Basic Industries International Multi Crush Aluminum Can Crusher

Crushes well sprays occasionally but compacts the cans, won’t do large cans just the common pop can.

My family crushes a lot of aluminum cans for recycle. It took me over 20 years to wear out my first crusher like this. Easy to load and operate. Good value!

Overall, the crusher is of good quality and is effective at doing it's job of crushing cans. However, you need to add some kind of lubrication to the crush plate so it slides easily and the paint chips off way too easy. Those are the only 2 bad things about this can crusher. Well, that and the basket only holds up to 6 12oz cans. Bigger cans will need to be crushed by hand. Or rather, by foot. However, for some reason, at least with my can crusher, the cans waiting to drop down into the area where they get crushed keep falling down behind the unpainted plate that moves to do the crushing. My parents have the same kind of crusher they got after my grandmother died and the cans in theirs don't do that. I'll have to figure something to fix it....

Holds 4 or 5 and they crush and kick out and crush the next!

i base my purchases on the reviews that i read so i thought id give a deserving product a good review. first of all i base purchases on not the good reviews but the bad ones. i realized after reading the reviews for the can crusher that most bad reviews where human error, not the product. You cant fix stupid. This can crusher is GREAT! gets the job done well and fast. you do get the eventual can jam, but you get that with a single can crusher too. and it sure beats crushing them by hand, or foot. the product is built well and super sturdy. simple yet efficent design. while i crush my daughter loads. we did 50lbs of cans in less than an hour, and like the other reviews say, "it was actually kinda fun". simple adjustments made my crusher work smoother. only had it for a while but no complaints so far. i actually look forward to building up the cans to use it. its too fast to actually get to enjoy it if you only have 20-30 cans. to sum it up in 2 words, "LOVE IT"

Good product. Not Great. Solid Metal, but after use it tends to come apart. Had to put it back together once. However, when the paint starts to wear off, and it will, lube it with WD40. Over all good product.

This is the third crusher I have owned and I will buy it again if I ever need to. It is very solid, I fully expect it to last for many, many years. It's heavy because its built to last and it really flattens the hell out of cans. Make sure you place the can opening facing out as this thing will crush any remaining liquid out like a juicer. Don't bother with the plastic versions that go for 10 bucks or the 16-18 dollar single can crushers. This thing is a beast. And yea the paints coming off in places where the metal rubs on metal because its all metal, but who cares it's a can crusher not a decoration.Update 03/24/19: 125 pounds of cans crushed (so far) without any issues

This is the third can crusher I've bought. The other two offered on Amazon are also sold at Harbor Freight. The first, a single crusher broke with metal fatigue after a year. Otherwise it was okay. The second also sold on Amazon never worked right, it was a multiple can crusher that broke immediately. The ram was plastic and it jammed constantly. This one appears very sturdy a works extremely well. If it is durable, which it appears to be, it will keep the five star rating I gave it. Instruction recommend oiling which is indicative that it is intended to last.