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A stuck lid is hard to shift because your fingers slip on a smooth, narrow edge. This adjustable jar opener grips that edge with steel teeth and gives you a handle to turn, so the twist comes from your wrist and arm.
Colour White
How to use it
Slide the jaws apart to their widest before you start.
Rest the plate flat on top of the lid with the hooks outside its edge.
Turn the handle the way you would open the jar. The gear pulls the jaws tight onto the lid, then the lid turns.
Close up
Turning the handle spins this gear, which draws the toothed jaws in until they bite on the lid.
Two plates that slide out for a wide lid and in for a narrow one, from 3 cm up to 9.5 cm.
Long enough for a full hand grip, so you turn it with your palm rather than pinching with your fingertips.
Compared
A rubber pad helps when your fingers slip. When the lid is simply too tight to move, a longer handle to turn is what shifts it.
| Compared | This productAdjustable opener | Rubber grip pad | Tapping the lid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grips the lid edge | Yes | No | No |
| Handle to turn | Yes | No | No |
| Lid sizes | 3 to 9.5 cm | Any | Any |
| Effect on the lid | Small marks on metal rims | None | Dents |
Round screw lids from 3 to 9.5 cm across, which covers most jam, sauce, pickle and honey jars. It won't grip a flip top or a ring pull.
The toothed jaws bite into the edge of a metal lid and can leave small marks on the rim. The lid still screws back on.
Anticlockwise, the same way you would unscrew the lid by hand. The first part of the turn closes the jaws; keep turning and the lid moves with them.
One can live in the kitchen drawer and one by the preserves, or go to a parent or neighbour who struggles with jars. Both openers in a pack are the same colour.
It works best on metal screw lids with a firm edge. A thin plastic lid can flex under the jaws, so close them slowly and stop if the lid starts to bend.
4.5
50 reviews
Crystal D.
4 Oct 2026
First time making my own salsa and tomato sauce and I sealed the jars hard. Wanted to test one and the lid fought me. This sat on top, the jaws closed in as I turned, and it popped open. The jaws left tiny marks on the lid rim so I'll use the ones I open first. Already recommended it to two friends.
Hank
4 Oct 2026
I find sliding the jaws open before each jar a bit fiddly with stiff fingers. Once it's on the lid though, it opens things I've never managed by hand.
Hank
4 Oct 2026
Small hands plus a bit of arthritis in my thumbs means jars have been a constant fight. A friend told me to try this kind of opener and I'm glad I listened. You slide the jaws open wide, set the plate on the lid with the little hooks outside the edge, and turn. It tightens as you go. I've used it on everything from a tiny jar of capers to a big jar of pasta sauce.
Thomas K.
4 Oct 2026
Our honey jar lid sticks every single time because of the drips round the thread. This gets it open in one turn. Nothing else has managed that.
Sarah P.
4 Oct 2026
Kept one by the hob and one by the sink. Useful when your hands are wet and soapy and you cannot grip anything.
Mohammed Murphy
4 Oct 2026
Feels solid and opens everything I've tried.
Katie L.
4 Oct 2026
Gave one to the lady next door, who is 88. She says it's the first thing she's owned that gets pickled eggs open without a fuss. Kept the other.
Amir R.
4 Oct 2026
Have a cupboard full of Christmas chutneys that have been shut tight since December. Opened four in one sitting without any strain.
Cody
4 Oct 2026
Mom's hands have gotten stiff and she'd stopped buying anything in a jar. I bought this pair, set one up in the drawer by her stove, and showed her. Now she's back to buying pasta sauce and olives. It's not complicated: slide the jaws open, set it on the lid, turn. She likes the handle best because it fills her whole palm.
Imogen S.
4 Oct 2026
Had wrist surgery and was told to go easy on twisting and gripping for a few weeks. Jars were a real problem living alone. This pair let me open lids using the weight of my hand on the T handle, with barely any twist from the wrist. Soup, sauce, jam, all fine. Wish I'd known about these years ago.
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