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Budman100 · 04-07-2015, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by wegobigupnorth

https://www.tomstumbletrimmer.com/

this looks like a joke...How the hell does it trim the bud?? It just tumbles it over each other there are no blades or anything!!??

ONE TO THREE POUNDS OF DRIED PRODUCT IN LESS THEN 15 MINUTES! really?

www.tomstumbletrimmer.com

You are way wrong! I bought a tomstumbletrimmer a few months ago and it works fantastic. The finished product is not quite as good as hand manicured, but it wasn't that hard on the product since they don't use metal blades. Over all I am saving a lot of money I previously paid to employees with minimal difference in finished product.

Budman100 · 04-07-2015, 10:21 PM

www.tomstumbletrimmer.com

You are way wrong! I bought a tomstumbletrimmer a few months ago and it works fantastic. The finished product is not quite as good as hand manicured, but it wasn't that hard on the product since they don't use metal blades. Over all I am saving a lot of money I previously paid to employees with minimal difference in finished product.

Budman100 · 04-07-2015, 10:46 PM

BTW, you shouldn't make negative or positive comments unless you try a product first.

FlowerFarmer · 04-07-2015, 10:47 PM

Great! Can we see a picture of your Tumble Trimmer in use, a picture of it in the real world, and perhaps a close up of the finished material in from it?

Not doubting you own it, but you don't exactly have a reputation here so that we know you are a legitimate happy customer of the tumble trimmer, and not just the proprietor or one of his buddies creating an account for the sole purpose of chiming in on this thread. Your "review" reads very similar to the reviews the proprietor has posted on his website.

I'm actually very interested in this dry trimmer. I'm very interested in dry trimming and believe that it can be done gently with the correct strain of the correct moisture content with excellent results. Sure it tumbles the buds around a bit (not much worse then trimmers handling flowers by the nug), but I guarantee they still have better smell and market appeal then some of the fresh ran nugs through any of the available trimmers out there... including the $14k Twister which after having borrowed one can say I'm not impressed with at all. I'm experienced with both the Trimpro Rotor and Spin-pros and my thoughts are the same. Even when slowing my dry times I still don't get the aroma & pungency like I do from a dry trim.

So..I looked into the available dry trimmers (green machine)(trim-pal)(triminator)....the pricing on them is ridiculous (~$5000.. wtf?) for such a simple task. They all also appear to be way overkill for the job needing done... to simply and as gently as possible tumble the buds around to break off any extruding & brittle sugar leaf.

My buddy who runs a shop called about the tumble trimmer by tom. He was told they are working with a larger distributorship and somebody will get in touch with him. He wanted to get one in his shop right away to check it out, but apparently he has to wait after having contacted the people from the website. Budman100, how fast do you get it? Did you order it online? Did it take 2 weeks to ship like the website says.

$350 is a bit much for such a simple "home-made looking" device, but is pleasing to know that people are working on this. I'd much rather pay $350 for a quick tumble that needs just a quick touch-up before hitting the market then spend $5700 on a device which ultimately requires the same touch-up.

Ultimately one can give the dry buds a brief shake in a cardboard box and net similar results, but this little PVC rig would help screen out the shake and keep everything neat and orderly while processing larger amounts. I like what I'm seeing - but there is literally no feedback or info on this product anywhere on the web. Searches eventually all lead you to the salad-bowl type wet trimmers which suck royally in my experience.

Tom, you're on ICMAG now! This is your time to shine. Lets see some real world results and honest feedback. Both the proprietor and the one person who's tried this thing are brand new accounts with posts only in this thread.

tomstumbletrimm · 04-08-2015, 12:15 AM

I know this does not look like an expensive piece of equipment, but it is made with quality parts, pre-assembly time, and it actually works great! I am not making a killing. Same profit of most manufacturers.

Tom

04-08-2015, 12:29 AM

Tom, you sound way to much like a salesman and it kinda seems like you are avoiding questions being thrown at you...

"Tom, you're on ICMAG now! This is your time to shine. Lets see some real world results and honest feedback. Both the proprietor and the one person who's tried this thing are brand new accounts with posts only in this thread."

