't really show much. After looking at the pivot pin and the handle, I figure it out and put it together. At this point I realize two things right off the bat. First: the crushing mechanizim will start off pushing down at an angle instead of straight on. Second: the picture shown both here on the site and on the box is mis-leading. The crusher starts in the handle-down position requiring you to lift the handle up to crush the cans. The difference between lifting up and pulling down makes this harder to operate, especially if you happen to have an impaired shoulder; you can't get the proper leverage to make it work easily.

I have not used this product enough to testify to the solidity of the handle, I have seen others saying that it breaks easily. Considering how easily the pivot pin is removed, that there's nothing to hold that pin in place once inserted, and the force needed to lift up on the handle to crush a single can- I can forsee the problem of handle breakage.

The only high point to this transaction was the seller; the item was shipped promptly, I had a tracking number to follow the progress, and it was delivered before the estimated arrival date.

Overall I am very disappointed in this product and it's many design flaws.

Customer Review: Don't waste your money
Summary: 1 Stars

What a piece of crap! Used it once, found out immediately it jammed up, wouldn't hold more then one can at a time, required manual can removal and then it broke.

Customer Review: EXCELLENT
Summary: 5 Stars

I HAVE HAD ONE OF THESE BEFORE. THE LAST ONE I HAD LASTED 10 YEARS WITH DAILY USE. FINALLY MY KIDS DESTROYED IT. EVEN THOUGH IT IS PLASTIC DO NOT LET IT FOOL YOU. THE ONLY THNG THAT BROKE QUICKLY WAS THE HOLDER TO HOLD CANS BECAUSE I WAS NOT CAREFUL.