Cork Pops Gift Sets
An opener given on its own stops working after 60 to 80 bottles — usually right around the time the person has decided they love it. That is the whole reason these exist.
The Starter Set is the one to give: the Legacy opener plus two cartridges, so it works out of the box and keeps working for roughly 120 to 160 bottles. At $45 it also lands exactly on free shipping, which means it costs about the same as buying the opener alone and paying to post it.
What makes it a good gift rather than a useful object is that almost nobody owns one. It does not use a corkscrew at all — a needle passes through the cork and a breath of food-safe inert gas lifts it out whole — so the first time it gets used in company, somebody asks about it. It was the invention in 1961 and is still made by the same family in Novato, California.
Buying for someone who already owns one? Cartridges. Every time, and nobody buys their own.