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Product Description
The "Red Baron" capper is a double lever, magnetic capper but is fitted with springs, giving you added leverage and smoother crimping motion.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By bark
This is great for beginners and casual home brewers.
Two things you have to know to make this useful and ensure longevity of your purchase:
1. It's functionality depends on the bottles you use. Pretty much all standard 12 and 22 oz. bottles that are purchased by the case from your usual homebrew supplier are compatible with this capper. Obviously, don't use twist off bottles, but if the lip of the bottle is about 5/8 to 3/4 of an inch, it's going to work. However, if you're recycling bottles, many of them have a much shorter lip. If the lip of the bottle is 1/2 an inch or less, the two metal plates that provide the leverage for the capper won't exactly grab hold where they should and you'll end up fighting with it. The capper will end up sticking in the down position, or the cap will crimp on slightly askew, if at all. This will result in wasted caps, possibly broken bottles, an improper seal (which means spoiled beer), and a really frustrated you. If recycling bottles, just take a look at the beer you're buying (again, no twist offs). Some examples; the capper works great with Sam Adams and New Belgium bottles, but not so much with Sapporo, Moretti, Pacifico, and Dos XX bottles.
2. Don't power through it. It's a bottle capper, not an iron man competition. It doesn't require a feat of strength to work it, so once you feel the cap give, just gently follow through. The capper will last longer and you won't dent the top of your caps.
Two things you have to know to make this useful and ensure longevity of your purchase:
1. It's functionality depends on the bottles you use. Pretty much all standard 12 and 22 oz. bottles that are purchased by the case from your usual homebrew supplier are compatible with this capper. Obviously, don't use twist off bottles, but if the lip of the bottle is about 5/8 to 3/4 of an inch, it's going to work. However, if you're recycling bottles, many of them have a much shorter lip. If the lip of the bottle is 1/2 an inch or less, the two metal plates that provide the leverage for the capper won't exactly grab hold where they should and you'll end up fighting with it. The capper will end up sticking in the down position, or the cap will crimp on slightly askew, if at all. This will result in wasted caps, possibly broken bottles, an improper seal (which means spoiled beer), and a really frustrated you. If recycling bottles, just take a look at the beer you're buying (again, no twist offs). Some examples; the capper works great with Sam Adams and New Belgium bottles, but not so much with Sapporo, Moretti, Pacifico, and Dos XX bottles.
2. Don't power through it. It's a bottle capper, not an iron man competition. It doesn't require a feat of strength to work it, so once you feel the cap give, just gently follow through. The capper will last longer and you won't dent the top of your caps.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
This is a great capper. Another review suggested that it doesn't work on champagne bottles. Certainly, this may be true for corking. However, the metal plates also support 29mm necks, you just need to use a screwdriver and a few taps from the back, underneath the handles, to pop them out. Once the plates are out, turn them around and as long as the cap will fit (beer caps in the US are generally 26mm), you can cap it. The crown also screws out and can be replaced for 29mm caps. I've used this on champagne bottles with 26mm caps and it works great.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Justin S.
I have used this bottle capper for 3 batches so far. It is constructed really solid and looks like it is going to hold up well. After the first few bottles, I could tell it was much better than my other one. Because of the design, I can cap a lot faster with this one too. Its kind of ugly though.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
nice
worked great. The beer was good. I used recycled bottles. The seal held up and there were no spoiled beers.
Published 23 hours ago by Tal
4.0 out of 5 stars
kind of works
It definitely seals the bottle but the caps are way too easy to pop off which makes me really nervous about their longevity. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Locus
4.0 out of 5 stars
Some reviewers inaccurate, product works well.
I remember reading reviews prior to ordering this product (either here or other review sites) that they felt it was flimsy and that the plastic parts might break. Read more
Published 10 days ago by G. mahler
5.0 out of 5 stars
I Love this capper
I bought one of these as a back up to my existing capper, it is now my primary the magnetic top has saved me countless times of having to juggle a siphon filling beers, and quickly... Read more
Published 24 days ago by mattrogers1979
3.0 out of 5 stars
Bottle Capper
This experience may be exclusive to me. I found that though the capper bends the bottle caps and locks them to the bottle, the bottle are not sealed. I was a little dissappointed.
Published 1 month ago by Robert Ball
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great
For the price, this is a nice easy working capper. It's plastic, but it still does the trick. It's not heavy and it's very smooth when capping bottles. Read more
Published 2 months ago by tmguye
3.0 out of 5 stars
mediocre quality and not fool-proof
Item arrived with plastic guide on one side slightly dinged. If you press down too soon before squeezing inward the handle/levers will catch on these plastic guides and continue to... Read more
Published 3 months ago by George
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very sturdy
Purchased this to go with a homebrew kit. I've only used it for one batch but I am confident it will hold up for many batches to come.
Published 3 months ago by Suesegg
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easy to use capper
This is a great easy to use product that has been perfect so far. I have had it for about 6 months and haven't had an issue.
Published 3 months ago by Kev72
5.0 out of 5 stars
Over 50 cases bottled - still going strong!
I have had my Red Baron for over 2 years and it has worked perfectly for me. I have bottled at least 50 cases of beer and it still works great. Read more
Published 3 months ago by E. Sikorski
