Any advice on caring for and storing my dream bag.

Thank you.
Cheers - El Lamo

Hi El Lamo:

My advice is to get extra bags, as the creased parts of the bag wear out. I looked long and hard for a source, and found the Magic Warehouse to the only placed to purchase extra bags.

Their website is http://www.magicwarehouse.com

Ron

Thanks for the link.

Do you keep the boxes folded or unfolded.

I keep mine in the open position. I think if you keep them in the folded position, you'll weaken the spring flowers.

One little performing bit a got from Harry Allen's DVD: After all three boxes have been produced, put them back in the bag, with the first two going in vertically, side by side. The third goes in horizontally, on top. Harry says this helps sell the illusion that so much came from a flat bag.

Ron

I store mine folded and it hasn't been a problem so far. The boxes wear pretty quickly also.

Regan

Has anyone else noticed that in the smaller bag version the flowers open up much slower? I have to give mine short 'tugs' to them to open up.

Each time I've seen the large version done, no 'tug' is required. Is this due to bag dimensions?

MM

Mr. Muggle:

I have the large version and it takes a tug or two to get everything open. I don't think it's a big deal - I really don't think anyone notices.

The problem may be with the manufacturer of your bag. Black Hat Magic makes the best (and most expensive) version. There is an inferior version coming out of India. I wonder if you have the Indian-made version.

The Black Hat version costs about $70.00 while you can get the Indian version on ebay for $20.00 or less sometimes.

Ron

The expensive version is worth the price difference, IMOH.

Regan

The small version I have I think was$60, and the larger version done on Harry's DVD was about $100- If I remember correctly. I know that I don't have the cheaper version from India. I have had mine for a while, and it wasn't cheap.

I would think that they would operate the same. (large and small versions) Its not a one or two tug problem, but a multiple tug motion that just appears un-natural to me. I improved on it as much as I could and never thought much of it until I saw the jumbo bag done on Harry Allen's DVD. Although I couldn't stand his presentation, I found that his bag produced the flowers more smoothly than my own. I hoped for some insight thinking that I had overlooked something in my own working of the bag.

Maybe I'll just get the larger one.

MM

I store mine in the folded position, and so far have had no problems with the spring flowers.The bag gets stored in the open state.

I store mine folded. I use the effect quite a bit. I have the large version and the small version. They were expensive but worth every penny. I do like the thought of returning them back to the bage like earlier mentioned.

I am going to stick packing tape inside along the corners from top to the bottom in mine. When the boxes are pulled out, it will not wear down the seams.