That was just said by a member who has already spoken to his friend who owns a shop about this and wants to order it....You MUST have more videos and pictures of this thing in action...?

Simple two sentance answers defending your product but with no real proof is not going to make anyone confident enough to purchase this thing.

This thread is getting some attention, it could be real good advertising for you...You should ease some worries cause you gotta admit this thread is looking a little sketchy with the only person other then you defending your product is a brand new member whose posting sounds very similar to yours...

I am not accusing you at all. Just saying people here need to see more then one, low quality video on your website before they are reassured it is worth spending any money on

FlowerFarmer · 04-08-2015, 01:12 AM

Price really isn't the concern. In fact, it's good to see some affordable options out here. Every other dry trimmer on the market is big, loud, metal, and costs thousands of dollars. Every time I see one I wonder why it was necessary to go to those lengths just to knock some brittle leaves away from the flowers. Why the "blade" at all on these fancy designs.. Tom's design seems like the simple answer. We don't need blades.. we are breaking away brittle leaf here. It seems like anything and everything that relates to trimming costs an arm and a leg... because they know people will pay anything in the attempt to not have to trim, or to offset the costs and risks associated with paying for help.

Tom's got a nice little simple device here. $350 is a really a drop in the bucket if you look at the alternatives out there. If it works.. and I'm coming into this with an open mind, then it's worth it. I'm not necessarily interested in rigging/devising up something similar myself if I can cover the expenses of Toms Tumbler just buying one with a single ounce. Obviously rolling your buds over one another does do a little damage (and I'm certain that can vary depending on how dry the core product is). But that damage may be negligible for those looking to wholesale their product out anyways. Until prohibition ends and I can safely pay for hand trimmers.. this looks like a decent option to get the product cleaned up and gone. The collected trim can then be used for wax, edibles, or whatever. It's not like it's lost like the lawn clippings that a twister or rotor produces.

Tom, if one was to order one from your website does it really take 2 weeks before shipping? Are you building these per order as sort of a side business/ after work thing.

^nothing wrong with any of that if you are. I think your best bet here is to be honest and show the machine for what it is. It's not for your single light connoisseur and I'm certain it doesn't trim all varieties perfectly. It will get hate by die hard hand trimmers that worship fruits of their labor, and their is nothing wrong with that stance either. But I do believe it fills a niche and can be handy for us mid-size growers (4k-12k or whatever) that simply don't have the manpower to hand trim everything.

Up until my recent dry harvest I've been doing my tops by hand and running everything else through the Trimpro Rotor. It does a great job at getting the job done, but aromas lack despite all of my efforts to retain them. Dry trimming wins hands down in my opinion for retaining odor.

I'm also sold on the harvest technique of chopping the room, de-fanning, and hanging for an immediate reload of the space. Wet trimmers slow me down.. as I have to have fresh plants to run... thus extending the period it takes to get my rooms down, clean, & reloaded.

04-08-2015, 07:27 PM

I never said there was any issue with price at all. Sorry my words must get twisted on here or something I was just saying I do not think many people will buy it based on the one video we have seen which isn't that great...Maybe some will still buy it as you are correct, it is a very cheap mostly automated trimmer compared to anything else that can handle as much weight as this. I would actually be VERY interested in purchasing one before September to trim my outdoor if there were more videos for us to see. I am not saying from other customers as Tom cannot control wither any of his customers make a video/review of their experience but I am sure he did a shit load of test runs/trails whatever with this...Why only one video with really kinda bad looking weed in it...Hard to tell how good the trimmer works with that one video.

FlowerFarmer · 04-08-2015, 08:02 PM

I agree - not refuting any of your posts..my response to Tom's reply about the price being steep and just my thoughts/ramblings in general.

Hopefully we'll here more about the Tom's Tumble Trimmer in the future.

bd0t · 04-09-2015, 11:59 PM

$350 aint bad at all. Shit I spent $600ish on a trimpro unplugged.
I might consider this product later in the season once I have a better idea of how much product I'll have on hand that needs trimming. Normally I trim wet with the trimpro and fiskars by myself but If I cant keep up at harvest theres no doubt that some of the bud will end up dry and in that case I can still save my time by using a trimmer like Tom's.

