This capper is made by Ferrari of Italy and is the classic, smooth operating, easy to use hand capper. It is made from self-lubricating Nylon and is suprisingly strong. The unique patented design has a gear driven head that makes capping a breeze since less overall force is required. Many brewers like this model for several reasons.  It is lighter than normal metal cappers. It has wider handles making it easier to operate. A built in spring allows the capping mechanism to automatically retract when capping is completed. The built in magnet allows the cap to be positioned in the capping head and then applied to the bottle rather applying the cap on top of the bottle first. Overall less forced is required.

This is made in Italy and not in China like some other red models sold on the market. We tested the Chinese models and be aware they break more often. 

Set up to cap Standard Beer Bottles (26 mm), it can also cap wider Champagne or Belgian Bottles (29 mm) by reversing the metal jaws.

 

  • Super easy to use and the motion was very smooth
  • It's easy to use, reliable, and consistent, like all good equipment
  • Easy to use, works well and lasts a long time
  • 5 stars: 29 (76%)
  • 4 stars: 9 (24%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 2 stars: 0 (0%)
  • 1 star: 0 (0%)
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Paul B.
Expected quality

The standard for hand cappers built solid at a decent price

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James T.
Super easy to use

This is my first capper and it was super easy to use and the motion was very smooth. It was so easy I wasn't sure the cap was actually secured. Although it is plastic and light it feels very sturdy and like it will last a long time. Very happy after capping the first case.

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Abe H.
Works great

Good price and well made

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Noah W.

Worked great for me

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Nealio N.
Gets stuck to bottle

It’s cool That I can cap beer but one side of this often gets stuck to the cap and can be very frustrating to remove.

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Steven M.
Good upgrade

After using my first capper for 30 years it was time to upgrade. This one is much better. I call her Emily

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Nicholas V.
Great product

Did a few test caps. Waiting for my batch to finish. Perfect so far.

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Nathan W.

I like the device very well works great

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scott h.

The capper is great. It works wonderfully. Easy to cap. It's one you need in your home brewery.

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andy B.

Works as advertised!

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Jesse C.
works

Works great. Doesn't require too much strength. Only broke 1 bottle but it wasn't a standard long neck.

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Scott B.
So far so good -- much better than the one I had

I had been using the dark gray capper which came with the brewing kit I started with and got sick of breaking bottles. This red one works much better!

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Gary G.
Bottle capper. It works...

First attempt with capping bottles. Intuitive and worked just fine. No leaks and no broken bottles. No need to spend more for occasional bottling

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Michael M.
Nice

Only have capped 12 bottles and no leaks yet. Sturdy. Magnet holds the cap well and doesn’t take too much muscle to work the thing. Fair price in my opinion.

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Jose A.

Great piece of equipment. Actually is stronger than it looks

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Joel R.

Awesome. Works great.

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Brian S.S.
Affordable and effective

Works great I cap around 150 bottles at a time and for me it's all i need.

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Wayneo
Won't cap some bottles

This capper works OK on most bottles. It will not cap bottles with a short lug on the neck. I have a case of these short neck short lug bottles and I don't get a tight seal on them. Looking for a capper that will work on both long and short neck bottles.

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Tom
Solid Value

There are lots of cappers that are more expensive but I find this one easy to use and very effective. Only a tiny number of missed or crooked caps. I could see myself stepping up to a lever operated capper but not because this one doesn't work very well.

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Paul K.
Never Fails!

I use this capper to cap all my bottles every time. It's solidly built and works great.

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Bradley L.
Sometimes the backup is the best

I bought one of those fancy floor cappers so I could have one machine for caps and corks. I sold my old red wing capper. A couple months of hauling out the big floor capper adjusting it and fiddling with it during bottling and I ordered another wing capper. I use it any time I just have a few bottles to cap. It's easy to use reliable and consistent like all good equipment

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Conifer s.
I call this capper das champ!

Cheap and caps as fast as you can go. Magnet feature keeps caps in place. Great product.

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Robert U.
Just in case

Love this capper. But I got to thinking "What if it broke on bottling day with 50 filled bottles ready for capping?" Yikes! Ordered a backup right away. If you bottle you need a back up too.

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Madmax77
Old Reliable

Red was the first capper I got 20 years ago the magnet fell out after about 5 yeas after I got it so I ordered the black one. It was crap I snapped the neck off several bottles. I have had some bench models they just seem to be a pain to get the bottle in just the right spot. I still use Red without the magnet just place the cap on the bottle and clamp it down.

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VegasBrew1
Good product

I got this when I started brewing. It seems well built and performs reliably. Very satisfied with the product.

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paul s.
Works great

it does what its suppose to do and caps beer bottles good. Cant complain.

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Jabe H.
The only capper you need!

Does exactly what it's supposed to do. The only capper you will ever need!

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EthanFox
NO ISSUES!

Never had a single issue - I rarely bottle (when i do I bottle out of my tap) but this little guy has never given me a single problem. Perfect cap pain-free every time.

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Ernest C.
Solid capper

On the advice of the clerk I chose this vs. the table top capper MoreBeer had. The clerk told me they get feedback on failure with the bench top capper. This one has been easy to use - capped about 250 bottles with it so far.

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Russ C.
Well made

This is one of those pieces of equipment every homebrewer needs. It's easy to use works well and lasts a long time. I still have the one I got when I first started and that was 17 years ago. A good value.

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michael h.
Great capper

Only used it a couple of times and it's worked great.

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Tom M.
caps the bottle perfectly every time!

I can't think of an easier way to cap a bottle. Easy to clean (dunk it in starstan) and small to store. Tom M

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Michael
Easy action

Is not stiff easy to use and clean magnet for cap really handy.

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Sean F.
Ole Red

I've had mine for years now and it still works everytime. This thing is reliable!