For whatever reason the audiences I have performed this for have not gone crazy for it. Kids think its cool but most adults are not thoroughly impressed. I used it several times to close but people would talk about every other trick besides this one.
I was disappointed that the DVD included only one effect. I thought there would be more to it for $20. This product is overpriced. I also would not buy another Dan White DVD. The guy is extremely boring.
I would not recommend this product. If it was a $5 download, I might recommend it but the effect is not worth a $20 DVD with Dan White on it.

Every one complains that the clean up move is too obvious. The solution is simple. do the handling that Micheal Ammar did lately on the late show. this handling is fool proof & simple. You guys can stop crying now.

This trick definitely has it's stand up appeals to it. You can perform it on the street, in a stand up performance, parlor etc. The best place to do it though, is hanging out with friends.
I found that like many of Theory11's products, they edit them way too much. There is too much of the flashing lights and grungy smoke and what not going on that it takes away from what you are actually trying to see. I could do without all of that
The method is pretty obvious to Magicians but what we need to realize is that WE aren't meant to perform for ourselves. We were meant to perform and astonish the WORLD. Not just other Magicians. While I feel this was marketed TO magicians, it does have it's merits for actual audiences.
So over all, I really enjoyed watching this and seeing the different performances and lines they use. The performances were really only about 30 seconds each, but they look cool. And finally, the DVD was only about 30 minutes in length. But it was cool to see them both perform with different objects.

As seen in the video, this effect is very visual and can be done surrounded. It requires absolutely no set-up, all you need is a balloon. I have done it with cell phones of all sizes. The wow factor seems to range from "Holy!!" to "wait a minute...". With that in mind, kids and teens seem to love it; I think my most skeptical audience members were adults.

One weak spot of the trick is that the moment the spectator sees his phone penetrate the balloon, he will instinctively reach for it. Unfortunately, you cannot simply give it to him. You must make a secret adjustment. I have found you can make the move in the open, nobody seems to understand what you're doing.

Considerations: The trick should not be performed with balloons that have writing or a design on them, as that can give an important clue to the secret.

Not sure who some of the other reviewers have been showing this to but so far everyone I have done this for has been totally amazed. Simple, easy to do and quick to learn. Great impromptu trick, I will always be carrying around a few balloons from now on.

IMO, the trick is really cool. The clean up is a breeze. With out giving anything away, after i'm done with the trick, I show the spectators that the cell phone is really in the balloon; as i'm doing the clean up. Its SO simple.

It is unfortunate that there are magicians out there that really take advantage by putting out dvds that just show one effect. Towards the end of the dvd, theres actually an entire segment where daniel garcia is doing the pressure effect on things like scissors and peoples faces (trying to be funny). As i'm looking at this segment, i'm thinking "wow, people paid to see him act like a fool"

Magicians like greg wilson and jay sankey show us how you can be informative and have humor. Even with DVDs that promote one effect, they always add bonus's. This DVD is truely a rip off.

I was really impressed with the way this appears on the promo video. The effect looks really cool and having performed this for people in the real world, it definitely get's a good reaction. As most of the other people have stated, I don't like the clean up. I am certain that there has to be a great solution for cleaning up and if that can be found, I would give this effect a 5, but as it is I would say only a 3.

It's not the most amazing effect you will ever do but its effective if done right. I feel it's a little expensive for what you get but I use the effect from time to time.

works well at partys just a stuning effect

This is a cool visual effect that will not work as a standalone. The cost is way too high for what you get. They should package this with some other effects that could be used in a running routine.