LYMAN - Turbo Sonic 2500 Case Cleaner 110V

I have just used it for some really carbonned up parts and cleaning a suppressor and it works great.

I'm not sure I should have rated it a 5, because it wasn't quite up to all the hype I have read about it. On the other hand, it does work very, very well, and there is no way to rate it 4.5 . There are two purposes for this machine. 1) CLEANING CASES This is what it is sold to do, but it isn't quite up to all the hype I've read. You really can't put all that many cases in the thing and have it do a good job in a short period of time. I liked throwing 50 or 100 cases in my tumbler, turning it on, and forgetting about it for a few hrs. The max time you can set this for is 8 minutes. It will not clean many cases in 8 minutes, even with the solution mixed in distilled water at 1-20 ratio as suggested. Maybe 300 WSM cases are hard to clean. Whatever. You will go reset the timer quite a few times before all those 50 cases are cleaned in batches of 10 or 15 (1 layer deep, in a 5 X 8 pan). On the other hand, it DOES clean the inside of the cases much better than the tumbler ever did. That's the only reason it got the 5 rating. 2) GUN PARTS CLEANER Now, it DOES do this well. (A point to reinforce here is that there are two different cleaning solutions to use depending on what you are cleaning). I used it to clean my muzzle brake by suspending the gun with just the brake submerged in cleaning solution. It worked GREAT. I can only image that it would work just as well cleaning any other gun parts you could fit in it. RECOMMENDATION Lyman, upgrade the machine to allow the operator to set the timer to at least 15 minutes. It's a pain in the butt to keep having to go out and reset it. Work on that case solution a bit to make it more aggressive. Yes it works, but it could be better. Compared to a tumbler, it's a 5.

this product worked as I heard about online. NOT as it was advertised. Yes technically you can shove 900 or whatever 9mm cases in it and get the lid to shut. it has to vibrate what is inside to clean it. I personally clean 25 357 cases with the recommended cleaner in 8 minutes everytime including the inside no exceptions. REMEMBER TO DILUTE THE CLEANER. but its good stuff. Yes you have to let them dry. You can run the unit in the house on the kitchen table with the baby sleeping no problems. Its that quite. Do that with your stainless media tumbler.

Got this unit for a early Xmas present and ran my first batch of 270 shells thru it. I wanted a sonic case cleaner basically for the inside of the cases and really for the primer pockets. Does this unit work ? and the answer is yes! I have a tumbler cleaner and will still use this for extremely dirty cases before I de-prime and resize my brass then I will run them thru the sonic cleaner. The only draw back is the price of the cleaning solution...

I have used my cleaner for about 3 years and it has worked well but.... First of all, I load it fairly full (2/3 basket depth) and will run it for 3-5 480 second cycles with the cleaning solution. I then rinse my cases in hot water and dry them on an old towel (they are probably still damp inside) and then put them in my vibrating cleaner for about an hour to polish the brass. They look better than new when done. Now the "but". The fan has started to rub and make noise. I contacted Lyman via email but no response. Now it is either replace or find a new fan. If not for the fan issue, I would rate it at a 4.5 to 5.