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Le Creuset Screwpull Wine Cooler
by danny691 I were looking for a wine cooler before Christmas for use over the festive period and browsed a great number of online stores and homeware stores on the High Street. Many of them were bulky and also very expensive in some instances. I knew I wouldn't use it more than a handful of times on special occasions such as Birthdays and at ... Christmas and the New Year. The traditional styling of an ice bucket did appeal to me, but it wouldn't be ideal for storing away. The Le Creuset Wine Cooler was the perfect compromise for me, and the simplicity of the design was most surprising. Priced at £10-£12 the Le Creuset Wine Cooler is simply an elasticated sleeve which will accomodate standard 750ml wine bottles. The way the sleeve is shaped ensures that the bottle is almost cocooned in the ice cool material. Storage instructions suggest that you keep the sleeve in the freezer for when you require it. I simply leave the wine cooler sleeve in the freezer compartment around the time I know it is going to come in handy, then I just have to pop the bottle in the sleeve and the wine is rapidly chilled to the perfect temperature. This really is a very simple gadget, but it does work wonders. A smaller size is available for miniature bottles, though I havn't handled this product to comment on it, but I assume it is just a smaller version of this one. These sleeves are available in burgundy, black and baby blue. I chose the black colour, though I cannot give a reason for this! The sleeve itself is obviously stretchy and versatile, so it isn't going to rip or tear over time, and the seams are very well stitched. Le Creuset is a brand I have heard of before and they are well-known for premium quality products, so I were most surprised to see this product for such a low price. If you like wine and don't wish to clog your fridge up with chilled bottles then the Le Creuset could be the perfect compromise. The rapid chilling process did surprise me instantly, and the quality of the product leads me to believe this will last a number of years. If you like having a chilled glass of wine in the garden on hot Summers days (not that we have many of those in the UK) then this is something worth consideration at such an affordable price. I can't say there are any negatives with this product, but if you don't like wine then you probably wouldn't find this too useful. Read the complete review |
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Leifheit Comfortline Ergofix Jar Opener
by koshkha ~Men! Who needs them?~ The days when women NEEDED men are fading. They're fun to have around, quite handy for taking out the bins and checking your tyre pressure once in a while but if push came to shove we could almost get by without them. My husband knows though that as long as the likes of Aldi continue to put the lids on ... their pickle jars with something close to magical seals, he has an ongoing role in my life. I warn him often that if anyone ever comes up with a jar opener that REALLY works, the male of the species will be heading for obsolescence. It was a brave and possibly foolish gesture on his part to pick up the Leifheit Ergofix Comfortline Jar Opener on a recent shopping jaunt. If you think logically and dispassionately about modern life, there's not actually any great requirement for the male of the species. It might be less entertaining if we got rid of men, we women might have to work harder but science has given us pretty much the wherewithal to continue society without the physical need for men. Aphids have been reproducing by a process known as parthenogenesis for as long as there have been aphids - they're all girls you see, though once in a while they can pop out a male for a bit of genetic variety. With a good sperm bank and the occasional production of the odd male child, humankind as a species could rub along for a very long time - but only if we can get the lids off jars! ~Vorsprung durch Technik~ I've had so many wonder devices for jar opening and they've all been rubbish. I've got the battery powered ones that claim to exert zillions of pounds of torque, ones with evil looking metal teeth that still require me to call hubby to use them, and I've got through quite a variety of not so clever gizmos over the years. Why, I wondered, did he imagine that the Leifheit could succeed where all others had failed. He looked at me like I was stupid and told me (without hint of a smile) "Because it's German". The Leifheit Ergofix Comfortline Jar Opener doesn't LOOK like it could change your life but for those people like my mother who have arthritic hands or even your average woman with a standard 'grip' strength, it could make a pretty big difference. I live alone during the week and am frustrated to say that on a number of occasions I've got half way through cooking my dinner only to have to stop and make up something different because I couldn't get the lid off a jar that I needed. At times like that you can just feel really pathetic and feeble. I can't help thinking that the suffragette cause could have been set back decades by a row of really tricky tight jar lids. ~Looks can be deceptive~ The opener looks very simple - it's a small device, less than 200g in weight, 24 cm long, 6 cm wide at it's widest point and 3 cm deep. There's nothing sticking out that could get caught on anything so you can chuck it in the drawer