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5. Tabs for Easy-Open Soda

What it is: a soda can tab that has a recess to prevent nail chips. Invented in the 2010s; Average Cost: $1–$2* This invention will be appreciated by those of us who detest chipping nails. There are "easy-open soda tabs" available in Japan. These soda cans' tabs have an indentation that lets you fit your finger beneath them before lifting them up, in contrast to the flat tabs found on Coca-Cola and Pepsi cans sold in the United States.

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Simple-to-Open Cola Tabs @Highest Rating/YYouTube.com It is simpler to use and less expensive than a canning ring-pull opener. The riveting process required to secure the ring-pull to the can-made ring-pull cans is "demanding" on the material of the can, according to The Guardian. Thus, a tab that is indented is preferable.