Discovery #MINDBLOWN 18-Piece Rock Tumbler Set with Polishing Machine, Rocks & Jewelry Accessories

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My wife is a science teacher and she loves showing her students the process of tumbling stones. She has gone through several other tumblers until this one! This product has stood up to six classes so far and shows no signs of slowing down! I highly recommend this tumbler!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My 8 year old has been very into rocks, so we were excited to try this. While he's having a hard time learning that it's a long process and not instant results, I've been happy with it so far. It's not as noisy as the one I remember when I was younger, but it is tumbling rocks so it can't be quiet. We just set it up on our back porch. We're excited to get to the last stage and use the rest of the kit to make our stones wearable.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I got this for my younger sister to have and she said it actually works. It made the rocks she collected from the beach during the summer look much nicer. As long as you have some patience, it works really well.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] As far back as I can remember I've always been fascinated by rocks. A rock hound so say. One of the those early memories of my dad and I using a kit just like this.  And for the first time I was the one on the other end showing my nephew. Having him pick from the bag. Telling him about the SIC powder used and how it's from outer space. This is a great kit with a tumbler that can be used again n again.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I was so excited to try this rock tumbler out because I have been collecting rocks over the past few months and wanted to see them all cleaned up and polished. However, I was extremely disappointed that after the second phase of tumbling, the rubber gasket that helps seal the lid to the canister seemed to be stretched and would not properly fit in the lid. No matter what I tried, which included making absolutely sure no grit was in the lid grooves or on the lip of the canister, I could not get the seal to work and water kept flying everywhere when I tried to start the tumbler. I was unable to see the rocks through the whole tumbling process. Just in case this was a fluke or just a random bad gasket, here are my thoughts otherwise: The rocks that come with the kit are really beautiful. I loved seeing how they went from blocky pieces of rock to rounded, colorful stones. The colors I had were blue, green, and yellow and they were very vibrant! Listen when the instructions tell you to find a place out of the way to put the tumbler because it can be very loud. Especially if you have timid cats that might refuse to go by the machine to get to the litter box! Stick the tumbler in a closet if you can. Just know that this experiment requires lots of patience- all together the whole tumbling process could take a month, with very little hands-on time in there. When emptying between phases it would be best if you could go outside to dump and clean the canister and rocks because you don't want any of the grit going down your drains. I feel like it's a shame to have to rate the tumbler so poorly, but it is a problem if there is a malfunction and the whole experiment cannot be finished. I hope everyone else has good luck with it and are able to get beautifully polished stones out of it.