Gilda Compression Corker

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Price: $48.46 $39.95   

Product Description

(Ckr120) This Hand Held Corker Is Of Excellent Design. It Utilizes A 4 Piece Iris That Compresses The Cork Equally From 4 Directions. This Corker Works On The Same Principal As Our Larger Bench And Floor Model Corkers. Requires Little Effort To Use. It Has An Adjustable Depth Setting. If You Do Not Have The Space For Our Larger Corkers This Would Be Your Next Best Choice. Size #9 Straight Corks Are Recommended For This Corker. Will Put In Other Sizes As Well.

Gilda Compression Corker Review

I bought this corker when I did my fist batch of homemade mead. I've used it with normal wine bottles of all shapes and sizes including thin ice wine bottles. Once you get the hang of it it goes very quickly. All you do is:

-1) make sure you have your own glass of wine poured. Bottling is always a little more fun that way

1) flip the corker over and put in a cork (has worked fine with both synthetic and natural corks)
2)pull the two red handles together to compress the cork (this is very similar to a floor corker and where this differentiates from the double leaver corkers which don't compress the cork
3) with the cork compressed into a thin cylinder position the bottle beneath the corker
4) use one hand to keep the red handles close together (they don't have to touch all the way) and use your free hand to push the leaver down ejecting the cork into the neck of the bottle.

It seems to take about the right amount of time to have a friend filling bottles while you cork them and after a couple tries you'll probably even have a few sips from your glass in between corkings.

Beyond the ease of use the product seems to be exceptionally well made. The plastic is very thick as is the metal leaver. It has a fair number of moving parts, but they all seem sturdy through several batches.

The one thing I did have a little trouble with and the reason I'm giving 4 stars and not 5 is that it can sometimes be hard to get a perfect finish height. There is an adjustment if you're going too deep, but I had much more of an issue with not getting the corks quite all the way in. I had several bottles come out with a 1/4 inch cork sticking out because just as the last bit of cork is ejected from the compression section of the corker it expands and doesn't quite make it into the bottle. Not a huge deal it even makes it look a little more home made, but if you're a perfectionist it could bother you.

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