Have you ever been out tailgating and seen someone open up a bottle of beer using the edge of a table or a car bumper? It looks pretty cool to just strike the top of the bottle and the cap comes flying off.
We recently discovered the BROpener which allows you to turn nearly any surface into a bottle opener. The BROpener is an aluminum device that instead of marking up your table or counter top, is specifically designed to affix to a surface and turn it into a bottle opener. Take a look at their video they did for IndieGoGo.
As you saw in their video, BROPening beer bottles is pretty simple. Just instal the BROpener on a flat surface, notch the bottle cap in the slot at the top and hit the top of the bottle with your hand. Install the BROpener at waist height or lower on the edge of a sturdy counter, table, bumper of a car, etc.
Use the open hand technique at first and strike with the fatty part of your palm at the base of your thumb. The closed fist technique requires more precise alignment but is in no way difficult.
The key to BROpening is to have the correct angle on the bottle before hitting it. You can see in the image above it shows you the correct angle which is nearly vertical. The wrong angle is when the bottle is cocked further out which in turn makes it much harder and requires more force to get the bottle off. Don’t work harder, work smarter when using the BROpener. The proper angle will take the cap right off and the strong magnet on the BROpener will grab the cap and prevent it from falling to the ground.
We were approached by the folks at the BROpener to see if we could test out their product and offer up a review. We were sent a sample and chose to instal the BROpener on one of the tent legs of our pop-up tent we use for tailgating.
Our experience with the BROpener was a positive one. The BROpener was easy to instal and took seconds to apply to our tent leg. After seeing the proper way to angle the bottle in the BROpener we opened our first beer without an issue. No hitting it two or three times to get the cap off. One quick strike using our hand and the cap came off and immediately stuck to the magnet on the BROPener.
Although we chose to put the BROpener on our pop-up tent, there are hundreds of places you could instal one if you chose to get one. Places we thought of for tailgaters included, the bumper of your car, side of your grill, edge of your serving table, flag pole, cornhole boards, etc. The side of the beer pong table is just a no brainer as an obvious place that tailgaters would want to mount their BROpener.
After thoroughly testing the BROpener and based on it’s price ($14.99), portability, functionality and overall “coolness” factor, we are definitely going to deem the BROpener “Tailgate Approved”.
If normal bottle openers are just not your style or you hate it when you can never find one because someone walked away with it in their pocket accidentally, then the BROPener is for you. If you install the BROpener on the bumper of your car or the side of your beer pong table, as long as you are close by, you will never fear not having a bottle opener.
The Original BROpener Bottle Opener is red as you see in the images and is priced at $14.99. For a limited time, they are also offering the Silver Anodized BROpener Bottle Opener for the same price. Order two or more and get free shipping within the United States.
For more information including more videos of the BROPener in action opening up bottles in the British Virgin Islands or Alpine Meadows, check out their BROpener in Action section on their website. You can also check them out on social media including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pintrest, YouTube and Google+.
To buy a BROPener or two, visit thebropener.com