Hodgdon Reloading Manual Reviews

HodgdonReloadingManual allows you to buy (for $9.99) one of Hodgdon’s annual reloading manuals, and the data inside is good data.

However, HodgdonReloadingManual has effectively no user interface and horrible usability. The data you buy is literally just a PDF download of their book, and HodgdonReloadingManual ’s pdf reader lacks basic functionality.
In other words, if I want to look up 30-06 data, I have to scroll to the index on page 6, pinch-to-zoom to see which page 30-06 is on, the scroll through to page 131, then pinch-to-zoom in order to read the text on the page.
There technically is a search bar, but searching a cartridge just brings up every page in the book that has your search text on it (which means the majority of search results find the articles in the first 70 pages of book, and it doesn’t direct you to the data for the cartridge you’re trying to look up).

Skip HodgdonReloadingManual . Bookmark hodgdon’s website and use that to find their load data.

i downloaded HodgdonReloadingManual , purchased a “manual”, and now it won’t let me log in. claims i’ve never bought a manual. When it did work it was not user friendly and was very clumsy. I don’t know what DeVry drop out created this mess but it needs to be completely revamped from the ground up and refunds issued to everyone involved. I work in a Gun store that sells reloading supplies and HodgdonReloadingManual has not created a lot of H powder fans amongst new reloaders.

The data is good but it's basically a not so user friendly pdf. I wish I hadn't paid money for it. Hornady's manual is far far superior but I like to access several manuals and thought this would be a good addition as I use several of their powders. I was wrong.

For apple devices HodgdonReloadingManual is horrible. After purchasing a manual for 9.99 you have to contact their support via email to get it on subsequent openings. It will not appear on your device. The help page is almost solely devoted to questions about why you can’t log in and why your purchases don’t appear. DONT SPEND THE MONEY.

HodgdonReloadingManual is Hodgdon's annual reloading manuals, and the data inside is good data.

But the user interface is literally just a PDF of their book, and HodgdonReloadingManual 's PDF reader lacks basic functionality. Skip HodgdonReloadingManual . Bookmark hodgdon's website and use that to find their load data.

After spending over an hour trying to get through disclaimers, start an account, and spending $13 dollars for loading data I still don’t have I gave up, all it would do is timeout and giver error after error, don’t waste your time.

If you’re coming to this so-called “app” to try to browse reloading data, you are not going to enjoy what you find. It is nothing more than a tiny little PDF of the manual that is laborious and frustrating to try to scroll through shame on Hodgkin for releasing such an outdated and barely useful thing and calling it their application.

It’s nothing more than a PDF file. I was hoping to be able to at least mark pages, something. But its just a pdf version of the ‘manual’ hard copy I purchased.
I bought it thinking I’d be able to bookmark loads or cartridges but nothing.
The online interface is easier to use than the data I have to pay for in HodgdonReloadingManual .

I purchased the 2020 manual and was very disappointed to find that there is no way to bookmark a page or add highlighting to the manual. Then I discovered that each time I open this book it re-downloads the pages! This is crazy. What if I don’t have WiFi in my reloading room (I don’t), and the download is slow... now it will not restore my purchase so I cannot see the pages I paid for. Bad, bad, bad. Do not buy this unless it is fixed!!!

I have downloaded the Hodgdon App and I have yet been able to sign into it it keeps telling me cannot connect to server and it has been like that ever since I have downloaded it HodgdonReloadingManual seems to have major issues and if you buy an issue I have yet to find a way to skip to the page you want not happy with HodgdonReloadingManual at all and will not re-purchase unless it is fixed And to add to my review it looks as though the creators of HodgdonReloadingManual do not want to fix it from their ratings NOT a good way to do business

I wanted to buy access to the 2024 manual. I have no idea how because I cannot find the option on your app. I got stuck in your 2024 preview and had to close HodgdonReloadingManual by swiping up and deleting it from the menu.
I think I will just buy your paper manual. At least I can figure out how to use that without needing some special form of telepathy to do so.
Oh, and I am not going through the effort of sending an email as your app recommends.

Seriously, hire someone to fix this that knows what the heck they’re doing.

It would be nice if they would tell you, you have to buy a magazine before you can even use HodgdonReloadingManual . I use Hodgen powder all the time. Guess I’ll go another route

Thought HodgdonReloadingManual would be the manual in app form (easy navigation to caliber, bullet weight, etc) but it’s just a PDF version of the book with no search options. You literally just swipe until you find the page you want.

HodgdonReloadingManual has solid reloading content. However, it’s usability is poor. A user needs to scroll through the pages to access the appropriate page. There is no function to type in a page number.

It won’t download the complete manual,I have to reload the data each time

This used to be a great resource, I purchased three years ago. Easy to navigate and access any cartridge in the manual. Apparently there has been an ownership change and I couldn’t be more disgusted, angry and annoyed. I had to re- download from HodgdonReloadingManual Store, locked out of my own property and it doesn’t even work again! If I could rate it negative I would. Darn you guys!

This is a great update in addition to the already great loading manual. Adds some great additions to last years manual.

I was hoping that I could use it across different platforms, such as my iPad and my phone and my computer we’re about to see if that works. Thank you.

Working with the reloading guide, I found it easy to follow and use. The selections really help focus on all the variables. Bringing load starting points and final choice with bullet and powder selections to the front while being able to plunk around with what-ifs as quickly as a touch of the finger. Hodgdon is a great partner to have close by.

All the hand loading info you need