glad to help! it's quite a beautiful prop.

You are welcome. Happy flowing and thank you :]

i'd love to see your progress! let me know if there's anything else i can do to help!

+Rachael Stewart No problem!

No problem, good luck on your journey! I wish you the best! :D

Carlene Ibarra :D glad I could help out a bit! Good luck on your long string wand journey, it's such a beautiful and fun flow prop!

Florian Vallen No problem!! Good luck on your journey! :D

Ben Hinch no problem!

+Vítězslav Ferko (Qwerty) There is a big jump between long string and short string, but if you are much more motivated to do long string, I would start with that. Your motivation will carry you though. You can always wrap the long string around your hand too and practice as if it is a short string to get the movement down. Good luck! :D

No swivels, only a knot to close it. It does get tangled easily but that's part of the balance of flowing with it, you have to make sure you go both directions. Thank you for the kind words!

My wand strings seems to be tangling a lot too. I'm guessing this doesn't help the wobbling...any tips on how to help this?

Hi Carla! Congrats on the new wand, I hope you love it. In my experience, lighter wands, especially for long string, tend to get off balance a little bit easier just because there isn't much weight to them and they will show "jerky" movements more. I recently bought the contact wand from Flow Toys and it's a bit heavier, but it does stay balanced better. For the tangling, that's where balancing out the movement directions is important. I keep getting asked for more tutorials so now that I have another wand, I will have to put one together, but basically you want to make sure you "unwind" your string too by doing the reverse of some of the movements you do that tangle it. If you balance your movements out that way, it will help keep the wand untangled. Another option is to have a swivel somewhere in the rope, likely closer to the wand, to help keep it from getting so tangled. I just recommend to keep playing around until you find what works best for you. Happy flowing!

Thank you for the tips! I will definitely be putting those into practice :) Please make more videos! I've enjoyed watching the one you have currently.

Definitely wise to start with the short string. You'll learn how to move with the wand and how to stay out of your own way with it to keep it going. It's a big jump to go from short string to long string because your other hand actually plays a role in controlling the wand with the long string, so then you have two hands working together trying to stay out of the way, and that can get confusing! So definitely easier with short string because of one hand first!

thank you! this one is the atomic wand by astral hoops. it's $200 but you can get $15 off or so with some coupons around the internet. it's an LED wand, so that's why it costs so much. you can also get pretty daytime flow wands from flowtoys for $20. i recommend both companies!

Your shoulder goes through the two strings, and then the strands go together around your neck to your hands and such

I am sorry, I just saw this video. The string came with the wand. I believe astral hoops sells extra on their site.

+resale roadie You can do fire wand with any string length :] Just depends on what you want to do and what you are comfortable with!

at the moment im using a gora fire wand, but dont know where to get a string long enough for long stringing, the wand i use now has a steel string, im guessing i will need a longer steel wire?

i dont think i have seen longstringing on fire, i have only ever seen longstringing with a nylon string if that makes sense

+kaly pso Thank you! I'd say if you are pretty comfortable with short string, just make the jump. You'll notice that long string will feel weird no matter how long it is and just takes time to get used to. I find it hard to do a shoulder anchor properly with string shorter than my current set up, but that all depends on what you want to do and how you want to accomplish it. I suggest in the video using tape or something else to make the string shorter temporarily, that way you can mess around with the length and not worry about undoing a knot. Maybe try that out until you figure out what you like best? I am not sure how long mine is exactly, but I know it's my wingspan plus 6 inches or so. The best thing I can advise is just to experiment!

+kaly pso Also, the wand is from Astral Hoops. It is called an Atomic Wand!

+Lindsey Enders Thanks for you reply. I tried to start with 9 foot, but it feels way too much, I don't know what to do with all this string messing around my arms! ;) (but very funy moment though!!) so I better start with shorter, I made it the same length then you, more or less, and I feel much more confortable, and I can start playing with the wand pretty easily. I'm very excited about learning new tricks. I might ask you more advice later. keep flowing!!

+Lindsey Enders It's awesome, but pretty expensive.. I'll wait to get better to get one of those.. Are they good quality??

kaly pso They are great for LED performance, but the balance is kind of off. I am not sure how the newer ones are. For a hybrid wand that can be used day and night, I recommend checking our hoopyfrood! I have one of hers and they are great. You don't need a crazy expensive wand to get going, just something with long string on it.