Reviews & Ratings for Lyman Cyclone Rotary CaseTumbler — 10 reviews — Page 1

Out of the box from opticsplanet, broken, came with everything including euro plugs for which I already owned an adapter set so it was a non issue. The tumbler rollers refused to spin with and without resistance. I disassembled, assisted the rollers to no avail. Contacted Lyman and they sent me another unit with the correct US plug and told me to keep the other for spare parts. Still recommend the product, it works very well.

This tumbler works fantastic. I use lemie shine and Hornady brass cleaner. This combo shines the brass like new. Use the included SS pins for even better results. The included shifter really helps get the pns out. No need to buy a separate sifter. O.P. ran a sale price plus free shipping. I clean 9mm , 357. 38, 44, 223, thru it. I deprime first. Also, look into the Lyman brass dryer. This combo works great together.

I used 1.5 table spoons of Dawn dish washing soap, one table spoon of Lemi Shine and a table spoon of Armorall wash and wax as my cleaning mix (all from Walmart).... tumbled for 2 hours and the brass went from heavy carbon filthy to nice, clean and shiny. Not factory new looking but a world of difference anyway.

I maybe should have rinsed out the dirty water and ran the brass a second time (30 minutes maybe) to see how much cleaner it would have come out (if any) but the brass was plenty clean for my needs.

The Lyman Cyclone operated smoothly, fairly quiet and trouble free. I put the unit outside my garage while I pressed ammo inside. I have a spot just outside the back door so I took advantage of that so the little noise that the tumbler made would not bother me.

Overall I am very happy with the purchase.... oh, the brass catcher and pin catcher trays are a nice add on. They worked great. I dumped my brass on a large bath towel.... quick "pat" dried them out to soak up most of the moisture and then transferred them to a dry towel for final drying time. A ceiling fan in my garage plus the hot July heat (in Houston Texas) help dry the brass quickly. I left the pins in the pin catching tray and put that out in the sun to heat them up and dry them out faster (agitating them every 30 minutes or so to expose the water droplets embedded in them).... they were dry within 2 hours... and that is a lot of stainless media pins!

2 Thumbs up from me!

This case tumbler is a heavy duty high capacity tumbler. It comes with 5 lb of SS pins and straining trays to separate the brass from the pins. The trays are a great feature that makes this process of separating the pins from the brass easy.
The tumbler is fairly loud when it runs. I like this product and recommend it. I would buy it again.

It cleans all of my brass with ease. Even the primer pockets gets cleaned out from the stainless media. If you have a dry media tumbler, I would recommend that you stop using it and go with a this. Happy reloading

Excellent case cleaner, it will even clean primer pockets if the brass it decapped. The rubber lining in the drum does a pretty good job of keeping the noise down. I would defiantly recommend to anyone looking for a wet tumbler.

I highly recommend this item. I have used the old style vibratory tumbler all my life and have been debated on switching and trying this method. Now I wish I would have made the change years ago. Where has this thing been all my life? Comes with a softer to help separate cases and media. I also recommend a good SS media magnet. If your on the fence just go ahead and buy one now. Great product and great results.

This cyclone tumbler is amazing. It has cleaned anything I have tried in it. Only downfall that i have found is on small loads of 9mm brass it gets stuck in the ribs on either end. It is still clean just gets stuck.

Tumbler works great. Cleans brass in less than half the time of corn cob media. Getting all the media out takes a little bit of work. The media likes to stick in the rings on the top and bottom of the canister. The brass is clean inside and outside as well as primer pocket (as long as you decap your brass first).