This is my first in-depth review so don't criticize. And I know that there's already a review of this, but I want to make my own. It comes with a gimmick, a charger, refills, and a DVD.
Price: At $50 dollars, the price of this trick might lean a little more towards the expensive side, but don't let this dissuade you, because it is totally worth the money!
Gimmick: The gimmick is very clever. Its something you've most likely heard about before, but would never think to use it for this. The gimmick is inserted into a normal-looking item, and allows you to load smoke (actually water vapour) into your mouth at any time during a performance. The only thing I don't like about it is that it needs to be charged because its electric, which really doesn't matter too much as long as you don't just sit and play with the gimmick and not even perform with like I sometimes do (its really addicting to play with!). It also needs refills, and I'm on my last one. I'm pretty sure if you purchased it from theory11 like I did then you can get refills for $20 though. I love this gimmick though! 9.5/10
DVD: The production value, being from Theory11, is of course great. Everything is well-filmed. Dan White teaches and performs on the DVD. The beggining has a few performances of the trick "Portal", then gets into the explenation. It shows you how to set up the gimmick and charge it, but interestingly enough, not how to use it. It doesn't really matter though, because its pretty self-explanitory. He shows you then how to perform Portal. After portal, it goes into a segment where Dan shows you some ideas that you can use with the gimmick, but doesn't go into very much detail. I think that the teaching and DVD overall is a bit lacking, and could have alot more to it. If there had been more it then I would be happier, but I don't really mind. 8/10
Overall Rating: I love this effect, and perform using this gimmick daily. I would definently reccomend it to anyone who would like to add to their pre-existing magic effects. Overall I give it a 9.5/10
Thanks for reading my review
Price: At $50 dollars, the price of this trick might lean a little more towards the expensive side, but don't let this dissuade you, because it is totally worth the money!
Gimmick: The gimmick is very clever. Its something you've most likely heard about before, but would never think to use it for this. The gimmick is inserted into a normal-looking item, and allows you to load smoke (actually water vapour) into your mouth at any time during a performance. The only thing I don't like about it is that it needs to be charged because its electric, which really doesn't matter too much as long as you don't just sit and play with the gimmick and not even perform with like I sometimes do (its really addicting to play with!). It also needs refills, and I'm on my last one. I'm pretty sure if you purchased it from theory11 like I did then you can get refills for $20 though. I love this gimmick though! 9.5/10
DVD: The production value, being from Theory11, is of course great. Everything is well-filmed. Dan White teaches and performs on the DVD. The beggining has a few performances of the trick "Portal", then gets into the explenation. It shows you how to set up the gimmick and charge it, but interestingly enough, not how to use it. It doesn't really matter though, because its pretty self-explanitory. He shows you then how to perform Portal. After portal, it goes into a segment where Dan shows you some ideas that you can use with the gimmick, but doesn't go into very much detail. I think that the teaching and DVD overall is a bit lacking, and could have alot more to it. If there had been more it then I would be happier, but I don't really mind. 8/10
Overall Rating: I love this effect, and perform using this gimmick daily. I would definently reccomend it to anyone who would like to add to their pre-existing magic effects. Overall I give it a 9.5/10
Thanks for reading my review