I bought this at a local hardware store for $13.49 before taxes. I had a hard time finding a place to install it in a small kitchen. I didn't want to mess up my cabinets by drilling holes in them. I didn't want to install it directly to drywall either. While searching for a place to mount the thing it occurred to me to hang it on the fridge. I talked myself out of this, but thought it would be nice to have a fridge with a crusher built into it. Can crushers are notoriously messy. From high priced to low priced. It is the little bit of fluid left in the can that spills out that makes a mess. If the can crusher was built into the fridge next to the water and ice dispenser that little mess created in the crushing process could spill over into the water dispenser's spill over tray. Every time you go to the fridge for another, you could bring back your empty to the same spot, crunch it, get another, etc.
Anyway this particular crusher takes about a 5 inch can and turns it into about a 1 and a quarter inch puck. Now I can make one trip to the recycling bin instead of 5, and that for me is what crunching cans is all about.
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