Corkscrews & Openers
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  | | customer review: I bought this wine opener as a Christmas gift for my father and he LOVES it. It's the coolest thing. It's nice looking, works great and was a perfect gift. | Metrokane Rabbit Wine Opener Gift Set, Silverby Metrokane (6015)  customer review: We've used "The Rabbit" set for years and decided to share the gift with family this holiday. Definitely recommend this product. It's durable, easy to use and cool to pull out with company. For people who find it awkward to open wine bottles, this is the best gift ever. | Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew, Blackby Metrokane (6004)  customer review: My Rabbit worked like a charm for about a case of wine. Then it started giving me problems on the retracting stroke. The corkscrew just spun out instead of pulling the cork. After a few additional tries it would work sporadically. After a few more bottles the handle broke, rendering the whole thing useless. After reading all the problems customers are having with this company's "customer service" I have decided to throw this thing in the garbage where it belongs and go back to my old lever style screw-and-pull cork remover - 10 years and it still works fine! | Screwpull Pocket Model Corkscrew, Blackby Screwpull (S1115-31)  customer review: This is the best wine opener that i have ever used. It is simple, compact, convenient and easy to use. The thin screw does not break the cork. I liked this enough to purchase for all my friends. | Corkscrew Billby CSB Commodities (BCC1)  customer review: This product is lewd and vulgar and I strongly resent it being posted under "my picks". I have never looked at let alone purchased such dirty filthy products. I did not give you permission to subject me to gutter trash. I plan to file a porno complaint. I dont appreciate x-rated products on the home page. These and similar items are Obscene and not cute or funny. I am infuriated with the low standards Amazon has and the assumption every customer operates at that level. | Screwpull Patented 4 Wheel Foil Cutter - Blackby Screwpull (S1415-31)  customer review: Prior to picking up the Screwpull cutter, I always used a serrated-edge foil cutter in a lever-type corkscrew. Those work well, but aren't very fast and you can cut yourself, either on the blade or the foil. The cutting wheels in the Screwpull cutter work quickly and well on all but the heaviest foils (hence the 4 stars). Squeeze firmly, twirl, and lift - off comes a perfect little foil cap.
| In addition to this little gem, I recommend Screwpull's pocket model corkscrew: Screwpull Pocket Model Corkscrew, Black Metrokane Houdini Lever-Style Corkscrew, Blackby Metrokane (2803)  customer review: Let me start by saying that I love rabbit style wine openers. They are the best type for opening and getting the cork off of the corkscrew. This Houdini brand one is not good. It is cheap plastic mostly, with metal for the linear rail and gears. I got one from Christmas 2008 and it broke after the first use.
| I had one like this RABBIT HEAVY DUTY CORKSCREW - 4 PC. RABBIT HEAVY DUTY CORKSCREW SET for years. I think I am going to buy that one or one like it as a replacement. It is not branded, but it looks like the one I used to have which was all metal construction. Cork Pops Legacy Wine Bottle Openerby Other  customer review: I've owned one fo these for years and I'm still on the first cartridge. I've yet to insert the refill cartridge even though I have opened countless bottles of wine. The package says that each cartridge opens 50 bottles. I think I'm beyond that. This is better than a rabbit opener (I have one of those as well). My suggestion is to ease the cork out AS SOON as you depress the cartrdige. When done in one swift motion the cork comes out super fast and without effort. These make fabulous gifts. The refills are avaiable at wine shops also. | Screwpull Table Model Corkscrew, Blackby Screwpull (S1015-31)  customer review: What do you get for someone who has everything? A corkscrew that has few moving parts to break and keeps doing the job for years!. We had purchased a screwpull years ago and are pleased with it's consistent trouble free function. The product arrived on time and was priced much lower on Amazon than at a retail store. | Metrokane Replacement Worm for Rabbit and Houdini Corkscrewsby Metrokane (6003)  customer review: At one time we LOVED our RABBIT wine opener but after a few years it became almost impossible to open a bottle of wine. We complained and complained but never did anything about it until last month when we ordered a new WORM. It now works like a charm. | Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew with Foilcutter, Silverby Metrokane (6005)  $49.95 customer review: I love this! No more broken corks, or bits of cork in your wine. I would have given 5 stars, except for one minor problem-the included foil cutter is kind of flimsy.
