Magic Tricks

I try my best to refrain from writing negative reviews. I've tampered with this product for over a year before writing this review just to see if there was any hope for getting it working. Unfortunately, I don't think there is.
Let's go over the pros first:
- You are not limited to American coins; anything works!
- Nothing needs to be ditched (no sleight of hand is really involved)
- You can **supposedly** show your pockets empty!
Now, let's go over the cons:
- The gimmick may activate on its own when you walk around casually. I've had coins fall out of the device from everyday activities and strolling. Not too big of a deal, just double-check it before you perform. I'll let this one slide.
- You may have some difficulty showing the pocket empty. The method that is used can be a little risky if you don't have the right pants or you're not skilled with it yet. I will say, it works most of the time for me but just something to note. Again, not too bad; I'll let it slide.
- Depending on how shallow or tight your pockets are, you may hear a little clink every time you activate the gimmick. Luckily, this noise is justified because the spectator already expects there to be coins in your pockets, so, naturally, there should be noise, anyway.
- Now, by far the biggest negative of all, the one that makes this trick unperformable for me, is the fact that this gimmick is HUGE. I have yet to find a single pair of pants, shorts, sweats, etc. where you don't see a bulge out of the pocket. Honestly, I don't know if the spectator is even suspecting there to be a whole device in your pocket, but when the entire performance revolves around fixating the attention to your pocket, the last thing you need is an irregular outline showing. It even looks like Cosmo covers his pants with a button-down shirt in the tutorial, but who walks around the street in a button-down!!??! I can't imagine how anyone would wear jeans with this in any condition. Shorts barely work for me, too. I've seen the performances online of this trick and it doesn't actually look too bad, but personally, it looks horrible. I believe others are having the same problem, too. Also, if you're a girl, I think women's' pants pockets are much less deep than men's pants. I may be wrong as I've never worn them, but if you can't fit nearly your entire hand in your pocket, don't even think about getting this. It probably won't work. Unfortunately, this is going to be going in the drawer. I'm disappointed to say that my favorite part of this entire product is the packaging, which looks incredible and elegant (as do all Theory11 products, to be honest). This had so much potential, but I think they really should have refined this device to make it smaller. By the way, for reference, the gimmick height is comparable to the height of a deck of cards. Imagine the bulk of that in a pocket, especially with jeans. I know I shouldn't compare this with Exact Change, but the only reason I think you should get this over Exact Change is if you are using coins that won't work with EC. Other than that, I think the extra sleights and subtleties are work learning if you just get EC over this. Again, this is just my experience. You may like this a lot more than me; it's worked for other people, so maybe I'm just one of those rare cases. Regardless, thanks for taking the time to read this. Have a great day!