I have the Hornady + case feeder and it is great. I can't really justify the bullet feeder at this time but maybe eventually.
I have no experience with Lee presses.
It is likely that any machine performing this many operations sequentially and simultaneously at this price point will require some fiddling. I'm fairly confident that even the hallowed Dillon presses require some amount of tinkering at some point as well. (I sometimes wish that I had taken the advise in post #2
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Even with their relative flaws or tendencies I believe they are a bargain. It really comes down to how much fiddling and to what extent you are willing to do. My limited opinion is that the Hornady is the best compromise of cost v functionality, at least that is why I chose it. Please note that this is largely based on things that I have read, not done, in regards to anything other than the LNL AP.
There is a learning curve and through use and research done here or elsewhere you will eventually learn your presses systems' "personalities" as you go. I can now diagnose a problem quickly and usually eliminate or reduce its reoccurrence.
If loading pistol, get the RCBS lockout die. It is great at catching mistakes that are more likely to be made early on as you are learning the sequence of events and at what point in the stroke they are taking place. It has saved me trouble twice I believe, and both times were after a malfunction when I was still learning. I had not yet learned safe habits or developed a procedure for stopping/restarting the process after a problem. I use the Powder Cop die although it too required a little bit of work. I set it so it moves very little when indicating. This will identify an under charged case almost like an empty one; useful when using powders that don't meter well or can bridge up.
Whatever your choice, take the time to become familiar and the speed will come. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
