This is a very interesting tool!
So, my first impression as soon as I opened the package was that the ‘pen’ was made of a cheap material. It actually is! LOL. Is that a problem? Not at all! It’s meant to be like that. It looks like an innocent generic black marker, a very cheap one, exactly because you don’t want to draw anyone’s attention to it before the effect. In case people want to grab and see where the fireballs came from, you also receive a completely normal black marker, just ditch the gimmicked one and give the real one for examination.
Questions fellow magicians might have:
1) it does use a heater coil. Actually a double one. Will it last? I wonder that too and hope so. You are provided with a soft brush, so the chamber or the loading compartment can be cleaned after the blow, like a real gun. Heater coils stuff scares us, but I believe if used as taught, not overloading, cleaning after a use or two, not pushing it too hard and etc, it will last a long long time.
2) does it have to be black flash paper? Not at all! I’ve tested with different white ones from different sources/countries and it worked like a charm. Black is recommended if you want an extra disguise, not important in my honest opinion, because people can’t see it inside the chamber.
3) yes it goes pretty far! It’s exciting!!😂 I got really impressed about the distance. It was the best part!
4) is it better than other existing models? Well, I believe it’s pretty much the same idea. I have the Pyro Pen from Adam Wilber and also love it. Without going into too much detail, it’s made from a Sharpie marker and is a replica of a real one. But this is not produced anymore (I believe for legal reasons) and is hard to find. Due to that fact, Flare is an excellent option!
5) it does look like a James Bond item! The way you turn the pen on reminded of Boris exploding himself in 007 Golden Eye (spoiler alert!). But don’t get me wrong, you won’t explode anything, it’s just the way the pen is turned on. To shoot requires another kind of activation.
Hope have helped!

I really enjoy using this pen. It throws a nice long ball of fire, but the timing of the ignition varies from time to time and from pen to pen and I’ve received a couple of faulty ones. I’ve ordered a few because I like the effect so much. Penguin’s return system can be unreliable too. I’ve written a couple of emails that were never responded to so I’d definitely recommend the live chat option.

This gimmick is perfect for what I'm doing. I have coupled it with a few other effects and it is right on point. Let me give you an example. I have something I perform called skynet where I have the spectator throw in imaginary card into a bag. Since this device shoots flame out about 3' is perfect the attention is on my hand up in the air ready to catch the card and that is where the flame ends a being. All of the attention nails on the hand in the air and not on the hand that is down by my side activating the device. It is made well I love the construction the fact that it is black and that designed like a Sharpie works as well. I have many Sharpie style devices and by this being totally different I can conceal it a lot easier and it does not draw attention as to other devices that are made into a Sharpie. I've used it several times and I've always had great success with it and I am thoroughly satisfied with this product. Keep up the good work and I will continue to be a customer courier

Great little device. Use it with the full size load and it is pretty stunning. Use it with half load and it is still stunning but you can control it for close-up. So far, I’ve had no misfires and it is easy to clean out after every fire. Even if you cant figure out how to include it in a trick it can just be an effect of its own.

In theory and in the promotional video, it looks great! Had a great routine planned if I could replicate the video... however, the actual performance of the product was way less than excepected. Tried a new batch of flash paper, still poor resulta. I would've ordered a replacement, but due to the inconsistency of the product's performance, I declined.

I really like it the kids definitely love it they are really amazed it's pretty easy to load and super easy to take care of my only suggestion is when you buy it cut out extra flash paper to have available for quick reloads

Very easy to us love it’s perfect size. But like
Any magic we must practice to make it perfect!

Super~ a lot of fun and possible uses

Awesome effect, especially for a little misdirection or surprise it works GREAT !!

No exactly sure I will handle this thing within an effect but it is A LOT of fun.