my current firehoop (the beast) is a collapsible by the spinsterz, and it's super heavy! but people at our jam in rochester seem to like it if they like a heavy normal hoop. i didn't do enough research when i ordered it. "i'm going to wildifre! I need a firehoop ASAP!" so i looked on tribe briefly, ordered a brand that was reccomended a bunch without looking into it further. big mistake. if you like a heavy hoop/rely on that, you may like the spinsterz hoop. it's too heavy for me, but it's a really well made tool. the fact that it's collapsible doesn't mean it going to fall apart. the spines screw in and out so before each burn you want to give them a little tightening, but they're on pretty long screws/in there good! the beast is heavy, but a well made tool

as for me! that hoop was a mistake. i was already using a much lighter/smaller regular hoop and i should have done more research. but any day now my magic firehoop pro from cosmic firedance will arrive!!! so excited! can't wait to actually be able to firehoop. the size and weight of that spinsterz hoop really limited me. i really rocked out with the beast one night and my tennis elbow (hoopers elbow/aka tendonitis) was messed up for weeks. too heavy for me!

now as far as collapsibility... i thought that was a really important feature that i really needed, but i think it's only an issue with the rigid spines that stick out straight, if the spines aren't removeable. i remove the spines from my spinsterz hoop for travel, but i haven't actually collapsed the hoop itself ever.

i was concerned about the cosmic fire dance hoop not being collapsible. i had also looked at hoopdrum's firehoop also (similar design to cosmic fire dance) but after emailing shakti sunfire and jewels about their hoops, i was no longer worried about the un-collapsibleness. the flexible cable spines are easy for car travel, and as far as flying... i'd say that the featherlight and magic firehoop pros are arguably the most popular firehoops on the market right now. people are flying with them all the time with their checked hoops! either shakti or jewels reccomended that the wicks are just covered and the spines are wrapped down to the hoop. i plan on travelling with my magic firehoop pro, and i have no worries about it not being collapsible