Capsarior #000 Capsule Holding Machine Elite Model

I took off a star for calling this machine and setting the wrong expectations.First things first - setting expectations. This is not a capsule filling machine. Also, calling it a capsule holding machine is being devious. The operating guide is written in good English, so the sellers know what they're doing, but I don't understand why they need to be deceptive. If I were to split hairs, this is a contraption and a pretty good one at that.Details:-So, this template, like any other capsule filling template, will hold the capsule lowers for you. It will not fill the capsules for you. The description and included instructions make it seem like all you have to do is pour, shake, pour, scrape, pour scrape, press and voila - filled capsules! NO! You're still going to have to do all the work. It will hold them steady for you.Since the bottoms of the capsule lowers are rounded, 90-95 of the 100 lowers you pour will naturally fall into place with the mouths open. For the rest of the capsules, you're going to have to use rubber tipped tweezers or stick fingers or whatever you have. Tweezers are not included.Filling the capsules is pretty much the same as any other template, except that this comes with a spill guard which is actually quite good. Kudos for that.You can use the included tamper if you like, but it does not make that much of a difference.Putting the caps on is the hardest part. Remember how I said that 90-95 of the capsule bottoms fill fall in place? Now it's the opposite with 90-95 getting stuck on each other. Instead of wasting time, I recommend that you deviate from the instructions included by not using the included frame plate, but placing the caps on the bodies by hand, one at a time. Press down on the spring loaded platform while you insert the small, fiddly, slippery cap.I've capped around 500 capsules now - Ginseng, Collagen, Turmeric and Pepper. There is no other way.This template has the least wastage of the others that I've used. Hence 4 stars.I would be more than happy to pay $100 for a "machine" that does exactly as the description.So dear merchant, if you have one, please message me and I will gladly buy it from you.

I had a real need for this item, after reading the reviews I thought it would suit my needs. I was sooooo wrong.I double checked to make sure I used the right capsules, yep size 000. Followed the directions step by step. Step 1-2 shake capsules and they will just go in the holes open side up. Not really, some do, some don't, then you have to pluck the ones out that that went in with bottom round side up and try to not squeeze them too hard and crush them. So you wind up correctly placing 50 or more in the holes one by one by hand.Step 3-7: Fill capsules evenly and tamp down the fill. Place top of capsules in guide, and shake them into place open side down. Tried that in step 2, it doesn't work. So place them by hand.Step 8-12: Put guide and capsule pusher on top of spring loaded capsule holder base. Apply even forceful downward pressure. Spring loaded base does not push down all the way barely moves.Tried to Remove orange top capsule holder and push out assembled capsules. NO JOY, DIDN'T HAPPEN. Top of capsule separated from bottom as they got stuck in orange guide. Had to remove bottom filled capsules and put tops on by hand one by one. Had to use many extra capsule tops, because original ones broke, bent, and deformed. This thing was a “NIGHTMARE” !!!

The only thing that would make this better and faster to capsule would be to purchase already seperated capsules(so you wouldn't have to pull apart capsules). That would make capsuling a breeze.

It has lots of pieces and picture directions so figuring out where each piece goes was challenging the first time using. Getting it back into it’s box was impossible for me. Filling the pills requires 10 steps, I couldn’t get them as full I can filling each capsule by hand. There was a lot of open space inside the capsule. First you take apart each capsule and place 100 of the narrow halves into the holes. Shaking them on the tray worked well. I only had to turn a couple over. Filling and tamping was messy and I had some waste. Putting the caps on didn’t work well at all, most of them went in upside down. Very frustrating step. I don’t recommend. Filling by hand is just as fast and less wasteful.

Works great for herbals.. It would be nice if someone figured a way to easily and accurately fill caps. I have about a .050 variance on fills. But it is efficient, beats filling each cap by hand one at a time.

If you get on youtube and watch a video of how to do it you should be able to get it done no problem I did. I figure some people are trying to over pack the caps and they wouldnt close right. You should just make it a little lose. Very easy to use works great.

Just what we needed as our household prefer natural alternatives to maintain our optimum health....requires hands on treatments & this makes packing capsules much more efficient towards that goal.

It is so nice to fill 100 capsules in a few minutes as opposed to filling them individually. I used parchment paper under the Capsarior which made for easy clean up and no loss of loose product when the capsule making process was completed. The loose product on the parchment paper was easily returned to the original container.