EZ-Cap Bottles Issue

[GrowleyMonster]

So I have some EZ-Cap quart and pint bottles and they are supposed to take crown caps, and they look like they should. And they do, sort of. I am having a hard time getting "Big Red" to cap these. It wants to push itself off the bottle before crimping the cap down. Is there another capper that works better for these bottles? Yeah I can use the swing tops but I rather use crown caps for conditioning and storage, and the swing tops just for keeping a half drank bottle fresh for a few hours or overnight.

 

[Homebrew Harry]

So I have some EZ-Cap quart and pint bottles and they are supposed to take crown caps, and they look like they should. And they do, sort of. I am having a hard time getting "Big Red" to cap these. It wants to push itself off the bottle before crimping the cap down. Is there another capper that works better for these bottles? Yeah I can use the swing tops but I rather use crown caps for conditioning and storage, and the swing tops just for keeping a half drank bottle fresh for a few hours or overnight.

No disrespect, but I'm wondering why you don't like using the swing tops from the start ?

 

[PCABrewing]

So I have some EZ-Cap quart and pint bottles and they are supposed to take crown caps, and they look like they should. And they do, sort of. I am having a hard time getting "Big Red" to cap these. It wants to push itself off the bottle before crimping the cap down. Is there another capper that works better for these bottles? Yeah I can use the swing tops but I rather use crown caps for conditioning and storage, and the swing tops just for keeping a half drank bottle fresh for a few hours or overnight.

I've found some bottles have the shoulder that the capper grabs onto closer to the mouth so it doesn't have the leverage.
I recycle those into the recycling bin. I forget what brand I found that on but it was one of the big ones.

 

[GrowleyMonster]

No disrespect, but I'm wondering why you don't like using the swing tops from the start ?

When swing tops open, they open suddenly. Can't slowly bleed off pressure as easily as when lifting a crown cap. If a crown capped bottle is a bit overcarbed I can usually avoid a geyser incident by gently bleeding off the gas.

 

[GrowleyMonster]

Would I be wasting my money buying one of the old style single lever benchtop cappers, like this one? They are all over fleabay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324714786450?hash=item4b9a826e92:g:btAAAOSwnsVg70iC

 

[MaxStout]

Would I be wasting my money buying one of the old style single lever benchtop cappers, like this one? They are all over fleabay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324714786450?hash=item4b9a826e92:g:btAAAOSwnsVg70iC

Looks pretty robust. Probably stronger than the flimsy plastic "super agata" models stores sell for ~$45.