I looked up the details of some sonic cleaners.

Claims it can do 900 9mm casings in under 10

Minutes. Plus it supposedly does a more thorough

Job than tumbling. Also can used for gun parts.

 

So with all that why would anyone tumble? Unit

Is around $100 which isn't crazy.

 

I currently tumble and thought about switching

To sonic cleaning. But there has to be a catch.

 

For those of you in the know and/or with experience

What are the pros and cons? Is it worth the

Switch?

Sonic cleans but does not polish.  You also have drying time.

 

Some people like their brass shiny....

The Lyman turbo is the model I was looking at

On NatcheZ.

 

I did not know it didn't polish. Thanks.

 

Heard it was great for gun cleaning. True?

yes.

I had a sonic cleaner and it was ok not nearly as good as tumbling.

I knew there had to be a trade off somewhere.

 

Thanks for the input.

Wet tumbling FTW!

I use sonic cleaning when rebuilding scuba regulators. 

 

I'll probably give it a try when I get my new hydrosonic cleaner. Don't exactly want to mix hydrocarbons (gunpowder) with high oxygen environments (deco regulators).

 

But what I will say, is with the right cleaning solution, I can get years of caked on salt and lime residue from a regulator. Great for caked on stuff, but if you want it shiny, you still need to polish.