Speaking of can openers...I bought one of those battery operated ones you set on the can and then just push the button. The thing works flawlessly. Opens any can large or small. Works on corned beef style cans as well. I was so impressed I bought a second one. Great for arthritis cases, leaves no sharp edges. Kind of fun to watch, it's like a little robot that dances around the can and even shuts itself off. I got the Boajf Electric Can Opener model at WallyWorld.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Nice, haven’t seen that one but family has something similar
@brianegendorf20237 ай бұрын
I have it too..best can opener I've ever had! And I got it for $5..
@pattiannepascual7 ай бұрын
a good old manual one still needed in case you don't have batteries
@zippy26417 ай бұрын
@@brianegendorf2023 $5?
@dougied34497 ай бұрын
I have a rim cutter. It takes off the top, leaves no sharp ridge and with a hammer i can pop the top back on.
@EssentialTam337 ай бұрын
This was a great tip! If I come across a can I don't plan to eat (rusted or bulging), I'm going practice it! Meantime, notes taken and looking forward to the next one . Thanks😊
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@rw75947 ай бұрын
I use manual can openers. I do have some basic metal can openers from retail camping sellers. In recent years, I've stocked up on manual tools such as a drill and other cutting tools.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
It's a great thing to focus on imo
@cayuse-jf7eq7 ай бұрын
Another good video I have carried a P 38 on my key chain for years and keep them in my go bag I think you need as many tools in your bag as you can get you never know what will happen or when it will happen and gloves are a must thanks
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
I almost used the p38 but thought that would be cheating lol. Thanks for watching
@bryanbennett9727 ай бұрын
Why would you carry that? The P 38 Lightning is an American single-seat, twin piston-engine fighter aircraft that was used during World War II. Sorry but I had to go there...🤣
@cayuse-jf7eq7 ай бұрын
It's all good have been wafting to here it Ha Ha @@bryanbennett972
@Buzzy-bm6bv7 ай бұрын
Yes, great video and yes, more how to videos would suit me. You have a great relaxed presentation style, which makes it easy to digest the information.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for the kind words
@debbiechadwick8617 ай бұрын
Wow I never saw this method w the spoon before. When I was younger I used a knife. Neither way would be good now cuz lack of strength in my hand. But I keep manual can openers. The old fashioned beer bottle openers work too but I havrnt seen them for sale in a long time. Great ideas from you. 😊
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Thanks Debbie. Definitely didn’t invent but so good to know the options
@madcow34177 ай бұрын
This video is sponsored by the can opener industry to show us how much we need their products. I actually just had a can last week that a standard turn-knob can opener couldn't open. I had to get my leatherman out to use its can opener. I bought a spare simple blade-based opener just to have around because of this.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
lol. Good to see you again mad cow
@TimHWolfe7 ай бұрын
I have a handful of P38’s around. Along with a couple of old steel strikers for sparks. I have had them since the 50’s when I was a kid and went out camping in the woods. They’re in my glove box in my truck. I live in CO so I keep a survival bag of several things in case you get stuck in a snow storm. The mtns are real. City people laugh, till they close the freeways and they run out of gas sitting all night.
@helterskelter1567 ай бұрын
My grandfather always used his knife to open cans, whenever we went fishing and camping when I was a kid. No gloves, no can openers, and no injuries. Society today is soft AF.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Any injury in an emergency situation could lead to infection. Something to keep in mind
@helterskelter1567 ай бұрын
@@PracticalPreparedness I’m not advocating for it. Just stating a fact. Also, practice is integral for surviving an emergency situation. That’s why people start fires with a bowdrill, etc. even when a lighter is at hand. So technically, even with a crappy set of gloves and no practice you’re way more likely to injure yourself than somebody like my grandfather, who used to open cans with a knife casually.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
That is a really interesting statement and I'd take practice and no safety gear over the former as you stated!
@tomdonahue81107 ай бұрын
The spoon hack is new to me. Thanks Jason.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Always!
@ShadowScoutSwede7 ай бұрын
Well, thank you for demonstrating how to open a can without a can opener i am familiar with the last method you used but not the other 2 so that was new to me.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@ShadowScoutSwede7 ай бұрын
@@PracticalPreparedness Yes it was thank you.
