Zerostat: Old is Gold?

Agree with @lewm . Maybe one of the mags will do a review. I've used red ones, blue ones, old and new. Seem the same to me. Am I offending you @gromitinwa? That's life.

Blue one works better (as it should since the red one is 30+ years old and way over used:-)

I have my original Empire static gun, which I probably bought in the late 1970s.  Still seems to work, although I have read that there are parts inside these things that eventually wear out ("Good for 10,000 LP sides!").  

I would only buy used if there was some way to verify they still functioned correctly.

This is one of those devices that makes you wonder if some non-audio equivalent is out there that does the same thing at a fraction of the price.  Something like drum gels or Magic Erasure instead of Onzow Zerodust.

And... Amazon to the rescue:

https://www.amazon.com/TOOGOO-Cylinder-Elimination-Discharger-Anti-Static/dp/B00KBQCHZO/ref=sr_1_7?i...

Now we need someone to try one of these and see if it works!  

To Gromitinwa and the OP:  I apologize if you found my response to be offensive.  I was only having fun.  I use a white Zerostat that I bought in England in 1972, still to this day.  I often wonder whether it still works, because when I do occasionally get a static electricity effect, there is the possibility that the charge built up while the LP was in play or because of my body transferring a charge to the LP at the instant I touch it after play.  A charge can accumulate on one's body, especially on a wool carpet, just by that act of walking up to the turntable.  This is why, short of making an actual scientific analysis of the Zerostat, the question is problematic.  I wager most of those who have responded to say that their old Zerostat works just fine, or not, are basing their opinions on experience with playing LPs, not on measuring charge.

@bondmanp 
For $3 I will throw one in the cart of the wife's next Amazon order!