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Brand: Metrokane
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$12.00~~
Buy New: $8.57
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

29 reviews
Sales Rank: 519

Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 6 x 2.1

MPN: 0905577
Model: 5577
UPC: 022578055770
EAN: 0022578055770
ASIN: B00009WE4M

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Works pretty well January 4, 2007
This item is relatively inexpensive and seems to do the job. The only other wine preservation device I've owned was a similar vacuum pump from Brookstone, and this one is a bit more convenient and probably more effective since the pump is not part of the stopper that goes in the bottle. The separate pump makes it easier and the stopper doesn't increase the height of the bottle in the refrigerator as much.

4 out of 5 stars

It sucks, but it also blows a little November 6, 2006
20 out of 20 found this review helpful

I bought this item as a resplacement for another that had lasted several years before succumbing to the demise to which all devices with cheesy plastic parts eventully succumb. Fortunately, the Swissair I replaced was for use both with wine (suck out the air) and bubbly (pump air into the chamber), and the busted bit was stuck in the wine position, which was fine for 99% of its service.

Like a dummy, I got the Metrokane and chucked the Swissair in one irreversable transaction.

The Metrokane is servicable. It does what it purports to do: It sucks the air out of the bottle. If that were the whole story, I would undoubtedly give this product a 5. Alas, the value of the vacuum is only as good as the staying power of the vaccum, and that requires that the stopper provide a robust seal. To put it simply: The seal seems to be the weak link in this system.

If I pump the bottle, and immediately let out the seal, I get a satisfying hiss, indicating a positive seal. If I pump the bottle and wait a day, the hiss is a little less satisfying, indicating a slow leak. One might expect the day-later hiss to be diminished for other reasons (whatever it is that goes on inside the open bottle), but in comparison to the swissair, the next-day hiss is too differnt from the immediate release.

I have found if I wet the stopper, that helps, and the resulting seal can last a few days with very slow loss.

So, I gave the product a 4 -- it works, but not as well as what it replaced, and I think that issue is with the stopper, not the pump.

5 out of 5 stars

good and cheap price October 3, 2006
0 out of 5 found this review helpful

Now I can use this pump to withraw the air from my fine wine to save it for later use without tasting bad.
I don't like the amazon free shipping, it took a long line to arrive.

5 out of 5 stars

A very good one of the wine vacuum pump August 26, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I used to work with another wine pump (round shape) at work. Since I start to drink wine and have to have my own at home. This Metrokane Vacuum Pump (square shape) work much easier than the one that I used to deal with. Color and style are so nice. I would want to give more than 5 stars for the product if I could.

5 out of 5 stars

Super useful for all you single drinkers out there August 9, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

If, like me, you have a crazy job and just need a glass of wine (or two) at the end of the day, this is perfect. I drank a bottle of red wine over 5 days and it tasted the same on the last day as it did when I first opened it. I haven't tried using it for longer than 5 days, but if you keep a bottle for longer than 5 days, what is wrong with you?? Keep drinking!

In all seriousness this vacuum pump was the smartest $10 purchase I've made all year.

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