Tricks that you see performed in videos are often misleading, or shadow the truth as to (1) difficulty of the trick (2) what the audience can see relating to angles (3) forget to mention that the gimmicks are a little less than what you might expect in quality. I never write reviews, however this one is worth the effort and I'm like most of you and hate to waste my hard earned money on a bad trick. Please be one of the first to buy this trick. I watched the video from beginning to end, practiced for 5 minutes and did this trick for some friends. They thought I had super powers and could not stop talking about how great this performance was. I consider this to be the perfect trick, relatively easy , no bad angles, great quality, and I was not paid to write this review! The price might be a little high, but totally worth it for a valuable trick.

This is one of the very best magic purchases I’ve ever made. It’s a bit pricy, but well worth the investment if you are a serious magician and want to elicit a gasping response. This is my rationale: easy to perform, but packs a huge punch and hits them right between the eyes. Also, I prefer the more organic forms of magic, i.e. using everyday, ordinary objects. I agree with Chris, you don’t want to appear as just coming from a magic shop and saying, “Hey, watch what I can do with this.” Keys, like money, are something that we carry on us every day, so there’s no suspicion that we are using a gimmicked device with some “hidden trap door”. You can pull this off on the fly, anytime, anywhere. That’s a huge plus to any magician!

It is super easy to perform. It doesn’t require the typical sleight of hand techniques that some tricks require, and with a minimal amount of practice, you can do the impossible.

The key is very well made as well as the gimmick. There has been some debate as to whether or not this particular style of key looks like a real ignition key since it doesn’t have the remote door lock/unlock buttons. If someone should ever question me, I’m simply going to tell them that it’s a key to my riding tractor mower, which 99% of people cannot dispute.

The carabiner quick-disconnect item that comes with Ignition is easy to manipulate to remove the key from my keychain. At first, I had some doubts and it was difficult to remove. But once I learned how to work the device, it’s real simple.

The get-ready stage is very simple and easy to do. There are no unusual moves or moves required that would arouse suspicion (another big selling feature for me).

The DVD is rather short, but justifiably so. There is no reason to belabor the trick as it’s easy to perform. Chris explains in detail what you need to know. It’s easy to perform, and his teaching is straightforward. The quality of the DVD is 9 out of 10 with no boring background music.

The cleanup is good too. I’ve always been a big fan of magic tricks that can be closely examined. Your spectator(s) will NEVER figure this one out, including a lot of magicians who already understand the pen-through-dollar concept.

This is something I will always have on me should I have to perform on a moment’s notice. Chris did an outstanding job, and I am going to rate this as a 6, well a 5 star purchase.

Just a shoutout for Penguin too. They’ve always shipped extremely fast, have the best prices, and you can’t go wrong with their products and services.

Well, I was very surprised and extremely pleased.

The video was very informative with excellent advice.
I practiced it for a few days and then was at the 99 in
Nashua NH performing table hopping magic.

Every now and then I'd bring out Ignition along with my
business card.

They would examine the card and quickly give it back.
I could almost hear them say "yeah Magic-chick, don't want
your card just show me a trick".

Then, using the same card I performed Ignition.
After the illusion they immediately grabbed for the key and the card.

Not once did they return my business card.
(I did get the key back every time but at times it was a struggle LOL)

A fantastically simple yet powerful trick.

Thanks!

Hey there,

Pros:

Let me start off by saying that the gimmick is very well made. It should last a lifetime. Furthermore it is a real magician fooler because most magicians know about the classic pen thru bill but they don't expect this version so its deceptive for lay people as well. My favorite thing about this thing is that it is self contained which means you wear it on your key chain and you don't need to carry extra parts in your pockets. Also you can use anything like bill, a paper,...

Cons:
You have to ditch something but this is rarely a problem.

I performed this trick 100+ times and it gets very good reactions. The only problem I have is that sometimes people want to see my hand with the gimmick. So I would recommend this to people who can a decent audience managment.

I hope you get something out of this review and let me tell you: Although the price is high, the gimmick is worth 120$.
Cheers
Philipp

This is a beautiful piece of magic. It always gets great reactions and is very practical. The gimmick is ingenious and very durable. One of the most commercial effects to come on the market in years!

By the way, Chris's DVD is nicely produced. Excellent instructions, with lost of different handling options and presentation ideas.

I highly recommend this trick.

If you're hesitating because you wonder if it's worth it.....IT IS As far as I'm concerned it totally replaces the pen thru bill, once you have this you'll never use the pen again

I bought this immediately after watching the demo. Easily one of my best purchasing decisions. It is everything promised and/or implied & more. Fantastic precision and quality that has translated into great reactions. If I could do this with real magic it would look exactly the same.

Congrats MagicSmith and thank you for allowing me to receive proportionately far more credit and applause than I deserve.

My highest recommendation.

Peace, Charlie

Just rebought this for my Grandson who is getting into magic. Performed it 8 times at a walk a round yesterday to great acclaim.

So how do u end clean. I take the bill and say yes i’m A magician but also work for the FBI—tongue in cheek. My job is to check for counterfeit bills. Do the penetration and then say “If bill not torn it means it counterfeit so I need to turn it over to the FBI”. With that after I show bill not torn I start to place in my pocket where I ditch the gimmick! Amusing routine and end clean.

For the record not my idea but read it in another review.

This is a really good trick. I think it's a lot better than the pen through bill. If you're worried about people catching you or what's in your hand, reach back into your pocket, ditch, and grab the rest of your keys so when you take back the key you can put it on the keychain. also if I'm doing it for a couple of spectators I have them memorize a few of the serial numbers and letters of the bill so when they get it back they know it's the exact same one instead of signing a bill.

I've had this for over a month and finally got a chance to try it out. Brought it to work and grabbed a shippping label. Went up to a co-worker and tap tap,slammed the key 🔑 thru showing the other side. Ripped it out and handed him the key and the label. He honestly never looked at the key was just amazed by no tear in the label. He smiled and was truly amazed. The nxt day he told me it was on his mind and he had to tell his wife about it. So my first impression by my first performace of Ignition is 5 stars. Quality gimmick and i got it on sale for $35.