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From alakazam
Price £59.99

The F1 wallet is specifically for card to wallet routines. Without giving too much away it can be used as a traditional CTW or it can be used directly in front of your spectators (P/NP). The 'move' using a specially created gimmick (supplied) would be hard to beat for speed.

First of all the size is that of a standard wallet. So that a magician may understand it is about 1.5 times the length of playing card by 1.5 times the width of a playing card. There are 4 credit card slots on the left and 3 smaller slots on the right. There is also some inner pockets where you can store playing cards or packet tricks. I would not fill the wallet with my current banking cards as they are likely to be damaged so you will still need an everyday wallet as well. The zipped compartment is only slightly larger than a playing card and I am finding the removal of the card slightly awkward but on the DVD Jason does not seem to have any trouble so I'm sure it will come with practice. Also I am finding that when the card is removed you have to be careful of angles particularly towards people sitting to your left. The build quality is good but not that of a JOL.
The F1 gimmick is a very original invention by Jason and he should be applauded for his creativity. He has put a lot of thought into making it adaptable to various styles of use and these are covered by both Jason and Peter Nardi at length on the DVD. You could use the gimmick with certain other wallets if you wanted to. Another gimmick is also supplied.
As well as covering the set up and use the DVD does feature a couple of routines. The torn card to wallet is the one featured on the Alakazam site and really sold the wallet to me. There is also a multiple card to wallet shown which I am keen to learn.
Having pre ordered the wallet I also received a bonus disc of routines to play in the computer.
In terms of skill level required you can use this wallet with just the most basic of sleights however in order to make full use of the wallet and the gimmick it is worth spending a bit of time practicing the routines shown as the lightning fast load will greatly enhance your performance and will probably go unnoticed by your spectators when used properly.
If you are after a CTW this ticks all the boxes. It can be used gimmicked or with a borrowed deck.
9/10

ColinR wrote: I would not fill the wallet with my current banking cards as they are likely to be damaged so you will still need an everyday wallet as well.

Massive, utter, fail.

There's no way, when there is a plethora of wallets that do not "damage your bank cards" on the market I would buy one that did.

screwystewie wrote:

ColinR wrote: I would not fill the wallet with my current banking cards as they are likely to be damaged so you will still need an everyday wallet as well.

Massive, utter, fail.

There's no way, when there is a plethora of wallets that do not "damage your bank cards" on the market I would buy one that did.

Totally, utterly, disagree.

Not a fail in any way - it's a compromise.

grant_m23 wrote:

screwystewie wrote:

ColinR wrote: I would not fill the wallet with my current banking cards as they are likely to be damaged so you will still need an everyday wallet as well.

Massive, utter, fail.

There's no way, when there is a plethora of wallets that do not "damage your bank cards" on the market I would buy one that did.

Totally, utterly, disagree.

Not a fail in any way - it's a compromise.

Obviously, you're allowed to carry two wallets with you if you want.

But can you explain just one advantage this wallet has over one of the MANY existing palm or no palm wallets on the market that you are able to use as your everyday wallet?

It would give more weight to your stance on the matter.

Thanks.

I'll explain 2...

1.
The speed of the effect is lightning fast

2.
The entire effect happens in plain sight - card and wallet on full display from the start to the end. Nothing leaves the spectators eyeline


Put both of those together, and you have something pretty powerful indeed.

I assure you, not being able to keep credit cards in the wallet is not a flaw. I have tried to review the wallet without giving too many secrets away. So just to confuse you more, you CAN use the wallet as your normal wallet complete with credit cards and as a standard P/NP wallet and it will do the same as any other NP wallet on the market. However if you want to use it to it's full potential with the F1 gimmicks supplied which add a dimension not available on other wallets then you will need another wallet for your everyday credit cards.
I have no problem with this as nowadays whenever I buy a suit or jacket the number of pockets available is one of the main things I look for.

I dont have this but have had a go with it.

It is great! It's well made, and so much you can do with it.

If I did not already have my card to wallet or did not P!"lm as much as I do, and needed to change . Then I would give this serious thought.

Great product at IMHO a great price.

Lee.

grant_m23 wrote:I'll explain 2...

1.
The speed of the effect is lightning fast

2.
The entire effect happens in plain sight - card and wallet on full display from the start to the end. Nothing leaves the spectators eyeline


Put both of those together, and you have something pretty powerful indeed.