I'll be looking for reviews and what not as time goes on.

04-07-2015, 10:21 PM	#22
Budman100 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4	tomstumbletrimmer.com www.tomstumbletrimmer.com You are way wrong! I bought a tomstumbletrimmer a few months ago and it works fantastic. The finished product is not quite as good as hand manicured, but it wasn't that hard on the product since they don't use metal blades. Over all I am saving a lot of money I previously paid to employees with minimal difference in finished product.
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04-07-2015, 10:46 PM	#23
Budman100 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 4	tomstumbletrimmer BTW, you shouldn't make negative or positive comments unless you try a product first.
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04-07-2015, 10:47 PM	#24
FlowerFarmer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,972	Great! Can we see a picture of your Tumble Trimmer in use, a picture of it in the real world, and perhaps a close up of the finished material in from it? Not doubting you own it, but you don't exactly have a reputation here so that we know you are a legitimate happy customer of the tumble trimmer, and not just the proprietor or one of his buddies creating an account for the sole purpose of chiming in on this thread. Your "review" reads very similar to the reviews the proprietor has posted on his website. I'm actually very interested in this dry trimmer. I'm very interested in dry trimming and believe that it can be done gently with the correct strain of the correct moisture content with excellent results. Sure it tumbles the buds around a bit (not much worse then trimmers handling flowers by the nug), but I guarantee they still have better smell and market appeal then some of the fresh ran nugs through any of the available trimmers out there... including the $14k Twister which after having borrowed one can say I'm not impressed with at all. I'm experienced with both the Trimpro Rotor and Spin-pros and my thoughts are the same. Even when slowing my dry times I still don't get the aroma & pungency like I do from a dry trim. So..I looked into the available dry trimmers (green machine)(trim-pal)(triminator)....the pricing on them is ridiculous (~$5000.. wtf?) for such a simple task. They all also appear to be way overkill for the job needing done... to simply and as gently as possible tumble the buds around to break off any extruding & brittle sugar leaf. My buddy who runs a shop called about the tumble trimmer by tom. He was told they are working with a larger distributorship and somebody will get in touch with him. He wanted to get one in his shop right away to check it out, but apparently he has to wait after having contacted the people from the website. Budman100, how fast do you get it? Did you order it online? Did it take 2 weeks to ship like the website says. $350 is a bit much for such a simple "home-made looking" device, but is pleasing to know that people are working on this. I'd much rather pay $350 for a quick tumble that needs just a quick touch-up before hitting the market then spend $5700 on a device which ultimately requires the same touch-up. Ultimately one can give the dry buds a brief shake in a cardboard box and net similar results, but this little PVC rig would help screen out the shake and keep everything neat and orderly while processing larger amounts. I like what I'm seeing - but there is literally no feedback or info on this product anywhere on the web. Searches eventually all lead you to the salad-bowl type wet trimmers which suck royally in my experience. Tom, you're on ICMAG now! This is your time to shine. Lets see some real world results and honest feedback. Both the proprietor and the one person who's tried this thing are brand new accounts with posts only in this thread.
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04-08-2015, 12:15 AM	#25
tomstumbletrimm Newbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 9	I know this does not look like an expensive piece of equipment, but it is made with quality parts, pre-assembly time, and it actually works great! I am not making a killing. Same profit of most manufacturers. Tom
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04-08-2015, 12:29 AM	#26
wegobigupnorth Guest Posts: n/a	Tom, you sound way to much like a salesman and it kinda seems like you are avoiding questions being thrown at you... "Tom, you're on ICMAG now! This is your time to shine. Lets see some real world results and honest feedback. Both the proprietor and the one person who's tried this thing are brand new accounts with posts only in this thread." That was just said by a member who has already spoken to his friend who owns a shop about this and wants to order it....You MUST have more videos and pictures of this thing in action...? Simple two sentance answers defending your product but with no real proof is not going to make anyone confident enough to purchase this thing. This thread is getting some attention, it could be real good advertising for you...You should ease some worries cause you gotta admit this thread is looking a little sketchy with the only person other then you defending your product is a brand new member whose posting sounds very similar to yours... I am not accusing you at all. Just saying people here need to see more then one, low quality video on your website before they are reassured it is worth spending any money on
	Quote 2 members found this post helpful.

