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Pros & Cons

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Pros

I'm a gadget freak and this was the first christmas present i'd asked for from my parents since i was a kid. The houdini itself is fluid and extremely efficient. With this device it is as easy as cutting through soft butter.

The houdini opens wine bottles in a couple seconds. It also has a nifty way of getting the cork off just as quickly. It removes the c cork from the corkscrew for you.

Everybody needs a corkscrew, this one is top notch. This one is awesome! Delivered on time. Package was sealed.



Cons

It's nearly impossible to get a cork out of a bottle. The cutter/coil/spiral is out of the cork. Defeats the purpose of this opener.

This one is entirely plastic, and is so lightweight and flimsy it makes the mechanism not work right. The top handle is all plastic except for the last 2 inches and snaps off after a couple hundred uses. Because the handles separate when lying on it's...  Read More

My discontent comes not only from its appearance online not measuring up to actual performance in life, but also from the general imprecision and loosely put together manufacturing. The corkscrew is flimsy. It's now flimsy and floppy.

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Highlights

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Quality


This product works awesome and makes a great gift for those who do a bunch of wine drinking


I give these to friends as gifts when i notice them opening their wine bottles with the old corkscrew method


With the houdini you have to pump the handle twice to release the cork

Shipping


Amazon should consider shipping this in a box rather than padded envelope though as impacts during shipping cracked the plastic...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


The corkscrew works well but the packaging was very poor


Clamp the houdini onto the top of the bottle lift the lever slides into the cork like butter then pull it down to pull out the cork

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    plastic, broke, made, open and great.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 274 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 27 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    As someone else noted though it looks like metal its made of plastic


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    With the houdini you have to pump the handle twice to release the cork


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Had the same model for six years


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    You turn the foil cutter around the top of the bottle then left off the cutoff top section


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    We ordered one from amazon immediately upon returning home


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I am very surprised to see all of the negative reviews


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I can never get a regular cork screw to work


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Amazon should consider shipping this in a box rather than padded envelope though as impacts during shipping cracked the plastic container top

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