Ethereal Salt

I recently came by an old Ethereal Salt shaker via a magic auction. I immediately liked it but noticed a small crack in the plastic near the bottom that seemed to be growing. I believe that was due to its age - maybe it had been dropped, rather than quality. I liked the trick so much that I bought 2 more as future replacements. The chrome lids of the newer gimmicks seem to be the tiniest bit less solid (maybe they used a different type of plastic) I also think that the crystals look a bit brighter and whiter in the older one and seem to flow more smoothly as well, but again, extremely minute differences that I only notice when compared side by side - nobody else is ever going to notice. Finally, the lid of the older one seems to turn a bit more smoothly than the newer. Maybe the manufacturing quality has declined a bit.
That said, both gimmicks work well and are easy to use either going from empty to full or full to empty. I love all the possibilities of this prop and have already created a new routine for myself using it. I would definitely recommend this purchase. As for VI service, they got it to me quickly and well packaged which I always appreciate.