Oster 4208 Inspire Electric Wine Opener with Wine Chiller
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Oster 4208 Inspire Electric Wine Opener with Wine Chiller
Customer Review: The wine opener alone sells for way more than this in retail stores and wine catalogs!
Summary: 5 Stars
We actually originally bought just the wine opener at a department store. As is usual with Amazon, this online price is waaay better than what we paid for the wine opener ALONE...I was told at a dinner party that Amazon had the wine opener for less than what I paid so we went online to order several of these as gifts and found we could get the wine chiller too for less!
Not only do these two wine lovers love the opener, but every time we use it in front of someone they fall in love and want one so it's the perfect gift.
So...we ordered a few with the wine chiller and tried out the wine chiller as well and are equally as impressed! We had a dinner party and ran low on white wine. A fast chill provided by the wine chiller kept the dinner party flowing smoothly.
We had a $150 dollar wine opener that didn't work nearly as impressive and easily as this one did. In fact, a wine opener just like this is still in wine catalogs for over $100. It may even be the same one...that's the first place we saw it.
As for how it works...place it on the bottle, push the button, ZIP...it uncorks it for you.
TO REMOVE THE CORK: (totally easy) you just push the button in reverse and it pops it right out for you to remove it! Anyone who didn't know this trick may not have read that part of the instructions as I could see that trying to remove it otherwise would be difficult. but it's a cinch if you push that reverse button...even easier than removing it from a manual opener!
CONCLUSION: I love to drink wine but hate opening it and have broken enough corks in my day to realize I shouldn't. This is uncorkage 101 at it's finest whether you are a pro opener or as clumsy as me...looks impressive, is a major conversation piece once you use it, works in seconds with no brainpower needed, and the battery charge lasts so long that we even took it on a cruise and uncorked our wine during the whole trip perfectly and still came home and used it for a few weeks without having to recharge!
The wine chiller works just as well as the ones costing hundreds more. We are a lover of Oster and Amazon for this bargain set for our gift giving!! My parents, who have everything, are as hooked as we are on this and now gift it themselves to others.
And, more importantly, we've had it for a year now and it's as good as new. Some more expensive wine openers we've had had more fragile pieces that didn't hold up.
While it's the perfect gift, you'll want to keep it for yourself if you don't yet have one.
Customer Review: IT WORKS
Summary: 5 Stars
It looks good and it works. It blends in with my decor and doesn't stick out like a sore thumb. This is a must have for the advid wine drinker. I always had issues opening wine with a standard opener. I either didn't put it in the right spot or I broke the cork inside the bottle. This gadget eliminates all of that. Make sure that you read the directions before using (I didn't). All you have to do is place the gadget over your wine bottle, press the button and leave it there until you hear the cork pop out of the bottle. To remove the cork, press the opposite button and it releases the cork. It's that easy. It even comes with a convenient mechanism to take the foil off the bottle. If I were to mark something off would be that it doesn't appear to be as sturdy as I thought. Even so, it's not a deal breaker for me...it still works.Customer Review: Works Great with NO Effort
Summary: 5 Stars
Bought this as a filler gift for my mother and it actually became the hit of the holidays. It opens bottles with the press of a button and neatly dispenses the cork when finished. The only very minor complaint is that there are two red lights (one quite large) on the unit and charger which never turn off when charging. Not even when completely charged. This greatly takes away from the overall aesthetics of the opener.
The bonus chiller is plain stainless steel but fairly functional. Works as good as any other basic wine chiller (read: open container of ice).
I would definitely purchase this item again either for a birthday, Christmas or even myself.
Customer Review: Great for any wine lover!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was given one of these for Christmas last year, and have used it more times that I will admit to! I tend to drink more red than white, so haven't taken advantage of the Chiller, but it seems to do the trick, and it is attractive enough to have on a table setting. The electric opener is a breeze, and makes opening a wine bottle virtually effortless. It is a great gift for wine lovers - I've already given one as a gift and plan to order too more. Plus, for the money, this product is a real bargain. This would also be a great gift for anyone with arthritis, other hand issues, or just has a hard time using a traditional cork-screw.Customer Review: Looks and Works Great
Summary: 5 Stars
I was surprised as to how well this item actually worked when we opened and started using it. I purchased this as a 'filler' gift for my wife for Christmas. Knowing that it was a gadjety gift I did not have high expecations. We used this for fun and found out how easy it is to use and how cleanly it removes the cork. It opens many bottles on one charge, although we have not yet tried to prove the box statement correct that it opens 30 bottles on one charge.
Good for a person who struggles with conventional wine openers and breaking corks.
The bonus wine chiller is stylish and functional.