PullParrot Red Corkscrew w/ Contoured Steel Handle Inc Double Boot Lever,Serrated Knife Blade And Teflon Worm

I've tried a lot of corkscrews over the years. All kinds, from the Ah-So, to the Screwpull, to the Rabbit etc. etc.I was drawn to the 'automatic' extractors like the Screwpull and their Chinese knock-offs because they seemed quick and easy to use. And for a while they are, but with the new kinds of corks their teflon coating deteriorates and very soon they break.Plus after the novelty wears off, you look like a nerd opening a bottle of wine.I did have a number of 'manual' corkscrews that LOOK like the PullParrot, with a 2-stage kind of opening design. But in fact the 'first stage' doesn't really work right, and they essentially only have 'one stage'.If you look closely at the design you will see the little gizmo halfway down from the 'beak' that is the first stage of the cork extraction. It's got a little spring that moves the gizmo in and out. This is what distinguishes the design from the look-a-likes, which have a single molded in 2-stage stop, that don't really work.To use the corkscrew, start with a few turns into the cork. Then push out the little spring mounted gizmo, and pull the cork out a little bit. Then let the gizmo retract, re-seat the corkscrew with its main ledge on the top of the bottle and continue the extraction.The next time you are in a restaurant, look closely and you will see that EVERY waiter in every restaurant uses a corkscrew with this design.Once you start using this, you will NEVER go back to the big fancy corkscrews.(I know this review may be confusing, but it's the best I can do.)

The double level makes opening bottles so much smoother and avoids pulling at an angle - which can lead to splitting corks or flicking wine up in your face! I noticed that you can't twist the screw all the way down, you need to leave a little room for the top lever to catch, but once you bear that in mind, it is so quick and easy to use. I bought it because I bartend a winery, and it's such a relief to have a dependable one for the 70+ bottles a day I need to open! It feels very sturdy, too, so it was worth the cost for me.

Very well made, heavy duty corkscrew. It unfortunately did not fit what I needed it to fit so I inevitably returned it, but it is absolutely a well made item.

Similar quality and functionality to Pulltex Pulltaps corkscrews. It's a little bigger and heavier than a Pulltaps but the two step mechanism seems a little more intuitive to operate. On the downside the 1st step 'button' has a small return spring that is a likely failure point over long term use.

Bought this for home after buying 2 of these for best wine key money can buy