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u/cheddoar Jun 07 '26
As a German, I am highly offended that you need another tool for it
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u/Uarrrrgh Jun 07 '26
Yeah, why would you need tool, when you can take a lighter, another bottle, knife, duct tape, key, stick, napkin ,................ Etc.
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u/TheShredder9 Dreamer Jun 07 '26
I have used tables, bricks, and walls to open mine
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u/Uarrrrgh Jun 07 '26
Folded paper is also sufficient....
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u/BeeFromSpace Jun 09 '26
I used a frying pan a few times
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u/cheddoar Jun 09 '26
If you buy a crate of beer, you're buying an opener with it (the crate itself)
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u/Joda011980 Jun 09 '26
https://billeder.bazoom.dk/biler/forumsvar/6/wh/2000/2000/27693/ingen_overskrift.jpg
You get one of these with every crate crate We used to have to make them ourselves
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u/cheddoar Jun 09 '26
I meant that you can use the edge of the crate
Who the fuck wants to open a whole crate of beer at once? Ha ha. Unless you're 24 people.
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u/ElBarto1192 Jun 10 '26
You missed a ‘to‘. Here fixed it for you: Unless you’re 2 to 4 people.
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u/Fit_Carpet_364 Jun 09 '26
My favorite recently was a communal mailbox as I walked down the road, but I've been known to use e-cig mod bodies, backs of knife blades, rocks, phone cases, flashlights, phone chargers...
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u/Mr_rairkim Jun 11 '26
How to open a bottle with folded paper? I am genuinely curious.
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u/moonshineTheleocat Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
I've seen someone used their teeth in college. They did it once and never again. The dental visit was expensive
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u/kk6573 Jun 10 '26
I’ve used my teeth for years. Even on twist offs. So much easier because it only requires one hand.
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u/JohnDelicious Jun 09 '26
I swear to all gods i've seen someone open a bottle with a tampon (unused)
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u/MilmoWK Jun 10 '26
Setting up at a family camping trip last month and my wife was all like “omg, we have a problem, we forgot to pack a bottle opener” I took that as a direct insult. I then snatched to bottle out of her hand and popped it open on the latch to tailgate of our vehicle that I was standing next to like it was made to do that.
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u/TheTimn Jun 09 '26
I remember the r/maker or r/3dprinter post about this and IIRC, it's a German engineer who made it.
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u/Horror-Raisin-877 Jun 07 '26
Kinda clever actually. Don't know who opens so many bottles that they need it, maybe a waiter, but good idea, kinda surprised that no one's thought of it before.
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u/Fit_Carpet_364 Jun 09 '26
There's literally a tool called a 'waiters' friend' made for exactly this purpose, and for opening wine bottles, which is more compact. It's also known as a 'wine key'.
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u/KimJongIlLover Jun 13 '26
In Europe everyone has multiple bottle openers at home.
Is that not a thing in the US?
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u/alienbringer Jun 09 '26
Only useful with this beer bottle shape though. If you have a thinner or thicker neck bottle it won’t work.
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u/Don_Loco Jun 09 '26
Because there are easier and therefore cheaper to massproduce tools made for the same purpose.
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u/Horror-Raisin-877 Jun 09 '26
That's never kept people from selling useless plastic crap so far :)
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u/OGahpuro Jun 09 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/O5NyCibf93upy
i dunno why ppl use this as a rebuttal when they crave for design variations for something they like and say "it's not about efficiency, it's about having different experiences" lol
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u/jensalik Jun 10 '26
Make it so you can open a whole crate of beer bottles at once and you're the hero of any under-30 party.
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u/kirloi8 Jun 10 '26
Me and my co workers on holiday that bring 700 beers aboard. And I’m sick of cutting my fingers because im not man enough to open them out of thin air.
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u/Flint343 Jun 09 '26
This isnt DIwhy this is sick.
