Sunday 09 January, 2022
Good device but not without a couple of flaws.....
1. Make sure you get the later version that uses concentric circles for the flip. The original horizontal ridges didn't work that great.
2. It takes a while to master the motion needed but until then, expect to have to manually flip 2-3 which slows things down.
3. The DAA manual flip tray seems to be better at flipping but it doesn't fit the machine. Maybe a Dremel.
4. Add some small magnets to latch the top on
5. Include a couple of those tube vinyl 'caps' which are basically necessary (that's so cheap of them to not include a couple).
That's all nitpicky. Unit works well and is much faster than chicken pecking.
Howard M***h
Saturday 01 January, 2022
A simple innovative product. Hold at the correct angle and the primers disappear down the chute. I did have to remove the tiniest bit of flashing right at the edge of the hole.
James H***k
Friday 17 December, 2021
Just got this the other day I had bought Winchester pistol primers nothing would load these
Well this does and does it well yes you have to use it to get used to it also found that if you take a countersink to the tubes it helps the holes are not totally in line love it
Neil c***e
Saturday 27 November, 2021
Very high quality construction and materials.
Works smoothly and easily - tremendously better than picking them up manually. For the price, it's a no brainer if you're loading any serious amount. Wish I had bought one the first time I saw it.
Jason G***t
Tuesday 26 October, 2021
Like this product. I have some trouble flipping primers with it but it loads tubes very well. When I mess it up there are primers everywhere.
Chilton M***s
Wednesday 29 September, 2021
By far, this is one of the best pieces of reloading equipment I"ve bought in quite some time. It works just like the youtube videos. Very easy to use and works everytime.
GINO S***O
Thursday 19 August, 2021
Works well as a tube filler when you get the proper insert depth set on the fill tubes. Doesn't work as well as a regular flip tray for getting the primers properly oriented. Seems to be better built than many of the vibratory primer tube fillers on the market.
John L***e
Monday 16 August, 2021
It works! I’ve tried other primer tube filling products for years. I even have a Dillon RF100. Nothing before has consistently worked with large primers. This works! My only complaint is the tubes that DA has for the PrimaFil are a little short. They barely hold 100 large pistol and only about 95 large rifle. Not a big deal just be nice if they were 1/2” longer.
Ralph E***s
Friday 30 July, 2021
I have had two other primer fillers the first one broke, The second one was a Franklin. That was just OK. The ergonomics were bad. Yes the pistol looking design was cute but it was difficult to properly seat the primer tube. Well I just got the DAA Primafil and easily loaded 1000 primers in minutes. I like that when the tube is inserted its locked in the Primafil. Also I can watch as the tube fills through the clear red cover. This is important for me because I've been buying bulk primers. I can easily see when the tube is full.
Patrick M***y
Wednesday 28 July, 2021
High quality and easy to use thank you for the great product
Andre H***h
Sunday 11 July, 2021
this works great with small primers . but it does not like Winchester large pistol primers works good with Federal though so get federal or check it before purchasing 1000's of primers
Brian M***e
Monday 05 July, 2021
Had hang-ups with small primers at first. I found that if I set the bottom of the filler tube on a soft surface and put slight pressure to center the tube perfectly with the hole it worked great. Seems to deaden vibration at the tube where they drop almost completely eliminated hang-ups. The grid to turn primers over is a little coarse for the small size. Large size primers are a breeze.
Daniel F***n
Wednesday 30 June, 2021
I love all things DAA. I am a fan and have bought many items. All are high quality, well made, well thought out, and most have a nice instructional video by Sol. The latest purchase is the Primafill. First I bought the Rockford Arsenal. Could never get it to work right. It took longer to load 100 primers than the pick and peck method. Then I bought the Hornady. It worked about 60% of the time. Still got stuck primers 40% of the time. Now, I have a reliable primer fill - the Primafill.
