Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Broken, useless. Details follow. I bought mine [version 1] in June of 2014, and it worked fine for a while, and broke shortly after my second salt filling. I've just taken it apart (as the 30 day warranty is over) and I've found that a plastic gear inside has broken, rendering the unit totally useless--see photos where I've circled the broken gears and the piece that fell off. These gears are involved when I cock the gun, and now when I cock it makes a loud grinding noise but doesn't fire; then I can't cock it again. There's a rattling noise when I shake the unit and I've found that's the little pieces of the gear. A waste of $50 for a few dozen salt shots. Maybe the 2nd version solves the problem but it's not worth another $50 to me to find out and the description for the 2nd version doesn't address the issue. But the design using plastic for a critical high torque piece is a design fault in my opinion. Note that my comments are for the first "original" version [version 1] of the product. But you'll note that the description of the "improvements" don't address this fault, and others have also reported this issue. I urge you to be a careful buyer and read the reviews, especially the negative ones so you can see what you might expect. If I have any reason to change my review (like, they offer to repair or replace my unit or send me a version 2) I will update this review. 21aug2015: I'm following up on Lorenzo's comment today and will update this review again afterwards. [He has offered both a replacement an replacement gears.] 28aug2015: Box on the doorstep; version 2 with gears for version 1 inside; I'm pleased and have upped my review because they stand behind their product (and it's a darn neat product!). Although I'm happy again, any flies that decide to visit won't be happy. (But word must have gotten out on the fly internet because there aren't any flies here now!) I have seen that the version 2 addresses the gear stripping problem with version 1. So if you're going to buy one of these then you'll want to make sure it comes from Skell, Inc and that it is a version 2.