The actual moment when the ring grows is a great visual. (I had assumed, by the way, from the promo video, that the "growing" portion involved just pushing a large ring upward on your finger. But no, it's better than that -- you can show the "ring" snug around your finger in the moment before the diameter starts to expand before the spectator's eyes.)

But there are so many limitations that I don't see myself performing this very often. It's probably not a spoiler to say that there's some palming and switching involved, and it's a lot harder to get away with palming and switching in a trick that practically screams "palming and switching" because that's the only way it can be done.

In fact, the beginning of the DVD shows a demo of Dan doing the trick from start to finish, seated across the table from a spectator. Normally, those demos also appear in the online promo video for the trick -- that's why they're created -- but in this case, it wasn't included in the promo. This looks suspiciously like the sellers realized that a complete start-to-finish demo of the trick would make it obvious that the trick relied on ditching stuff in your pockets or under the table, so they left it out of the online video. (The promo video even says, "Everything's clean, everything ends clean". Hey guys, every trick "ends clean" if you're allowed to ditch your gimmicks under the table!)

It's also very angle-sensitive. The online ad says it's "good for street, parlor, close-up", but then on the DVD Dan says it's really only good for up to about 3 people.

If you haven't bought Dan Hauss's "Rattled", you'll probably like that one better -- angle-proof, examinable, gimmick does all the work. I could only ever really see doing "Growing Ring" for a small group sitting across a table from me.

Here's a really interesting idea that falls down in actual use. The rings provided are good quality and Dan Hauss has several excellent ideas for using the jumbo ring for growing effects that don't require the gimmick. My main complaint is with the gimmick. It looks good in a dim bar setting but does not hold up in normal lighting. The actual "growing" is convincing to a point and the final clean up is adequate at best. You will have better results in dim light and seated at a table, which is a situation I don't often find myself in as a strolling corporate performer. If you like ring magic, save your money and apply toward any of Garrett Thomas' fine videos and gimmicks, including "Banded".

I do not like the gimmick, put it in your pocket and it's pretty much ruined. Angles are terrible, great idea bad execution, this one goes in the drawer.

This is nice. The only failing is the lack of sizing on the ring itself. It is a trade off and can be easily got around but still it could be nicer.

I did not expect the method to be like this. It works but i don't really like the method.

It looks nice, and I have not tried it infront of people yet. I do not think it would make it in my normal set. BUT I could see doing it here n there... TV Spots etc. SO not bad just not a real worker.

Watch the trailer. That's exactly what happens. They examine your ring, you put it on your finger and it visually grows before their eyes. You can go right into a ring and string effect with the enlarged ring.

If you like spooky magic, you can put the large ring on a string/chain and do a mentalist dead or alive routine ( check out Docc HIlford's Attack Of Monster Mentalism dvd, Volume 1 for a great dead or alive routine ).