So, long story short, I had ordered a Berry's tumbler from Brownells Spain and got it on Monday. Bad news is that I found an American plug on it and suspected that if I plugged it to the socket, something bad could happen. I have adaptors for some other stuff that uses different sockets than those we use in Spain, but I remembered that you guys use 110V. I called them and they admitted their mistake, picked it up (no charge) and offered a good deal on a Hornady M2 case tumbler, which got home today.
I just finished tumbling a batch of 9 mm cases (250-300, roughly) in Lyman walnut media and the results have been good. Very good. Even though I think I won't be purchasing any more of this media because I don't like the reddish dust it leaves on the cases. But what I noticed is that after 4 hours of use, the movement of the media and the cases inside the bowl wass noticeably weaker than when I plugged it and the motor was still cold. They still tumbled fine and the cases got out nicely polished, but it made me frown. Supposedly, this is quality tumbler and I didn't expect it to get "tired" after a few hours of use. That's what my old Smart Reloader tumbler did, but that one is cheap and I kind of expected it to behave cheaply.
So, I have a week to test it and can ship it back if it doesn't satisfy me. I have more cases waiting to be tumbled and will do so tomorrow, but meanwhile, I'd love to hear your opinions and experiences on this tumbler. I have a used RCBS tumbler at hand that I could replace it for in case it's not as good as I expected it to be. How do they compare?. Is the RCBS any better than the Hornady or is it the other way around, or do they stand at the same level?.
As a note, one of my shooting buddies has one and he has no complains about it, although when I told him about the "loss of tumbling energy" after a few hours of use he told me that he usually leaves it running overnight, but that he would check if that effect happens on his unit as well.
Your inputs appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I just finished tumbling a batch of 9 mm cases (250-300, roughly) in Lyman walnut media and the results have been good. Very good. Even though I think I won't be purchasing any more of this media because I don't like the reddish dust it leaves on the cases. But what I noticed is that after 4 hours of use, the movement of the media and the cases inside the bowl wass noticeably weaker than when I plugged it and the motor was still cold. They still tumbled fine and the cases got out nicely polished, but it made me frown. Supposedly, this is quality tumbler and I didn't expect it to get "tired" after a few hours of use. That's what my old Smart Reloader tumbler did, but that one is cheap and I kind of expected it to behave cheaply.
So, I have a week to test it and can ship it back if it doesn't satisfy me. I have more cases waiting to be tumbled and will do so tomorrow, but meanwhile, I'd love to hear your opinions and experiences on this tumbler. I have a used RCBS tumbler at hand that I could replace it for in case it's not as good as I expected it to be. How do they compare?. Is the RCBS any better than the Hornady or is it the other way around, or do they stand at the same level?.
As a note, one of my shooting buddies has one and he has no complains about it, although when I told him about the "loss of tumbling energy" after a few hours of use he told me that he usually leaves it running overnight, but that he would check if that effect happens on his unit as well.
Your inputs appreciated. Thanks in advance.
. I expected it to be much more vigorous. I'll do add some mineral spirits to the media, though. 
) and filled it up with the right amount of media (half bowl, as per the instructions) and approximately 400 cases of 9 mm. And the magic happened. The tumbler started tumbling properly, with a nice and vigorous cascading effect. 
