I am very disappointed from Joao's company services.
After receiving the product I tried performing it on live TV and it did not work and failed.
And after trying to reach out to Joao on the issue. He was always late on him responses, responding only after couple of emails.
On how to fix the issue, he asked me to send it back to him without even trying to see if he can help virtually. After sending the product to him by DHL, the product is stuck there for him to release it and while trying to communicate with him, he just stopped responding and after chasing him to see on what to do ignoring the messages he responded that he will not be responsible on paying any of the shipping costs to him or while sending it back to me.
I don't know what to call this but this is the last time I am ordering any of Joao's releases.

I had ordered Spectro touch from Joao and it didn’t work and failed me while performing. I raised the issue to them and after lots of back and forth and me paying for the shipping once landing and once sending and again landing, I get a replacement. I hoped this time the product will work, within a month it breaks again and I send it back and pay for the shipping and now it is stuck in Portugal for them to collect it and they are not responding to DHL and DHL will be sending it back. What kind of a company is this. Careless to customers issues. Not responding to emails or calls, only caring of making their profits. 👎 all the way. Unbelievable.

I buy a lot of Magic...some fit me...many don't. But I have a hard time believing the hype/effectiveness of this. To me...a very specific STAGE ONLY presentation. Walk around...no. On the street...I can't see it. Angles aren't favorable. And to have a gimmick that sticks really well and then you have to pull it off...unless the person is wearing a jacket...on a shirt/T-shirt...how can they not feel the removal? Again...for a large stage where the spectator might say a few things to his friends and who cares because you fooled the majority...but to me...you cant do this for small groups/friends who will instantly talk to each other. And the video...ahhh...the video. This is NOT hands free and I'm sure someone offstage/offscreen is operating the remote. This is an expensive effect so I just want you to know what you're actually getting. Stay safe...stay positive.

I wish the price would have been doubled to keep it out of the hands of people who are only curious!

It is worth they money you pay for it and the time you put into it. It kills during performances and is a real crowd pleaser! If you want to add an amazing piece of magic to a professional show then you have got to get this!

so much of what we see advertised falls short of the hype. Noto so with this. I have two other rather expensive gimmicks for performing a touch routine. This one is the best in my opinion. Many of the alternatives on the market are much more expensive so I found this to be a good value.

It will fail you while performing, don’t waste your money

I really like Joao's way of thinking, and the idea of Spectro Touch is very cool! The problem is that the gimmick is noisy, and beyond that, not practical at all. Very scary to use and unfortunately I have not yet been able to paste it safely when performing (and I tried a lot of double side tapes!). Needs serious improvement.

How is it possible that reviews can be so polarising??? 5* to 1* ? Or it works or it doesn't work!!! This should not be marketed before thorough research. And then sudden lack of after sales service!! I can understand that buyers don't feel comfortable with the method, but at least the method should work 100% of the time, so that performers can try to learn . I saw '...break...'… It should NOT break!! I see ‘tape’… but ‘no threads’??? Is it perhaps super-fluidal extra-dimensional ‘spiritual fluïdum’? … These ‘No xxx, no yyy , no zzz’ -remarks should be 100% trustable!! And I even see a 5* of someone who even didn’t use it to perform yet …

As you can see from the other reviews I had the exact same problem. My spectrotouch broke I was in contact back and forth with joao a couple of times and then he completely stopped emailing me. Once I finally got a hold of Murphy's magic and they got in touch with him I was instructed to send it back to which he claimed he never received the item. I feel like this is stealing and I just wanted my other half of my spectro touch back which I never received. It's been over 8 months and both Murphy's and Joao have gone completely silent. This. Sucks.

Firstly, the reviews here on Penguin have been unfair IMO. To date, most of the negative reviews parrot the fact that a user broke their spectro touch unit, and then complained about a lack of customer service. We aren’t reviewing user errors. We also aren’t reviewing poor customer service here. We are reviewing a PROP.

Next issue: Additional negative reviews complain that there are caveats to using the prop. Oh what? You mean it doesn’t work underwater? Must be a 1 star… Come on now. That sort of nonsense is unreasonable. EVERY prop has caveats. Learn to use your gear properly and stop being a lazy magician!

Now let’s review FAIRLY.

The prop itself is somewhat fragile. That being said, as long as you are comfortable with arts and crafts – and you should be if you’re a Magician – you will be able to make most repairs yourself, if need be. I have dropped my unit multiple times, broken off pieces, dislodged the motor, and more. I’ve always been able to fix it. So it COULD be argued that it’s actually pretty durable to withstand constant drops! Haha. But seriously - don’t drop it…

The motor can sometimes rattle slightly within the casing. This can create a more “noisy” unit than you might like. This is easily preventable. I simply wedged a small piece of cardboard between the casing and the motor, and all rattling immediately stopped. I’ve never had another issue with that.

The only other potential issue is attaching the unit to a participant. I think it would be possible to use the hook from a hook coin as a way to attach this to someone’s clothing. However, I’ve used double-sided sticky carpet tape. This works well. I only use it one or two performances, then I take it off and turn it over allowing the fresh side to get one or two additional performances. Then I throw it away and put a new piece on. You don’t want to use people that have extremely loose fitting clothing. It’s very simple to find someone with a T-shirt. It’s literally not an issue…

While it almost sounds like a joke, I really do think a single or double hook from a hook coin would work very well and there’s really virtually no danger in using this carefully with a participant. Of course - after reading the reviews from some “magicians”, I actually doubt their ability to use this under any constraints. Haha.

What about staging? Admittedly, I use this on stage. I use it in every show. So I know how to use it AND I know the constraints. Most who left poor reviews have largely never used it, so they really don’t know what they’re talking about. Keep that in mind! Do I think it’s best for a stage environment? Well, probably. Could you use it in a close-up environment? Absolutely. But you’re going to have to think through choreography on how to place and remove the prop from the participant. Close-up guys don’t think nearly enough about choreography – and they should. For stage guys, it’s natural to think about choreography because it’s required for virtually all of our routines. But just like any sleight, you need to prepare for how to get in and out of a routine.

So what are the negatives – honestly, there really aren’t many. The sticky backing is a little bit of a negative and that it would be really nice to think of a more robust way of keeping the item attached… But as long as you use someone with a T-shirt and place it on their shoulder, this works very well… You just have to find the right person – just like you would with any other routine.

I’ve addressed the perceived negatives – but I haven’t really talked about the positives! This prop is absolutely incredible. Truly. You can basically touch someone from across the stage; and with the right choreography, it seems like you’ve touched them all over the place. It’s truly incredible. You can do a PK touch on one person ANYWHERE - stage, street, restaurant, etc. It doesn’t get better than this.

Highly recommended. Know what else I also highly recommend? Getting to know your props and actually practicing. 😜