OXO Good Grips Brushed Stainless Steel Napkin Pinch
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of OXO Good Grips Brushed Stainless Steel Napkin Pinch
Customer Review: Great napkin holder
Summary: 5 Stars
Got this for a friend, and it works great and looks nice. Napkins come out one by oneCustomer Review: Attractive, usable napkin holder; sticker incites rage
Summary: 4 Stars
My wife and I have a bunch of OXO gadgets in our kitchen, including salt and pepper mills, oven mitts, vegetable peelers, and even a meat thermometer. That's why we weren't hesitant to purchase this napkin holder to replace our previous napkin holder: a stack of napkins in our pantry. This product delivers on what it claims to do, but the adhesive used to affix a rather worthless label to the side of this napkin holder will have you reaching for your OXO chef's knife or OXO ice pick in no time.
In between bouts of attacking the crap out of this thing with myriad solvents and chemicals, we would admit defeat at the hands of a formidable opponent and vow to return the product to get our money back. Just short of requesting a refund, we tried some rubbing alcohol to remove the last of the yellowed adhesive residue. I think the napkin holder also briefly held some napkins during this time. Sure enough, the rubbing alcohol did the trick, and I never got to find out how well a flame thrower would have worked.
All I can say is, I hope they do away with the label by the time you read this review. This napkin holder looks great next to other stainless steel and black kitchen gadgets, and it works quite well at allowing napkin extraction. It's getting docked one star for the label, but other than that, I can recommend it if you're in the market for a napkin holder... or if you're looking for something to take your frustration out on.
Customer Review: Room Temperature Was Enough For EZ Label Removal
Summary: 4 Stars
I read so many bad reviews about the label (thanks for the warning!) that I wondered if I'd have the same problem but it was no big deal. Once the napkin holder arrived, I brought it in from the porch and tried to peel up a little corner. It was leaving the adhesive on the holder so I stopped. I then realized the holder was still quite cold from being outside and decided to see what happened later when it got to the temperature inside the house. Left it on the kitchen table and went back to it a few hours later and tried again. It turns out that was enough to get the label off with no problem. It peeled up easily (although I did it a little slowly) and left no adhesive on the holder. I've just had the holder a couple of days but so far it's working great. So cool to be able to pull 1 napkin at a time with just 1 hand (with 2 young kids, that's often the most I have available during meals :)! I'd give the holder 5 stars but I'm just not too crazy about the look of it. Rather utilitarian and subject to showing fingerprints but my priority was finding the "pinch" feature on a product with pretty good reviews so this was a really good find. And since one only needs to touch the napkin itself to get it out, hopefully there won't be any fingerprints on the holder!Customer Review: Sticker Removal Tip
Summary: 4 Stars
I too thought - sticker problem? Nah, it won't happen to me. Ah, hubris. The adhesive is dried onto the product and therefore impossible to remove cleanly. I tried using a hairdryer for 15 minutes; I tried soaking in Goo Gone and rubbing with a sponge for several weeks. I weighed returning the product versus the shipping cost to do so. Finally, I tried soaking it in 208 degree water from my Zojirushi electric hot water dispenser; with a bit more rubbing with a sponge, the sticker was gone!!! Hallelujah! Napkin holder itself is beautiful and an excellent value!Customer Review: Works for me
Summary: 4 Stars
Even though I read all the reviews about the sticker on one side not coming off I still bought this product. I liked the design and didn't see anything else that I wanted. I figured it's only $15 and I would somehow find a way to get the sticker goo off when I got it.
Sure enough, when I got it I tried to peel the sticker off and was left with a bunch of goo. I tried a bunch of things before I got out the oven cleaner. Came off in seconds. If you really want this just make sure you have some oven cleaner and you're good to go.