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Are the coinalyzer coin sorters worth the money? Do they actually work?

Absolute junk. I bought two of them.

I dunno worked for me, real pain in the ass hand feeding it though.

I owned one and it was ok....not 100% accurate though...always seemed to find wheats in the rejects and also went through the coppers because i would find zincs and i also wanted to pull the wheats...it works better than 100% handsorting but from my experience i would save up for a ryedale.

lance wrote:I owned one and it was ok....not 100% accurate though...always seemed to find wheats in the rejects and also went through the coppers because i would find zincs and i also wanted to pull the wheats...it works better than 100% handsorting but from my experience i would save up for a ryedale.

I disagree. No comparitor is 100% accurate. You will find some wheats in the zinc pile whether you are running a Ryedale system or something else.

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Like mflugher said, hand feeding a comparitor is not going to be fun. The convenience of the Ryedale comes with a price.
If you need an automatic feeding system and you are unable to build your own, you can certainly spend the money on one. But if you are a small-time sorter you can get by with any comparitor that is set up correctly.

I would have to say it is not junk. I bought one cheap off of ebay not from the actual seller but from someone who was reselling theirs.

You could save yourself some money and buy a comparator from a vending supply company for $15 or $20 and wife this up with an old cell phone charger and screw it to a 2x4 and save yourself a few bucks but its' not a bad product. It's not 100% accurate but then again neither is a Ryedale either. The thing has some settings that you can tweak to make it more or less sensitive.

Hand feeding is a bit of a pain but you can make your own hopper or even make a ramp type deal where you can dump smaller handfuls and let them sort of self feed. It's decent and only what like a 20th of the price of a ryedale. I say pull the trigger and get one if your thinking about it. Definately beats hand sorting.

I look at it like this:

Your looking for a machine to sort coin- congratulations your moving up to something more serious in the coin sorting.

The Coinalyzer is a cheap machine that automates some coin sorting, but the product is not as durable (so it may not last that long and does not have support to get it fixed) and its not as accurate as a Ryedale. But wait a minute I thought you were moving to the big time ready to sort larger qualities? Well buying something that may wear out and may not even accurately sort coin may harm your sorting operations.

Buy the first option if you want to be a 'automated' hand sorter- but you will still be a hand sorter level coin operation.

Or save up some money and buy a Ryedale when you really want to rev-up your operation. Costs more- but lasts longer, faster, can do larger loads, has excellent resale, and you can get parts/support for your machine.

I own neither machine, but this is how I look at it

tinhorn wrote:Absolute junk. I bought two of them.

Roger that. I bought one, the comparator didn't work at all, returned it. Second one functioned, but only barely - major issue with the anti-fishing circuit, the beeping (as well as interruption and increased error that results) which drove both me and the dog crazy. Better than hand-sorting - maybe. Barely.

If you are lucky enough to get a unit that functions nominally, it might have some utility - but from experience on this board I would say those odds are no better than 50/50.

Bought a discounted, used Ryedale - extremely happy with it. Would never go back. Was told early on - here - that I would regret the money attempted on other low-cost options, but sometimes you have to learn the hard way.

I have 40,000 cents to process tonight couldn't imagine dropping those by hand. Right on Robarons and 68Camaro.

getdong wrote:I would have to say it is not junk. I bought one cheap off of ebay not from the actual seller but from someone who was reselling theirs.

You could save yourself some money and buy a comparator from a vending supply company for $15 or $20 and wife this up with an old cell phone charger and screw it to a 2x4 and save yourself a few bucks but its' not a bad product. It's not 100% accurate but then again neither is a Ryedale either. The thing has some settings that you can tweak to make it more or less sensitive.

Hand feeding is a bit of a pain but you can make your own hopper or even make a ramp type deal where you can dump smaller handfuls and let them sort of self feed. It's decent and only what like a 20th of the price of a ryedale. I say pull the trigger and get one if your thinking about it. Definately beats hand sorting.

What was the user name? Maybe it was me lol

I have been keeping records since I started.
I bought a coinalyzer a few years ago and had a 23-24% copper average with the coinalyzer.
I moved up to a Ryedale last year and my copper average suddenly went up to 28.5% and has been steady ever since.
Still working the same banks so nothing changed except for the Ryedale.
Sure am glad I am now getting the extra 4-5% for me rather than turning them back in.

Anti fishing is a big no no for us coin sorters, however its a big deal for casinos

I do believe it is the cause of 90% of the errors from the coinalyzer, which is higher than the ryedale,

but then again the Ryedale isn't 100% perfect either, and for the price tag, you can get through $1-300 of coins a week with a conalyzer, for $20-40, course with a $500 ryedale and some good earplugs you can do a similar amount in a day...


the real question is what level do you want to be on?