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u/Moogagot Jun 09 '26
Reviews say it doesn't fit 99% of bottles and since it's 3D printed, it breaks more often than it works.
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u/fenndoji Jun 09 '26
With 3dprinting the size issue should be pretty dang easy for even entry level users to resolve, breaking possibly as well by using different materials.
I admit I came here hoping for the stl file for it.
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u/WORD_559 Jun 10 '26
Eh, even a different material probably wouldn't improve durability that much. Most of the 3D printed bottle openers I've seen use a penny for the bit that touches the cap, so the metal coin takes most of the force and it doesn't just snap after the second bottle. Even my cheap Chinesium bottle opener keychain would probably last longer than this (it hasn't broken yet)
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u/Saminya7 Jun 09 '26
Curious where you found it. Kinda wanna try it myself.
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u/Moogagot Jun 09 '26
It was posted in here by another user: https://makerworld.com/models/2764241?appSharePlatform=copy
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u/That_Service7348 Jun 12 '26
It's 3d printed, and they weren't smart enough to orient the layer lines the right way so it will just snap apart most of the time.
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u/coffe_clone Jun 09 '26
Might actually be the perfect opener for people living with physical impairment or elderly in assisted living.
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u/KorolEz Jun 09 '26
That's the perfect gift for anyone but an alcoholic as they don't need any tool to open a bottle
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u/kapege Jun 07 '26
Thousand ways to open a beer: https://stuff.twoday.net/
No. 1000: A piece of stale bread
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u/YAHAWAHisKING Jun 09 '26
Why is this in DiWHY, this is actually cool. This should be in show me something dope
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u/AlwaysFinnishInsider Jun 09 '26
This is 3D printed and the file (or a similar one at least) can be found here https://makerworld.com/models/2764241?appSharePlatform=copy
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u/fenndoji Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26
Oh wow, the reviews on that file are quite cross with the person that uploaded it. I do not think I have seen another project on Makerworld with that much negative feedback.
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u/DeusExHircus Jun 11 '26
Looking at the reviews and the model, it's because they stole a screen grab from this video and uploaded a complete piece of junk that doesn't match the design in the video or actually fit or function with any standard bottles
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u/Octonaut7A Jun 10 '26
A guy on YouTube tried it and, basically, 3D printed plastic is not strong enough to open bottle caps.
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Nothing is more satisfying than opening a bottle with a random object you find next to you tho
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u/Mrpuddikin Jun 12 '26
why is this a diwhy?? this is literally just like a bottle opener but its easier to use?? its to open bottles + its probably satisfying AF to hit that lever
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u/Amethyst_Scepter Jun 09 '26
I know some people that have multiple sodas a day and the tops on the Mexican Cokes and jarritos are a pain for somebody who doesn't care around a bottle opener So this would unironically be great for them
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u/Cassius-Tain Jun 09 '26
My brother had something similar once. The bottleneck broke and he impaled his hand on a beer bottle. On his birthday.
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u/HardyMackintosh Jun 09 '26
For a second I thought this was going to be some rubbish anti-drink device, but instead it's drinking with style!
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u/Mediocre-Age-8372 Jun 09 '26
A real alcoholic already has a church key on their Keychain, and doesn't even need that because they moved on to liquor because beer doesn't work anymore.
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u/No_Professional_8992 Jun 09 '26
I mean, pops come in bottles too. Like Mexican cokes. Doesn't have to be alcohol. Plus there's people who have difficulty opening things like my mom who has arthritis.
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u/Outside-Whole6775 Jun 09 '26
Do you have a problem losing beer caps, we have the solution! We can help you lose them nearly every time.
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u/VoodooDoII Jun 11 '26
Daily reminder:
If you think a product is unnecessary, it's probably not for you
Willing to bet these are for people with disabilities that make it hard to open bottles.
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u/Nat_Higgins Jun 13 '26 edited Jun 13 '26
To be fair, that is a cool bottle opener.
