Metrokane Houdini Wine Preserver
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: MetrokaneBrand: Metrokane
Model: 5577
Product features:
- Pump vacuums oxygen out of opened wine bottles
- Preserves flavor and aroma by preventing oxidation
- Ergonomically designed pump works quickly and easily
- Includes 2 pushbutton stoppers to hold vacuum for days
- Measures 7 inches long and weighs 0.2 pounds
Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Metrokane Houdini Wine Preserver
Customer Review: It sucks, but it also blows a little
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this item as a resplacement for another that had lasted several years before succumbing to the demise to which all devices with cheesy plastic parts eventully succumb. Fortunately, the Swissair I replaced was for use both with wine (suck out the air) and bubbly (pump air into the chamber), and the busted bit was stuck in the wine position, which was fine for 99% of its service.
Like a dummy, I got the Metrokane and chucked the Swissair in one irreversable transaction.
The Metrokane is servicable. It does what it purports to do: It sucks the air out of the bottle. If that were the whole story, I would undoubtedly give this product a 5. Alas, the value of the vacuum is only as good as the staying power of the vaccum, and that requires that the stopper provide a robust seal. To put it simply: The seal seems to be the weak link in this system.
If I pump the bottle, and immediately let out the seal, I get a satisfying hiss, indicating a positive seal. If I pump the bottle and wait a day, the hiss is a little less satisfying, indicating a slow leak. One might expect the day-later hiss to be diminished for other reasons (whatever it is that goes on inside the open bottle), but in comparison to the swissair, the next-day hiss is too differnt from the immediate release.
I have found if I wet the stopper, that helps, and the resulting seal can last a few days with very slow loss.
So, I gave the product a 4 -- it works, but not as well as what it replaced, and I think that issue is with the stopper, not the pump.
Description of Metrokane Houdini Wine Preserver
The Metrokane Houdini wine preserver allows bottles to be stored horizontally. The preserver includes two pushbutton stoppers which holds the vacuum seal for days.You've spent an entertaining evening over several bottles of wine, but now you have a bunch of half-empty bottles sitting in the kitchen. What to do? Enjoy them to the end with the Metrokane Save-the-Wine vacuum pump, which removes the air from opened wine bottles to preserve the wine taste and bouquet. Without the vacuum seal, the oxygen-exposed wine will stale quickly, dramatically affecting the flavor. This ergonomically designed pump is simple to use, and it will let you drink the wine up to two weeks later with few ill effects. The pump comes with two pushbutton stoppers, each of which seals the vacuum tightly. The stoppers also release the vacuum at the touch of a button. --Rivers Janssen
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