Customer Reviews for Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew, Black

Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew, Black
by Metrokane

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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew, Black

Customer Review: perfect for the household use
Summary: 4 Stars

We have had this corkscrew since 2002 and use it fairly frequently (at least 1-2 bottles of wine a month) and it works just fine.

Customer Review: Great Gift. They loved it at the party!
Summary: 4 Stars

We brought it in for an anniversary dinner party along with a bottle of wine, and it was a great hit!
Maybe not very practical, but it was fun to use during the party!

Customer Review: Only for people with strong hands
Summary: 1 Stars

For a few months, I used a different version of this corkscrew that was mounted on a pedestal, and found it quite effective. But after opening a few dozen bottles of wine, the base of the pedestal broke. Next, I bought this version without the base, and found it impossible to deal with. I just don't have enough strength in my hands to hold onto the levers and extract the cork. After a few tries, I tossed it in the garbage and went back to a butterfly corkscrew.

Customer Review: At least the foil cutter works well
Summary: 1 Stars

I'm a busy bartender and wanted a high-speed opener - this turned out not to be it. Why? The people at Screwpull invented this idea and I suspect theirs is probably a lot better (and a lot more expensive), I fell for the "same-thing-for-less-money" routine and bought the Metrokane. Ah - but the devil is in the details. And properly done details cost money. Here's how this thing is "supposed" to work: You drive their teflon coated "worm" (the corkscrew part) down into the cork with lever action. It works! Then you grasp the bottle with the other two handles, like pliers - that works too. Then you pull back on the lever to pull the worm and cork out of the bottle "quickly and easily." As you might have suspected - this part doesn't work so well. Why? The problem is the teflon coated helical worm. One reviewer said the coating wears off. Not in my case. The coating helps drive the worm smoothly down into your cork then works to smoothly back the worm out of your cork instead of gripping the cork from within and pulling it (the cork) out of the bottle. Due to the coating the worm neatly and quickly zips down into your cork and just as quickly and neatly zips right back out of your cork. I think that the Screwpull version uses a racheting mechanism that stops the worm from backing out of the cork until you choose to have that happen. This one is not reliable, especially if you're in a hurry, like me on a busy weekend night. I ended up taking mine out of the bar. I've soured on the whole idea, so may not even bother with a Screwpull brand model of the same style. However - if you're determined to have a rabbit style corkscrew, save yourself some money - buy a screwpull model, not this cheap, ineffective copy. I give the foil cutter 5 stars - it's still back behind the bar.