Received the new one yesterday and it felt heavier and seems like one from the older batches or rather one built before the ban lifted.
So, I am thinking cool, these generally work and are built better. I take the lid off and go to place it back on and the damn thing won't go. It was like the lip on the center hole was getting caught on the groove where the key goes. It was a struggle, but hope its due to tight tolerences that they use




I guess I will give it a complete work-out in another week or so to find out. If not, you may just be finding a drum for sale cheap.