First off the rope that arrived was yellow, not white. It also had a large flat 2" ish coreless section on each end that looked unnatural from a standard cut of rope. I was expecting white as I think that looks more "normal" and is easier to match to a real rope from Home Depot. Not thrilled with the yellow color that arrived. This is a simple gag trick, it's easy to work unless (as in this product's case) it's not built right. Based on my experience with it this Made in India piece seems to be a knock off of the standard prop by people who don't actually know where the balance and hand sets should be with it. Typically this type of floppy / stiff rope will start falling faster after dozens of uses, becoming more progressively harder to set to rigid as it wears down. This product arrived at that "wear down" feel out of the box and I could feel a broken part at one of the ends were the links were separated from their backing. Since it's set too loose (and appears to be a longer than normal length which means gravity is working harder on the "lever" to pull it down) you have to be much more careful on placing your hands closer to the midpoint to try to get it to stay rigid and not flop sideways to recurl.

I think that this tool is ideal for kids' shows. I use it in conjunction with a puppet. The puppet seems to do the trick.