Boomerang Two-Step Corkscrew (Translucent Blue)

The bottle opener feature feels like it's upside down, but you do get three tools in one and to me that's what mattered. I recommend it.

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I randomly bought this wine opener years ago when I had just moved states and didn't have a wine opener with me. It is the best one I've ever had. The twisting motion to cut the foil on wine bottles is so much easier than using the little knife on most openers.Pulling the cork is also pretty easy too since it has two lever points.We've had our first one for years and my husband and I even mentioned how heartbroken we'll be when our first one eventually gets worn out or broken. We have moved away from that city and we've never seen this opener in any store again.I thought to look online and I found it here, so I've ordered a couple backups so we'll never be without one of these.

The opener I received simply does not work. I purchased it because I wanted the built-in foil cutter. That part works just fine. The opener itself, not so fine. It does not line up with the lip of the bottle, which pretty much makes it useless since you cannot get any leverage. Frankly, it feels dangerous to use. I compared it with the others we have with same basic design, and it is clear that they have different distances from the corkscrew, as well as different shape. I also note a different angle to the corkscrew. Unfortunately, we don't drink wine all that much. The few bottles we had in the two months following this purchase all turned out to have screw-on tops so this product wasn't tested until yesterday. It will now have to live in a landfill as it cannot be returned or exchanged. Not a lot of money, but a frustrating waste nonetheless.**EDIT: I finally figured out what was not working. After I discovered the spring-loading on my own, I went back to the online product description to see what I might have had missed. The "spring-loaded floating spring axis" was not all that obvious and did not automatically adjust as described, but I was able to push the crescent-shaped piece on my own (it was awkward, but I'm sure I'll get used to it now that I know it is there.) At that point it worked exactly as expected. Since I've now had this for a number months (it sat in a drawer after my first failed use but I couldn't bring myself to throw it away), I no longer have the packaging, but I would swear that it came with no or minimal instructions for use. Anyone who reads this and can advise, please write a comment and I will correct my post. I'm giving it a 3 because I feel I shouldn't have to figure out how a product works. Salud!

Awesome wine opener!

Wile E. Coyote approved.I've got just about every bottle opener ever made, and the foil cutter on this one is the easiest to use in the industry. I also love the effectiveness of the screw itself; it has a "grooved" worm, which is to say the screw has a groove down the length of it, so it doesn't split the cork. Like the best bottle openers, this one has a two-step pry lever so you can start the pull and end it with good leverage that makes it easy to remove the cork without cracking it inside the bottle.This is an Italian made bottle opener that was such a hit on my Camino [de Santiago] trip with a Swiss compatriot who basically stole it every chance they could get. Once we got to Santiago, I gave it to them, and so I had to buy another one after I got home, but it's hard to find in stores nowadays, so I had to get it here, on A-zon.The only other bottle opener I like in this price range, is the American made (NOT Chinese imitation) Pulltap, and while I like the feel of the Pulltap in my hand better, and it folds down tighter, this one weighs a tad less (better for town-to-town backpacking, or picnics) and the foil cutter is better. I like both. I use both, as well as some shmancier ones that I keep at home. But for on the go, you either want this one, or the Pulltap. And for the Camino, this would be the one to bring.

Muy bueno

Are you kidding me? I love this thing! I understand that getting all wound up about a corkscrew may seem a bit unbalanced but this thing single handedly healed an emotional trauma in my life.A few months back while trying to board a plane to Boston the soulless minions of our beloved TSA took a break from strip searching elderly women in wheelchairs for hidden explosive devices and seized my beloved longtime travel companion, the corkscrew I bought years ago in Key West. The agent dug it out of my carry on and, holding it aloft in triumph as if he had found a loaded Glock 19, proclaimed it to be a "prohibited item" due to the miniature blade which you use to cut the metal seal.(He then icily offered to let me go back to the airline counter and put it in my checked bag, as if a) there was any chance I could get them to go fetch the thing from the ramp and b) I was interested in getting back in the half hour line at the TSA counter. He knew it. I knew it. And my favorite corkscrew knew it too, I'm certain.)Anyway, off it went to wherever they send the things they steal from our bags, along with a hundred memories. A very sad day which cast a pall on the whole trip.But then I found this little item and the fog of despair began to dissipate. There's no little blade, just a clever little set of wheels which snip off the top of the seal quicker than you can say officious imbecilic government employee.As for the rest, well, sometimes it's good just to move on. It works splendidly in all aspects of its intended functions and I look forward to many happy bottles.