I bought this trick and tried to learn it from the enclosed instructions and didn't really understand how to work it. It was too confusing plus the rope was not a good quality. I also didn't like the red color of the rope and it was distracting. The blue one isn't any better. Being frustrated with the presentation and instructions, I kept looking around, and finally found a "Basic Magic" DVD by Duane Lafflin that not only explained how to work it, but it also showed me how to make my own custom rope with four ends trick (his DVD called it the "One Rope" trick). It showed in detail how to perform this effect and I was then able to perfect it and use it in my shows.