I use the Lee 4 hole turret press. I am fairly new to reloading, but so far it seems to work fine. It had a few minor issues, but I sort of expected minor imperfections when the single stage Hornady press kit was 50% more.
Minor issues:
1. Either the base of the press or the little primer inserter majiggers(I don't know the right term for these things, but the part that holds the primer as it is about to be pushed into the brass) were made wrong. I am going to chalk it up to just being the base cast slightly imperfectly. The primer inserter majigger wouldn't rotate all the way into the shell holder and this caused it to bind up. I took a drill bit, drilled out a tiny hole in the base, and then dropped a sheet metal screw in there. When the ram is coming down, it rotates the majigger a bit earlier and it operates flawlessly. It was a 5 minute fix, with about 4 minutes being me looking for the right size drill bit for the sheet metal screw I had.
2. The chamfer and deburring tool was alright, but it would wear your fingers out in a hurry. Heaven forbid you have to use it to remove the crimp from military brass. Since supplies were still hard to come by, I ordered a Hornady metal handle and an RCBS crimp remover, screwed the crimp remover tool into the Hornady handle and I can go to town on them. I also ordered the L.E. Wilson chamfer and deburring tool. It makes the job a piece of cake.
3. I had TERRIBLE luck with the case trimmer. Mine was garbage in less than 250 pieces of brass. I love the simplicity of it, but the execution was awful. The little length gauge tool has a threaded end with a split down it. It is supposed to get pinched when it screws in to the trimmer. My problem came when the split parts got bent inwards. It wouldn't stay in the trimmer any longer. I even tried sticking a cut part of a zip tie in there to give it more resistance, but it was useless. I ended up getting a Little Crow Gunworks trimmer called World's Finest Trimmer. Is it truly the finest trimmer in the world? I have no idea. I will say that if I need a trimmer for a different caliber in the future, I wouldn't hesitate buying another one in that caliber. I can trim my brass to size in about 4 to 5 seconds per piece of brass.
4. The auto indexing rod was slightly off alignment. I was able to clear this up in about 10 minutes with a pair of vice grips and a wrench. It just took a little fiddling around with to get it just right. Since then, it has been awesome. I also keep the auto indexing rod oiled at all times. I don't know if it makes much difference, but I have loaded over 300 rounds with the indexing rod doing the work and had no problems with the little plastic ratcheting gear stripping like many people complain of.
I think those were the only problems I ran into with it, and part of it was just personal preference. In the end, I also ordered a universal decapping die just so I could knock out the primers from my brass before I tumble them(I use stainless steel media in a rock tumbler and it cleans the pockets very nicely).
The good:
1. The dies were easy to set up. The instructions were clear. I followed them. It worked.
2. The auto disk pro powder measure isn't really that bad(in my opinion). If you are looking for charges that are within 0.1 grain consistently, it isn't going to cut it. If you are just loading ammo to plink with and don't care about a 0.3 grain swing, it will do good enough. I weigh all my charges, so I really don't care how far it is off. It is nice not having to work too hard to get the charges exactly where I want, though.
3. The primer feeding system isn't too shabby. It has problems spitting out the last primer or two, but it works perfectly aside from that. When I know I am getting low on primers, I just keep an eye on it and take the last one or two out by hand.
4. The primer catch tube is a good idea. It is ghetto as it gets, but it is effective. It is nothing more than a hose with a red cap at one end, and you slip the other end over the bottom of the ram. I like being able to empty it out and bend as needed.
5. The cost was unbeatable. The 4 turret press kit was 100 bucks less than the hornady single stage press kit.
I typically base my opinion of a product on whether or not I would buy another one in the future if I needed to. In the event of the Lee system, I would certainly look at another one. This one has treated me well, and I expect to use it for many years to come.