| Anyone who enjoys wine should have one of these! Makes a great gift! Metrokane Rabbit 6-Piece Wine-Tool Kit, Blackby Metrokane (6010)  customer review: From a design standpoint, this is a very good product. But the documentation is pathetic, and was clearly never tested with new / real users. There is no explanation of how it's supposed to work. That understanding is very helpful: with it, you'll never have trouble, and will marvel at the clever design. Let's get started.
| Have a bottle of wine handy on which you've already used the supplied (and very good) little foil cutter to remove the foil over the cork. Take the unit in your hand and look at the movable parts. The overhead lever that swings outward / downward and then is reversed / brought back over the top - moves the spiral corkscrew up and down. To see this, operate the overhead lever with one hand while holding the clamping "side handles" with the other. When you move the overhead handle the corkscrew rotates. Why is the corkscrew turning? Because it's forced to do that as it goes through a "guide" (the metal collar with gray plastic center). The gray plastic piece has an internal spiral track that forces the corkscrew to rotate as it passes through. Here's the critical point: as long as the guide mechanism is locked in place and can't move up or down, the guide forces the corkscrew to rotate when going through. What if this guide were locked in place on the `down-stroke,' but could move vertically on the `up-stroke'? Then the guide would force the corkscrew to rotate on the way down (so the corkscrew would penetrate the cork), but the guide would stay attached to (and _not_ rotate) the corkscrew on the way up - thus pulling the cork. When the unit is operated correctly this is exactly what happens. But how? Look more closely: Before using the Rabbit's `side-handles' to hold the wine bottle neck, the guide is locked in place by two protruding spring-loaded latches and can't move vertically. Try it: it won't budge. (You can actually see these small latches projecting over the top of the guide and keeping it from moving - by looking in the area above and to the far rear of the guide, near the smooth rod.) On the other hand, when the clamping handles are squeezed onto the neck of a bottle, these latches above the guide _retract_, releasing their hold on the guide so it can move upward. Do this now: Take your bottle of wine and, with the overhead lever rotated to its fully outward / downward position, place the guide directly over the cork and grip the neck of the bottle _firmly_ with the clamping side handles. Look at the latches described above: they have retracted, and no longer restrain the guide from moving upward. This has no effect during the down-stroke / cork penetration phase, since the guide is already as low as it can go. Because the guide can't move, it forces the corkscrew to rotate when you operate the overhead lever - thus penetrating the cork. Perform this down-stroke. Now watch what happens when the overhead lever is pulled back to withdraw the cork (while you at the same time continue to grip the bottle neck firmly with the side levers). Because the guide can now move vertically with the corkscrew, it imposes no rotation on the corkscrew. The corkscrew stays inside the cork as the overhead lever is moved outward / downward, and the cork is extracted. Do it. You now have the cork out of the bottle, suspended above the bottle neck, and are still gripping the side handles around the bottle neck. Release your hold on the side handles and move the Rabbit away from the bottle. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew. Re-grip the side handles with one hand and once again operate the overhead lever, bringing it all the way back to its fully closed position again (as if you were on the original down-stroke into the cork). As you get to the very end of the stroke, you will feel resistance and will hear a click: the latches have snapped back into place over the top of the guide, locking it in place. The guide is once again `captured' - and cannot move vertically. The cork is still attached to the corkscrew. Finally, move the overhead lever back yet again to its fully open position (as if pulling the cork from the bottle). This time the latches _don't_ retract (because you're not using the side handles to grip the bottle neck) - so the latches again keep the guide from moving, and this forces the corkscrew to rotate `in reverse' as it passes upward through the guide. The corkscrew backs out of the cork and the cork drops off. It takes all of a few seconds