Product Description

The Houdini Wine Preserver is a pump-and-stopper vacuum system with three major improvements over competing systems. The pump handle is ergonomically designed to afford easier pumping action and to avoid pinching that can occur with other pumps. Two Push-Button Stoppers are included, employing a patented valve that holds a vacuum for days and releases it at the touch of a button. UPC: 022578055770. Manufacture Part No. 5577 Related Link: | METROKANE WEBSITE | METROKANE STORE PRODUCT INFORMATION: All Metrokane products are new.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #944 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Metrokane
• Model: 5577
• Dimensions: 2.10" h x 6.00" w x 7.70" l,

Features

• Pump vacuums oxygen out of opened wine bottles
• Preserves flavor and aroma by preventing oxidation
• Ergonomically designed pump works quickly and easily
• Includes 2 pushbutton stoppers to hold vacuum for days
• Measures 7 inches long and weighs 0.2 pounds

Amazon.com Review
You've spent an entertaining evening over several bottles of wine, but now you have a bunch of half-empty bottles sitting in the kitchen. What to do? Enjoy them to the end with the Metrokane Save-the-Wine vacuum pump, which removes the air from opened wine bottles to preserve the wine taste and bouquet. Without the vacuum seal, the oxygen-exposed wine will stale quickly, dramatically affecting the flavor. This ergonomically designed pump is simple to use, and it will let you drink the wine up to two weeks later with few ill effects. The pump comes with two pushbutton stoppers, each of which seals the vacuum tightly. The stoppers also release the vacuum at the touch of a button. --Rivers Janssen

From the Manufacturer
Metrokane expands its market with an affordable pump and a powerful selling message: "save the wine." Until now the market for wine vacuum pumps has been mostly limited to wine aficionados. Now Metrokane expands the market with an affordable pump and a name that speaks to the average wine drinker. The Save-the-Wine vacuum pump pays for itself when the first half bottle of good wine is preserved, and customers will be quick to recognize the value.

The design of Metrokane's Save-the-Wine vacuum pump is classically simple. It has an ergonomically shaped handle that pulls a vacuum with ease. It's packaged with two pushbutton stoppers that can hold a vacuum for days and will release it at the touch of a button.

Customer Reviews

Works well for a while, then breaks
We received the Rabbit version of this as a gift and it worked quite well for a few months. Then there was a great deal of resistance when pulling the plunger and no vacuum seal on the bottle. I found that the rubber 'o-ring' that maintains the vacuum in the pump had partially come off the plunger.
The pump is now junk, as there is no way to fix this problem.

Great! ...until it broke
I got at least 20 good uses out of this wine saver until the pump broke as I was pumping the air out of a bottle. Disappointing, but it was good enough while it lasted that I will probably buy another (I still have the 2 corks that go with it, anyway). But heed this warning: stop pumping when you start to feel resistance. The pump clearly isn't built to take a lot of force.

Worked after some help
Out of the box I was a bit disappointed by cheap construction. When I tried to pump a bottle I was disappointed to see that it didn't appear to be working. Maybe it's just my copy, but the pump part leaked air while pumping. I found that a damp dish rag or a plastic grocery bag to choke the pump and make a tighter seal helped. For the cheap bottles of everyday table wine that I use this for it gets the job done, but for more expensive bottles you will definitely want to go for something better.