when bottling.. use the hot glue gun.. love the hot glue gun..

[Cpsurfer]

I had that same capper that came with my starter kit and it broke the very first time I used it after only 4 bottles!!!! One of the "wings" snapped clean off, I guess I didn't know my own strength!

I used it as a perfect opportunity to upgrade to a bench capper and haven't looked back since.

 

[Grinder12000]

I have that capper and have capped 22 batches without a problem - I hope you have fixed whatever problem you had .