My best purchase this year, and I mean in the last 12 months, at least! I use this so often, the cost per use is miniscule. I use this for shipping boxes and all those Amazon boxes I need to flatten to recycle-more boxes than I care to admit. This requires less hand power than shears or scissors. The BEST FEATURE is the magnet! I keep it on my refrigerator and it has not been lost or misplaced, not even once. I bought a second one for my garage and I keep that one on metal storage shelves. If this seems like something you would like, just order 2 in the first place!

Really great for box opening. Small, safe and efficient

I mean it, I cannot live without this little gadget. If you are like me, I get a lot of home deliveries now and I keep this right where I can find it to open every box. I even use it to break down the boxes. You can use it on those hard to open plastic shells. The ceramic blade is very sharp and it automatically goes back into the case when you release the thumb button. I gave one of these to a friend at Christmas in a little gift bag full of little gifts like handmade truffles and other handmade items. You know what she commented on, this box cutter. Not the handmade truffles the snow flake ornament or the silicone cooking mat but the box cutter. I was at her house this week for a tea party and right there on her desk is this box opener. I even bought a backup for me because I did misplace it once. So very handy and a great gift.

Ingenious! Simple, safe, and effective!

I use it to open boxes that I get. It works well for that. The blade can't cut me, but it sure cuts the boxes. The magnet, however, is wimpy and doesn't hold well, so I can't keep it as readily to hand as I had hoped. Also, if I got another, I would choose the one that locks open, because this one springs closed too quickly for my old fingers. I'm 73.

Sigh. I wanted something a bit more aesthetically pleasing than a traditional box cutter, so I took a chance.The ceramic blade on this thing is pretty good, but it is very small and SO awkward to hold. There is no option to keep the blade out for bigger projects (like breaking down boxes from your favorite love-hate online shopping facility, ahem). Also, maybe mine was defective, but the 'lock' feature did not work.I'm trying to imagine a place where this might be useful. It has a hole for a lanyard, so...maybe a janitor at an elementary school where safety is the top priority?Not for me, that's for sure. I'll be buying an ugly but functional traditional box cutter now, thanks.

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Très petit. Très pratique.La petit bout qui coupe est rétractable. La petite lame qui coupe n’est pas en métal et c’est très bien.

The blade cuts open packages with ease. The bald replacements are definitely not cheap. However, the blade that comes with it should last a long time. The blade has 2 ends. One has a rounded edge and the other is pointed. Cons: lack of instructions on how to open the case to do blade replacements. Figured out that there’s a sliding switch on the back. This allowed me to separate the case to do the replacement. They should mention that in the instructions.

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Simple & reasonably effective but would be better if the blade could be locked in the open/out position

Update: I have these for a few years now and they all still work great! Have given several as gifts and everybody loves them.A handy little tool for opening packages. Unlike a bigger box cutter or scissors. it's--unobtrusive so I can leave it on a table near the front door.;--has a short blade, so I don't have to worry about damaging a package's content;--has a blade that retracts automatically when I finish my cut and doesn't easily cut skin.I find it works well on packing tape. stiff plastic packaging and card stock. Denser or heavier cardboard requires two or more passes and it doesn't work as well on softer plastic packaging that doesn't stay taut once cut like that around rolls toilet paper.Good for average residential/office use. Since the blade doesn't lock in place, it might not be the best choice for someone who spends a lot of time opening packages.

I've seen ceramic cutters but never used one. I have ceramic knives and veggie cutters that cut very well. I carry a Bessey in my pocket but it is quite heavy so I wanted to see if I could lighten my daily pocket load by switching to a Slice.The Slice size and weight are very nice. It weighs almost nothing and it fits easily in my pocket. It's about the size of a box of square Tic Tacs.::::The lanyard hole::: It is meant for a lanyard and not a keyring. Lanyard threads will fit but most split keyring holders will not fit. It is tiny and I had to use a single wire ring, with a wire diameter less than 1mm (probably about 0.5mm).::::How does it cut?:::: It's ok but it's no match for my . I've been carrying both the Slice and the Bessey for three days and attempted to use the Slice as much as possible. I wanted to see if the very lightweight Slice could replace my much heavier Bessey (7 ounces) for most of my general cutting/opening needs. Unfortunately, the Slice just doesn't have the cutting power nor depth of a heavyweight utility knife. In many cases, the Slice wouldn't cut through thin plastic -- it would only score it (like clamshell packaging). Even with a week-old blade in my Bessey, its metal cutting blade is much sharper and much more effective. For far too many applications, I found the Slice to be frustratingly less effective than a metal cutting blade. I had to forego the Slice for the Bessey most of the time.::::Sticky packaging tape:::: Certain packaging tape gets tacky in elevated temps and it will stick to a blade. This means you must disassemble the Slice and clean the interior housing and blade. With a utility knife, you just snap the end of the blade. If the Slice is used to cut through lots of tacky tape, it will render it almost useless. When that tacky goo hardens, it's even worse.::::Bubble envelopes:::: I used the Slice to open a bubble envelope.Not using a flat surface and cutting above the bubbles, it was very difficult to open the package. The small blade kept pushing the mailer away. Using a flat wooden surface and cutting the other end (below the bubbles), the Slice worked much better but only partially opened the mailer. However, it scored the remainder well enough that I was able to pull it open by hand.:::: Regular packaging tape (like Amazon uses):::: As long as the tape is applied to a perfectly shaped and perfectly closed box, it works fine. Along the top, it cuts well. On the sides, if there any irregularities (top is askew, box is dented, etc. ) and this makes the depth required to cut the tape greater than 1/4 inch, then it cannot reach the tape. I used the Slice to open over a dozen boxes and with almost every boc, it left some portions uncut. However, it took minimal time and effort to rip the remainder open.:::: Corrugated boxes:::: Cutting a box into pieces along the fold lines works decent but takes multiple tries. Cutting through the actual corrugated sections is much more difficult. If you downsize (cut) the boxes for recycling, the Slice will do it but it takes a lot more time and effort than a regular box cutter.Don't get me wrong. The Slice is a nice tool for certain applications. It is lightweight and easy to carry. It doesn't have a fixed blade but the retractable blade shouldn't be a big issue unless you must use a blade all day, every day, in your work/hobby.If you don't need a serious cutting tool, get a Slice.