MIU France Zinc Alloy Connoisseur Corkscrew Wine Opener
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of MIU France Zinc Alloy Connoisseur Corkscrew Wine Opener
Customer Review: Actually not bad.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought my stepdad and myself a MIU corkscrew 5 ago. They were much more expensive back then, but both are still working fine and work well. I love how the corkscrew retracts from the cork after removing it from the bottle.
My only complaint is that both my stepdads and my foil removers (added extra for free) broke eventually. But this was after two years of opening ALOT of wine. Not bad though and foil removers are cheap so no points off for that. Besides, two years is pretty good and it doesnt affect the corkscrew in anyway.
The opener itself is pretty big for me because I put it in a drawer. My stepdad leaves his out so he doesn't mind the size.
Good overall wine bottle opener (and they include a spare corkscrew).
WELL worth the money at the price they are now on Amazon. I paid $80.00 each for ours at a wine shop 5 years ago. (and THAT was a good deal back then).
Customer Review: Almost Magic - Highly Recommended
Summary: 5 Stars
I was given the "MIU Connoisseur Corkscrew" as a Christmas gift two years ago. Since then, we have used it several times a month (I drink a glass of red wine every day, medicinally of course :-) with the same great results every time.
The device is well made and easy to use, if/when it happens to break I will replace it with another.
Highly recommended!
Customer Review: Awful, do NOT buy
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this as a gift, thinking it was perfect. A cheap and effective bottle opener. It opened 3 maybe 4 bottles and broke. Whatever you do, do NOT buy this product. It is a piece of garbage.Customer Review: BAD NEWS FOR SYNTHETIC CORKS
Summary: 1 Stars
I was disappointed to find out after I received the product that it does NOT work with synthetic corks. I wish I had known that before I purchased the product so I wouldn't have to pay a return shipping fee.Customer Review: Badly deteriorated quality!
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a March 2010 update.
I originally bought this item in 2006, and I was delighted. Thought it absolutely ingenious. At the time, the item rightfully deserved five stars. I now had to edit the original review as I can't write a second one.
I bought the same model as a gift in 2008 that was still decent, yet of somewhat reduced quality. As my original finally broke after many very hard uses, I just bought another one in 2010.
But this is no longer the fine product it used to be. The handles have way too much play now. And they are a bit too long now. Also, one can see that the attachments of the handles to the main body are not going to hold for many uses, not even normal ones. This is simply lousy quality now. In addition, the extra corkscrew spiral was missing in the package. So you better look for another product now.
Edit May 2010: This replacement broke after just about 2 months of use. At about three bottles or less per week, that makes around 25 bottles at most, before it gave up! Thus, my prediction, sadly, was correct. It seems, however, that my review still shows five stars when displayed? I changed it to one in March 2010.
This is my original review that I left for you to see how badly this product was altered:
"I have known other fine openers for wine bottles, but this one beats them all. Whether it's cork or synthetic material, it works almost like magic. This holds for removing the cork from the opener as well. What a joy to operate this fine tool. Sorry if I sound a bit too excited. But practical items that come so close to do a job the perfect way really get my admiration. The only drawback: this tool is a bit bulky and thus requires more storage room than a "screw-pull" type. But I am amazed every time. And it looks like it is really built to last. It comes with two spare spirals too. And the foil cutter is perfect as well!
I only wonder why I had to wait till I travelled to the US to get this fine wine opener at such a low price."
Added comment August 08, 2008: With a few more years of practical use, I should add one drawback. The perfect function depends on the intact teflon coating of the spiral. Synthetic corks tend to wear that coating off rather quickly. Thus, I now use a conventional model for synthetic "corks". At any rate, that teflon coating wears off after a while. And while it is possible to get replacements, these are relatively expensive. It is absurd if one has to pay as much for two spirals as for the whole set with its two spares.
Added comment 27 December 2009: This one finally broke on Christmas Day. It did find ample and often hard use for a total of about three and a half years. It broke at the weakest spot of the cast. I'm going to get another one as, over all, I was very pleased with this one.