Red Baron Bottle Capper

This is a great starter capper. It is built fairly strong, it doesn't feel cheap or plastic-y. Minimal muscle is required to seal the caps and each cap will turn out uniform. The magnet is strong enough to put the cap in the capper then set it on the bottle for capping.

Pretty idiot proof or so I thought... During the first bottle of my third batch of beer the capper broke, sheared off the top of the bottle, and gashed my hand open. Rather than waste a batch of brew, I removed the metal capper and painstakingly tapped each cap onto the bottle with a small hammer. I normally seat the cap just hard enough to leave a slight ring indention in the center. Maybe that was too tight.

Worked great. Not cheap feeling.

As said below this is a good capper. It works well with the starter kit but if you want to go big into home brewing, you will want to upgrade to a bench capper. As you start out this is a great capper

To be honest, you really just want to get a bench capper. You're not going to give up on brewing, and all the extra 5-10$ for a bench capper will reward itself after the first time you use it.

But if you're set on getting this one, it's not too bad. Simple, easy to use, cheap. After 50-100 bottles, you'll be glad you're done though.

Cheap and works great. Will probably upgrade to a bench capper eventually, but this will get the job done until then and makes that less of a priority for a while.

For the first time ever using the capper, it worked great with the exception I had one bottle that it would not cap correctly and I had to reposition the capper it get a good seal. I would recommend this over the black beauty as it has a spring assist when releasing from the bottle.

After bottling one batch of brew i have been pleased with the performance of the device. Got the hang of it after I put on 3 or 4 caps and was good to go.

For easy to use and great price, can't beat it. Makes quick work of a batch of bottles. Does not require a lot of effort. Feels very solid in the way it works.

I am new to brewing and this product was super simple to use. It did not take much time after I did a few practice caps.