This was a "re-buy".  Originally, it was sold under the Waring brand. It looks the same; it has the same elements; it does not work the same. The Cuisinart incarnation sounds and works "wonky" -- not at all the same smooth sturdy action at all.  Always sounds and moves as though it might snap and break at any moment during the cork extraction. The first two I owned (for different locations) worked flawlessly . . . until one snapped (Waring used to offer a replacement screw element).  Bummer. . .