The reason for the 4 stars is the cheap plastic tray the wine opener came in. The first one was completely shattered, so I ordered another one. The second one came cracked as well - so I gave up on the tray.

The wine opener itself is fabulous! Opens bottles in seconds, requires little to no effort and looks very stylish. Great buy!

Works well, nice material and finish better than some other brands which were cheaply made. The only disappointment is it came in a plain brown shipping cardboard box which was bit poor.

Works great. My old opener was plastic so it gave a little when squeezed against the side of the bottle. I was concerned that the hard metal sides pressing against the sides of the bottle might crack it so i have been a bit more careful using this.
Their is some rubber padding there but not much.

My last wine opener finally gave up the ghost after about 300 bottles. I searched around for some reviews to get another good one and came upon the Pinzon. I'm not disappointed. After about 20 bottles, it is still going strong. The key to a good wine opener is metal parts. Make sure the little "ladder" mechanism is metal as well as the corkscrew (both are on the Pinzon). Good price for a very good wine opener.

What a terrific product! Do everything you could want a wine opener to do, and do it well: 1) cut the foil; 2) clamp the bottle neck; 3) pierce the entire cork, natural or synthetic, with one swing of the arm; 4) remove cork from the bottle with one reverse swing of the arm; 5) clamp the cork; 6) release the cork with one last swing of the arm. Plus, it's built like the proverbial brick house, of real steel, not plastic that's painted gray. And check out those robust gears. A real winner! One caveat: why is an extra worm provided? Is the worm coated with silicone, perhaps, which will eventually wear out? What happens if you wear out both of them? At this price, I'm not going to worry about it.