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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts |
Following the two lengthy and often quite tedious threads on Science Friction I am opening this one just for reviews of the product.
Please, ONLY post here if you have bought Science Friction and can give your opinion on the product. By all means compare it to other products but only if you have used them both but please, PLEASE, keep this thread for reviews only. This thread is not for speculation or for questions regarding advertising, it is purely for honest reviews, be they good, bad or indifferent. Phew Reviews anyone? |
viler Regular user Norway 186 Posts |
Lukebrady wrote this review in the other thread.
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On 2011-09-06 23:02, LukeBrady wrote: |
saysold1 Eternal Order Recovering Cafe addict with only 10795 Posts |
Tak Buddy -
3 Threads for SF... I'm getting tired just thinking about it lol. Whew!
Creator of The SvenPad Supreme(R) line of aerospace level quality, made in the USA utility props. https://svenpads.com/
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LukeBrady New user 78 Posts |
Been a few days since I have been on here. Thank you jugglestruck and viler for reposting it. I hope it helps people. Now off to read Brett's review!
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jesse_james_mcguire Regular user 172 Posts |
Okay, Since SaySold1 wrote such an excellent review it makes my job easier! So I will keep this bare bones since I agree with most everything SaySold1 said in his review.
I'm not a Professional Magi, but I have a deck of cards in hand almost everyday for at least 4-6 hours and my point being that I'm no slouch with cards so I can honestly weight the benifits of SF... I'm also not a fan boy of anygroup so I'm being totally honest here. I have been playing with SF (Science Friction) for about 2 weeks now, and have been honestly trying many diffrent applications for this product and I'm fine with SF for what it is, (here it comes) but! In my opinion SF is way overpriced. That being said let me tell you why... The Packaging for SF is top notch, the gimmicks are cool, but most Magi have them laying around. The wallett was a nice addition and the templets to aid in application of SF are handy... It would have been really cool if the templet put a nano type pattern on the card.. I understand all these costs must be covered with the set price, but its still to much.. Now for the Can of SF.... After looking at the can and reading the warnings. I would urge you to use caution when spraying this. Please be in a well ventilated area, Just like any other product on the market of this type- "it's flamable" and possibly toxic, so read the instructions on the can, and the warnings. In my opinion the Real value here is the DVD, but still not woth $99! The production value of the DVD was above par and the effects were good, but the sound was a little off at times.. To me the only routine that stood out was the 3 Card Monti routine. One big gripe that I have with SF is that after 30-40 min of use the coating started to peel off the card, but the fix is easy. You just peel of the patch of ****** and respray the card. Now 30 min or so maybe excessive for some people, but not for me. So what exactly is SF then.... (I'm not going to touch on the chemical side here because that's a different issue. What I'm talking about here is what is the application SF is.) SF is an AID to help people DL (double lift) or TL (triple lift) or hide an extra card with little practice using friction, but SF does not stick cards togeteher like Spray Mount... SF would be most benificial to the beginner who has trouble doing a good DL or TL... For me the best use that I found for SF was to spray the bottom card of my Haunted deck that I got from Tony Chris.. This made it possible to use the deck on any surface.. In short I think it's best to just put in the time and learn good sleight of hand. SF... I give it 2.5 out of 5.... Because the DVD was good...... I think 30-50$ range would be a better price for this product. Thanks for allowing me to try this out SaySold1.... |
J-Mac Inner circle Ridley Park, PA 5338 Posts |
Thanks for the review, Jesse! The more I hear the more interesting this is. Wonder when the initial pre-orders are going to be shipped? It'll be nice to finally give SF a try for myself.
Thanks again for the review! Jim |
saysold1 Eternal Order Recovering Cafe addict with only 10795 Posts |
Thanks Jesse!
Appreciate your insights and views always - I don't have 1/4 of the card handling abilities as you so I guess I'm more novice. Just as an example I was doing Jay Sankey's Blackpool Effect all day today with a SF treated top card and it was so much cleaner than my crappy DL for the final reveal. I'm not experiencing any great loss of material on the treated cards either - not yet anyway. But again thanks for reviewing Jesse - I'm sure more will be forthcoming. BRETT
Creator of The SvenPad Supreme(R) line of aerospace level quality, made in the USA utility props. https://svenpads.com/
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NYCJoePitt Special user 558 Posts |
So if my DL's suck, can I just treat the whole deck and use the treated portion of the card when I need it? Or do I need to only treat a few cards and keep track of those cards in the deck? Thanks. Or you can PM me if I am being to specific here.
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jesse_james_mcguire Regular user 172 Posts |
If this can help you then why not use it.... I wonder how SF will taste on toast... I'm gonna mess around with SF on an envelope and billit for a mentalism application.
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Dan Bernier Inner circle Canada 2298 Posts |
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On 2011-09-06 04:31, jugglestruck wrote: The only problem with that is unless you have the power to change rules around here this is NOT what this thread is for. This is THE LATEST AND GREATEST thread where this forum is provided as a place where folks can discuss the latest rumors, read announcements and speculate about the obvious hyperbole surrounding many of the upcoming products that are released into magicdom. Will they be genuine miracles or mere rhetoric? We ponder the question... With already more than one review thread on this very same product already on the Café, why another one? Posts from the other thread are being copied and pasted to this thread for what reason? (lol)
"If you're going to walk in the rain, don't complain about getting wet!"
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jugglestruck Inner circle Wales 1038 Posts |
This has been pointed out before on the "other" thread and I have grovelled for my mistake.
I think we are now just waiting for the powers that be to move it to the relevent spot. |
Jonathan Townsend Eternal Order Ossining, NY 27297 Posts |
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On 2011-09-07 01:16, saysold1 wrote: Guess you missed some of the Mickey Silver thread propagations.
...to all the coins I've dropped here
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