LARRY J***Z
Monday 26 April, 2021
I've been loading on two Dillon 650s for around 25 years. I quickly decided that I didn't want to use a flip tray and pick-up tubes, so I bought a Frankfort Arsenal Vibra Prime. The VP worked okay, but is pretty flimsy. Several months ago, I bought a Primer Fill. What a great improvement over the VP!! I've loaded around 20k primers now with the Primer Fill. Much sturdier, more efficient design, compared to the Vibra Prime. A friend has loaded over 80k primers on his Primer Fill and has yet to change the battery. I highly recommend the Primer Fill!
Walter G***r
Monday 19 April, 2021
had a lot of primer fillers but this one fits the bill !! thanks again
STEPHEN I***O
Monday 12 April, 2021
You can't beat it! I've tried them all and can't find anything better. Fast accurate, I love it. So far I've only loaded the small primers. I loaded 10,000 small primers and I can't think of any way it could be improved.
Thomas C***s
Friday 19 March, 2021
Works great. Much faster way to fill primer tubes.
Larry P***r
Tuesday 16 March, 2021
Bought this based on years of frustration using a Dillon primer tube filler regarding small primers. This thing works! Small effort needed. No more flipped primers getting loaded
james m***r
Thursday 04 March, 2021
Works great, almost flawlessly.
Double Alpha should make a primer tray that fits the internal dimensions of the DAA Primer Fill so one can invert the Primer Fill Unit into the primer tray and just flip it, problem solved. The current DAA Primer Tray (sold separately) will not fit the inside deminsions of the Primer Fill.
One you get the nack of controlling the unit, left to right and front to back when loading the primers into the primer tube, you can fill the tubes very fast. It's all practice, beats doing it by hand.
I see complaints about the primers flipping in the tray while loading a primer tube, simple fix to that problem. Just press down on the units lid with slight finger pressure and the primers will not flip over. I have noticed that the primers that flip do so while vibrating agains the large primer block piece directly opposit the small primer tube hole that you are filling. Pressing down on the cover of the DAA Primafill solves the problem.
When the primers get stuck while entering the primer tube use your case neck deburring tool to smooth it out. If the deburring wasn't the problem, do not tilt the unit so severely towards the primer tube you are filling hold it more level.
Robert P***o
Tuesday 02 March, 2021
There are a number of things worth noting on the Primafill. First, this thing is robust! It is by no means a flimsy plastic product. It is assembled with Torx fasteners, they could have easily cut corners using pins or snap together construction. The switch is metal and the motor is powerful. The body is soft touch plastic making it easy to hold especially for my dry calloused hands. The magnetic gate for blocking the unused port is a novel idea and further shows the thought and care that went into the design of the product. In addition, it sits flat and stows easily on the bench whether in or out of the box in any orientation. This is a key factor for me, I despise an accessory that consumes excessive storage space.
Functionally it does what it is designed to do and it does it well. I hate the mundane task of filling primer tubes by hand, especially ten at once the Primafill does so in seconds even with the ‘sticky’ WSP & WSR primers.
Overall it is a great value especially when compared to the cheaper Asian made pistol grip products. I have zero regrets with spending a little more for a quality product.
Could it be better? Yes. Here are my recommendations for Primafill V2:
The soft touch surface is nice but it seems like every product I’ve owned over the years with this coating has degraded into a sticky mess. Admittedly most have been Asian made, I hope that doesn’t happen with the Primafill but consider alternatives like maybe molded in stippling similar to to that on Magpul grips. Secondly, it really needs some means of holding the cover on. How about a couple of tiny magnets in the lid? Finally, and this is a big one, do away with the washboard style of ribs and go with concentric circles like conventional primer trays. Maybe you have your reasons for doing it this way but the washboard orientation makes flipping frustrating at times. Maybe you need a combination so that the flow path works correctly, straight on the side where the full ports are and circular over the rest of the surface. Two shakes of my RCBS tray and all my primers are flipped. The Primafill takes several and can be a game a times. And one last gripe, would it break the bank to include a few 8mm tube caps with the product? I bought a bag of 100 from Amazon for less than 10USD. Not a deal breaker by any means but even two caps would have been handy to have to get started.
Finally, this being my first DAA product purchase I can say after using it and seeing what thought went into the design, I wouldn’t have any reservations about purchasing future DAA products.
Chuck S***r
