Magic Tricks

I want to start by saying this is good.
This is a fantastic gimmick with many uses and applications! When you master the coin vanish it is super amazing and people love it. Jeff Kaylor teaches some really good card to envelope tricks as well. He teaches many tricks utilizing the gimmick and they are all great.

Here are the drawbacks for me:
1) In order to use this you must devote a shirt to it. Don't get me wrong, with some of the methods he teaches you can still wear the shirt normally, but you are going to permanently change a shirt.

2)In order to practice, you must always put on that one particular shirt- get it ready and then practice. This means you cannot just quickly practice it regularly through the day. You must change and then spend a while practicing it.

3)Considering how impractical this is to practice, it needs a lot of practice! The coin vanishes will take a while to get, especially since you dont always find the time to change shirts and practice. Its not like working on a card move, because you can frequently pick up the cards and go. Not with this.

4)Invisible? not so much. Whenever I am wearing this I fear being spotted. In a performance certain angles dont work (admittedly a small percentage of angles). But even when you have this in in a non-performance mode (cant give away to much), this can look unnatural- e.g. when you are sitting down. This is to bear in mind- when I use this I dont feel safe and free from being spotted.

5)Often, on the go when you get asked to do a trick, you will not be wearing this. From these situations I have discovered that instead of using the UCCU I will just palm off the card. Sure the UCCU is a little cleaner but if your palm is good there is no difference from the point of view of a spectator. NOTE: all the envelope effects are still possible with a palm.

6) As for coin vanishes, it is fantastic, however I always stress over mucking it up in a way I would not whilst doing a retention for example. This move is hard, very hard. I mostly get it but occasionally I mess it up which is embarrassing when you put a coin in a bottle and end up with one on the floor as well.

7) Bearing in mind that I find the coin stuff very good (a little risky) and you can do the card stuff without it almost as well this has been on my shelf most of the time sadly. I do use it sometimes but most times I am in a casual environment and am wearing a t-shirt so I just do similar effects without.

I am sure you are aware of the clothing requirements but you must now consider- how often do you wear a shirt? Are you willing to change into one whenever you practice? Are you willing to practice a lot?!

I do love this but the above floors make it unsatisfactory for me- especially for the price.
But if the issues above do not affect you- go ahead. Buy it!