I was thrilled to see this style of wine opener at such a reasonable price. Now I know why.  After about 10 uses, it started to act up. Sometimes instead of pulling the cork out out, it pushed the cork into the bottle, making a spattering of red wine stains all over my shirt. I used it a few more times and now it does that every time.  I stopped using it, forgot about it, and then a guest used it, which ended up with the cork in the bottle and red wine all over her.  Too late to send it back, so it goes in the garbage.