I have the Hurst. It pretty much looks the way it does in the Summit catalog. It shifts nice and tight, but it's shifting an AX-15, not a tranny that shifts quickly. I don't think the overall shifts are any quicker, but it does feel nice.
I wouldn't bother with one, if that's all you are doing. On the other hand, I know someone is perfectly happy with his, and even had it powder coated because he doesn't like chrome. I put one in because I was having a 98 tranny, 241J transfercase, two custom drive shafts, and a custom crossmember swapped into my 90 anyway, and thought I might as well do the shifter while I was at it.
My .02.
Fred