I don't have a problem with gimmicks, and am quite happy with gimmicked tricks, however the ones that I end up using regularly are always the non-gimmicked ones. Purely because there will be one day when I just can't be bothered to grab the gimmick, or I don't have time, and yet I survive the day. Slowly I just stop carrying it around with me. So whilst I believe the method isn't important, the tricks I use are pretty much solely non-gimmicked.