04-08-2015, 01:12 AM	#27
FlowerFarmer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,972	Price really isn't the concern. In fact, it's good to see some affordable options out here. Every other dry trimmer on the market is big, loud, metal, and costs thousands of dollars. Every time I see one I wonder why it was necessary to go to those lengths just to knock some brittle leaves away from the flowers. Why the "blade" at all on these fancy designs.. Tom's design seems like the simple answer. We don't need blades.. we are breaking away brittle leaf here. It seems like anything and everything that relates to trimming costs an arm and a leg... because they know people will pay anything in the attempt to not have to trim, or to offset the costs and risks associated with paying for help. Tom's got a nice little simple device here. $350 is a really a drop in the bucket if you look at the alternatives out there. If it works.. and I'm coming into this with an open mind, then it's worth it. I'm not necessarily interested in rigging/devising up something similar myself if I can cover the expenses of Toms Tumbler just buying one with a single ounce. Obviously rolling your buds over one another does do a little damage (and I'm certain that can vary depending on how dry the core product is). But that damage may be negligible for those looking to wholesale their product out anyways. Until prohibition ends and I can safely pay for hand trimmers.. this looks like a decent option to get the product cleaned up and gone. The collected trim can then be used for wax, edibles, or whatever. It's not like it's lost like the lawn clippings that a twister or rotor produces. Tom, if one was to order one from your website does it really take 2 weeks before shipping? Are you building these per order as sort of a side business/ after work thing. ^nothing wrong with any of that if you are. I think your best bet here is to be honest and show the machine for what it is. It's not for your single light connoisseur and I'm certain it doesn't trim all varieties perfectly. It will get hate by die hard hand trimmers that worship fruits of their labor, and their is nothing wrong with that stance either. But I do believe it fills a niche and can be handy for us mid-size growers (4k-12k or whatever) that simply don't have the manpower to hand trim everything. Up until my recent dry harvest I've been doing my tops by hand and running everything else through the Trimpro Rotor. It does a great job at getting the job done, but aromas lack despite all of my efforts to retain them. Dry trimming wins hands down in my opinion for retaining odor. I'm also sold on the harvest technique of chopping the room, de-fanning, and hanging for an immediate reload of the space. Wet trimmers slow me down.. as I have to have fresh plants to run... thus extending the period it takes to get my rooms down, clean, & reloaded.
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04-08-2015, 07:27 PM	#28
wegobigupnorth Guest Posts: n/a	I never said there was any issue with price at all. Sorry my words must get twisted on here or something I was just saying I do not think many people will buy it based on the one video we have seen which isn't that great...Maybe some will still buy it as you are correct, it is a very cheap mostly automated trimmer compared to anything else that can handle as much weight as this. I would actually be VERY interested in purchasing one before September to trim my outdoor if there were more videos for us to see. I am not saying from other customers as Tom cannot control wither any of his customers make a video/review of their experience but I am sure he did a shit load of test runs/trails whatever with this...Why only one video with really kinda bad looking weed in it...Hard to tell how good the trimmer works with that one video.
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04-08-2015, 08:02 PM	#29
FlowerFarmer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,972	I agree - not refuting any of your posts..my response to Tom's reply about the price being steep and just my thoughts/ramblings in general. Hopefully we'll here more about the Tom's Tumble Trimmer in the future.
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04-09-2015, 11:59 PM	#30
bd0t Newbie Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 17	$350 aint bad at all. Shit I spent $600ish on a trimpro unplugged. I might consider this product later in the season once I have a better idea of how much product I'll have on hand that needs trimming. Normally I trim wet with the trimpro and fiskars by myself but If I cant keep up at harvest theres no doubt that some of the bud will end up dry and in that case I can still save my time by using a trimmer like Tom's. I'll be looking for reviews and what not as time goes on.
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