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Pump-It-up Champagne Stopper Instore at Target for $1

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Lanthony t on 30/12/2017 - 16:59 target.com.au (2738 clicks)

These are the best champagne sealers I've found anywhere. Most places have them for over $20. I bought 10 at Wetherill Park, and they insisted on $10 each. The manager, under pressure, sold them for their website price. Even at $10, I would have bought 10 of them. Target in NSW don't have that many left, so get to it! They say they're in the 'Christmas special' section. If you get one, you 'pump up' the air pressure in the bottle pushing with your thumb. However, for best results (especially if the bottle is half-full or less), then put your elbow on the top, and pump until the resistance virtually stops you. Do this carefully, so you don't tip the bottle over! Also, take the stopper off very carefully, as it will try to get airborne.

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  • AdosHouse on 30/12/2017 - 17:03

    Pressure, nice idea. I've watched people using red wine vacuum stoppers on champagne bottles before. And like that it is no longer bubbly.

  • dangerdanger on 30/12/2017 - 17:18
    +2

    They cost $2-3 on ebay, yours is cheaper. Well done!

    • [Deactivated] on 30/12/2017 - 18:36

      Can only find them at $20, can you show an identical one at $2?

      • dangerdanger on 30/12/2017 - 19:24
        +3

        $3.50ish on ebay. Seems like I can't link to them here.

        Search on ebay with this string of words :

        "Stainless Steel Bottle Stopper Vacuum Pump Sealed Red Wine Champagne Cap Plug"

        • [Deactivated] on 30/12/2017 - 19:26

          Legend! Thanks for that. Looks like the same model

        • lodog on 30/12/2017 - 21:47

          Cheers, bought one from eBay.

  • jdr on 30/12/2017 - 17:22
    +2

    Virtually none in QLD as far as I can tell.

    • Procyon on 30/12/2017 - 18:13
      +1

      Can't find any in Canberra/NSW Region either!

  • N1CKO on 30/12/2017 - 17:47

    Can you get something similar for soft drink bottles to pump out the air. The drink always seem to go flat so quick after opened.

    • muncan on 30/12/2017 - 18:08
      +5

      Um, it’ll go flat even faster if you pump the air out.
      Don’t take the advice of John Farnham

    • Thiefsie on 30/12/2017 - 18:09
      +5

      For carbonated you need to keep the pressure up, not vacuum out the air. If it's a vacuum the C02 will 'leak' from the liquid and become more flat. That's why champagne bottle stoppers want to pump air in (high pressure) but wine stoppers want to take air out so as to not spoil the wine.

      • incipient on 31/12/2017 - 01:31
        +2

        Actually air pressure has little to do with the rate at which CO2 will leave the solution. The equilibrium between co2 in solution and in the vapor is dependent on the PARTIAL PRESSURE of co2 (and the vapor pressure of the co2), not the absolute pressure of the vapor! If you wanted to stop the co2 leaving solution, you should pump in co2 into the bottle, air doesn't help much!

        Engineers are great fun at parties…

        • Thiefsie on 31/12/2017 - 10:45

          I stand corrected! Anecdotally my higher pressure Champagne does appear to be fresher for longer. Wonder if that's some sort of placedbo.

        • tunzafun001 on 31/12/2017 - 14:32

          Also starts producing acetic acid (vinegar) with the introduction of 'air'. But as a short term solution I can see value in it. Some gases present in air to offset CO2 loss. Keeping it super cold also helps.

        • incipient on 31/12/2017 - 15:19

          @Thiefsie:

          Haha that was a tad tongue in cheek. Actually mostly a cork like this will just create a nearly perfect seal so will in fact keep it fresher for longer as no co2 is continually lost.

          Do keep using it! Unfortunately my bubbly doesn't last as long as i would like =( i drink it too fast!!

    • BugsBunnyAUS on 30/12/2017 - 18:13

      Cans ftw

      • dangerdanger on 30/12/2017 - 18:19

        Sodastream ftw.
        Carbonation on demand without the waste of bottles / cans.

