This is one item that I cannot do without. I open a lot of mail and I need something that will open the letters quickly and cleanly. On a lot of items of this ...Read complete review
This is one item that I cannot do without. I open a lot of mail and I need something that will open the letters quickly and cleanly. On a lot of items of this type the guide bar is too thick to go into the envelope easily. This one goes in with little effort. My only complain, although a small one is that it's a bit expensive for a simple piece of plastic with a razor blade, and that gives staples free advertising. Other than that, I have no problems with it at all.
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Doesn't work like the old blue ones.
We use these to open hundreds of rent payment envelopes and they tear or wrinkle the envelopes more than they open them easily.
I have had these openers form different brands before and I loved them but this one is terrible. The plastic tip that is supposed to slide under the flap of the envelope is so thick and blunt that it doesn't go it. All they need to do is make this thinner and the blade sharper.
I wholeheartedly agree with the comment made by chica in Oregon that the blue letter opener that Staples used to sell was vastly superior to the item hereunder, which appears to be the replacement for that older, blue-colored version.
My biggest gripe about this newer letter opener is that the blade inside of it dulls very quickly, and once that happens, it can then no longer open most envelopes, and even in the case of those thinner ones that it CAN still open, it shreds not only the envelope, but much of its contents, as well.
Staples, how about bringing back the old, rounder, blue opener? This new, black, rectangular model is a poor value.
I would like to have the blue letter opener back. This one is not as smooth and it shreds the envelopes instead of slicing. The blue opener previously available thru Staples was a better product. What can be done to get the other opener back?
Item number WEVCOA12 is a blue letter opener. For pricing and availability please contact customer service at 1-800-333-3330
Answered on 8/23/2010 by Customer Care from Staples
Q:
I would like to know the color of this letter opener. We have been requested to order letter openers that look similar to this one in blue. Someone has used in the past and really likes it. Thank You