I saw some reviews that it's very difficult to open? Is this true or is there some trick?
498921
yeah its bit difficult to open some times..:( i use knife edges to make it loose and then open..
498922
It's very easy . For the small jar there are two inlets to the jar and the lid. If you align them, it's easy
498923
Hi Pramod, I have Butterfly Emerald 2 Jar Mixer. My family do not find any difficulty while opening the jar. However, it happen to see twice the jar is vacuum tight when you put any hot stuff in it; But it is OK, for that matter any brand of mixer would do same impact. We are using it for 6 month, we find it very easy and specially very good for Indian food.
498924
I think the "trick" is to first open up the small top opening of the jar lid to make sure a vacuum hasn't formed inside the jar. That worked for me for that one time when it was difficult to open. The lady of the house ran into that problem only once, and no complaints from her after that one incident.
466763
I have a hard time opening it too. I've had it for over a year and I use it almost every day, but even with constant use the lid has never gotten easier to open. I've just found better ways to open it. I now use a dime to pop the lid up.
242486
It should open easily by just pulling it out.. That part does not have a lock so you're right.Try to pull it a bit hard but not too hard.. it tends to get stuck a bit sometimes.. but if it still does not open, contact the seller it might be defective.
21221
It is very odd to open I had trouble when I received mine also. Instead of using the lip on the lid, grab the smooth sides beside the lip and pull to open.
845303
The box is difficult to open. I ended up putting them in another box. There is a hinge and the top lifts off the bottom. The trick is to open it without spilling all the clips.
1865768
Mine is a bit tough to open, too. Just make sure you don't have the brown tabs in the "lock" position.
277490
It is really hard to open the first time with the cardboard in there. I laid my arm across the front (above the latch pushing down) while over top of it, while I put my fingers up behind the red pull up button. You will hear the lock click open. It is really tight from the suction. You have to push down with your forearm hard the first time, after that it is a bit easier.
2207255
Sorry I did not have any trouble opening it by just pulling up on it. I suggest instead of breaking it just returning it to Amazon or going online to Sylvania and get the manual if its posted and see how it opens. My wife and I shared it on a flight last week and it worked fine.
1165319
That's funny because I had the same question! I tried and tried but could not figure out how to get the darn thing open!!!
498256
we too had trouble opening some of them - I think i twisted and preyed it open with something - I cannot recall what ... they are super when they work, or are easy to open it's just hit or miss - I ordered about 6 of them and about 4 were good! Good luck
2236333
It was a little difficult to open, but I just pulled it pretty hard and it eventually opened. I didn't use anything besides my nails.
1778456
Just take the bottom and top half and twist. It can be kind of difficult to open, I still struggle with mine.
1252545
I dont know about easily, but my 6 yr old has no problem. Also, my almost 3 yrs old figured out how to open it today. It takes a fair amount of strength to lift and open.
877299
Just read other answers. I tried it. And do have to work to get it open. Opens wide but only with effort.
1301372
They can be hard to open the first few times around. I think it took me about 10 minutes. I think the little tab that you're supposed to press in is useless. I usually ion them without even trying to press it in. Pressing it in makes it harder to get a good grip on the big release tab.
674719
I had a dickens of a time getting it to close as well. I had to eventually, but mindfully paying attention and pushed them together with a little bit of force. They are hard to open too. I would say I hate the aggravation of that immensely, however, that also means it isn't going to give easily if dropped!
324543
You just gotta keep twisting it and it will pop open. I had the difficult time trying to open it as well. :) hope this helps.