Before you all say I should have bought them first , I say no cus I still need to trim all those other cases so I still need the other trimmer .
Well we all live and learn.
I started with a Lee trimmer, then my brother gave me his old RCBS, then I bought the WFT from him (after he got the Gearrard Motor Trimmer)
So then I wouild go out to his place and trim them on his Gerrrd.
At that point it was the heck with the money, this is the only way to go.
So I got the drill one (I load a lot fewer calibers than he does)
I got the drill one for the 308. Then the WFTII because no drill type in Gerard.
My take is you spend too much time adjusting the ones that will do common shoulder setups. Others may disagree.
The big jump was to put the Gerard drill in the Corded Drill, upside down and clamp in the vice and now I am as good and fast as the Gerared Motorised unit.
The tough decision is the Drill Type or the Motorized Gerard (my take, others of course do their own takes, this is just to help a decision process)
Its about 5 drill type to the Motorized Gerard. I think my brother has 6 trim calibers.
Gerrad does offer the 7.5 Swiss in the motorized. Probably would have gone that way but I am not behind (yet).
At most I will do one more caliber 6.5 something). So pretty much break even cost wise and the corded drill in the vice is as good and maybe ergonomically better (I can sit on my stool and its at the right level). You don't have to stuff in in the top, its horizontal.
I can hang the drill up and the Motorized Gerrard takes up bench space all the time.
Kind of a coin flip.
I am not unhappy with my progression. To me the Tri Trimmers are the only way to go.
I can process a heck of a lot faster and get to the shooting part sooner.
Some find solace in the reloading process. I don't. I don't mind it but its not soothing either. Shooting is the goal.