FastRack - Ferrari, Super Agata Bench Capper - Adjustable Metal Bottle Capper - Manual Beer Bottles Capper for Homebrew - Multicolor

Like it a lot... it is much better than one that has no stand.....

Facil de usar, buen material. Sencillo.

First, I AM NOT using this as it should be used! I do Not cap bottles in the manner which this item was designed for (e.g., beer/soda bottle caps) so I can Not review how well this may or may not work in that application.I'm using this to press on "roll-on" bottle caps on to their respective bottles. For This application, this works wonderfully. My wife makes various lotions & potions some of which utilize these "roller-ball" bottles. They are made so you "Can" use the heel of your palm to press the cap on. However, do this several hundred times in a day and your hand will be shot and hurting. This device eliminated the hurt and actually sped up production Win, Win!The device seems well built and for our application works extremely well. We are more than pleased and the heel of my palm is very happy too!

It simply does not work. If it does, then there’s probably some secret trick to it. Even if that’s the case, why get this when you can get the other two arm style kind? Bummer, I was really excited to bottle some carbed cocktails.

The Super Agata bench capper is excellent! Most beginner home-brewers start out using bottles they've saved and sanitized. While they're all probably 12 oz, there is usually a variety of bottle heights. The Super Agata adjusts to different bottle heights in under a second. The capping action is smooth. A magnet in the capper holds the crown cap in place. The circular, red plastic "deck" on which one stands the bottle is marked with a raised circular pattern, rather like a target, for centering the bottle. The capper seems to work well if the bottle is in the general area of "center", though. The base plate has holes at each of the four corners for bench mounting - and mounting of some sort is required. The capper can be used without mounting but you'll need to hold the top of it as you work the lever. I mounted mine onto a 14" piece of 2x4, with 6" extending toward the front, which allows me to use it wherever.

I bought this capper when I began home brewing in October 2014. After my first brew was ready to bottle I used it for the first time in November to cap around 48 bottles without issue. A couple of weeks later I capped another batch of about 48 bottles. Last night I went to cap a third batch and got about 18 bottles done and the piece of plastic that holds the bell to the lever mechanism broke. Without a backup capper, I had to use the bell and a rubber mallet to carefully and painstakingly cap the remaining bottles I had filled (luckily only about 6.) I had to seal the bottling bucket up, put in an airlock and put this in my fermentation chamber to hold until I can get a replacement capper. I am very disappointed in the short time this lasted for the money spent on it. The manufacturer needs to seriously rethink the plastic components on this that need to hold up to the pressure between the lever and the bottle/cap while crimping.

The Super Agata Bench Bottle CapperI opened the box my new Super Agata Bench Bottle Capper shipped in. I removed the unit, read the instructions, and set the Capper up to process my latest batch of Double Belgium.I made sure all my bottles where the same height and size so I only had to adjust the Capper height once. You set the height of the Capper by placing a small red plastic stop into a cutout on the aluminum bar that the capper rides on. I couldn’t get the height quite right, so I added a thin sheet of cardboard on the base. With this in place, the bottle just fit under the capper, and when pressure was applied the cap folded over the bottle top perfectly.I started capping and the Supper Capper was working well. I was careful to insure that the bottle was properly aligned. The unit is not sturdy, and if the bottle is off center at all, the capper wants flex sideways. Also the caps tend to get stuck in the capper head, but they’ll come out with a twist.The operation was going well until I got to my 18th bottle. Then when I pushed the cap down onto the bottle the little plastic stop that holds the capper head in place collapsed.I know you may be thinking, “Oh the big dummy was pushing too hard,” but I assure you I was not. I’ve been working with tools my whole life and I understand that you have to let the tool do the work. I rarely ever jamb a saw or break a bit. I know not to force a tool.So, there I am, 18-bottles capped, 50 or so, standing full of tasty suds and my capper is in the scrapper. Being the resourceful lad I am. I went to my shop and returned with a roll of bailing wire, some needle nose pliers and a nail.I pulled the collapsed, soft red plastic stop out of the flimsy aluminum rail, inserted the nail, secured it in place with bailing wire, and I was in business. I capped the rest of my batch in a short time, and the Modified Super Agata Bench Bottle Capper (with the card board in the bottom, bailing wire and nail in the top) worked like a charm.I’d highly recommend the Super Agata Bench Bottle Capper, so long as you also purchase (kidding) my patented (more kidding) Super Agata Bench Bottle Capper fix-it kit including one sheet of cardboard, a nail and some bailing wire. Photos available. Message me.