Oster 4207 Electric Wine-Bottle Opener
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Oster 4207 Electric Wine-Bottle Opener
Customer Review: Cool gadget for the price but a couple problems
Summary: 4 Stars
Definitely has the wow factor and it's fun showing it off to people have never seen one. Only a few problems with it:
1) You can only open a handful of bottles before it needs recharging. Wouldn't be a big deal except there seems to be no auto-shutoff feature when it is fully charged, nor even an indication light when it is fully charged.
2) Often the screw will go all the way through the bottom of the cork which results in tiny bits of cork hitting the inside of the neck or the wine itself. The mechanism of the device requires that you keep holding the button until the cork is removed so you can't just stop the screw short. If you are very serious about your wine, I might avoid this corkscrew because of it (I don't really mind that much).
3) As you might imagine, not as swift as a rabbit-style corkscrew.
Customer Review: No really, it WORKS
Summary: 5 Stars
Got this as a gift, and as most people here, I expected the worst. It works, it really works, and works well. I was thinking it wouldn't have enough torque to do the job, but it does so with no problem. Real corks, plastic corks, anything. Only occasionally does it stop before getting the cork all the way out, but a little wiggle and out she comes. My only real "complaint" if you can call it that is that it has a cheap sound to it, kinda like the geartrain in a kid's toy. Obviously with the kind of torque it's producing, there's going to be some noise, but cordless drills (even the small pocket sized ones) don't sound like this.
I still far prefer this to the Rabbit Screwpull I was using before. My folks had a stand mounted one (the screwpull) and they've retired theirs. Get one, you won't be dissapointed!
Customer Review: Excellent product. Expect about a 750 bottle lifespan.
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, we bought one of these babies three years ago. It replaced a "rabbit" opener that had bent and twisted its way out of our hearts and into the garbage can. The Oster was terrific! The best opener I've ever used. Unfortunately, three days ago, the poor guy expired. It can pull a cork but it won't expel it afterwards. We tried surgery (meaning I opened it up with a screwdriver and messed around inside to see if I could fix it) but had no luck.
We drink a bottle of wine a day. I figure 70% of the wines we drink come in corked bottles. So I'd guess that our Oster opened around 750 bottles for us over its three year life. At its $20 price, that works out to two and a half cents per bottle.
Five stars for simplicity of use and price. Three for durability. Which puts us at a four.
Customer Review: Excellent Bottle Opener!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought two of these wine bottle openers for gifts two years ago. One went to my parents, and one to my husband. We've used it probably 1-2 times weekly since then and have NEVER had a problem with it. It pulls out natural corks and plastic corks equally well. It's so easy to use! I remember that we decided we had to open a bottle of wine right after DH unwrapped his gift. It worked so smoothly and I was so shocked, that I immediately dug through a drawer until I found my Pampered Chef wine bottle opener and promptly threw it in the garbage. My parents love theirs too. Unlike us, they don't keep it on the charger, but they can go several months between charges. (They're probably more like every-other-week wine drinkers.)
This is easily one of my favorite wine-related purchases I've ever made!
Customer Review: Had my opener for 1.5 years nw
Summary: 5 Stars
Just to say that this thing works great. No problems like some of the reviewers have had. Bubba posted just before me about the battery problems and unplugging the charger. I haven't seen my battery run down, but I only open a couple or 3 bottles a week and the opener goes right back into the charging unit. However, today I unplugged it. I can't hurt. Ray
Update Dec. 1, 2010
Last week, the wife informed me that the wine opener was acting like the batteries were run down. I checked it out and sure enough it was. I unplugged it and used a pencle eraser to clean the contacts. Didn't help. We used the thing for 2-4 bottles of wine per week, and kept it plugged in most of the time. It always worked as adverised and I'm now shopping for a new one. Can't beat the price. Ray