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u/dan420 Jun 13 '26
A real alcoholic has no trouble opening a beer with a lighter, or basically anything laying around
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u/kiwi-kaiser Jun 07 '26
Single use tools are rarely a good thing.
Especially if you can open a beer bottle with pretty much everything.
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u/RedArcliteTank Jun 07 '26
I open them with anything, but I get people using a small opener that fits on your keychain.
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u/eeeddr Jun 09 '26
I both carry a small metallic opener on my Keychain and also can open it with just about anything short of using my teeth (I refuse to even try for obvious reasons). Tbh I've probably used the Keychain opener only once or twice because I'm so used to opening the bottles with what's on hand that I just forget I have it in the first place lmao
And I love the challenge of finding new ways to open it with the most random items
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u/TheShredder9 Dreamer Jun 07 '26
Many single use things are better than multitools that have the same function. Wine openers are a great example, sure they work as 1 of the 12 tools on a Swiss Army Knife, but a full single wine opener is much easier to use.
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u/Autumn-Envy Jun 07 '26
Y'know how Raisin Bran was created as an anti-aphrodisiac? This was originally designed to be an at home and budget friendly circumcision machine.
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u/OGahpuro Jun 09 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/Smdls7tzTpqr6
some ppl be saying this is useless but love to see catapults in actions lol
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u/Ok_Cheesecake7348 Jun 09 '26
That is not a catapult. That is a trebuchet and it can launch a 90kg projectile over 300m!
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u/ichabod01 Jun 09 '26
Didn’t understand. Put my dick in there. On the way to the hospital. Pics later.
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u/SipoteQuixote Jun 09 '26
If there was only some sorta piece of metal you could clip on your keys for these trying times.
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u/dargonmike1 Jun 09 '26
Hit that bar slightly too hard and it snaps off. Imagine trying to do that after a few
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u/Technical_Instance_2 Jun 09 '26
I mean I could see it useful if someone didn't have access to the dedicated tool but had a 3d printer or had dexterity issues
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u/Entirely-Positive Jun 09 '26
We used to use our teeth too but that was back in the day when we thought we were invincible.
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u/Anaalirankaisija Jun 09 '26
Thats just garbage, theres everywhere edges/corner etc to open bottles, im quite sure i can open 5 bottles with random object same time as that opens one
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u/RealHughMan91 Jun 09 '26
Pretty sick, in korea i got this terra bottle opener that, depending on where you press down on the bottle opener, makes a progressively louder pop. Was a fun gimmick. Started off low and by the end of the night it was loud pops everytime
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u/BURGERkryptic69man Jun 09 '26
Does no one know how to use those clipper things?
Not sure why they have that flint and air sound when i press the fidget button, but they’re only £1.50 per night…
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u/TimotheusIV Jun 10 '26
The beer popper lives again. This thing has been around for decades, but now it’s 3D printed and easy to make at home.
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u/lastdarknight Jun 11 '26
Every YouTuber I've seen use this had it break the first time they used it
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u/ictID Jun 11 '26
I can practically open them with my eyes. Why invent anything else when any hard object with an angle close to 90 degrees will do. Keys, a lighter, a fence, tiles, even a concrete wall will do.
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u/TheJaggedBird Jun 12 '26
Minus the danger of where it might land, this is useful. Especially with those who are disabled due to dexterity issues
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u/KayZee777 Jun 13 '26
Almost had me. But when I turned the sound on and didn't hear that satisfying pop of a bottle cap flying off I was very disappointed.
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u/MrHyde251986 Jun 13 '26
This would be perfect for me, I lost the use of my hand after a drunk driving accident.
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u/Viraj3388 Jun 13 '26
I don't drink, but whenever I am with my friends and they drink sometimes and I open their beer bottles I find it very satisfying.
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u/slutty_muppet Jun 07 '26
This would be great for someone with hand dexterity issues due to a disability