Price$35.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up, Stage
Date AddedDec 04, 2013
Evaporation
Foxx, Louie
Louie Foxx
(Based on 4 reviews)
It's time to throw away your grandpa's milk pitcher, and get ready for Evaporation! This is brand new method for making liquid disappear!
About a year ago I began creating Evaporation out of a need to make some liquid disappear. Evaporation's unique gimmick has been tweaked over the course of hundreds of shows and I believe it's the best method for vanishing liquid! Here are some great reasons to throw away your grandpa's old Magic Milk Pitcher and join the 21st Century with Evaporation:
Self contained, so when traveling you don't need 2 containers (one to carry the liquid and then one for the trick)!
No refilling, the liquid never leaves the container!
Resets in less than 3 seconds!
Can handle bottle freely (unlike a milk pitcher, ghost glass, etc), you can even juggle it!
Is physically smaller than a milk pitcher, but equally as visual!
Evaporation works close up or on stage!
What Evaporation Does:
At any point in your show, you pick up a bottle of juice that's been sitting on the table and pour it into a hat, cup, newspaper, your closed fist, or some other container and the juice disappears! Or better yet the juice changes to something else!
What You Get:
You get the Evaporation gimmick, DVD and printed instructions. The Evaporation gimmick is available in orange juice bottles, and the DVD teaches you how to use your gimmick along with many ways to use Evaporation.
Here's What The Pro's Say About Evaporation
"That is pure genius - completely fooled me" - Paul Romhany
"It's freakin' awesome" - Jamie D. Grant
"Brilliant, you need one of these" - Barry Mitchell
"One of the coolest things ever...I love it!" - Tony Chris
"I've been playing with this all afternoon. So cool! I showed my wife when she got home from work, these are her words: OK, how'd ya do that?" - Steve Wronker
"Evaporation is Genius! The method will blow your mind. This is the kind of effect that you will keep coming up with different presentations for. Very well made, durable and resets so quickly. Adaptable to virtually any kind of performance... I am so excited about adding this wonderful new prop to my shows." - Dennis Vander Houwen
Reviews
(Top ▲)
Evaporation is very portable, easy to re-set and versatile. I use it to talk about issues of recycling (emptying bottles before recycling, or "pouring" juice into a trash can so that cockroaches breed...) but you can use it for SO many things. Overtly you can make the level of liquid lower right before your eyes. Covertly you can appear to pour out liquid into a container, cupped hand but in fact introduce no liquid to the other receptacle. The uses are endless.
The method of this fully-self-contained utility devise is genius and easy to maintain. I had one glitch after many uses and with Louie Foxx's long-distance advice I was able to perform a normal repair operation with no troubles. My only suggestion based upon frequent usage is to be a bit more cautious than Mr. Foxx and not leave sugary liquid in the bottle for prolonged period as it may have contributed to the repair need and can cause a small stickiness in re-setting the prop. Again...not a problem.
Mr. Foxx includes a wealth of ideas on how to use this prop and they will cause your head to spin with the ways you can add to routines or create new routines.
I think this prop is going to be a new standard in the bag of tricks for most magicians because it is good, easy to use, high impact and low maintenance. It is also FUN.
The method of this fully-self-contained utility devise is genius and easy to maintain. I had one glitch after many uses and with Louie Foxx's long-distance advice I was able to perform a normal repair operation with no troubles. My only suggestion based upon frequent usage is to be a bit more cautious than Mr. Foxx and not leave sugary liquid in the bottle for prolonged period as it may have contributed to the repair need and can cause a small stickiness in re-setting the prop. Again...not a problem.
Mr. Foxx includes a wealth of ideas on how to use this prop and they will cause your head to spin with the ways you can add to routines or create new routines.
I think this prop is going to be a new standard in the bag of tricks for most magicians because it is good, easy to use, high impact and low maintenance. It is also FUN.
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PROS
A great evolution of the magic milk bottle.
You get a DVD, an already prepared bottle, and an additional item to repair your bottle if needed. The gimmicked bottle is very well made and is not likely to require any maintenance for quite a long time.
The DVD also teaches you how to make your own gimmicked bottle if you want to use a different type of bottle or if you want to make a new one in case your bottle has either been damaged or thrown out by mistake. In the DVD, he said that it is not uncommon for him t leave this prop lying around at a gig, only to find out that someone has thrown it out, thinking it is trash.
He covers the various bottles that could be used, including glass bottles.
He teaches several routines, including pouring juice into a glass and then pouring out an orange from the glass, pouring liquid into a glass and tossing the contents of the glass into the audience, but it’s confetti instead of liquid, liquid to silk, liquid to mouth coil, liquid to streamer, etc. Other ideas include ghost drinking, one liquid that converts to a different liquid, pouring liquid into a child’s ear, sweet drink poured into a cup and it turns into sugar packets, etc.
The bottle doesn’t have to be refilled and it is completely self contained.
The effect is very easy to perform and could be performed surrounded.
The effect is true to the ad copy. If you like what you saw on the ad, you are going to love the method.
CONS
This is a really nice prop and an excellent method.
