I am writing this review to counterbalance, as the only other review here is unbelievably unjust.

The item is VERY well made and is provided with a selection of clips so you can hold objects of different diameter.

It works flawlessy with manipulation balls, balls with s***** on them, lemons, folded pieces of silk or streamers/ mouthcoils. The range of utility of this prop impressed me.

The steal is quick, clean and fast.

The effect presented with the routine went straight to my main repertoire and quickly became one of audiences favorite (it seems totally impossible that a person can manipulate water).

As for the props that are necessary to perform the effect - they are easily and cheapy available on the internet. 99% of magicians should not share the aversion of previous reviewer to using the proposed gimmick. That is clearly his own personal bias.

It is true that you end dirty, but the authors clearly state that this is NOT a close-up trick. A huge majority of stage tricks don't end clean (as no one is going to inspect your props), so I completely not understand this argument.

For me that was one of the best purchases I have made lately and would recommend it, if you are performing on stage (or stand-up).

This is an incredibly cool 5 star worthy James Bond style device that is great at delivering a small fragile load to your hand. That being said, the trick I bought it for, and that pretty much everyone else bought it for, deserves 1 star.

My goal was to use this to produce liquid in a chop cup (such as coffee in Coffee Break by Urbain) at the end of my chop cup routine. It's totally useless for that and probably will be useless whatever version of appearing liquid you want to use it for.

First of all, it doesn't come with most of what you need, including two items I've never seen before, and one item I wouldn't even begin to know where to find. This seems like a very cheap item that definitely should have been included.

Secondly, the cup is completely dirty and can only be viewed from a distance. This is a no go for me as it's very important to me that my chop cup be examined. Additionally, the way the cup is prepared would probably render it useless as a chop cup.

Thirdly, the produced liquid ends completely dirty. Were anyone anywhere near it, they would see it's completely not Kosher.

Fourthly, while this is called a water balloon dropper, the trick doesn't actually use water balloons. It instead uses an adult product I am very uncomfortable with. I asked my wife also and she made it abundantly clear that she would not let me buy it. I think this is the first time she has ever refused to let me buy something I needed for a magic trick.

I certainly would not have bought this had I known what this uses instead of water balloons.

Will I return it? I'm not sure. While I have no use for it now, I may someday, I got a good price on it, and I don't know that this will be in stock forever.