Customer Reviews

Oxo Good Grips Corkscrew

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I have never used a better corkscrew. Simply set it on the bottle. Press down (gently) while turning. Keep turning until the cork is out. Turn backwards and the cork pops out of the tool.

You will not have trouble with getting your corkscrew cocked or skewed (going into the cork crooked). You will not have trouble getting the cork off the corkscrew. You don't have to pull on anything. Occasionally you find an odd extra long cork--you might have to gently pull it out the last little bit.

It's the ergonomic!

Many older people love Oxo tools and utensils because of their ergonomic grips. Although I am still fairly spry, I have many Oxo products because they are just better-designed for the human hand than most. This corkscrew operates on the proven "Screwpull" design by extracting the cork quite effortlessly through a continuous screwing action. However, there is no easy way to get the cork off the screw! You have the grip the cork with your fingers to retract the screw by unscrewing it -- not an easy task for someone with arthritis. Oxo needs to amend the design by adding a clamping ring to grab the cork to ease its removal from the screw. It could easily be a 5-star product if they add this feature.

Screws in straight and easy, extracting the cork without any damage, therefore allowing you to reinsert the cork. It could give arthritics some trouble removing the cork from the screw, but that could be said for a lot of corkscrews. This is by far the easiest corkscrew I've ever used. No problems with foil or wax.

This attractive (modern) Cork Pull is a welcome addition to bottle-opening alternatives in the kitchen. All that it necessary is the ability to set it on the bottle and turn. Requires very little effort and takes any guesswork out of the process. No need to hide it away--in fact, can function as something of a conversation piece as well. Simple, functional, easy to clean.

I have several OXO Good accessories and love them .. but this one when into the trash. It ruined ever cork.

The built-in foil cutter and easy-grip handle work great, and it's nice to be able to uncork a bottle with no chance of splashing a drop anywhere. The corks remove very easily without no forcing or yanking. And you have to admit, it's pretty cool-looking. It works much better with real corks than with neoprene (plastic) corks, however; the latter are especially hard to remove from the screw once you've got the bottle open. We've put ours through five years of hard service, and while I imagine the plastic part will eventually be the bit that fails, it hasn't yet. For the price range, it's a pretty good value.

It's way easy to open a bottle of wine. However it does ruin the cork. If you are using something else to plug it back up, like a wine saver pressurized thingy, then you are all set. Anyone can open a bottle of wine with this, I don't care how old and weak you are, it is way easy.

I purchased this item and within 2-3 uses it simply fell apart. For the price I paid, I don't think I got a very good product.

I got one of these as a gift a little over a year ago. At first it worked fine, better on natural corks, as some have noted here. It was often difficult to remove the cork from the screw, especially the neoprene ones, but I found that the small pliers I keep in my kitchen drawer (for exactly such emergencies) worked well to remove the stuck corks.

However, this screw just doesn't hold up. Only took me a couple dozen neoprene corks before the screw got bent out of shape. Then, it doesn't go through the center of the cork, and ends up splitting and ruining the natural ones. Not a huge deal - I have rubber replacement stoppers and rarely drink wine of such exquisite quality that I'd care if a little piece of cork fell in, but it shouldn't happen with a product of otherwise good design and construction.

Just a few minutes ago, I was removing a neoprene cork from a bottle, and the entire screw broke clean off from metal fatigue. That shouldn't happen with a $20 corkscrew after only 16 months. My other corkscrew, one of the classic waiter's "lever" models, which probably cost $3, has lasted over a decade.

I'm torn. I love the way this baby works, but not sure I'd buy another one strictly because of its lack of "staying power". I drink 3 or 4 bottles of wine a week, and need something which stands up to regular use.

First tried this while we were at Sand Harbor in Tahoe. It was a friends and after we used it I knew I had to get one. A very simple product that does its job well. The built in foil cutter is very convenient as that's one less thing you have to carry. Like any OXO product I've had before the build is solid and sturdy. Pricey...perhaps, but in my book it's quality is worth the extra couple bucks.