So I bought my girlfriend a Metrokane Rabbit wine bottle opener for Christmas... She loves wine, and the usual openers are annoying... I've seen the rabbit like openers around for some time, and they always look great... So I got one online as I hate shopping. It came quickly, got wrapped, and then opened... Boy was I shocked that I had spent that much money on a plastic wine opener... It looks nice, but it feels like crap... I should have done more research on the damn things before buying to find out the plastic issue... My bad, and a lesson learned (again) right... It works fine, I just don't like that plastic feel...
Today, we were out and about doing some shopping... At Target, we wandered through the Christmas clearance stuff that is still left, and I picked up a Rabbit knock off... Sure it was on sale, but the original price was only 1/10 of what I paid for the real rabbit... I figured at 50% off, I couldn't go wrong if it broke after the first cork... So home I came, and I opened the unit, and guess what?... Solid steel and chrome... This thing is built like a tank... The visual lines aren't quite so soft and pleasing as the rabbit, but who cares... If I drop it, I damn well will get my feet out of the way as it might break a toe or two on impact...
I'm thinking at this point, I should go back to Target to buy the rest of them as gifts to the people I already know that have the bloody rabbit POS...
Posted by Backstage at January 1, 2007 04:09 PM | TrackBack