but love to open wine bottles with it for company
597786
Had one of these for ourselves--actually for my husband who occasionally likes to have wine with meals and gave it for a birthday gift to a friend who loves wine. I don't even drink wine, but love to open wine bottles with it for company. Friend loved it. You will never go back to that simple corkscrew again after having one of these.
2642459
This wine opener is classy looking and feels strong and sturdy. It works like a dream and easily opens my wine bottle...maybe a little too easily...
87973
Most of us have figured out how to get a beer bottle open if you don't have an opener handy... There's the terrifying method of using your teeth (while they last), the fist bump on a corner of a table, that perfectly shaped drawer pull on the silverware drawer... lots of options even using a rock out in the woods.

But when it comes to the wine cork... innovation isn't always our friend.  And GOD HELP YOU if you don't have a signal to Google life hacks for help!

After one time too many, sitting with a beautiful bottle of wine, a lovely glass, and not a bottle opener in site... I finally found this lovely little tool to slip onto my key chain.  It's super small and doesn't add any bulk to your key ring.  I have used it half a dozen times (the first couple just to test it out) and I've had no issues.

Now no matter the situation, I have my trusty bottle opener right in my pocket (purse, briefcase, where ever my keys are located)!  No longer do I have to sit by the camp fire, listening to Dad retell the story about the guy with the thing... blah blah blah... while holding a bottle of Chianti my sister found under the jeep seat, rocking back and fourth while praying for divine intervention!  SPEAKING of divine intervention - now with this trusty little angle right in my pocket, should I ever come across a priest and a parishioner with their Eucharist but the wine bottle is still sealed... I'll be their hero!
17086
I ordered this as part of a review product task. It is your standard wine opener but in a very cute design. It is magnetic which is of course great for people like me who tend to lose stuff. would make a great gift for the wine lover in your life.
3242925
Some quality issues out of the box, but I've been able to repair them. Love the simplicity.  Opens most bottles in seconds. Great for older bottles with brittle corks.  Wish they were still available.
3136480
It makes opening a bottle of wine easy and convenient even if you are dealing with a soft cork.

I have owned dozens of wine openers., this one is the best
4112352
Not a big wine drinker but its great to hold a few bottles at a time and is nice to store in a small kitchen.
3825287
It is a pretty looking corkscrew that makes it exceedingly easy to open a bottle. I did have to read the directions as their is a nifty trick to this that I was missing at first. Watch for the arrow, push it onto the lip of your bottle and then use it to leverage the cork out. Love it!
1519595
My wife and I are fans of wine.  It is our go-to drink with dinner or with company.  So we end up opening (over time, I mean.  We're not lushes) a lot of wine bottles.  As such, I love corkscrews that are not a hassle to use.
When the rabbit ear style corkscrews came out, that was huge, because they are so much easier to use than the regular fold up style corkscrews.
I saw this opener, and thought it looked interesting, because it seems like the same concept of the rabbit ear style openers in a more compact package, which is never (OK, not usually) a bad thing.
After using it, here are my thoughts.  It does indeed work the same way as a rabbit ear opener, but instead of the handles sticking out at 90 degrees, you slip the neck of the bottle into the opener and squeeze (with the handle up).  Then push the handle down, and pull back up to remove the cork.  It has some sort of double hinge setup in there that differs a little from the rabbit ear openers as well.
The body of this opener is chromed plastic, not metal, although the opener mechanism and lever are metal.  As such, the plastic body feels a little cheap in hand.  It isn't that it doesn't work, nor do I feel like it will likely break from regular use.  However, It DOES feel like it has the brittle plastic that will break if you drop it.  It just doesn't have the nice solid feel of some other openers I own.  I have reviewed several that I really like a lot if you care to look at my other reviews.
Aside from that, this does require more force to hold to the neck of the bottle than the rabbit ear openers.  So if you have weak hands from injury, old age, or arthritis issues, then you probably don't want this one.
All in all, I prefer the standard rabbit ear style opener, so I don't think this is a better mousetrap.

The foil opener that comes with this works super well though.  Better than any of my other foil openers, so that's a plus.

All said, it does work well, but it's not my favorite.  I'd knock it down to 3 stars for an "It's OK" rating due to the cheap plastic body, but the really good foil opener pulled it back up to 4 stars (rounding up from about 3.6.  I wish we could do half stars.

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4695449
I have about 6 of these things and LOVE them. For the price they just can't be beat. I wish I could give it 4.5 stars. But I can't also pretend that this is a pro level wine key. The knife is slightly serrated, and while it does rip the foil as some other do, it is not completely clean. But my main gripe is that when you set it on the lip of the bottle to lift, the angle of the key pushes it into the cork so it wants to dig into the cork a bit and you're fighting it. The  On really old bottles this can tear the cork or in the worst cases cause it to rip out entirely. Still this is a small grip on an otherwise amazing wine opener.

It looks great even at a fancy party with my wine snob friends, and it makes opening bottles really easy.
1112911
Love the way it looks.  It works like a dream.  I have arthritis in my hands and it makes wine bottle opening easy as can be.
3793202
LOVE THIS TOOL FOR OPENING WINE. MY WIFE CARRY'S ONE IN HER PURSE AND WE CARRY ONE IN EACH CAR.  THE 2 STEP MAKES IT EASIER TO OPEN BOTTLES WITH OUT PULLING YOUR ARM OFF.AND SPILLING WINE ALL OVER.
935468
We love it after just opening it as a Christmas addition. The included wine bucket is too small to have wine and ice, but otherwise we are happy. If 4.5 stars was an option because of the bucket.that would be the rating, but the main reason for the purchase was the opener, and that is all good.
2567377
I love that the bottle openers are disguised as antique keys! What a lovely way to provide a useful party favor!
4650359
Simple and fun. Makes you want to keep cracking bottles open!
3499064
Ive now purchased three of these because they're such popular gifts. I gave one to my mom years ago and both of my sister-in-laws wanted one as well, so I bought two more and they're a hit! Its so easy to use and if you place the opener on the bottle incorrectly it won't try to take the cork out. Instead it will reverse automatically to allow you to readjust for a straighter position on the bottle so it doesnt puncture through the side of the cork. Its so much more convenient having this on the counter within reach rather than going through every kitchen/bar cabinet & drawer trying to locate a cork screw to manually open the bottles. Easily the best money Ive spent
3036693
I use this quite often, it feels as if it'll last a lifetime. The design is sharp and I enjoy the ease of opening up nice bottles of wine with its push hinge design. Very happy with it.