Gabe: Here ya go Pard ...
Vibrating or dropping powder down a tube serves the purpose to 'uniformly' settle the BP in the case before you compress it.
Why vibrate or drop tube power? Beats me but all the guhrus do it.
OK, vibrating: Somewhere in my travels, I bought this battery powered
Accu-ssager when I was having aches and pains. Actually, it does work great to massage your hands, feet and neck. How much $$$ ...don't remember but it was cheap.
I drop my BP into the big cases using the Lee Perfect Powder Measure or the Thompson's adjustable powder measure. If the 'unsettled' powder that is dropped will spill out of the case, I hold the vibrator against the case while the powder is being dropped. It settles down and then I compress it. Otherwise, I drop the powder - vibrate it and then compress
Truthfully, any type of vibrator will work and if you dare to ... go to one of those XXX stores or an XXX website and order the cheapest vibrator for sale. The motors in any of them are the same
Some reloaders have made elaborate vibrating setups so they can vibrate a whole tray of cases but as they say ... to each his own