McKay 16 oz. Heavy-Duty Metal Can Crusher

LinkFishLinkFish: This can crusher works great and appears to be very durable thick metal construction and solid rivets at the pivot points. I installed the crusher to my fence post and crushed 200+ cans (12 oz and 16oz) right out of the box. It crushes cans very easily and it is even easier if you give each can a little hand squeeze with your fingers to dent two sides of the can prior loading it into the crusher. This helps compromise the vertical strength of the can and pre-define the "crumple zone". Even if you don't dent the can before crushing it still works great as advertised . . . no regrets on this purchase.

United States on Nov 27, 2023

Amazon Customer: I had one of these devices years ago, and I left it screwed to the garage wall hen I sold the house. So I bought this one for my new home. I like the "plastic bottle" feature with the hole in the top. moving, cruncher. If you loosen the cap, crunch the bottle, then tighten the cap while bottle is still in the press IT STAYS CRUNCHED at about an inch high. Great feature!

United States on Nov 24, 2023

J. SeigleJ. Seigle: If all you are going to do with this is crush flimsy aluminum soda/beer cans, then you will be happy. It works with minimal effort, and as long as you keep the handle lined up when you pull it down (don't push it to one side), it will hold up well.

There is one safety issue to be careful of: If a can gets in there just the right way, it can pop out if it "bends at the waist" when you start to crush it. This is bad news if you're standing right in front of it. It helps to give it a little dent with your hands before you put in the crusher so you can control which way it's going to collapse.

There are three design flaws:

1. The back mounting plate and top "crusher" plate are very heavy gauge metal, but the back plate doesn't really have to be. Most of the load on the back plate is at the screw holes, where the crushing motion will create a downward load on all the screws, and outward on the top screws. Wisely there are three screws at the top, and only one at the bottom, perfectly appropriate for the loads. However, the articulated moving parts to support the handle are light-gauge metal, and that's where most of the crushing load is applied. They *should* be...

United States on Nov 13, 2023

Daniel S.: You need to mount this where the handle won't sweep behind the mounting plane or it will bend. Also, it's not super stable side to side and will bend. The hole in the smasher means you get skinny cans stuck in it half the time if you're not careful. Paint job is good, mounting is good but they should include that caveat about the bending.

United States on Nov 13, 2023

Stephani Everett: We have used a decent amount in the last few weeks and it does it's job, but just wanted to share that some of the paint is already starting to run off along with the rub mat at the bottom is breaking off from the usage. I did expect this to happen, but thought it would be much further down the road. But it does it's job and decent price, but it won't be pretty for long.

United States on Nov 07, 2023

Dogger: Can crusher was purchased to crush beer cans at the hunt camp. Excellent!

Canada on Nov 06, 2023

Jordy Hall: Truly. The amount of satisfaction I get from crushing the cans is *wild*.

Canada on Nov 03, 2023

Fernanda: Lo compré especialmente para latas de refresco, sin embargo, quería probarlo para latas de verduras y sopas... no logra hacerles nada. evidentemente son mas gruesas, pero tenia esperanza. Logra su cometido, tambien con botellas de plástico. Excelente compra.

Mexico on Oct 16, 2023

Pat: Excelente calidad y funcionalidad

Mexico on Sep 16, 2023

RaCRaC: The media could not be loaded.  El aplastador cumple lo que promete. Sí, aplasta bien las latas, casi tan parejo como un buen pisotón.

Es necesario instalarlo bien sobre la pared. Yo le puse una almohadilla de esponja en la parte inferior que queda a la pared. También considero que ayuda mucho si lo aceitas, para que no haya tanta fricción entre sus partes metálicas.

El Video que te comparto es un varón adulto. Tengo en casa una mujer de la tercera edad y ella debe usar sos dos manos e incluso el peso de su cuerpo para aplastar una lata. Le cuesta trabajo. Sin embargo, le gustó.

Pienso que la técnica de empleo es muy simple. Coloca bien la lata y luego tira duro. El ímpetu o momentum, tirar sin pausa del aplastador desde su posición arriba-máxima, ayuda mucho.

Sí, necesitas aplicar fuerza. El diseño del aplastador no ahorra energía/fuerza, incluso no ahorra tiempo, su principal valor es que aplasta parejas las latas cuando las colocas bien y usas de manera correcta el aplastador. Debes meter las latas íntegras vacías, nunca las semi-aplastes antes.

Le califico bien porque no hay engaño. Cumple su función y está bien...

Mexico on Apr 30, 2023