I have been using the ceramic media for years on straight wall cases but still needed to clean primer pockets.
Bought some stainless steel media and never looked back.Gave my 2 Lyman Turbo dry media vibratory cleaners away, I won't be using them anymore.I still had to pick media out of dirty primer pockets with the dry stuff and ceramic media.The stainless steel media is by far the best media I have used, the extra step is not an extra step if I don't have to clean primer pockets !Better flame propagation in clean smooth surface than a dirty crusted surface.As for separating media just do it in water,thousand of rounds and could not be happier with my results.