and forget about it. It's a tidy looking item with a white plastic handle and a red trim. The two jaws of the opener slot together and the outer side has a fixed split metal plate with a grippy rubber coating. The handle half has a rocking metal plate with just a little bit of give. It will handle jar lids up to 10 cm and because the handle pulls out, you always get the same degree of 'turn' regardless of the lid size. This isn't always the case - with some a small jar is easy but a larger one gets less torque. To use the opener you pull out the rounded end on the retractable bar, slot the bar over the top of the jar lid with the white pieces on either side and allow it to spring back so that the lid is held lightly between the two jaws. And then turn. As you start to turn the jaws lock on, you hear a pop and with even the lightest of touch, the jar lid comes off. It works with both my left or right hand which might reassure the left handers out there. The first time I used it I asked my husband if he'd already opened the jar because I just couldn't believe how easy it had been. He looked smugly at me and reminded me about the superiority of German engineering. I thought the first might have been a fluke so I dispatched hubby to find a load more jars and pop pop pop, the lids flew off without any effort on my part. I have a jar of American pickled gherkins, the big Jewish ones you get in delicatessen stores which has been unopened in the cupboard for more than ten years. The best before date was 2001 but I can't bring myself to get rid of them. The Leifheit failed - but the jar lid was right at the top end of the recommended size so I guess I can't hold it against them too much. Nothing else has touched it in that time either so maybe it's just a jar too far. And maybe we'll not write men off totally - just yet. ~Shop Around~ Prices online vary from £4 to £13 - so shop around. As if I needed to tell you that! Read the complete review |
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Le Creuset Screwpull Wine Cooler
by -michelle- Here's a handy little gadget that I got for Christmas last year, since I like my wine and because I drink white wine, I like it cold, the colder the better. So when I received this Screwpull Wine Cooler as a gift at Christmas I was quite impressed. ~Screwpull Wine Cooler~ This product is basically just a little ... sleeve in which I can put a bottle of wine to keep it nice and cool, without having to make trips backwards and forwards to the fridge all the time. My Screwpull Wine Cooler is black, it is of good quality and made really well, which leads me to believe it will last quite a while. it has elastic sides and a tapered top, meaning it will stretch to fit any bottle. Well it actually says it will fit most 75 cl bottles. When I'm not using it I keep it in the freezer (as instructed) so when the time comes for using it, all I need to do is pop it over my chosen bottle and then within minuets usually up to 10 minuets, my wine is chilled, the sleeve continues to work right up until the bottle is empty, which to be fair isn't that long, as it doesn't take me that long to polish off a bottle of wine. But the sleeve will in actual fact keep any bottle cold for several hours. Along with the sleeve I got a wine cooling temperature guide, not that I use it but I thought I'd mention it for those of you that use those kind of things. I use this sleeve when I'm drinking wine obviously, but not only is it handy for drinking inside the home, but if I want to sit outside on a warm day and have a glass or 2 of wine, this sleeve is great as the weather may be hot but the wine stays cold. Even picnics, this sleeve is ideal for, I'm not really one to take a bottle of wine on a picnic but I know lots of people do and this sleeve would be just great for that. I am impressed how it manages to keep cold for so long, when all I need to do to prepare it, is stick it in the freezer. This would make a great gift for someone, I can vouch for that because mine was a gift for me and I am really pleased with it. Such a clever and simple idea and I can totally recommend it. ~Other information~ I had a quick look online and found these Screwpull Wine Coolers on Amazon for £10.00 there are two colors, black and burgundy to choose from, there is also a mini cooler for 20-50 cl bottles these cost around £6.00. 5 stars for this Screwpull Wine Cooler it's simply one of the best gifts I've ever received, and extremely useful to me. Thank you for reading my review which may also be posted on other sites. Read the complete review |
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1 review Brand: Le Creuset / Kitchenware / Type: Utensil Holder |
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1 review Brand: Le Creuset / Kitchenware / Product Type: Jar Opener |
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3 reviews Brand: Le Creuset / Kitchenware / Product Type: Corkscrew - Chill your wine or sparkling wine in style with this great cooling product from Screwpull |
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2 reviews Brand: Le Creuset / Kitchenware / Product Type: Fondue Set - Size: 17x11.5cm / Capacity: 1.6L. / A delightful way to share a meal with family and friends. Suitable for oil, cheese and other sweet and savoury fondue cooking. Why not take a look through the Le Creuset book of Fondue Cookery for lots of te... |
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