The Noble Collection The Harry Potter Remote Control Wand

Cool product. Programing is challenging and miss fires every now and then. start with the best batteries avaliable( lithium) because according to Rufuss the remote will need to be reprogrammed when the batteries need to be replaced.After more practice with the wand the easier and better it gets. Wishing there were more styles to choose from to one in every room

When I opened the box and held this wand for the first time, nothing happened. Then, I heard John Hurt's voice inside my head say, "Well, give it a wave" (RIP). So, I went for it. The next thing that happened was...magical! My Xbox went straight to Netflix and in just a couple flicks of the wrist, I was watching my show. I then rotated the wand clockwise and the volume turned up. Finally, as I pointed the wand at my overhead fan, I spoke the incantation, "Nox" and pulled the wand back towards my body. The Wand-Extinguishing Charm worked like a... charm and my lights were off.Seriously though this remote is freaking awesome. I don't know why so many dumb muggles are on here crying about programming the remote being too difficult for their little muggle brains. If you can read you can easily program this remote. Don't worry, if you're interested in this remote you probably can read just fine. Unless you're one of those people that "love" Harry but have only seen the movies. In that case, no one cares about you anyway.If you're thinking to yourself, "How in the world did this guy get the wand to control his Xbox, his TV's speakers, and his fan?" I'll give you the answer.I have an IR remote for my Xbox One that I bought at Best Buy awhile back. I used that to program the A button, up/down/left/right and the B button. I used the little handy-dandy remote that goes to my fan to program the lights/fan. So, if you have an Xbox One - but only have conventional Xbox One controllers for it - you can't make the wand do this and you're a muggle. Also, if you have a fan with an overhead light - but don't have the handy-dandy remote - you can't make the wand do this and you're a muggle.I hope my review helped some of you out at least :)

First off, I get that at first, it may seem complicated to set this wand up, but once you figure out how to get it into "program mode" everything else is a breeze.You MUST have a remote/device that uses IR (infrared technology). This means that any device that has a remote, in order for the buttons to do whatever you want (volume up, change scene, etc) you would have to make sure to point the device's remote, somewhat in the direction of the device.If you don't have to point the remote to the device, like with the Amazon Firestick....that device uses RF (radio frequency).In short, this will not work with a Firestick which is what I kinda wanted it for (it was a gift to my girlfriend).Luckily!!!!.....we also have ROKU. This definitely uses IR and let me tell you that this wand does exactly what it is supposed to.It has 9 movements to program (turn left, turn right, push forward, pull back, swipe up, swipe down, swipe left, swipe right, and a big swish).We setup all 9 and we can navigate magically through ROKU now!!! We also set it up to raise and lower the volume of our sound bar.Seriously, the BEST GIFT for Harry Potter fans. I just can't with this and my girlfriend is in awe with it. It's sooooo cool!!!!I will say it was a little confusing at first but again, if you settle your nerves and truly focus on what/how you are supposed to set it up, it'll be 1000000% worth it! Be patient and be rewarded with having the coolest remote in town!

Should be 5 stars, but we give it 4 due to the difficult programming process. IT DOES WORK WITH TCL Roku!Programming tips: practice in practice mode first to make sure you are making the motions correctly. Always keep the button at 12 o’clock, perform the motion you want to program and wait for green light to stop flashing press remote button once and wait for confirmation before moving on to the next motion.The wand works great once you successfully programmed it! It only took us 2 days of trying before getting it right, we hope this review helps you out.

I watched more than a few online video tutorials that others posted regarding the programming of this remote, and read the instructions but I had no easy luck programming this wand. I could say over the course of a few days I spent a couple of days for a couple of hours just in training mode for the commands. I didn't try to program until I successfully and repeatedly got the practice mode moves down. Then spent about 2-3 hours trying to program. Continually "re-setting" the wand, re-issuing commands. The instructions detail that when programming a wand move with a remote control command was successful it would vibrate and flash a color (if I recall correctly), regardless, I would get the indication that the movement and command synced up, however when using the wand flourish as programmed nothing would work. I started off with very simple commands, like turning the volume up I the wand command would be to flick the wand up, and volume down, flick the wand down. The only successful command that would work was to turn the volume up. I initially tried syncing commands with the universal remote from our cable box but since I was having so many problems I went with basic programming commands with the remote that came with the tv. So power off, on, volume up, and down. It was soooooooo much work, with little in return. I essentially decided that even if I did spend more time getting things to work perfectly that the wand move was so specific that I could see myself getting frustrated just trying to change the channel. I'm pretty good with tech but this had me reaching for my good old fashioned traditional remote control quickly! This was just my experience with the wand.

This was a cute gift idea.