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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful.
If you love soft-boiled eggs you really should consider this item
By Timothy B. Riley
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RXOLPXHACPLB8 I really enjoy soft-boiled eggs. For me it evokes a simpler time when men sat at the breakfast table in their suits & ties and delicately dipped toast into the soft, yellow center of a perfectly made soft-boiled egg. This was before the time when eating an Egg McSomething on the run became popular. Maybe I only remember this from watching Cary Grant in movies of the 40's, but to me it represents more than a simple dish. A soft-boiled egg is a celebration of eating as an art form.

It is entirely possible to remove the top of a soft-boiled egg with a knife and I have done this many times. However, this gadget allows me to prepare my egg quickly and consistently. Some of the time the top portion of the egg comes off with the shell, other times (as in this video) I need to remove the top of the egg with a knife in order to show off the golden liquid center. I hope that you enjoy this short, informal, video review.

53 of 57 people found the following review helpful.
Doesn't work and it hurts!
By Jo Ann Graham
This was a waste of money. It is poorly designed and almost impossible to hold comfortably at any angle that will "top" the egg. The finger holes are too small (and I am a small handed woman) and they are sharp, stamped metal that hurts when pressure is applied to make the scissor action happen. The teeth that are supposed to cut the egg are not sharp enough to do so and essentially just mangle it. Plus the hole that the top of the egg goes through is so small that even the small end of the egg only gets a small amount of its top mangled off. The resulting hole is not big enough to use even a small egg spoon in to eat the egg. Mine is going in the trash because it will never be used. It is actually unusable and it is just taking up space in the drawer. Not the vendor's fault, just a horribly, poorly designed product.

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Reccommend it with reservations
By Marjorie P. Wilson
I would love to have given it a 5 but didn't due to the fact that if your eggs have a thin shell (Free Roaming Eggs, Organic Eggs)it tends to crush the top of the egg rather than cut it clean and you have to be careful some of the thin shell doesn't get into the egg. The store brands, I believe have thicker shells and works well on those. I still use it for the thinner egg shell but am careful.