I will add this fwiw as a point of consideration to include in this thread - everyone who keeps typing "lemishine" - we know that's only for hard water, right?
Not a chemist but I believe the Citric acid in Lemishine (I just use citric acid) helps bind up the lead into less toxic compounds.
I haven't done a test of tap water vs bottled water but I do think the acid helps break down the crud on the cases as well.
5lbs of citric acid is about $17 on Amazon. 5 LBs will last a long time, so not much $ to add it in.
https://www.amazon.com/Milliard-Cit...uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl
I am using a Lyman Cyclone, I have ran lots of brass thru it and still going strong. Yes the pins try to escape but I round them up and put them back to work.
When it's 100+ where I am in the summer cases in the sun dry in nothing flat and get almost to hot to touch. If it is cool outside I just put them on an old towel in the corner of a room and they are dry in a couple days.
I have plenty of brass so no rush to get them dry.
I had a Frankford dry tumbler (vib type) the first one died after a couple years of use. Bought another and then picked up the Lyman Cyclone when it was on sale.
Wet is maybe a little more work but brass comes out like new in about a 1 hour. If you deprime the brass first you also get nice clean primer pockets which probably does not make the ammo shoot any better but makes
me
.
If I was replacing a tumbler or buying a new one I would say go with wet+pins, just does a better job.
I use auto wash and wax (whatever flavor is on sale, usually Turtle) and citric acid.