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Tin opener 'worst' gadget

Updated on 22 October 2007

Source PA News

The electric tin opener is the worst household gadget invented, a poll says.

Its failure to always complete the task in hand is the main reason for its ranking.

The gadget's high breakdown rate was another reason it topped the poll - ahead of "messy" waffle iron and "irritating" novelty alarm clocks.

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