@TheBudgetguy_K.T7 ай бұрын
Ive used alot of these methods still love using a large bowie style blade for fun! The tip clips on the inside lip and you can push down safely to open it slowly! Never tried your method with a knife looks a bit more dangerous but still works!
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Nice. That works too!
@tonette65927 ай бұрын
Nice to know, but just last week I had to stop my husband from buying an EIGTH can opener for us.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
lol. 8 sounds like a lot!
@tonette65927 ай бұрын
@@PracticalPreparedness We have at least 7. I guess he is insecure!
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
haha well if 2 is better than 1, than 8 is better than 7... I think he's on to something
@tonette65927 ай бұрын
Yeah, when it comes to cand of meat and bags of rice, and, and...LOL!@@PracticalPreparedness
@thomaswypyszinski36457 ай бұрын
Love the glove advice. I'm big on wearing gloves. Cutting your hand open is ALWAYS a bad thing. (lol) Especially in a survival situation. ALSO: Watch out for metal slivers than might go into the food.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Great tip!
@rubicon34167 ай бұрын
Good one! I've learned the hard way that gloves are your friend in many cases.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Especially getting injured in a bad situation
@metarugia39817 ай бұрын
Or, if you don't have a spoon, knife or any other tools, you can just grind the top/bottom of the can on a flat surface, preferably concrete or rock. Grind it for long enough and the pressed metal of the lid will wear away and the lid should pop right off.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Bingo
@davidimreh6 ай бұрын
The best method I've found to open a can if you don't have an opener is to use a corkscrew's "mini blade". It's blunt so you don't need any protective gear and it's super easy to open the can with it thanks to it's grooved blade!
@thatsjames39947 ай бұрын
Can you make a video that summarises every basic thing you need in a disaster? And can you give some examples that are cheap but sturdy and links to videos that go deeper into that topic? It would be really appreciated!
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
I've taken this down. Would be a bigger thing, but think it would be useful. Thanks for the ask!
@lukepippin47817 ай бұрын
Best thing to do would be to carry a can opener in your EDC which sounds crazy, but I have a couple of those tiny military ones, as well as one on my multitool. But there’s always the possibility that you find yourself without your equipment.
@SherryEllesson7 ай бұрын
Another good, basic need. Thank you, and yes, please - more of these!
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
You bet
@SherryEllesson7 ай бұрын
@@PracticalPreparedness Funny story: I had accidentally locked myself out of my house while out shopping, called a locksmith, and used a keypad to get into the garage. I'm a woodworker, and got a bottle of wine out of the car. Used a drill with a large bit as a corkscrew and opened it, used a coffee mug I keep in the "shop" and was a happy girl when the locksmith arrived. lol
@ericarnaud79837 ай бұрын
You forgot the fourth method of opening the can...it also needs a rock, but just a little smaller than the lapping one. Pick up the rock and smash repeatedly on the top of the can. 😉 Good video. ✔️
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
That is a good one! Watch me bash my hand on accident lol
@ericarnaud79837 ай бұрын
@@PracticalPreparedness 😂😂😂
@cbass27557 ай бұрын
I used a flat headed screwdriver and a hammer 🤣 I did!
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Nice, it probably worked really well!
@CreativeRedundancy7 ай бұрын
Just to add a fix blade would be better option over a folder and a real one can opener would be better over that. :)
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Agreed! Should have mentioned fixed is best
@Seamus30517 ай бұрын
Always carry a military style P-38 or P-51 can opener on my key chain, so have never needed to use any of the 3 methods you demonstrated.. The knife & or spoon seem the most effective , but see a mess as the can begins to leak because of the method used.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Those are extremely handy
@Feribrat997 ай бұрын
Any body that has camped a day in their life will never be without one, I have about 4 or 5 of em and when one starts getting wonky I go get a couple more.
@meljordan2207 ай бұрын
There's something called a p-38 which is a portable very small can opener that the military used to use or maybe they still do I don't know. I keep one of those in a bug out bag
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
It’s a great opener indeed!
@flyoverkid557 ай бұрын
If you're prepping and you don't have 3 or 4 manual can openers, go get some.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Not worth getting injured!
