Der Kapodaster stellt sich als stabile, sauber gearbeitete Metallausführung dar. Das Anpresspolster besteht aus massiven Gummi und wird sicher nicht so schnell verschleißen (Ersatz jedoch erhältlich) wie bei meinem alten Kapo mit billiger und dünner Plastiklippe. Der Anpressdruck wird durch die federgesicherte Schraube einmal optimal eingestellt und bleibt so. Die Schonung des Gitarrenhalses ist durch das Gummipolster am Klappmechanismus gegeben.Selbst wenn man das Gerät etwas vom Steg abrückt (um Platz für die Spielhand zu schaffen) liegt der Anpressdruck gleichmässig über alle Saiten; kein Schnarren od. Ähnliches hörbar. Eine Verstimmung ist ebenfalls nicht feststellbar. Das Handling ist durch den Klappmechanismus als sehr einfach zu bezeichnen.Fazit: Obwohl ich keine große Kapodastererfahrung habe, scheint mir der Vorliegende ein sehr ausgereiftes und brauchbares Modell zu sein.ANCHTUNG: Bei der Auswahl unbedingt auf die Gitarrenart achten. Klassikgitarren haben andere Griffbretter als z.B. Westerngitarren. Danach richtet sich die Bauart des Kapodasters. Bei Unklarheiten am besten die Webseite des Herstellers besuchen.

My husband and I both play guitar in a band, so we use capos a lot. And of the various styles I've tried, these are my favorite. Why? 1) they are smaller than many of the other clamp-on capos yet have a very solid feel to them; 2) there are basically no sharp edges to potentially nick the guitar (although I did slightly "ding" one of my guitars from dropping it on the face of the guitar...ouch!); 3) there's no tight spring-loaded action to potentially pop out of your hand. Instead they clamp on real smoothly, gently and evenly with very little strength needed. But the best feature by far is; 4) the adjustable tension mechanism. Since guitar necks gets wider and thicker as it gets closer to the body of the guitar, many capos get "uncomfortably" tight and more difficult, or even impossible, to clamp-on as you move it up the neck toward the body. With this capo, however, a slight turn of the screw will increase or decrease the tension as needed so the fit is always just right anywhere on the neck. I like to adjust it so the pressure on the strings is the minimum necessary to eliminate buzzing...similar to the pressure you would typically apply with your fingers (not something you can usually do with other clamp-on capos) as something tells me it's probably easier on your strings and frets. The only drawback, as others have mentioned, is that it is a lot more difficult to put on with one hand than some of the other clamp-on capos. You really need two hands to get the placement just right. It may also take some trial and error to get the tension adjusted or re-adjusted to where you want it, which could present a slight hindrance during a live performance. But I try to find a happy-medium so I don't need to re-adjust it very much as I reposition it. For me, though, the benefits out weigh the drawbacks. So much so that I've purchased five so far, for our various styles of guitars, including a "cute" little one that works with both my banjo and mandolin. Oh, one caution...make sure you get the right capo for your style guitar because the one for nylon-string guitars has a wider and flat rubber clamp, whereas the one for steel string guitars is a tad shorter and ever so slightly curved for "radius" necks. On day recently, my nylon stringed guitar was buzzing badly during practice and I was getting concerned...until I noticed I was using the slightly curved-steel-string capo on my flat-necked nylon-string guitar, so it wasn't pressing the center strings down hard enough. In retrospect, I might have bought the different styles in different colors of metal (they are available in brass and black etc.) so I could more easily tell them apart.