Stores like Williams-Sonoma and Sur La Table are full of gadgets that purport to solve all manner of culinary problems. Often, these gadgets look stupid. Sometimes, they look promising. But are they actually worth buying? To help you answer this question, Slate presents “Should You Buy This Thing?”, a video series in which we test kitchen gewgaws and rate them based on effectiveness, cost, and the clutter factor (i.e., how much space they take up in your kitchen).
This week’s thing is Corkcicle’s “Decapitator” bottle opener, which is designed to remove a bottle cap with a single push.* Does it do the job better than a simple metal bottle opener? Watch the video above to find out.
Read More in Slate:
- Should You Buy Pizza Scissors?
- Should You Buy an Avocado Scooper?
- Should You Buy a Citrus Sprayer?
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Correction, July 14, 2015: This post originally misspelled Corkcicle.