@teedtad25347 ай бұрын
Which part of the can seal are you rubbing against on the rock ?! Rim of the can or center of the can??! . .☑️
@OBXDewey7 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Thank you dewey
@maxdrags31157 ай бұрын
Nice video man 👍
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed
@freelancebooster7 ай бұрын
Once used a Bowie knife. It was fun. 😀
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
You're the 2nd person to mention this haha. Need to get a bowie knife
@deltaechozulu53297 ай бұрын
Very useful info. Thank you.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@brianegendorf20237 ай бұрын
These are the methods you use to teach someone why they should NEVER be without a can opener, no matter what...
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Definitely adds chance of injury
@franko85727 ай бұрын
*YOU MISSED THE EASIEST ONE. The lid is glued on. If you take a lighter to the rim or the top of the can, it will melt off very quickly to a point where you can just separate it from the bottom.*
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
I'll do a follow up on this! Thanks for adding!
@franko85727 ай бұрын
@@PracticalPreparedness 💪 You the goat!
@markcoraa7 ай бұрын
I cried when I saw you using a knife to open a can. 😮
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Lol why's that?
@geraldkriss11202 ай бұрын
G.K. Just have a lot of good, safe, can openers.
@radekr9817 ай бұрын
Try paper/utility knife, it works (real life situation). I would not like to damage my nice knife.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Never heard I’ll look it up. Thanks!
@radekr9817 ай бұрын
@@PracticalPreparednessSorry, I mean utility knife with replacable blades.
@thatguy96687 ай бұрын
flat screwdriver so you don't ruin your knife, with a small hammer you can first pierce then pry.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Nice idea!
@pattiannepascual7 ай бұрын
can opener not something you think of grabbing in an emergency if you have little time to leave your house. Besides, I have gone through so many new ones, they make them like garbage now. i bought a couple vintage ones off ebay, they work great with a little sharpening. one is all metal with a little knife thing on the end, there's a cutout in the metal that rides along the can lid. don't need gloves. i will likely try to find and buy another as backup. the heck with these expensive modern junk ones. I also got one as a gift that uses 2 aaa batteries, rides on top of the can lid and takes takes the top and bit of the can off.i love it but just in case i don't have batteries, the real old ones are the way to go. They will probably outlive us all.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Right. Last thing I’d think to grab in a panic
@BeeHappy4Life7 ай бұрын
Dont forget top wipe the top of the cans. Them little mices while shipping and in stores. 😅
@fyreflyte90667 ай бұрын
lol. nice i dont fancy the concrete method much. i want the food to stay in the can as much as possible. i dont really want to eat soup off the concrete my dogs go to the toilet on :)
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
You and me both!
@Security-ou9ep6 ай бұрын
Lifesaver
@frost80777 ай бұрын
I thought you were going to use an axe when you brought it outside, which made think how some hatchets have a pointy beard that could be great at pressing down through the lids.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
That is a good idea! Same reason the chef knives work well. Prob hard to control that bigger tool though
@JOHNBANNON-ib3cj7 ай бұрын
GOOD VIDEO!!!
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@JOHNBANNON-ib3cj7 ай бұрын
@@PracticalPreparedness i JUST SUBED last weel. Good channel!! LIKED AND SHARED
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Thank you!!!!!!!
@seedy-waney-bonnie49067 ай бұрын
Cool video. I've used a knife.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@pistolgrip44mag7 ай бұрын
Or you could just get a P38 or P51 and keep them on you at all times.
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Great options to have
@girlnextdoor3697 ай бұрын
Hey can food manufacturers- do all humanity a favor! Please get on board with using pull tabs on cans like other companies!!
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Right?!
@kikiwiilbiomed99493 ай бұрын
i am crying. no matter how hard i did it i forgot i am still a 85 pound girl and that my will to eat tomato pasta at 3am is still not greater than the stupid can
@davidmantooth12857 ай бұрын
This tip is off the subject, you can prolong the life of your can opener by cleaning it with a little cooking oil instead of soap and water to prevent rust.
@daniels617 ай бұрын
C’mon man I wanted to see you open it with your bare hands 🐻🤲
@PracticalPreparedness7 ай бұрын
Hahaha that's another vid. Thanks for watching
@kravenofspider7 ай бұрын
Took a few calories to open it on some of these. If you are starving, you may not have a ton of energy to begin with. Just an aside.