wyatt_girth
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I am just looking for a cheap capper as I only do a couple of bottles here and there. Anyone use one of these two handed cappers? Any good?
I am just looking for a cheap capper as I only do a couple of bottles here and there. Anyone use one of these two handed cappers? Any good?
I've used one of those (similar) for over 1000 bottles. Not a problem. Easy to use and very portable. As for cheap... well, the extra $30 you might spend to get a bench capper (superautomatica) may well be worth it. They're much better value than the hammer and bell deal - that's just asking for trouble.I am just looking for a cheap capper as I only do a couple of bottles here and there. Anyone use one of these two handed cappers? Any good?
What sort of bottles, manticle? I used a bell capper for a while, broke none on the first batch then found I was breaking more every re-use. Modern 330's.
Mine are a mixture of coopers longnecks, old style crown CUB longnecks I got from my dad (he brewed kits about 20 years ago) and 500 mL european (schofferhoffer, Sambor Brok, Erdinger etc).
I think the necks do get weaker over time but it takes a while (the ones I got from my dad were capped that way that long ago) and the loss is minimal. Eventually I'll invest in a better capper but I'm concentrating on things to make brew day and mash time work better at the moment.
It does make a difference what kind of hammer you use (wooden mallets are way better than metal nail hammers/claw hammers and rubber mallets just don't seem to work) and what your surface is (needs adequate cushioning) but I've been using one for several years now with relatively little upset.
At one point I misplaced mine and was in the middle of bottling. The next few brews I utilised the end clamp from a set of weight/barbells I use. Perfect size, took a bit longer but saved my brews nonetheless. Lateral thinking and DIY are just as important as having custom built three tiered super microbrewery set-up.
Might have been because I was using a standard metal hammer and too much force,
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