Which capper?

I remember when my dad was brewing we had a solid cast capper... not one of the cheesy plastic ones like they have today.

The closest thing I can find are the Agata and Super Agata cappers in stores... for a whopping 30-40 bucks. For the same price I can land something like this on ebay shipped. There should be no problem with one of these and standard 12oz pop top bottles, right?




I just cant see spending 40 bucks on a plastic hunk of junk thats gonna break. These all metal ones NEVER break.

you really can't go wrong with a bench capper. mine, however, is adjustable in height to accommodate different size bottles. i like that feature becasue i do use different size bottles and from time to time my collection of 12 oz bottles differs in height.

the one above is also adjustable to a certian degree. You should only need 1/4 turn to put a cap on... and the thing will go up and down probably 6-8" for adjustment.

I bought the bench capper that you would see at the LHBS... a bit of plasitc in it for sure. So far so good. I've used it for 4 bottle sessions so far without a thought that it was going to break... even droped it once. Looks sturdy. Mounted it on a board long enough for me to plant whatever chair I'm sitting on rigth on top of it.

sirsloop said:

I remember when my dad was brewing we had a solid cast capper...
.....I just cant see spending 40 bucks on a plastic hunk of junk thats gonna break. These all metal ones NEVER break.

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My family bottled rootbeer and we had one similar to your pic.
Alas, it got misplaced over time - they haven't moved - just collected more stuff and it's been covered over or accidentally thrown out.

So, I have a plastic one now. My second - the first one broke in the 2nd 50 bottles! BUT, the LHBS replaced it free. Now it has lasted 2 yrs.

But, if I were you, I pick up the all cast metal or switch to kegging.