This seems like a great idea, so I bought one.

Looked like a good idea, so originally I wanted to buy several, one for me and one for each of my sisters, but it didn't work for me.

While very small and difficult to grasp, it opened the first envelope well enough and then steadily declined in effectiveness after that

This is the best envelope opener ever

I love this little guy!

and I don't mess up my mail any more

Maybe they've improved the manufacturing process because mine works better than any letter opener I've owned

It is easy to get used to and works very well.

There is a small magnet on the back, and I keep one of these envelope openers on my refrigerator for easy access.

This little gadget is very handy for opening mail, and even more so because it has a magnet that makes it stick to my file cabinet so that it doesn't get lost in the clutter on my desk.

The Baumgarten type with a piece of magnetic tape attached is a better bet.

It didn't do a great job on those three even, cutting neatly across part of the envelope and leaving part unaffected, but at least that made it a *little* easier to open.

my box cutter broke, so this was a great buy.

Not at all worth buying.

my box cutter broke, so this was a great buy.

The device compact and is much easier to use than a standard blade-letter opener because you don't have to poke and prod to get a plastic tip under the envelope fold, you just slice along the top edge and those wonderful bills (or checks, in your case!) are ready for you to pull out

I was able to open three envelopes (ordinary bills) before it broke.