Royal Sovereign 4 Row Electric Coin Counter/Sorter with Patented Anti-Jam Technology & Digital Counting Display (FS-44N), Black

I have a coin/cash operated business. So I needed something to sort my coins and I did not want to spend really big dollars on a coin sorter. After I got this machine figured out, I am very happy with it. I ordered these wrappers (http://amzn.com/B00INW12OU) and they worked perfectly. Here are a few note worthy things:1. It does NOT accept dollar coins and they will cause a jam. So if your business or collection of coins has $1 coins, then you need to spot them and remove them before dumping your coins in the hopper.2. There are 4 rows of tubes for each coin (.25, .05, .01, and .10 left to right). You will put a coin wrapper in each of the tubes. and then push the row of tubes all the way in. as it fills up each tube it will stop filling, move the tube that is filled out so that the next empty tube is now ready to collect the coins. It will then resume sorting and filling. It will continue this process for all coin types. Once the 4th tube is filled it will stop completely until those tubes are removed, inserted with new wrappers and pushed back in. I think it is best to just let them finish and keep pushing the tubes out. It takes only seconds to remove the wrapper filled with coins and fold the ends down. If you bump the row next to the one you are trying to pull out just because it is ready, then it will stop sorting. Don't be impatient as you won't save that much time. If you have 4 tubes worth of pennies, then after the 4th tube fills up and it stops, at that time remove all 4 tubes, refill with empty wrappers and reinsert, push it all the way in.3. After I finished sorting all the coins, I just dumped the partially filled wrappers back in the change bowl and they will get resorted on the next run. I then press the counter reset button. While it does count the money and it is sort of neat to know how much has run through it, I don't find that to be a necessity. I will still write down the deposit based on the count of the completed rolls.If you are on the fence on this, I can assure you that you will not be sorry that you got it. I am very happy with it. If I have any issues after having this and using it for a while, then I will let you know.

My REVISED review:This is the most troublesome, malperforming device I have ever used. Since my original review based upon a very short user-experience I have now used this thing over several days. It has rarely operated for over 20 minutes without jamming! And jamming is NO small issue! There are no instructions to help, the 'draws' that hold the wrappers jam also!In 2 days now i've had 4 occasions of removing disassembling , then to shake/probe/rattle-and-roll to try to unjam. Coins get caught in the 'main hopper' , sorta solved by very slow dropping-in the coins ..at a sLOW rate not far from '1-coin-at-a-time' !!Yesterday's runs included an episode where 25cent pieces (about 10 of them!) lodged in the same chute ..My efforts included calling Royal Sovereign (in New Jersey) to ask how to take the thing apart: the support person replied with: " I don't know either!!! " He did take my number, saying he'd go into 'the room' and work with one, 'to find out!' ... Well, his heart was in the right place but his labors were not productive: 2 days later and no return call.I found a 'user manual' online which was 23 pages of useless information in two languages....Suggestions (if you're stuck with this thing) include:1) Try to return it (Lotsa luck there, given other reviews here!)2) drop coins into the hopper VERY SLOWLY.3) Use PERFECTLY shaped coin wrappers!4) If you have a 'jammed' wrapper-holder-bar , you might be able to dislodge it by pressing it down against the base and yanking..BUTI offer NO guarantee it'll work, nor that the maneuver might not crack the long plastic bar itself! To RE-insert, use a flashlight, peer insideinsert the distal L-shaped tip into the hole, and press DOWN again against the table , to insert. My doing this many times did work and despite several 'CRACKING ' sounds, no plastic broke .. That might be the BEST feature of this otherwise useless device: goodquality plastic!(My comments to other reviewers: 1) "How does it handle $1 coins, etc?" ... DON"T!!! A large lable at the hopper warns of what not to insert . 2) Printer? Yes there is what appears to be a 'serial port' on rear .. but with such a poor product it would be unwise to invest (ie, lose, more money by buying the lil printer. Only a heavenly-being would know what problems thAT device might have!)tkjtkj, mech.eng., m.d.My criteria:5-star: does the job well, with extra advantages4-star: does the job well3-star: helpful but doesn't accommodate all needs that one would expect2-star: sketchy performance at best1-star: Fails in significant ways ; but they showed up for evaluation0-star: What are they hiding??? (Sadly, there is no '0'-star option for this product.

We did around $300 worth of coins the night this arrived on our doorstep. It did jam a few times, and I did pull out a few objects (bobby pin, straw wrapper, tokens for a long lost arcade, $0.50 pieces.... all things that aren't supposed to be in the machine to begin with (my bad). It was very easy to keep it going once you got the hang of it. I would DEFINITELY recommend this 4 row over a 1 row...you let the machine just do it's thing and walk away (a lot less babysitting). DO Get the Easy-Wrap Coin wrappers (I got the 504 count)... They were MUCH MUCH better then the ones the bank gave me for free. For the price, this is a great little coin counter for the occasional "mason jar full of coins trip to the bank". (yes, you can let it run while you clear a jam, and yes you can leave it plugged in (just hit the Run/stop button to pause sorting)....against the advise of the instructions....so you don't lose your total counts).