Reddit reviews Plastic Plunger Corker
We found 3 Reddit comments about Plastic Plunger Corker. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Inexpensive corker that makes inserting corks easierUse with #7 corks (not included)Made of durable plastic
I always suggest piece by piece. You get better stuff, and often you end up not throwing away some of the shit you will never use anyways.
I always suggest getting 6.5 gallon glass carboys locally (check Craigslist, I got 5 of them for 30 bucks a couple years ago,) you can put vacuum on them if you want to go that route (trust me you want to go that route) and they are completely nonporous so they don't get funky. If you get a carboy cleaner for a drill, it's a breeze to clean your carboys. For sanitizer, buy iodophor as it doesn't foam, and you use a TINY amount...like half the "dose" cup on the left side of this bottle for a 6 gallon carboy, and it lasts forever.
Start with beer bottles, only because it's cheaper to get into it. The Cappers are cheap and they work well. I have this same unit and I've probably capped at least 2000 beer bottles with it...and it's still in perfect condition. For caps ALWAYS get oxygen absorbing ones...they are like 1 cent each more than shitty ones...seriously don't buy cheap ones!
For beer bottles, get them at your local brew store, shipping kicks your ass on these.
If you want to do wine bottles...then you REALLY want a good corker but that will add some additional expense to your kit. Don't even look at the lever action corkers or the plunger corkers or the handheld compression corkers, they are all AWFUL.
For wine bottles...do yourself a favor and buy the ones that have both corks and screw caps like THESE again don't buy them from amazon...this is just a picture so you know what I mean...shipping nearly doubles the price of them...I get these for like 14 dollars a case locally.
For corks, buy good corks, amalgamated corks fall apart and lose their seal. I personally like Nomacorc, I buy their classic ones from my local brew store (again cheaper than amazon) which are good for 3-5 years. They just released a new NomaCorc bio line that are guaranteed for 15 years, but I can't find anywhere to get them yet...I did request a bag of samples though...
Not homemade, but cheap: I used one of these for a while, and my only regret is not getting a floor corker right off the bat. Should be fine for a few bottles.
Way too much work. Get one of these, some of these, and some of these. Buy dark wine bottles, drink the wine, buy whatever booze you want, fill empty wine bottles, cork, seal, and be done with it. For $20 you're set for 30 bottles.