        • [Deactivated] on 30/12/2017 - 18:39
          +5

          Effort, time-wasting and expensive. They were probably popular in the 80s because people really needed to save money. Sodastreams are just a luxury item now these days. Coca Cola is dead cheap compared to before $3 a 2L bottle or even cheaper with other brands.

        • Presence on 31/12/2017 - 07:29

          @jared444:

          I did the maths on Sodastream once and it costs about 80c per 1.25L, after the initial investment. You can often find soft drink that cheap in supermarkets…

        • dwillia on 31/12/2017 - 10:08
          +1

          @Presence:

          price will drop dramatically over time - it also depends how much you use , I drink about 4 litres a day.

          also anyone with half a brain would consider the environmental impact of the supermarket soft drinks

          I'm down to ~30c a litre

        • [Deactivated] on 31/12/2017 - 10:37

          @Presence:

          Pepsi is for 2 bucks for two litres and then home brand is much cheaper.

          Then you have to count all the effort refilling. And then I bet your numbers are designed to suit your argument. Soda stream claim so many litres of drink per tank but those numbers are just as bad as numbers that claim laptops can last up to 15 hours of battery life.

          I've calculated the numbers myself. Not worth it.

        • [Deactivated] on 31/12/2017 - 10:39

          @dwillia:

          I can use the environmental argument on hundreds of other things you buy. You're just using that as a justification to win the argument, that is not the reason you purchased.

        • Jackson on 31/12/2017 - 12:15

          @dwillia: apparently not everyone with half a brain considers the ethical argument of the companies support and taking advantage of an illegal occupation of another country

        • try2bhelpful on 31/12/2017 - 13:35
          +2

          @jared444: The environmental impact of plastic bottles is exactly why I'm considering Soda Stream. The amount of plastic wasted on take home bottles is obscene.

        • [Deactivated] on 31/12/2017 - 13:45

          @try2bhelpful:

          Says the person who buys stuff made in countries with smog.

          Emotional purchase not a rational one.

        • kale chips suck on 31/12/2017 - 14:04

          @try2bhelpful:

          You should consider bypassing the sodasteam then and carbonate your drinks from a CO2 bottle as used for forced carbonation in home brewing. Buy the CO2 bottle, get an adaptor for 1.25lt bottles and you're golden. Costs about 2 cents a litre.

          There's videos on yt…

        • dwillia on 31/12/2017 - 14:17

          @jared444:

          how the hell can you tell me why I did something?

        • dwillia on 31/12/2017 - 14:31

          @jared444:

          if this was the case I wouldn't use the thing, it would be at the back of the cupboard with the waffle maker

          never mind, you might "win" an argument one day - keep practicing

        • pebee47 on 31/12/2017 - 14:34

          I preume you could carbonate wine in a Sodastream. Has anyone done it, and if so what is the resultant taste?

        • [Deactivated] on 31/12/2017 - 15:42

          @pebee47:

          I think they recommend placing the syrup after and not carbonating drinks that already have the syrup. I suppose carbonating wine would be the same thing.

        • [Deactivated] on 31/12/2017 - 15:43
          +1

          @dwillia:

          Because I'm David Blaine

        • Presence on 31/12/2017 - 16:04

          @dwillia: How does the cost go down? Buying consumables on sale?

        • dwillia on 31/12/2017 - 16:12
          +1

          @Presence:

          because the more you drink the sooner you get a ROI

        • try2bhelpful on 31/12/2017 - 17:29

          @jared444: Every country in the world has pollution issues, including us. You can't dismiss a product that might reduce pollution just because the countries that manufactures it has pollution issues or nothing will change. Britain had bad smog problems, polluted waterways and contaminated wells but that doesn't mean you shouldn't buy the engineering and sanity products they produced that help address the issue.

        • [Deactivated] on 31/12/2017 - 17:50

          @try2bhelpful:

          I'm talking about all the other products you buy facepalm

        • try2bhelpful on 31/12/2017 - 17:53
          +1

          @jared444: you mean all the products we all buy. Sounds like you must spend a lot of time with your head in your hands.

        • [Deactivated] on 31/12/2017 - 17:54

          @try2bhelpful:

          Yes I do. Double standards are quite common these days.

