Vincent, I love hese openers too. They make it soooo easy now.

Danny- I couldn't agree with you more. It's well worth the money.

Hey with the market the way it is I have moved from my nice wine and wine opener and just drinking straight from the box....lol

That's my two cents......

Todd Hueffed

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Todd- Things can't be that bad... are they? Lots of homes are still being sold (the ones that are priced right anyways). Best of luck.

that thing looks a bit complicated - just to open a bottle of wine???

Bill & Barbara- It's very easy and no more shredded or broken corks. Just place the bottle into the opener and pull the lever. Really... it's that simple.

This looks awesome - we have one of those rabbit ear types and you have to brace the bottle against yourself ....clumsy:0

this looks more stable

Jeff & Grace- Thanks for sharing. Not only is it more stable but it also makes it a cinch to re-cork (after a couple a glasses of wine that could get really messy, right?).

I have one of the rabbit ear type like Jeff and Grace alluded to in their post and I it works pretty good. It does not recork the bottle though that seems like a nice feature. I have several of those rubber and metal stoppers I use instead. Similar to this on

haha nice.  I hate opening a stubborn bottle of wine.  I dont drink to much wine but if I did I would definitely have one of these.

-Chris 

Rich- Those rubber and metal stoppers look nice. Thanks for commenting.

Chris- After I bought this opener I couldn't help but opening bottles more often. See you around Chris.

Hi Vincent ~  Great debate, for sure.  I tend to like the presentation of the server proportion.  I have a bit of experience with that.  Therefore, I have not gone for the table top opener.  Additionally, I am with Rich on the appearance of the bottle toppers.  Very festive!  :)

Sarah- I can appreciate how you feel about that. However, I hardly ever re-cork... if I do open a bottle I tend to make sure that it's gone by the end of the evening.

Vincent ~  That is funny.  :)  I just do not often have the time to finish an entire bottle.  My husband is not a wine lover...or even liker.  So, I have am glass alone, unless my girlfriends are over and then we go through a few bottles for sure!  :)

I hate to differ but, I don't like these types of openers as well as "Leverpull", "rabbit" and of the like - I call them "tow truck" openers.  For me, there are two types pf openers that work and a third that I don;t use but, I am ok with. 

My preferred opener is a simply "waiters friend corkscrew (pictured on far left below).

"Waiters Friend"            "Ah So"                     "Screwpull"

The waiters friend should have a sharp cutter and, most importantly, a thin auger with space between th elopps.  An auger with a center post will destroy corks, stay away.  I find this corkscrew the best and safest to use with bottles of all ages and the easiest to control.

The middle picture is of an Ah So corkscrew, which is the second corkscrew that is always in my bag.  The Ah So can be used on all sorts of corks - EXCEPT SYNTHETICS - but, is best with old bottles or broken corks.  It takes some getting used to but, the prongs of the Ah So are inserted and "wiggled" down the sides of the cork and the cork is then extracted.  The pictured Ah So appears to be teflon coated, as is mine, this is a tremendous tool.

The third image os of a Screwpull corkscrew.  It's a great tool but, I don't own one.  I don;t need one because I have hte other two but, this is something that you might like.  The housing is placed over the neck of the bottle, the worm is inserted and jsut turned.  As it turns, the worm goes into the cork and then, keeps turning until the cork is extracted.

I hope this helps.

Andy