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Burrowing into minutia: "The Rabbit"-type cork pullers are far easier and faster. These are gear-assisted, spiral pullers obviating the need for elbow grease. S

Burrowing into minutia: "The Rabbit"-type cork pullers are far easier and faster. These are gear-assisted, spiral pullers obviating the need for elbow grease. Stubborn corks still need the two prongs-type to coax them out (or in).

Pxtl 5y ago
Oddly I think the author mentions he (she?) has a few of those and despite their aesthetic loathing of the Oxo one, they find it more efficient than the traditional ones. Or at least I assume that's what they're talking about when mentioning their other corkscrews. As for Oxo itself, I find the brand frustrating. The author rightly asserts that Oxo devices are utterly hideous... But on the other hand, Oxo is one of the few brands that is both consistently available and consistently high quality. Now that shopping is a minefield of unusably defective low-quality goods from anonymous Chinese ephemeral marks, reputable built-for-life brands with a wide spectrum of products like Oxo are critical to survival. An Oxo kitchen utensil may be bulbous and black, but it won't be rusty, bent, cracked, tarnished, peeling, oily, or poisonous.
- errcorrectcode 5y ago
  Oxo, like any large company, has hit-or-miss designs. Their lettuce spinner is adequate. I wish they made their storage containers in glass. Low quality products are infiltrating markets, including Amazon, at an alarming rate. Take a small category as a signal: 3d printer filament vacuum bags. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of nearly-identical listings for what can best be described as a glorified ZipLoc, 2 mil storage bag with a piece of tape over a hole to be used as a "valve." I left an honest review about how horrible, overpriced, and useless this product was. The seller then had the audacity to email me directly 3x to bribe me to delete the review.
- throwaway984393 5y ago
  Prior generations didn't fear rust, bending or tarnishing, because they were taught how to care for those items. And if they were damaged, they'd get repaired! I fear that by making the world more idiot-proof we're inviting more idiots.
narag 5y ago
Burrowing into minutia: "The Rabbit"-type cork pullers are far easier and faster. I've seen faster. In a luxury restaurant. It was just a long curved awl with a T handle. No idea how difficult it is to master or how good it is for problem corks. But fast? Sure. Never seen one in shops. Edit: curved I mean a soft S shape. No screw.
- throwaway984393 5y ago
  Cork pullers for expensive wine are just two metal flat prongs that slide down the sides, and you twist the bottle and pull. It keeps the cork intact so that old deteriorated cork doesn't fall into the wine. Both the most minimal and effective uncorker, and of course nobody owns one except chefs, sommeliers and rich folk
  - narag 5y ago
    IIRC it was just one metal pointy piece. It's no mistery how it pulled the cork: the S shape. Probably driving it in the cork is more difficult... anyway it was just a second.

Pxtl 5y ago

Oddly I think the author mentions he (she?) has a few of those and despite their aesthetic loathing of the Oxo one, they find it more efficient than the traditional ones. Or at least I assume that's what they're talking about when mentioning their other corkscrews. As for Oxo itself, I find the brand frustrating. The author rightly asserts that Oxo devices are utterly hideous... But on the other hand, Oxo is one of the few brands that is both consistently available and consistently high quality. Now that shopping is a minefield of unusably defective low-quality goods from anonymous Chinese ephemeral marks, reputable built-for-life brands with a wide spectrum of products like Oxo are critical to survival. An Oxo kitchen utensil may be bulbous and black, but it won't be rusty, bent, cracked, tarnished, peeling, oily, or poisonous.

errcorrectcode 5y ago
Oxo, like any large company, has hit-or-miss designs. Their lettuce spinner is adequate. I wish they made their storage containers in glass. Low quality products are infiltrating markets, including Amazon, at an alarming rate. Take a small category as a signal: 3d printer filament vacuum bags. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of nearly-identical listings for what can best be described as a glorified ZipLoc, 2 mil storage bag with a piece of tape over a hole to be used as a "valve." I left an honest review about how horrible, overpriced, and useless this product was. The seller then had the audacity to email me directly 3x to bribe me to delete the review.
throwaway984393 5y ago
Prior generations didn't fear rust, bending or tarnishing, because they were taught how to care for those items. And if they were damaged, they'd get repaired! I fear that by making the world more idiot-proof we're inviting more idiots.

narag 5y ago

Burrowing into minutia: "The Rabbit"-type cork pullers are far easier and faster. I've seen faster. In a luxury restaurant. It was just a long curved awl with a T handle. No idea how difficult it is to master or how good it is for problem corks. But fast? Sure. Never seen one in shops. Edit: curved I mean a soft S shape. No screw.

throwaway984393 5y ago
Cork pullers for expensive wine are just two metal flat prongs that slide down the sides, and you twist the bottle and pull. It keeps the cork intact so that old deteriorated cork doesn't fall into the wine. Both the most minimal and effective uncorker, and of course nobody owns one except chefs, sommeliers and rich folk
- narag 5y ago
  IIRC it was just one metal pointy piece. It's no mistery how it pulled the cork: the S shape. Probably driving it in the cork is more difficult... anyway it was just a second.