Okay, so I received Crush yesterday, practiced it throughout the day, and decided to take it to school, with both the gimmicked and non-gimmicked version in mind.
Gimmicked Version
So, there have been a couple of groans about the gimmick, and what sort of environment it was suitable for. I comfortably wore it throughout my entire day and used it around 4-6 times. This gimmick is in no way hard to manage, very easily and well concealed, and required no setup besides putting it on before I left for school. For those complaining about only being able to borrow certain kinds of bottles, I performed with a few bottles of varying size, shape, and color and suffered no suspicion about it with the gimmick. J.B. sent me a very helpful PM about ways to slightly modify the gimmick, although it is unnecessary, only boils down to personal preference. And, modifying the gimmick to that personal preference can be done in 10 seconds out of sight. Final word - very practical and useful gimmick, although it may not seem it at first glance.
As for the method, it was among the safest possible methods ever. It's practically sleightless, and the misdirection for the moves (despite the fact that the move could probably be performed without misdirection) is flawless, motivated, and other nice words. There are about 2 moves that you will have to do that I put no effort into misdirection (as it practically did it itself) and came under no suspicion and received stellar reactions.
Clean up is equally simple. There's not much I can say about it - the clean up happens with totally motivated actions that will capture all the spectators' attentions and you're left clean.
The gimmicked version of the effect could be adapted to nearly any sort of environment. The only precautionary advice I could give is that it might not be great for a 1 on 1 situation in a small closet. Other than that, you're pretty good.
Ungimmicked
I laughed my ass off when I learned this. It's the simplest thing and in a way I already knew it, I just never put 2 and 2 together. It's great.
No, you can't borrow a bottle for this one, it has to be you're own. While I can't see this coming under any suspicion, as there isn't much to be done to a clear plastic bottle, to make it seem more "random." I took some advice I received from J.B. and planted the bottle around the room and and would state I needed to use a bottle, look around, spot it, and casually walk over and say "this one's fine". I asked around if it belonged to anyone, as no one had seen me plant it, and after a few head-shakes and shrugs I "decided" to use it. Couldn't be easier.
The set-up can be done in thirty seconds, easily done and I had the majority up the class period to wait and perform it. The time limit, I'd say, would be around 20-30 minutes.
Depending on your conditions, the crush for this will vary. Sometimes, it's not as dramatic as the gimmicked Crush, although it frequently was or came close, but this small factor is canceled out by the fact that you don't have to touch the bottle, it can be in a spectator's hands (with the tiniest bit of audience management) or on a table. As for the varying degree of the "crush", no one cares. You're crushing a bottle with your mind, no one will ask "Can't you do it a little more?".
Conclusion
Both methods are fantastic. I've got no preference over either way and perform both equally. This is from the point of view of a 17-year old who has never ventured outside of card tricks before this. This is the simplest and most effective trick ever, you will not come under suspicion unless you try to. Definitely glad to have purchased this and is definitely something I'll perform every day. This blows peoples' minds.
