I have another brand but for some reason the others tend to warp the cork so that it does not go all the way into the bottle.

One thing I noticed was that if the cork is not placed in the holder straight up and down, the cork in the bottle will be a little crooked.

With number 9 straight corks you get a good, tight seal that will withstand airplane cargo hold pressures without leaking

For one person, place the bottles on a level chair or stool to get extra leverage when corking.

After soaking corks, I still had issues getting corks in

Once you get the hand of it getting perfect corked bottles is easy

It pushes the corks in flat with the top of the bottle but the top of the corks are dented in.

Awesome, never had a problem with putting the corks in with this devise.

I've tried to jam a cork in

All attempts to use this have resulted in extremely warped or damaged corks both when softened via boiling and dry

Worked well corking my wine bottles, for the price I really cant complain about there not being a way to adjust how far the cork is pressed in.

Smooth operation and corks all differ styles of wine bottles!

Used recycled wine bottle with number 8 corks and it sealed perfect and flush.

I now have 2 gallons of mead trapped behind these substandard corks.

The corker is rugged only thing is it smashes my corks on one side with the metal plunger

Makes corking your own bottles a breeze.

This item works really good, pushes the cork right into the bottle with ease

This works really well except if you don't move fast enough the cork ends up sticking up a little

I was having trouble getting a consistent cork depth.

but I didn't have any issues inserting the cork while wet so, wet your cork

easily usable, seats the cork appropriately

Very good and corks perfectly

When pushing the cork into the bottle the shaft is smaller than the cork, This distorted the cork

Sometime over punched the cork.

Yes it's kind of rough at times, but just make sure your corks are nice and moist

If you want all your corks to be nice, even and consistent then get a floor corker

Easy corking.

First soak the corks overnight, second barrow one of your girl friends' husbands to work the devise while you hold the bottles.

The cork is in the bottle, no leaks, all is well

Use the right size corks, and soak them a water and sanitizer solution for an hour or two before bottling

Bottled 22 bottles of brandy for the holidays and feel like a fool for the hundreds of bottles sealed in the past with wax, etc., when all I needed was this corker and fresh corks.

This thing works well but it counter sinks the corks

It's important that you are holding it straight and push the handles down evenly if you want the corks to be nice and even once they are in the bottle

The mechanism takes some strength and a little practice to get a clean corking, but very easy to use

Does exactly as advertised as long as you use the correct size cork.

Easy to use, just drop a cork in the side and push handles down

The rod is too small for the chamber in addition to the fact that it moves freely, so you're more likely to end up with a stuck cork than even the aforementioned warped cork to begin with.

This corker makes corking quick and easy.

I soak my corks in boiling water for a few minutes (to both sanitize as well as saturate the corks) prior to pressing them in wine bottles

Will break low quality corks on the top end.

It really doesn’t work for corking well

Fast to cork bottles and requires little effort.

Actual corking is much easier than I had expected

Easy to use and even does the number 9 corks without any problem

This inserted is sweet, pushes corks in with no problem.

seates corks well, but does tend to booger the top of them a little bit

way too hard to use for corking, does not condense cork easily into bottle

A little lubrication on the fasteners helped make corking a smoother operation.

Works, however my corks are going in too deep

This makes corking my wine bottles very easy

I soak my corks in One Step before corking and even then I fear for breaking the bottle but wine bottles (new, flaw-free wine bottles) can take it.

The act of corking a bottle with these requires a cautious hand to prevent from ramming the cork in oddly or knocking the bottle over altogether

I use #8 Cork, and It works perfectly as expected.

my strong son do the strong arm work when corking anyway.

It splits the corks and doesn’t push them far enough in the bottle

all 50 corks went it perfect with no instructions

Doesn't do the prettiest job corking

Works good, but I think it sinks the cork too deep and the head messes up the top of the cork

For one, make sure you have the right sized corks for the bottles

Great corker , soak corks in hot water for a easier insertion .Corks like a champ

Recommend to soak crocks before hand and don't go to slow when corking.

On softer corks, expect the shaft to leave a deep impression on the top of your cork, since the shaft is a smaller diameter than the cork

I use mostly #8 corks, but #9s work fine.

It is very user friendly and inserts corks with ease.

Put cork inside the machine if you still wonder why this simple beauty doesn't work for you.

Don't love it, ruins my belgian beer corks but it does work

No problems corking #9 corks by hand, which is what we were worried about after doing more research comparing hand corkers vs. floor mounted!

Reliable cork

I tried not to sink the cork so deep, but once it breaks over it's hard to control.

I just boiled the corks first and then stuck them in

I still think so, but the deformation on the cork is not really relevant to me, and I have never had it break the cork.

Sometimes if you go too slow corking or if you over fill the bottle, the cork sticks out a bit too far

Before I used it, I thought the plunger should have some sort of cap on it so as not to damage the cork (or worse).

With this accessory, you'll never "struggle" to put a fresh cork in a new bottle of wine ever again

Applied a consistent cork to all my bottles

Soak the cork in water or sanitizer for about 15 minutes and it works with very little effort

how it actually works.(In case you're wondering, you insert the cork into the opening in the middle, place over bottle, then depress side levers... which is simple enough, once you figure that out)

It is what I paid for, not happy corks are not seating properly or flush with bottle and it leaves deep indentation mark on top of the cork