Ultra Sorter Motorized Coin Sorter
- Makes wrapping coins easy
- 100 preformed wrappers
- Compatible with all Mag-Nif banks
Product Description
The UltraSorter is engineered to make the task of rolling coins fast and fun! Press the button, drop your change into the hopper and the UltraSorter sorts, and stacks rapidly. Pre-formed coin wrappers fit right into the UltraSorter’s coin holders. UltraSorter is the power tool for power saving! Sample coin wrappers are included. Requires two C cell batteries (not included)…. More >>
I’m a guy who has a few more hand-skills when it comes to repairing electronics than the average person. I can fix or deal with the odd little problem but this machine was designed and tested so poorly it’s impossible to operate as intended.
Firstly the price was ridiculous (I bought mine at Staples but I need a place to vent my frustration). The motor stopped working after the first use. I dismantled it to find that the wires connecting the motor had so little solder on it that it probably got shaken loose in transit alone. Even so … I easily resoldered it … and it still wouldn’t work.
The motor was spinning but no action on the sorter wheel. Disassembled it again … looked inside the motor and saw that the plastic mold created for the motor housing wasn’t correct. The motor cog wasn’t even close to touching the other cogs needed to move the wheel. Of course you can’t fix this unless you have either a large cog or a mold to hold the motor closer to the movement cogs … sigh!
Piece of crap … and it’s obvious these guys didn’t do much testing because the other problem is that the coins fall into the plastic tubes but there’s no accurate way to tell what amount is correct for each roll (despite the method mentioned in the instructions … which doesn’t work as intended).
Stay away from this product and either sort by hand or keep looking.
These people should be lynched.
Rating: 1 / 5
Comment by Glenn Solomon — October 11, 2009 @ 11:20 am
Bought this sorter about 10 months ago and have struggled with it since.
It usually missorts coins (7 of 10 tubes I took to the bank were miscounted or missorted) so plan on recounting coins prior to heading to the bank.
Other defects…Constant Jamming, Very weak motor and cheap plastic construction.
The motor just died on mine and its heading for the trash after less than a year. I could’ve saved the money and got the same amount of frustration for free from the wife.
Rating: 2 / 5
Comment by Michael Henson — October 11, 2009 @ 1:42 pm
Regular coin wrappers given by the banks are not user friendly with this machine, possibly so you have to purchase additional wrappers through the manufacturer, and the occasional back up of coins are the only gripes with this coin counter. Great for pocket change & piggy banks.
Rating: 4 / 5
Comment by B. Bennitt — October 11, 2009 @ 4:04 pm
The slide tray, after several months usage (no more than twenty times total) wont slide back in. There seems to be no access to the slide mechanism to try to fix it.
Rating: 1 / 5
Comment by B. Eggers — October 11, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
This is a cheaply made, over-priced product. It didn’t last a week and I paid over 30 dollars for it and since I ordered it early as a Christmas gift – I can’t return it because it has been over 30 days!! The drawer to pull out to get the coin rolls out will not go back in all the way, therefore the coins fall to the bottom, get stuck, etc. Total waist of money that I now cannot get back!!
Rating: 1 / 5
Comment by L. Taylor — October 11, 2009 @ 8:10 pm