Lanfox
Well-Known Member
What are the advantages to the Bench capper vs the twin handle capper?
Is it worth the expense to upgrade?
Is it worth the expense to upgrade?
+1. I had a wing capper and it wasn't a good experience - the shearing made bottling even messier and more frustrating. I have a bench capper now and I've never had a problem with it.Funkenjaeger said:I got tired of occasionally shearing the tops off of bottles with the wing capper.
discgolfin said:\I have an old steel bench capper that works better than anything else I have every used..
IrregularPulse said:So you can re-cap twist offs?
IrregularPulse said:So you can re-cap twist offs?
NitrouStang96 said:Do like I do - get the wing style and have SWMBO cap em all while you fill em.
I've capped maybe 20 bottles out of 220 so far.
thedailyaustin said:The bench capper was only $8 more at my LHBS so I thought it was well worth it.
the_bird said:Kegs. You can thank ME later....
(I've used a wing capper with no complaints. I mean, bottling's going to suck regardless, but the capper's not the reason).
max4677 said:I have an OLD bench capper that apparently my great? grandfather used to use for bottling root beer (or hooch!). I have yet to use it because it's rather clunky compared the the wing style IMHO. Maybe I'll get some caps and a few empty bottles and try it out. The big catch is I have no place to mount the thing.
the_bird said:Kegs. You can thank ME later....
(I've used a wing capper with no complaints. I mean, bottling's going to suck regardless, but the capper's not the reason).
zoebisch01 said:Can you mount it to a piece of plywood or something? What is the mount, a clamp or screw down?
Limited Visibility said:All these talk about the winged capper are scaring me.... I am about to bottle my first brew with one soon, in a couple of days
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