Again, how does that differ from any other no palm card to wallet?

ColinR wrote:I assure you, not being able to keep credit cards in the wallet is not a flaw.

I can assure you it's a massive bloody flaw to me.

But if you are cool carrying two wallets around, awesome. God give you good of it.

screwystewie wrote:

ColinR wrote:I assure you, not being able to keep credit cards in the wallet is not a flaw.

I can assure you it's a massive bloody flaw to me.

Don't buy one then?

And I think your point had certainly been made now.

screwystewie wrote:

grant_m23 wrote:I'll explain 2...

1.
The speed of the effect is lightning fast

2.
The entire effect happens in plain sight - card and wallet on full display from the start to the end. Nothing leaves the spectators eyeline


Put both of those together, and you have something pretty powerful indeed.

Again, how does that differ from any other no palm card to wallet?

At risk of feeding... how is this similar to any other NP C2W? Cite me some products/routines which offer the speed (as I'm sure you've seen in the promo videos) and the absolute transarancy of having one spec hold the wallet, while another selects and signs a card before losing it in the deck. You then open the wallet right under the spectators nose, and it contains the signed card.

It is the same as some other NP wallets if you don't use something else you get with it.

By adding the something else you get what's new about this wallet.

Its nice but at the end of the day its just card to wallet.

If you have a card to wallet and are happy with it I can't see the need for this.

If its your first wallet then yes it's good because you could use it traditionally or the way its designed.

Card to envelope is better but you have the cost of refills and then you have another can of worms as to the best one to get!

Lawrence wrote:

screwystewie wrote:

ColinR wrote:I assure you, not being able to keep credit cards in the wallet is not a flaw.

I can assure you it's a massive bloody flaw to me.

Don't buy one then?

And I think your point had certainly been made now.

Sorry if I am boring you mate. I just was discussing a new wallet.

I love card to wallet. Have done it for about 25 years. I have about 7 different wallets. So when a new one comes out that has some AMAZING improvement, I want to find out what this thing is that makes it so AMAZINGLY BETTER, but ruins your bank cards and necessitates carrying around two wallets.

No one seems to be able to say what it does better than any other wallet, so I am trying to push them to explain what makes this so good. No one seems to be willing to explain. For some reason.

Do feel free not to read my posts if you find them dull. I'm trying to get to the bottom of whether I buy this or not.

Do you have anything worthwhile to add to the thread? Have you seen the wallet? What do you think of it? Does it add much if you already have been doing the trick for years and own 8 wallets?

grant_m23 wrote:

screwystewie wrote:

grant_m23 wrote:I'll explain 2...

1.
The speed of the effect is lightning fast

2.
The entire effect happens in plain sight - card and wallet on full display from the start to the end. Nothing leaves the spectators eyeline


Put both of those together, and you have something pretty powerful indeed.

Again, how does that differ from any other no palm card to wallet?

At risk of feeding... how is this similar to any other NP C2W? Cite me some products/routines which offer the speed (as I'm sure you've seen in the promo videos) and the absolute transarancy of having one spec hold the wallet, while another selects and signs a card before losing it in the deck. You then open the wallet right under the spectators nose, and it contains the signed card.

Right. Excellent. Thank you for taking the time to explain.

No real difference then.

Cool.

Hope you enjoy it.

screwystewie wrote:

grant_m23 wrote:

screwystewie wrote:

grant_m23 wrote:I'll explain 2...

1.
The speed of the effect is lightning fast

2.
The entire effect happens in plain sight - card and wallet on full display from the start to the end. Nothing leaves the spectators eyeline


Put both of those together, and you have something pretty powerful indeed.

Again, how does that differ from any other no palm card to wallet?

At risk of feeding... how is this similar to any other NP C2W? Cite me some products/routines which offer the speed (as I'm sure you've seen in the promo videos) and the absolute transarancy of having one spec hold the wallet, while another selects and signs a card before losing it in the deck. You then open the wallet right under the spectators nose, and it contains the signed card.

Right. Excellent. Thank you for taking the time to explain.

No real difference then.

Cool.

Hope you enjoy it.

You've failed to answer my question... doing so would certainly give more weight to your stance on the matter.