Rabbit wine bottle opener
I have several wine bottle openers but I must say that this one is the best. It makes it fun to open wine bottles. The construction and material gives me confidence in holding and opening the bottle and it is lightweight for the amount of material involved. I have not missed opening a single bottle with a single operation and without tearing a cork. The foilcutter is a perfect addition with a clean cut. Well engineered, well constructed, and fun to use.
Easy and fun to use!
After buying one for my brother, I had to have one for myself, and for the rest of my wine-drinking friends and family. The Mekotrane corkscrew works perfectly every time, with absolutely no little pieces of cork left over to float in your wine.
The only quibble I have is with the foil cutter. It does its job, but not very well--I have several inexpensive foil cutters that do a better job than this one. But otherwise, it makes uncorking wine easy and fun.
How to use the Metrokane Rabbit
From a design standpoint, this is a very good product. But the documentation is pathetic, and was clearly never tested with new / real users. There is no explanation of how it's supposed to work. That understanding is very helpful: with it, you'll never have trouble, and will marvel at the clever design. Let's get started.
Have a bottle of wine handy on which you've already used the supplied (and very good) little foil cutter to remove the foil over the cork.
Take the unit in your hand and look at the movable parts. The overhead lever that swings outward / downward and then is reversed / brought back over the top - moves the spiral corkscrew up and down. To see this, operate the overhead lever with one hand while holding the clamping "side handles" with the other. When you move the overhead handle the corkscrew rotates.
Why is the corkscrew turning? Because it's forced to do that as it goes through a "guide" (the metal collar with gray plastic...
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