Steel Vertical Lever Corkscrew with Removable Foil Cutter, Wine Opener

I open a lot of wine bottles, well over 400 a year (no I don't drink *all* of them by myself). I have an electric opener (3rd one) a rabbit style with the opposing levers to grip the bottle (5th one) and have had and own countless angel and traditional (jack-knife style) corkscrews. I like the electrics, but they just don't last more than about a year. The other rabbit styles (using a plier like grip on the bottle) I've owned are wonky, eventually jam and/or need to be repaired, but even in use typically require more force than a simple angel opener. A well made angel style opener (good luck finding one) is nice but can still require a bit of finesse to remove the cork fully. While jack-knife style openers are traditional, very reliable and relatively easy to use, many folks are uncomfortable with them (they require practice to use well) and misuse can result in minor injury. THIS opener is awesome AND comes with the best foil cutter I've ever seen integrated in the opener (which means you aren't searching around for it). At first I was concerned that the device didn't come with a stand, but it rests upright just fine on its own. The action is smooth and requires little force. The design has you holding the neck of the bottle in your hand, not inches away on the end of a grip like the plier style "rabbit" as well as applying the force directly into remove the cork. This makes for a much better presentation when opening the wine in front of someone. Examination of the design and other reviews lead me to believe this opener will last a long time. I've been opening wine bottles using various devices (some not actually designed for the purpose) for over 40 years. This is my favorite opener ever.

So easy to use and is sturdy

Very sturdy and strong pull action. Approve!

Great wine opener. Easy to use and grips the neck of the bottle better that the Rabbit used to, making it easier to use. It doesn’t seem to pull the cork out as far as the Rabbit did, which leaves me with the need to lift the entire opener to finish pulling the cork. However, that may be due to my lack of experience using it.

This is the second OXO AND IT WORKS GREAT

EDIT: about 11 months later it stopped working, the screw would not engage with the cork. I reached out to the company and without hesitation, they sent me a new one. Excellent customer service!! This is the opener for you! Ridiculously easy to use. Pull off the silver piece and spin around the seal to break. Then, place the opener on top, push down on lever and pull up = cork removed. Do the same action and the cork will pop off the corkscrew. Comes with a second replacement cork screw if needed. A bit bulky in terms of storage compared to standard/traditional openers but worth it.

This works like a charm-effortless!

1/2019 -I have gone through at least a half dozen of the other lever pull openers. We open 1 or 2 bottles a night and if we have a party then perhaps a couple of dozen so we put moderate demands on our openers. The previous openers all have the same basic design, and they all have failed in the same way in less than a year. The guide pin starts binding and then the worm guide fails too. This opener, although similar has what I believe will be a significant enough difference to make this one last. Rather than a cog that transmits perpendicular forces against the guide pin, this one is set up as a fulcrum so the force is straight up and inline with the pin. The plastic body feels slightly clunky but it is obviously for cosmetic design and looks, so I guess I won't begrudge that. All in all I have very high hopes for this one! Of course the fact is it OXO brand with a lifetime warrantee doesn't hurt either! That was why I took the chance on this somewhat more expensive opener even though I could not really tell what the mechanism looked like from the product photos. 8/2019 - Update. So far so good. still going strong with no sign of the binding or wear I had with the other style of opener. I don't think the screw worm goes quite as far into the cork with this one as the others. Not much of a difference and maybe only perception because the aforementioned bulky housing makes it hard to see. A couple of dry corks have come out torn in half, but I think that would have occurred with any opener as they were definitely on the crumbly side. I do get why some complain about the foil cutter. The cutting wheels are really small. If you have ever seen a glass cutter, they look like those. It can be difficult to cut a thick foil, but on the plus side it is holding up WAY better than any other cutter. Those are usually the first thing to die but this one is still going strong. Living up to expectations! 3/2021 - Update. I have now had MANY bottles run though this opener and it is still working. The foil cutter is getting harder to use, especially on higher quality wines that have the thicker lead seal. I took it apart to see what was going on and it is just wear on plastic components that is allowing the cutting wheels to slowly recede back into the housing. They were a bit undersized to begin with so really not working that well now. A minor redesign here would make a BIG difference and big improvement. Hopefully they will do that at some point. As for the opener itself, the very dense composite corks are getting harder to open. The worm guide is showing considerable wear and that seems to be the culprit for that issue. For a regular cork the opener is still going strong and working well. SO much better than everything else I have tried. 11/2022 - Ok. It finally died. 2 years, 10 months so nearly 3 x as long as all the previous lever pull style openers. As expected, it was the worm guide that wore out and broke. It is high density plastic and I could tell that was going to be failure point a while ago. This is still head and hands better than anything else I have tried given the comparatively heavy demands we put on our openers. 1/26/24 - Second one died. I am still convinced this is the best one currently out there. I tried another that looked good and had a similar, inline mechanism, but it was very cheaply made and required a lot of force to pull synthetic corks. 3/13/2025 - Something has changed, likely the quality of metal in a particular part. I got a 3rd opener after the 2nd one died but it also died very quickly. I thought perhaps it was a fluke. I contacted OXO and they sent me a warranty replacement so I can't say anything bad about the company. Stellar in standing behind their products! Unfortunately, the 4th opener died within months with the same failure as the previous one. The metal pin that holds it together broke in the same place. I HOPE they find out what was changed and revert to what they were doing before because this WAS a GREAT opener.

I have had a number of modern cork screws with varying degrees of success. I tried this one because it had good reviews and I like it. One secret is to make certain the lever goes up slightly the other side of centre as there is a slightly tight spot at the top. By going right over centre, it removes the cork successfully and with much less effort than the Rabbit type units. The foil cutter works well too.

Excellent product and delivery.

O melhor abridor que já vi! Muito prático e rápido de utilizar

Good product

This was great. Easy to use and smooth operation. Surprised close friends during a couple parties! That's a bonus.