I love my JB gravity flipper. Bob Swadling is the man! The cut is invisible and it drops and lies flat without worry.

-DJ

I completely concur with the previous posting.

I don’t - not completely that is...

I have found Bob's gravity flippers to have somewhat tight bands in them. I agree with previous posts that his gravity flippers tend to try to self-close, especially when laying in the palm of your hand. Sometimes they stay flat a little better on a table, but not always. That said, the cut on Bob's flipper is as invisible as any I have seen, and his flippers also show more of the insert when opened - not a lot more of course, but every little bit helps! Bob's gravity flipper also does tend to snap shut with more noise than most of the gravity type. You might be able to dampen the sound with a bit of Teflon/Mouse tape, but you also might cause the flipper to not close completely.

For the price it is a great gaff, but it could stand a little more care in the areas I mentioned. BTW I also have one of Bob's Next-Generation flippers that came with the Triception set, and it seems to work more cleanly than the stand-alone flippers I have purchased from him.

Thank you.

Jim

Kyle while reading the thread about using larger band on regular flipper coin, what size would it be and where can I get them. Thanks, Tom

After reading these posts I sent an email over to Mark at JB Magic. I will definately be getting one. Not sure if I should go with the dollar or half sized. I do routines using both. Als Mark is super fast at answering emails regarding his site.

I just got one of these sets from Mark this week, excellent! Also, I recommend one of the half dollar sized set (i got both). The dollar sized set is difficult to use with some of the 'hold outs' as well as the matrix... I am saying this even though I normally use dollar sized coins

Dentian thanks for the reply. I will only be buying one and I do like dollar coins but I will take your advice on this one. Thanks again.

No problem! Glad I was able to help!

Mac irish... well please study the props and how the different kinds works.... the fliper is not designed to let it lie down on the table.

the regular fliper is designed to close as fast as it can in the air so it needs a lot of tension on the band... what you need is a GRAVITY FLIPPER. buy a gravity flipper try it and then complain because if you are gonna put a bad review on a product at least study well what you are going to say and what the prop is supposed to do.... it like I open a post here complaining about a VERNET thumb tip saying

OMG it has bad qualiti it cant le me levitatate my table (mmmm the TT is not designed to do that )

Hahaha well put

I just dug out Tango's instructions for their standard flipper - back when their instructions were very poorly written and translated to English. The routine they describe is different than what MacIrish describes above, although I admit the instructions are poorly described.

Basically, an open flipper is placed on the table and an upright glass is placed on top of it. IOW, the bottom of the glass holds the gaff open. The effect is that two coins are under the glass and one passes through the bottom of the glass to the inside. I won't explain how that is accomplished, though hopefully everyone here already knows.

Jim