Customer Reviews

Oster 4207 Electric Wine-Bottle Opener

5 star:		(635)
4 star:		(119)
3 star:		(26)
2 star:		(32)
1 star:		(86)

 

 

Length:: 1:28 Mins

This is my first video review of a product, and the very first time I used this product. It's a simple product to use, and works well.

UPDATE 6/16/2009

I must say, while the product works as indicated in the video, about a month ago, I heard a loud "crack", and the corkscrew simply broke off inside the unit. I took the unit apart to see if I could do a quick repair and there was no easy way to do that.
Based on that shoddy construction, and it only lasting less than a year, I can't really fully endorse this product.

As a person who loathes cheap, clutter, infomercial widgets I bought this out or sheer curiosity imagining it would be returned the same day. This opener is large, requires an electric plug and takes up counter space. But to my surprise it works amazingly well. There is a foil cutter that is stored in the base. The screw enters cleanly and seems to eliminate broken and shredded corks which can be frustrating. Hold the button again and the cork emerges from the device and drops out. I always liked my sturdy and simple stainless steel opener. But this turned out to be a keeper. It's design is contemporary and clean, although it looks like it should do something more profound than just pull a cork. It's also a conversation piece provoking smiles from guests. A pleasant surprise, highly recommended and especially so for a person who lacks hand or wrist strength.

I have a whole menagerie of wine openers and NOTHING compares to this Oster opener. I have bought them for gifts too and everyone loves them! I don`t think you`ll be disappointed in the least!!

This product makes opening a bottle of wine effortless. Any wine drinker with Arthritis or Carpal tunnel (like me) should own this. You do need one hand on the bottle and one on the opener to keep them from rotating, then just hold the rocker switch down. It has a sleek look and fits in on your bar or counter. A great gift!

Oh, how I love this product!!! I received it as a gift, so I didn't really have any expectations when I opened it to try it out...but OMG!!! If you open wine often (as I do) there's no way you can't find the Oster to be AMAZING!!! It really does open bottles-just hit the "up" arrow and it takes the corks right out....in like, 30 seconds, no less! Then, hit the down arrow to make it give the cork right back to you-even quicker! With NO damage-you can place it right back to stopper the open bottle.

To be honest, I can't believe this only costs $20-it is amazing and I love love LOVE it-and you will too!!

I have been trying to find a corkscrew that my wife will use with enthusiasm for about 15 years. Up until this one, they have all been "too hard" and I have to end up opening her wine. She is now perfectly happy to open a bottle of wine by herself, and that's all I can ask. It's a rather large device for what it does, but its kind of cool looking, so it makes up for its size.

I got the Oster Wine opener as a Christmas gift. I'm a little leery of electronics taking the place of perfectly useful manual tools. I've used a "waiter's corkscrew" for years, and I'm quite adept at using it. I also found the Oster's design a little faux-modern, like it was trying too hard. So I was surprised at how easily it opened my wine bottle. It's designed to completely pull the cork when pressing the down-arrow button, and then stop (I've read other negative reviews where it seemed like the reviewer reversed the screw direction once the corkscrew was completely inserted, and the cork, of course, never left the bottle). It surprised me that by simply pressing the up-arrow button it neatly, if a little slowly, ejected the cork from the device. It has worked on every kind of cork I tried - American cork, European cork, or synthetic cork.

Why only 4-stars? Like a number of reviewers, I noticed that the Oster Wine opener started getting weaker after about three months. I examined the device, and noticed that its charging light (a translucent half-globe on the top) was not lit when I placed it in the charger. I checked the base of the device and, sure enough, one of the contact points was completely covered with black. I scraped the carbon off and applied a little WD-40 with a cotton swab; it has charged perfectly ever since.

I should note that this is NOT a device for people with arthritis. You need a firm grip on the bottle, or the Oster just makes the bottle spin. If you have arthritic pain when gripping, or have a weak grip, this device is probably not for you.

A friend gave me one of these just like it about a year ago, and I love it. No fuss, no muss, easy out for the cork from the bottle, then the opener quickly discharges the cork. Nothing could be simpler or more reliable. I then bought another identical one (this one) for a cousin's birthday.

At first, I thought...this is too easy...what's the catch? The only catch is the opener "catching" your cork. No more struggling, broken corks, cork in your wine...nothing. This puts those expensive "rabbit corkscrews" to shame. It's easy, easy to store and recharge. Even if you only open bottles once in a while, you owe it to yourself to never pull a muscle doing so ever again!

Marisa,New York

I really had high hopes for the Oster. We open a bottle of wine a day - sometimes more if we're having friends over. As a wine reviewer, I have numerous wine corkscrews and devices in my home to do this with. I have always searched for something easy and quick.

This is a tall device - maybe a foot long - that you need to keep charged up. When you are ready to use it, you lower that cylinder over the wine cork and push a button. It draws the cork up and out of the bottle, fully removing it from the cork. Then you push the opposite button for the cork to eject from the device.

It works well enough for a few runs - but then it quickly loses its traction. I have had this for a year now and keep hoping that it will start working again. It doesn't. The worm will go maybe halfway into a cork and then jam. It will stop turning. It works better with natural cork, and pretty much not at all for anything else.

Also, because the worm goes all the way through the cork, it drills a hole straight through. First, this causes cork bits to eject out into the wine. Second, it means if you are planning on recorking the wine and storing it for later drinking, the wine will leak out unless you store it end-up.

If you have dry or crumbling corks you're going to be in trouble. The usual two-prong remover is always going to work better in those solutions.

I could see if you only drank "real cork" wine and only used this once a week or so that it might last you a while. If you were writing a review after a month of once-a-week usage you might think it was great. Unfortunately, if you are a more avid wine drinker, there are just too many situations where the device fails, and the worm wears down very quickly.

Plus, the fact that you have to leave this plugged in all the time makes it an energy leach. In a world where we are all trying to cut down on the power we draw from the electrical system, and keep our cell phones and such unplugged when we can, to leave a corkscrew plugged in all the time seems very wasteful.

I definitely recommend a Rabbit instead. It works VERY easily, draws the cork out in one easy pull, and requires no electricity at all.