Best 29mm bench cappers?

[Antti]

So I got lucky, kind of, won an auction that had 1237 green 750ml bottles.
Was in a brewery bankruptcy auction.

Just wondering if there is a bench cappers that are going to outlast me?

Since now I have huge amount of bottles of same size (will be giving away most) and I don't like buying crap quality, or products that are engineered to fail.

Any help from anyone?
Oh, and I'm based in the European Union (Finland)

 

[Bobby_M]

Yes, the Italian made "Grifo" bench capper comes with a 29mm bell that is cast rather than punched steel.

 

[DuncB]

Buy your 29mm caps from Italy, will be the cheapest place.
FWIW I use an Emily with a 29mm bell.

 

[bkboiler]

I have a kegland "super automatic" bench capper.
Its good, would not put it in the category of "will outlast me"...but it certainly is well made, a good value and not gigantic.
I mounted it to some 2 x 4s I strapped together to make a platform, put rubber feet on the bottom and reamed a 1" hole in the wood so I can hang it on the wall (my brewery is tiny).

 

[Wasted Fish]

Buy Grifo, you can get them from Melkko here in Finland. One of their guys said ”You can use it as a weapon against bears if one crawls in the brewery.” Robust and will easily outlast its user.

 

[Bobby_M]

The Grifo is an amazing piece for sure. The main thing is that the bell should be cast or machined rather than stamped. The stamped bells are not perfectly round so the crimp is uneven. If you do have to use a stamped bell for budget reasons, at least rotate the bottle 90 degrees for a 2nd crimp. We've compared the crimp results between the two bell varieties and it's not even close. The grifo makes the sides of the cap perfectly vertical.