Magic Tricks

When I saw the trailer for the Gravity Reel, I became very excited. I usually don't purchase expensive magic tricks without first reading reviews, but I felt like taking a risk on this one.

The packaging was done well and the menu for the tutorial videos was easy to navigate. For the most part, everything explained in the videos was clear enough, but that's coming from someone who performs professionally and has lots of experience with I.T. So I can't speak for people new to this kind of stuff.

The gimmick itself is nicely made, but as a performing magician, I care more about the end result and how functional it is in real-world performances. After struggling to make this work in actual performances, I decided to search on youtube and other places on the internet to see if I could find anyone else performing with it. All I could find were videos of the creators. I feel like you need an engineering degree to operate this. It's NOT user-friendly AT ALL!

First, you have to thread your own spools. The gimmick comes with tweezers and a little knife. This is more like performing surgery! It's a bit ridiculous and overly complicated, especially when the thread breaks so easily.

I spent too much time worrying about working the device and how to operate it instead of focusing on my magic presentation. It's not practical for real performances. It may be good for TV or having an assistant on stage.

A lot of people perceive threadwork to be complicated, well they've definitely raised the bar of complicated thread work. For the money, I would much rather spend this on several other thread systems and still have money left over. Don't waste your money and time.