once you get the hang of it. Understanding the operating principles should help. None of this is well explained (or, indeed, explained at all) in the almost non-existent documentation. Steve Ferris CorkPops Refill Cartridgesby Corkpops  customer review: I have used a CorkPops Bottle Opener for 10 years and this is my second re-order of refills. I do find that it takes more gas to "pop" synthetic material corks and, as more and more companies use these corks, my gas usage will go up. I received the refill gas cartridges from CorkPops four days after I placed the order. | Pedrini Wine & Bar Pocket Waiter's Corkscrew Soft Gripby Pedrini (7825-432)  $8.99 customer review: This product was purchased for work. I'm a server and do Wine Service at least ten times a night. Everytime I atempted to use this, it split the cork, the screw part is very thick. The handle is uncomfortable in my hand and it is the WORST wine key I have ever used. I tried giving it to someone after I got another from a Wine Rep and no one would even TAKE it. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. | Vacu Vin Winemaster Corkscrew, Blackby Vacu Vin Inc. (6649450)  customer review: After previously owning a Vacu Vin Winemaster Corkscrew for many years which finally gave in, we decided to replace it with the same model. We purchased one that broke on the 3rd bottle of wine so we returned it for another one which did exactly the same thing. We never had any problems with our original corkscrew and even gave them as gifts. The "sleeve" that slips down over the bottle top has little plastic "stops" that broke off after one or two uses. Very disappointed because the design and mechanics of this corkscrew are great. It removes the corks as slick as a whistle usually but when these pegs break the "sleeve" slides down and makes it inoperable. | Pedrini Wine & Bar 5-Inch Corkscrew, Chromeby Pedrini (7804-832)  customer review: I purchased this opener thru Amazon.com and upon its very first use it broke. Normally I would return a broken product but with today's postal rates, it will cost me close to the purchase price to return it. I am posting this so you can learn from my lesson and buy for QUALITY not for the cheap price. You get what you pay for! | Pulltap Double Hinged Waiter Style Corkscrewby The Wine Enthusiast  $5.49 customer review: The corkscrew is sturdy enough but the hinges are very stiff, making it less easy to use, unlike the ones I'm used to seeing in restaurants and wine stores. | Metrokane 6-Piece Deluxe Rabbit Wine Tool Kitby Metrokane (6017)  customer review: This is a wonderful product initially. It's easy to use and the cork just slides out effortlessly. However, the screw that it uses soon wears out. This can happen in as little as 3 to 6 months or so depending on how much wine you drink. I assume that the teflon coating wears off or the tip dulls. In any event, it then becomes increasingly difficult to use until it starts pushing the cork in the bottle. They throw in one extra screw, but additional ones are outrageously priced--$10 on Amazon. Nice margin for the manufacturer. There were at one time Chinese knock-offs in the marketplace that had the same characteristics, but at least they were cheap, $10 or 15 if I remember correctly. This product costs a lot of money for its short lifespan. | Metrokane Houdini Lever Style Corkscrew with Foil Cutter-Silverby Metrokane (2806)  customer review: I am a very can-do person, but before my Houdini I had gotten into my share of wrestling matches with wine bottles. I had even broken a spiral or two before I figured there had to be a better way.
| The Houdini is slick. Getting the corkscrew to go in is no problem. So far as pulling the cork out is concerned, it does requires a certain amount of "give" in the handle to withdraw it successfully. With just a little patience and practice you will get the hang of it and you should be in business in short order. This item often becomes a conversation piece for guests that are still pulling out corks the old-fashioned way. Be Open Beer and Soda Bottle Opener, Stainless Steelby Be Open (51897s)  customer review: I bought this as a Christmas present for my brother because my boyfriend had gotten a similar one for free from a Mexican restaurant and it worked great. Even though the Be Open bottle opener seemed to be of higher quality than the plastic version that my boyfriend has it still takes at least two tries to get the bottle cap off. I was disappointed with the product although I still think the idea is great. | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||