Not being a debbie downer but my experience with Lee is negative, I had a turret, a c-frame, and a pro 1000,
the turret had so much slop in it that rounds were very inconsistent and the bearing at the top just kept getting worse. the C-frame press actually broke in 2.
The pro1000 i used for a couple years and wore it out, loaded maybe 10,000 rounds on it. The back vibration bar for the primer jiggler wore flat and stopped jiggling. Everytime a round jammed it stripped out the ratchet thing in the center of the press. Did you ever wonder why they sell them in 3 packs.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/4...press-pro-1000-press-hex-ratchet-package-of-3
I went from Lee to hornady and rcbs then I finally went to dillon, I went to the square deal b first
and there is no comparison between the Pro1000 and the SDB
Then when I went to the 550 and then the 650 there's no going back.
That being said at one time I drove a chevy chevette and it did have 4 wheels and an engine and got me around the state. but I would hate to go back to it.
If the Lee equipment gets people into reloading then I say it's a win. I think the rancor comes from someone saying their Lee is as good as brand XXX we just need to accept that it's not as good other equipment that doesn't mean you can't use it to good effect.
Buy what you want, enjoy it.