Pocket Staff Magic Telescopic Stick | Elevated Staff Stick w/Velvet Carry Bag I Collapsible bo Retractable Expandable Bow Extendable Portable Expanding Metal Cane Pop Out Wands (150cm, Silver,Gold)

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Nice and compact and might help when needed.

Um. This opens aggressively. My son asked for this and I bought it not really knowing what it did. He said it was a magic trick. Well this magic trick- or magic staff as we call it will 100% break a window or go through an eye ( I’m not being dramatic ) if it is “opened” and the person holding it doesn’t keep a firm grasp on it and it shoots out of their hand OR it is just opened too close to something or someone breakable. Used responsibly- like most potentially dangerous things- it would be fine- but just a word of warning. My son saw guys using it in YouTube vids, I stupidly just bought it. My son is 12 so he got the hang of it quickly and was also able to see how it could be potentially very dangerous, but if you have a very little kid ask for this, please don’t get it! The magic staff could become a staff of misfortune and staff of misery very quickly.

We bought these as Christmas gifts, they are good the first couple go arounds but now the "metal" is separating every time it is opened and we have to hand wind the metal back into the spiral and then close it. Speaking of closing it, it is so hard to close and only one person in the house has the actual ability to close it. It doesn't just "twist" right back, there has to be some force behind the twisting. Am I mad at the item, no. Will I buy again, no.

Very cool to have a stick appear out of nowhere! But this doesn't close back up easily and I constantly have to help it close. There are YouTube videos how to do this.

My son loved this stick. It is a little bit dangerous so I would not get it for a young child who can’t control it properly. When you spring it open it shoots out into a long stick which can potentially poke someone and hurt them. But for an older child it is a frat exciting toy

Not worth $20. Product description makes it seem like the majority of the staff is metal, the ends are metal, the rest is some sort of cardboard, synthetic material. Product is "spring loaded" by way of "tightly" coiled material that acts as the spring. When trying to extend the "staff", the staff binds on itself, not fully extending. You have to gently twist and pull outwards each time to fully extend, and you have to twist and push to compress and re-pin the staff.Material is very thin and flimsy, making using the product a hassle, if you don't want to tear and destroy the staff. Can't really call it a staff either, as only on end extends outwards, the other side caves into the staff, making the product a really long wand or pointing stick. 1/10, not worth as a gag gift or party toy. Would be better priced lower than $10.

Right up until any child under 12 gets ahold of it- then it breaks like 2009’s job economy.My oldest got to enjoy it for all of 20 minutes before this happened, then I spent the next 30 minutes furiously trying to get it back together before finally admitting defeat.I’d offer a suggestion for a better design, but I’m not even sure how- it’s a giant thin spiral that nests into itself like a telescope. Once opened, if it comes even a little un-spiraled, it looks like a giant unicorn horn that broke in half and is barely hanging together.To be honest, though, I’m okay with that- I was worried my oldest would use it as a weapon against her younger brother (and, like Miss Cleo, I predicted that it was over his head that the wand would be broken upon, and so it was). Sigh 🙄

I purchased this for my 13 year old twin boys with the understanding they could not use it until they watched all of the videos on how to use it safely. I’m so glad we did that first! It took some practice to get used to, but they are loving this toy!