Rabbit W6004N Original Lever Corkscrew Wine Opener with Foil Cutter and Extra Spiral, Black Finish, Smooth Lever Action for Effortless Cork Removal

Has an original Rabbit and it broke after 20+ years. Given as a replacment gift - works better than all of th rest weved tried.

Update 7/4/2024: This Rabbit Corkscrew has one job to do: remove corks from wine bottles. It fails to do this job. If you buy this thinking it will remove wine corks from bottles, you will be sorely disappointed. The second Rabbit I received had the same issues as the first. I had hoped the first Rabbit was somehow a defective device and got a replacement, but now 2 different units failed in the same way. In short, it does not consistently work. See the attached photos to see the results. It failed to remove the cork 3 times on one bottle type, succeeded 2 times on another bottle type, and failed on a third bottle type. Of 3 different styles of wine bottles tested, it failed to remove the cork on 2 of them. In my opinion, it is a mistake to purchase this product if you expect it to operate like the older style Rabbit, or Rabbit-type corkscrews. Original review follows: Like other 1 star reviewers, my (first) Rabbit corkscrew did not work correctly. I had previously owned a rabbit style opener with essentially the same design and operation, so I know how they are supposed to work (the previous opener broke after several years use). The way it should work is you place the opener on the bottle, and apply a reasonable amount of pressure to squeeze the handles together. The pressure on the handles around the neck of the bottle causes two “cogs” to pull into the device. You can see the cog pins stick out from the side as you press the handles together, and if you look closely you can see the cogs move into the housing. This is easiest to see before you engage the corkscrew into the cork. With my previous corkscrew, the handles were about 1-1/2” apart in order to pull these cogs into the housing, the pressure like a firm handshake. Activate the lever and run the corkscrew down into the cork. Maintaining the pressure on the handles, lift the lever to pull the cork out of the bottle, With the cogs pulled into the housing, it allows the sliding piece to move up the guide shaft with the cork, retaining the cork on the screw. When you remove the Rabbit from the bottle, the cogs spring back out. This retains the sliding piece when you run the lever back down. When the lever is pulled back up the piece is held in place by the cogs, ejecting the cork. That’s how it should work. On my new Rabbit, the cogs did not pull into the housing until the two handles were essentially touching. The amount of force required to get to this position was excessive, and very difficult to maintain. If you did a handshake with this amount of force, the recipient would complain. Thinking I just needed to squeeze the handles as hard as possible to make it work, I tried pulling the cork out using this excessive handle pressure (I did this several times by putting a cork back into the bottle). Infrequently it would work, and the cork would come out. Often the sliding piece would get part way up the guide before stopping, so the cork was not fully removed from the bottle (one of the video reviews above shows this happening). Most of the time, the sliding piece would just remain down on the bottle (held by the cogs), so the corkscrew would go into the cork, then just pull back out again when the lever was lifted. I am hoping this was some sort of manufacturing defect, so I have returned the first Rabbit (thanks Amazon for such a painless return process!), and as of July 1, 2024, Amazon is sending a replacement. I will update this review once I test the replacement Rabbit corkscrew. For now, a 1 star rating is accurate.

This is an excellent product. I took a moment to understand how it works to figure out why some users have had problems with it. The problems with removing the cork probably stem from improper usage due to the poor documentation. Here's how it works. The lever that you swing back and push down moves the corkscrew up and down by a gear and rack mechanism, this is pretty obvious from looking at it. The worm screw is mounted so that it could spin freely if there were no guide mechanism (the metal and plastic part near the hand clamps that the cork screw slides through). The guide mechanism causes the screw to turn as it is pressed down through it. The rotation lets the screw wind into the cork on the downstroke of the lever. The guide mechanism is initially held in a fixed position by two spring loaded latches on either side of the top of it. These latches are pulled back, thereby releasing the guide mechanism when the clamping handles are squeezed on a bottle. With the guide mechanism free to move, and the screw held tightly by the cork, when the lever is pulled back, the guide mechanism moves with the screw and hence does not drive the screw's rotation so the cork is pulled out. This is the part that is not clear in the instructions. Removing the cork HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW TIGHT YOU GRIP IT WITH THE HANDLES. You must move the lever all the way back forward to remove the cork. Part way, you will feel resistance, this is due to the latches that have now closed since the clamp arms are no longer squeezing on the neck of a bottle. (When you squeeze on a bottle, the hinged ends are forced apart, which opens the latches). The latches are angled so if you use some force you will push the guide mechanism through the latches (just like when you close a door with a spring loaded bolt) and they will snap back into place, locking the guide mechanism down. Now, the guide mechanism can no longer move and acts as a stop for the cork. Now, when you pull back on the lever, the guide causes the screw to rotate and unscrew from the cork which cannot move up because of the latched guide mechanism. Squeezing on the handles only stops the cork from falling on the floor. It's really an ingenious design.

This is the best cork remover ever so easy to use

La calidad es buena y el funcionamiento es excelente

Broke the first time I used it.

Broke on the first attempt

Not good with the tougher corks especially French or Italian.

Bought in Nov 2021, used lightly for a year and broke during use. Will not buy again get an all metal one!