I'm a fan of some of the Lee products, but not all. My experience is that if a Lee product has few moving parts, then it is likely to be one of the best that money can buy ... for less than half the price of some of its competition. Their single stage presses and turret presses are fine examples of this, as are their dies. Other people make dies, but IMHO the Lee's are as good as any.
I personally think that the Lee powder scale is dangerous ... it is just TOO easy to knock the ball around and end up with 5 grains more than you think ... RCBS 502/505 scales aren't that much more and are much nicer.
The Lee case prep tools have NO moving parts ... they are GREAT!
The Lee "Perfect Powder Measure" is anything but perfect! ... If you can live with just extruded powders, they are fine ... if you use flaked powders like RedDot, they OK ... but if you want to meter a fine powder like AA#9, you'll cuss a blue streak that would embarrass a sailor
An RCBS Uniflow will cost more, but might be worth it.
I haven't seen the new Lee Reloading Manual, but unless they really made some serious edits, I like the other ones better. I didn't like that Lee talked about all the stupid things that he did while reloading without really emphasizing that they were stupid ... it was more like they were legitimatized by being included as anecdotes. IMHO, a basic reloading manual should stress safety above all.
Remember: if you have doubts, ASK QUESTIONS!
Be safe,
Saands