I use it to clean/polish antique brass parts. Works great. Quiet compared to some well known tumblers. Whole assembly does NOT vibrated excessively. Good design. I expect this tumbler to last many years without constant repairing.

Cleaned a couple batches of brass with walnut shell media (and NuFinish and a dryer sheet). The vibrator did a great job and is super quiet. We'll see how it holds up.

This is my second Frankford Arsenal tumbler. I was using the first one sense 2017. My friend got in to reloading and I gave him my tumbler to try. He liked it so much that I gave it to him to help him out and just bought this new tumbler for myself. I did the funnel mod to it. Works perfectly. Did I need to do the mod? No but I feel it helps to moving the media more. Just my opinion. I also replaced the wing nut with a knob star nut because I think it is more easy to get on and off. Again, just my opinion. This new tumbler is so quiet while it runs without the lid on. Quality product for a good price. I use Nu Finish car polish in the crushed walnut Zilla pet bedding and my cases come out perfectly clean. The Nu Finish not only helps polish the cases but leaves a slight film that keeps the brass from tarnishing over time. I seldom use my Frankford Arsenal rotary wet tumbler with stainless steel pins anymore. The wet tumbler works good but I like this tumblers results much more better. I like when something works and is simple to use. Enjoy.

I have tumbled a couple of hundred cases in this machine for a couple of hours. It works well. The center bolt that connects the bowl to the lid needs to be torqued down a LITTLE bit more than the instructions tell. Mine began to unscrew itself out during the 1st hour of use. After tightening it down a LITTLE bit more, no more problems.

I suggest keeping an eye on the machine during its initial uses, and give it a quick inspection after every use. Once it's been up-and-running for a dozen hours.... you'll be good to go.

It's fairly quiet too! I had it in the next room and I could barely notice it. The cord has an on-off switch that has a solid feel to it. But that cord is SHORT.

With dry media the motor has plenty of power to tumbler the brass very well. I added 3 capfulls of Cabela's brass polish and the media slowed down quite a bit. It still tumbled, but it also really slowed down. After 30 minutes (or so), the speed picked up again. I think this is NOT because of the motors' power. The motor seems to be quite powerful enough.

The quality-of-the-build is decent. Sure, they could have gone with thicker plastic. But this unit works fine for light usage. I certainly will be giving this thing a work out over then next year.

Keep it out of prolonged exposure to direct sunlight! I recognize the type of plastic they chose for this device. It will become brittle if kept in direct sunlight. Especially the lid. The lid lacks all reflective pigments. So UV will have accelerated effects on it. Keep it in the shop, and change out the garage light bulbs to warm-spectrum (or low UV) bulbs. (You should be doing that anyway ya' know...)

Putting it together was a breeze. Shipping was good too.

Work well for me to clean spent rifle and pistol cases. I use rice as a medium.I clean the cases before I punch the old primers out and use fine steel wool to clean the case necks. Takes about over night to get the job done. works well for the money.