Cleans the dirt out of the old bottles

I love it. I would’ve given it 5 stars but it doesn’t clean the top part of skinnier bottles (Bordeaux/beer bottles). The brush opens after the top portion and misses cleaning it. Good product nonetheless.

I bottle in 22oz bottles. I reuse the bottles if they are returned. I applied a very thin layer of "keg lube" to lubricate the spiral wound shaft. It worked marvelously! It won't do all the work for you. You do have to push & pull it from the bottle but it knocked off the crud inside the bottles before I sanitized them for reuse. Much easier than a nylon bristle brush for the stubborn stuff! For storage I found the rubber washer (placed between the bottle & force face of this tool) can be lightly stretched to store on the handgrip to stabilize the spiral shaft. When I use it just stretch it a bit & pull it back over the the grip to engage the bottle neck opening. Great tool after one gets used to it!

It's helpful but a little hard to use