Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew, Black
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew, Black
Customer Review: Bartender who loves gadgets.
Summary: 5 Stars
I was skeptical about if it would work as good or as easy as they claim. I purchased one to use for work and for at home and I was very pleased. On a busy friday or saturday night this is a great tool, and it's a good conversation piece as well. It is as simple as it's shown, but it does require a little bit of forearm strength to use, but it is alot easier than a standard waiters or servers corkscrew. This tool does not damage the cork either. It only puts a small hole through the wax and into the cork. It never splits the cork, so the cork can be put back in sealing the bottle without little "floaties." I reccomend this to anyone.Customer Review: Bad Packaging, Good Product
Summary: 4 Stars
After looking at these things forever I finally decided on a reasonably priced one that got alot of reviews. The biggest problem i have with is is that my plastic case was all scratched up when it got here. There was no packaging for the device aside from the cardboard box around my whole order and as a result it looks like someone took sandpaper to what would otherwise be a nice, clear plastic holding case. I am sure I can fix it but was not please because of that. Works as expected, so we'll see how long the life is on it as others were complaining about. It seems to be built well and first few attempts to use it went pretty good.Customer Review: Fantastic, especially at this price!
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased the Metrokane Rabbit nearly two years ago (for $80), and it has worked almost flawlessly ever since. No twisted or broken corks; in fact, the only word of caution I would share with you is NOT to use the Rabbit to punch through wax seals on corks. The wax seal (often found on less expensive American chardonnays) will "gum up" the corkscrew, slow down the removal process, and shorten the life of your Rabbit's corkscrew (which is replaceable). Keep a regular corkscrew handy for those bottles. Also, dinner guests will love to watch/help/comment on your use of the Rabbit, and at Amazon's current price you can't go wrong.Customer Review: Over-Engineered and it shows in the long run
Summary: 2 Stars
My Rabbit worked well on the first couple dozen bottles of wine. My only complaint was (just as the manual said it might) that it was rarely able to grip the cork for easy removal from the drill. Apparently, bottles of wine under [money]uses slightly less fat corks so the Rabbit can't grip it. The design makes it very difficult to remove the pulled cork from the drill by hand. Very frustrating.Lately, the Rabbit works when it wants to. When it doesn't, it instead pushes the cork into the bottle.
I've since gone back to my good old standy manual puller. It doesn't look as neat, but at least it works everytime.
Customer Review: Beware of this fancy corkscrew
Summary: 1 Stars
Metrokane Rabbit Corkscrew, Black
What an expensive rip off. Works great for about 25 bottles, then its time to replace the supplied worm screw, after that loses its teflon coating you go to the Metrokane web site and find a replacement for $10 plus shipping and if your lucky you may get a replacement in two or three weeks. Don't bother with an email to their customer service, as it obviously does not exist, no answer to questions. Stick with the $20 knock offs. Very disappointed in this company and its product.