What are the Different Types of Bottle Openers?
Bottle openers come in two main varieties, those intended to remove bottle caps from soda, beer, or water bottles, and those made to remove corks from wine. Both are referred to as bottle openers, but they differ drastically. A standard bottle opener is simply a lever to wedge beneath the edge of a bottlecap and pry it off the bottle. Most restaurants and bars have a version of this standard bottle opener attached to a wall, so that a bottle can be inserted beneath the opener and pried to remove the cap. Handheld bottle openers are functionally the same as these wall-mounted varieties, but are held in the hand and levered while the bottle is held stationary. Cap bottle openers come in a wide range of visual styles, many with a fun and entertaining in appearance. Practically, however, they are virtually all the same. Automatic bottle openers are an exception to this. While they are similar to traditional bottle openers, they are housed in a round plastic tubing and designed so that the