In the videos, you can see that the movement of the liquid doesn’t look natural. I think louie was rushing through the performances and explanations. I found that with just a bit of practice and a bit of patience, which Louie doesn’t seem to have, you can make it look very realistic.
There is a chance that it may leak. You will need to handle it somewhat carefully and you will need to transport it in a ziplock just in case. On the DVD, Louie discusses how to wrap it in paper towels and place it in a ziplock for travel. If the unit does leak, it is pretty easy to fix.
VERDICT
One small step for Louie, one giant leap forward for magic-kind from the ol’ milk pitcher routine.
A great evolution of the magic milk bottle.
You get a DVD, an already prepared bottle, and an additional item to repair your bottle if needed. The gimmicked bottle is very well made and is not likely to require any maintenance for quite a long time.
The DVD also teaches you how to make your own gimmicked bottle if you want to use a different type of bottle or if you want to make a new one in case your bottle has either been damaged or thrown out by mistake. In the DVD, he said that it is not uncommon for him t leave this prop lying around at a gig, only to find out that someone has thrown it out, thinking it is trash.
He covers the various bottles that could be used, including glass bottles.
He teaches several routines, including pouring juice into a glass and then pouring out an orange from the glass, pouring liquid into a glass and tossing the contents of the glass into the audience, but it’s confetti instead of liquid, liquid to silk, liquid to mouth coil, liquid to streamer, etc. Other ideas include ghost drinking, one liquid that converts to a different liquid, pouring liquid into a child’s ear, sweet drink poured into a cup and it turns into sugar packets, etc.
The bottle doesn’t have to be refilled and it is completely self contained.
The effect is very easy to perform and could be performed surrounded.
The effect is true to the ad copy. If you like what you saw on the ad, you are going to love the method.
CONS
This is a really nice prop and an excellent method.
In the videos, you can see that the movement of the liquid doesn’t look natural. I think louie was rushing through the performances and explanations. I found that with just a bit of practice and a bit of patience, which Louie doesn’t seem to have, you can make it look very realistic.
There is a chance that it may leak. You will need to handle it somewhat carefully and you will need to transport it in a ziplock just in case. On the DVD, Louie discusses how to wrap it in paper towels and place it in a ziplock for travel. If the unit does leak, it is pretty easy to fix.
VERDICT
One small step for Louie, one giant leap forward for magic-kind from the ol’ milk pitcher routine.
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Louie Foxx: Evaporation Review
One gimmicked bottle, one DVD, $35 bucks and one one clever way to vanish liquid and one Evaporation Review. Is it gem, or is it rubble? Stay tuned to find out.
Effect/Method/Ad Copy Integrity
What you're getting is a modern version of a milk pitcher. It's a utility device that makes it look like you're pouring liquid out of a bottle into some receptacle. The gimmick is self-contained and super easy to use and allows for a visual "pouring" of the liquid from the bottle to another container.
The ad copy is 100% dead on. It is exactly what it says it is. Read the ad copy. It covers the effect and all the things the product can do. Also, if you're familiar with the magician's gimmicked milk pitcher, know that this is the same effect, but a totally different (and far superior) method. It truly does reset instantly. The bottle can be handled very freely, and all the other stuff the ad copy says. Read it.
Evaporation Review (Product Quality)
The DVD is not the greatest quality, but it gets the job done. It covers how to use the gimmick, repair it and incorporate it into other bottles. He mentioned that it could be added to glass bottles, but didn't quite show how to prepare the bottle to make it work. I would imagine that there are certain precautions needed when modifying the glass bottle the way that you need to. With plastic bottles, not so much. Either way, the DVD is thorough yet quick. It covers everything you need to know. The bottle itself is already gimmicked and ready to go and works perfectly. It's so simple in concept, and even easier to operate.
Final Thoughts
If you have a need to vanish liquid as it pours out of a bottle, this is a must have. There are so many things you can do with it, and Louie covers tons of ideas. For the asking price, this is a steal and would be a valuable tool for any level of performer for any venue.
Final Verdict:
5 Stars with a Stone Status of GEM!
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(Top ▲)
This is a very clever, very practical gimmick for vanishing liquid. You are supplied with a Sunny D bottle, written instructions, and a DVD that teaches you how to use the prop, and how to replace your gimmick.
The DVD is very bare minimum. You just get a burned DVD with a black and white label. The DVD is about 30 minutes. The video quality is not the slickest, but the information is clear, and will get you comfortable setting the gimmick, and using this in your show.
I’m not big on liquid tricks, but this seems very practical and usable. All the bases are covered. This is one of those props that each magician will have a different use for.
While the instructions aren’t the most glamorous, the prop is extremely usable, and does exactly what it’s advertised to do!
Four and a Half Stars
The DVD is very bare minimum. You just get a burned DVD with a black and white label. The DVD is about 30 minutes. The video quality is not the slickest, but the information is clear, and will get you comfortable setting the gimmick, and using this in your show.
I’m not big on liquid tricks, but this seems very practical and usable. All the bases are covered. This is one of those props that each magician will have a different use for.
While the instructions aren’t the most glamorous, the prop is extremely usable, and does exactly what it’s advertised to do!
Four and a Half Stars