The Best Corkscrews Reviewed

[@DarkKar]

I give this review a 10 for vocabulary, 10 for comedy, and a 10 for theater.

[@arlo.guthrie]

LOL. Thank you, that is very kind!

[@Kindlyone777]

Omg. I’m dead 😂 Thank you

[@ernstwittenschlager8887]

Battery Powered Corkscrew: my daughter has Cerebral Palsy, and has use of only 1 hand - so this device is perfect: 30 points! Perspective, my friend. Perspective.

[@arlo.guthrie]

Good point.

[@GodfreyMann]

These are fine tools for young wine, but I wouldn’t use them on bottles with 50+ year-old corks. For such bottles only the Durand will do… Space wise the Durand takes almost no space. Ease wise, the first couple of bottles will be hard, but the knack is easily learned and thereafter 100% success rate on very old bottles. The Durand helps you pull with more confidence than Mick Jagger in a nightclub.

[@TheoSmith249]

We nearly had a cork extraction failure last week, when our star performer 'The Pullex' eluded our search efforts. We brought in a 'stand in' which was our kids footbal inflator in all it's flourescent green glory. .. jammed that needle in, add a few pumps, and we lowering our blood pressure. Got a sitting O for that one... Enjoying the channel...

[@arlo.guthrie]

A football inflator ... another great idea! Glad you're enjoying the channel 😀

[@jackMcRyder]

dude, that video was good! Also bc I'm loving the fact that the "basic" classic was a winner... exactly similar to the one I have! (found on the street/second hand objects BTW!) mine is a no-name solid metal wood-handle. What's the black watch, Mr Gadgetman!?

[@charlie996]

200th like! ~ Totally agree with the electric bottle opener being a waste of resources and real estate. Traditional sommelier knife is the best of everything and adds to the experience of wine.

[@joebaranski1996]

Electric wine openers also work for wine enthusiasts with bad arthritis like my dad

[@arlo.guthrie]

I think I made that point in the film!

[@nospam4279]

A Laguiole 1 step opener or nothing. Otherwise the bottle stays closed!

[@WhippetOut]

We’ve had the electronic-type one for about 12 years. Ours has a blue neon light which appeals to my tech-side. It’s certainly the longest-lasting corkscrew we’ve ever had and doesn’t take long to recharge. But that’s just my opinion!

[@arlo.guthrie]

12 years ... impressive lifespan if you're opening at least two bottles a day, less so if you only open one a month! Either way, I still can't get my head around all the extra resources needed to build the electric motor, battery, then generate the electricity etc, for a job that I can do with a few twists of my wrist. Whilst I'm on the subject, electric car windows?

[@Dragonheat13]

You're missing one. You need to try the Phoenixware winged (double lever) wine bottle opener. I have a pretty red one. It works like a traditional bottle opener, except the "wings" rise up as you screw it into the cork. Then you just put it on the table or countertop and pull the 2 "wings"/levers down and out comes the cork. Very easy, but a little bulky. Not as bulky as that big silver one you have though. LOL. Love your sense of humor.

[@foreleftyall]

for the last one, depends on what kind of theater you’re talking about

[@arlo.guthrie]

Indeed.

[@Melanin_Libra]

I’m getting the battery one! I’m tired of struggling to open a bottle!

[@tiggersmith7393]

Couldn't stop laughing at the Phoewon Pump Action! I bought something very similar from Ann Summers.

[@jackMcRyder]

yeah I think dudeo Guthrie did have a bit of fun filming and frame-cutting those 5 seconds 🤣🤣 with that pump action!

[@Brian-ew9bn]

Looks like the Phoewon is the easiest?

[@tlhuffman]

This perhaps the silliest review I have ever seen. If the implement does not easily open the bottle, then theater and ease of storage are completely meaningless. Because the "waiter's friend" is the corkscrew that most waiters and wine snobs use--waiters and sommeliers use it simply because it is small and lightweight and easy to transport, which matters if you are waiting on tables all day--you just knew that it was going to come in first, despite the fact that the lever style is much easier and faster to use, as even this review demonstrates. So if you are not using the corkscrew in a professional setting, then get a lever-style. The very nice steel unit I bought from Amazon was $38, so his quoted price of 100 quid given here is peculiar.

[@CNDCarManiac]

Looking for friends that are raging alcoholics

[@arlo.guthrie]

I can probably spare you a few.

[@Thetoad738]

How about the Campagnolo corkscrew?

[@arlo.guthrie]

You're right, I didn't cover that one, but I have certainly used them over the years. I'd probably put that in third, after the Waiter's friend and the Le Creuset classic. Not quite as compact as either of the other two, and not quite as easy as the Le Creuset.

[@redneckscumbags4422]

so old school...Give these 5 corkscrews to ppl who's never opened a bottle before, the battery powered, Le Creuset Classic & the Phoewon would be #1, 2 and 3 in terms of fastest to open a bottle. The other two are unintuitive and most difficult to manoeuver ...the pulltex is a potential injury hazard. but I get it, there are ppl who are used to writing letters to loved ones, the thought of clicking the send button on outlook makes them cringe

[@arlo.guthrie]

Well, sometimes 'old' is still 'the best', and I wasn't judging only on the ease of use, but also ease of storage and how much they make you look the part. I'm struggling to imagine how a human could injure themselves with the Pulltex, and it is very easy to use, the easiest to store, and the one that makes you look like a sommelier (as opposed to thePhoewon, which makes you look like, er, something else).

[@redneckscumbags4422]

@@arlo.guthrie and very often, old is not the best. The Pulltex took you twice the time compared to everything else and took much more twisting and turning...and you don't have to give that to an alien...give that to a newbie with a weak grip, he'll easily slip and stab himself with it. All other devices have a guide to keep it centered on the bottle. The Pulltex is a horrid outdated device that's only second nature to ppl who are accustomed to it. But it does make one look like an old school archetype of a sommelier, which is why it costs 40 pounds instead of hanging on the shelves in a dollar store.

[@tedmccauley9319]

Great first pick, now teach people how to use it.

[@justink5585]

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