        • try2bhelpful on 31/12/2017 - 17:55
          +1

          @jared444: so, apparently, is cynicism.

    • Hayo on 31/12/2017 - 07:31

      Cover it tightly with glad wrap and place a rubber band there to secure it. I had my sparkle wine opened, use the above method, the wine was still sparkly after 2 weeks

      • Meconium on 31/12/2017 - 11:26
        +2

        lol, it was probably undergoing another fermentation after two weeks.

        • Hayo on 31/12/2017 - 20:59
          +1

          Lol probably. I can see the glad wrap puff up a little bit, so definitely "activities" in the bottle. However my fridge is 3 degree so it shouldn't be too bad. Still taste like freshly opened so husband didn't know I stole some before Christmas. Lol

  • footyboy on 30/12/2017 - 18:55
    +3

    Hard to do anything carefully after half a bottle!

    • toristo on 30/12/2017 - 19:09
      +9

      …except finish the job you started. This deal is for quitters.

      • Kangal on 30/12/2017 - 23:05
        -2

        Champagne is for champions… not quitters

  • bargaino on 30/12/2017 - 19:33
    +6

    A tip for the long term:
    a number of cheap bubblies in your local bottle-shop have resealable plastic "corks" which you can save and use many times over.

    Anyone who remembers their high-school chemistry should know that the pump on the above stopper is a worthless gimmick.
    Unless you pump lots of CO2 into the bottle, it will do nothing to stop the loss of bubbles. Its all about partial pressure.

    • 808State on 30/12/2017 - 21:08

      This is correct, the pumps on these and the soft drink equivalent are useless. It is not about the total pressure but the pressure of the gas you are trying to keep in solution. You want to keep the CO2 in solution, but CO2 makes up such a minute portion of air (0.04%) it's impossible to create enough CO2 pressure pumping air in to stop the drink going flat.

      • Kangal on 30/12/2017 - 23:07
        +2

        What if you introduce a different type of gas into the bottle besides air?
        Say, if I were to fart into your bottle… would that help?

        • 808State on 31/12/2017 - 08:08
          +2

          I'm not sure how much CO2 is in your farts, but your colon and sphincter would need to be capable of some fairly explosive emissions. Could be that's the case.

    • jdr on 30/12/2017 - 22:15
      +2

      “….. a number of cheap bubblies in your local bottle-shop have resealable plastic "corks" which you can save and use many times over.”

      One example is Yellowtail bubbles.

    • apey2000 on 31/12/2017 - 10:49

      ^^^ Listen to this guy!

      These make the best wine stopper. I own a few different varieties of stoppers and the plastic one from some cheap bottle of sparkling is the one I have been consistently using for the last couple of years. It seals the bottle tight and allows me to store the bottle on its side in the fridge without a leak, ever.

  • Logical on 30/12/2017 - 19:55

    When i have half a bottle left i just don't stop drinking, this way i consume all the bubbles that otherwise would escape.

    • muncan on 30/12/2017 - 20:57
      +3

      Those bubbles will eventually escape you, some way or another

  • tebbybabes on 30/12/2017 - 21:24

    Hmmmm….. interesting… However, I have failed to ever have left overs of wine of any kind, sparkling or otherwise. The only times we have wine left over is for bottles that will never ever be touched again. :p

  • rendo on 30/12/2017 - 22:51

    Pump it up Kris!!

    • Meconium on 31/12/2017 - 11:28
      +1

      I’m about to.

      • rendo on 31/12/2017 - 14:55

        'Cause that's what I was born to do.

  • BigBirdy on 31/12/2017 - 10:23

    My local Targets (Sunshine Coast) had none, but AliExpress has “MA896626”, $1.76-$2.01 depending on color

    • shonofear on 31/12/2017 - 11:20

      Thanks for the heads up, saves me the trip down.

  • Duece1995 on 31/12/2017 - 10:51

    Heaps left at chadstone. Bought three. Scanned at $10 originally showed the online price and then was changed to $1.

  • sabrelli on 31/12/2017 - 16:47

    heaps in livo Westfield.scanned $10 but manager refused to match website price

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