Review on 🍷 The Bonny Bar Deluxe Waiters Corkscrew: The Perfect Companion for Effortless Wine Opening by Brittney Shallenberger

With my ordeal mentioned in the post fresh in my mind and hands, I ventured to Revain to find corkscrews. I was willing to buy the simplest and lightest corkscrew money can buy, that's probably the CO2 cartridge type, but as a pragmatic person I didn't want to have an empty CO2 cartridge in my hour of need, so I decided for the mechanical type that used slight leverage and was offered at a modest price. Selecting the word "corkscrew" in the search box gave me more than enough choices. Most corkscrews were two-bladed, and it seemed that each of them could generate enough force to pull the cork out of a wine bottle, so I made my choice based on price. After flipping through a few pages of corkscrews, I settled on one that cost just under $7; Model Bonny Bar Deluxe. It arrived in less than a week with Super Saving Shipping and was packaged very well. After opening the box and examining the corkscrew, I made two quick comments about the fit and finish of the Bonny Bar Deluxe corkscrew. fits; slightly loose, ie loosely built with tight tolerances. Completion; very good, much better than the quality of the fit. surprisingly good despite the fact that it was probably made in China and given the price I paid for it. First use; After my Swiss Army Knife corkscrew fiasco, I would rate this corkscrew a 10* for how easy it was to remove the cork from the next bottle of wine that came my way. Since receiving this item in October 2012 I have only used this corkscrew twice so for a limited time there is not much time to rate the durability of this item but I have an opinion. Conclusion; For "personal use" the Bonny Bar Deluxe corkscrew was a really good choice. It's easy to use and seems to last a long time and for the price it's hard to beat. Result; Would I recommend this corkscrew? If you use it as infrequently as I do (<4 times a year) then yes I would. I also have no doubt that this article will open 12 bottles of wine or champagne. per year and at the same time provide several years of worthy service. However, this is by no means a "professional” corkscrew. If you need to open more than 52 bottles a year I would look elsewhere and then be prepared to spend a lot more than $7. If possible, look for an item made in the USA. Then look for an item that is at least 95% metal (hopefully steel, not cast metal), with the rest being a flexible, stepped rubber base. A ring to protect against chipping of the rim of the bottle where the wine is poured. The reason for buying the corkscrew was primarily a story that happened in September 2012 that I mentioned a few times in the first part of this review. My eldest daughter brought a bottle of wine to visit for lunch. Of course, the wine bottle had a cork instead of a screw cap (okay, come on, I'm no wine connoisseur, but I can tell the difference between white wine and red wine). The whole kitchen, no corkscrew, but all is not lost as I remembered having an imitation Swiss Army Knife somewhere in the apartment. Ten minutes later we were in the store, almost there. removing this cork for 30 minutes, I progressed about 1/16-1/8 inch removing this cork. After another 30 minutes, holding the corkscrew of a Swiss Army knife and pulling out the bottle left my fingers, hands and overall tired, but the persistence finally paid off. Remember I said it was an imitation Swiss Army knife, well, read it as a Chinese knife made of some mysterious Chinese metal. The corkscrew was initially about 1-1/2 inches long and after an hour of trying it expanded to about 2 inches in length. I'm laughing about it now, but in the 60 minutes of pain I endured plus the time it took me to click complete purchase, the smile returned to my soul. those whom God has put protective calluses on my hands for my protection. peace, avi