Metrokane V1 World's First Vacuum Decanter
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Wine need never be wasted. A lovely decanter in lead free crystal, the Vacuum Wine Decanter is a modern marvel of style and convenience. The world's first decanter with preservation technology, itâs a wonderfully convenient piece of glassware. Inspired by the Apollo Spaceship, Ed Kilduff of Pollen Design has brought us a true must have item. Gone are the days of precarious funneling back in to the bottle before preserving. When you are ready to preserve wine… Product details and pricing info |
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24 Customer Reviews Posted
- At last, a sealable decantor!
- Great for decanting red wines, and then can be sealed for later use.
Packaged carefully--shipped promptly - 2008-01-12, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great product but poor explanation of operation
- The problem with the Metrokane is not that it doesn't work. It does work very well. The issue lies in the uninformative user instructions that come with it. I consider myself to be an intuitive person when it comes to problem solving. I have to say that this product took me a few minutes to figure out but when I did, I found that it works very well indeed.
Here how it works:
1) Place the stopper in the decanter
2) Pull the button on top of the stopper all the way up.
3) Use the vacuum pump (about 15-20 pumps) until the guage indicates that it is in the "red zone".
4) This is the very important part. THEN PUSH THE BUTTON BACK DOWN AGAIN! Not doing this allows the vacuum to escape.
5) When you are ready to drink your wine, simply pull the button and the vacuum will release at which point the stopper can easily be removed.
If you want a beautiful crystal decanter then buy a Reidel. If you're looking for a way to decant your wine and safely store it for several days while you enjoy it, then this product works very well.
If you can't figure it out, e-mail me and I'll explain it to you.
Cheers - 2008-01-12, 17 of 17 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Release button does not work
- The concept works as far as creating a tight vacuum, but the release button does nothing and the stopper is so tight I can't get it open?
- 2008-01-01, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Easy and Effective
- My wife purchased this for me and it works great. You put the wine in, place the top on and use the pump to remove the air. It takes 5 seconds and it lasts for days without losing the pressure. If air oxidizes wine and makes it bad then this will prevent that. I like mine. However now they came out with one that can simply be used with the bottle of wine that you have. No decanter necessary. If you feel you cannot operate this then you need to stop drinking wine.
- 2007-11-21, 4 of 5 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- so looking forward to it....but greatly dissappointed
- I was really thinking this would be great. Great concept and marketing hype. The product just does not work like stated in write ups. The release of vacuum does not ever work. Hard to get off. Easy to work on the pressure side ....just a pain to use when you want to. I would recommend finding something else. Already threw this one away,
- 2007-10-21, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
