I've recently become interested in Mark Bendell's routine "Bag 4 Life" found on his DVD "Unknown". With this specific routine in mind, I need to make a decision pertaining to which coin I'll purchase. Apparently I have 3 choices to choose from, Clone, Split or Super Coin.

My forte is Close-up Strolling Magic. My preferred venues are restaurants & bars, etc. I'm currently performing in 3 restaurants/bars weekly. Most of the time I'm performing elbow to elbow with the patrons.

With the above in mind, my main concern is the close proxmitity in which I perform and how convincing the Clone, Split or Super Coin is and which is best for my particular needs.

Would like to hear from anyone who is performing Bag 4 Life on a regular basis in the real world and what your opinion is on which one can withstand the closest of scrutiny.

Thanks to everyone for reading this and possibly responding.

I prefer the super coin myself.
Very well made.Great self centering also.
Todd

Bowers,

I believe I read somewhere that the Super Coin when together was thicker than a regular coin. Is this true? And have you performed Bag 4 Live utilizing a Super Coin?

I was in the same situation, trying to find what split coin fits best for me. I ended up purchasing a split quarter from Todd Lassens commercial gaffs site.

http://toddlassen.com/commercial/

I also perform bag 4 life and Lassens split works perfect for the effect. There is no teflon on Todds splits, but teflon is not even needed for bag 4 life, not for me anyway. I don't have a clicking nose while performing the effect. Teflon will also make the split coin look thicker. All in all I am very happy with Lassens split coin and very happy with the price as well...

Hope this helps,

Bobby

The plastic bag acts like Teflon so no Teflon needed for Bag4Life.
I have not seen each of the coins you mentioned side by side for direct comparison, but I would be surprised if any of them made a noticeable difference to the specs.

The super coin looks like a normal coin to me.
I can't notice any extra thickness myself.
Todd

This has actually been discussed SEVERAL times on the Café. Maybe do a Search to help?

BTW, yes, Kennedy's Super Coin looks like a regular coin and has a STRONGER, er, force (no exposure here!) than the others.

Yea And I am steal Waiting For John To put out that 3 DVD set I did Of super coin Routines! And some of my routines in the glass Need the Stronger, Er, Force!

David,

I gather your recommendation is John Kennedy's Super Coin. Which works better for your routines, a quarter or half Super Coin?

As I am using half's all the time ! I would say half's !

And if you talk To John Ask him when My 3 DVD set With 45 routines Is coming out!

I prefer the split coin over the Super Coin for this effect because it's thinner ( more the thickness of an actual quarter or half) and also because I find that the Super Coin grabs the bag a little too strongly for this particular effect. With the split coin, it seems to melt right through the bag. Having said that, I have more than one split coin, and some are stronger than others. And finally, I like to use a very shiny U.S. Penny and a split coin that's not so shiny because the illusion seems to be a little more enhanced.

With my Lassen split, I actually drop the gaff into the specs hand (coin thru hand). No one ever see's the "split", it's very hard to notice. The thickness is the same as a real quater as well. I haven't seen any of the other gaffs listed, but I am very happy with my Lassen split quarter. The magnet is very strong as well...