Open It!

Sometimes, the little things in life make such a difference. In this case, I am referring to a gadget named "Open It!".

I bought it last Christmas for about $10 at Home Depot. The purpose for which I bought it was to make it easier to open goodies sealed in tough plastic covers. Too often, those damned things are a bear to break open. This handy tool does a great job of slicing through them much more effectively than normal scissors.

Well, this week, I've been wrestling with installing stick and peel tiles in my closet. The stick and peel part was easy. The hard part was lining them up neatly and, toughest of all, cutting them to fit well around a large water heater.

Yup, you guessed it, Open It! was a perfect tool for this job. Wherever I had to do precision cutting of this heavy, sturdy plastic tile, Open It! was a hero. I especially appreciated it when I had to cut a slight curve. Try doing that with a straight edged cutting knife (and as safely as Open It! does).

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