Anyone use a haze machine?

John_P

Toying with getting a haze machine to replace the aging smoke machine that some venues don’t like.    Anyone have any recomendations? 

David5150

We use a Chauvet Hurricane and found it so much better than a smoke machine.

Has a handy remote control that our singer jabs at now again to top the haze up but less is more.

ESBlonde

Hire one first.

Some singers throats are more susceptable to the chemicals than others. Try before you buy.

John_P

Thanks chaps.      I’ll only use it with a couple of singers that are fine with regular smoke machines and I only use simple lights when hiring out the PA.   

Ill have a look at the chauvet - looks like they do a cheapish model with dmx so they could work.   

hotpickups

Would the venue know it's not a smoke machine? I keep being asked not to use my gig machine so is it different enough to be able to tell apart?

John_P

hotpickups said:

Would the venue know it's not a smoke machine? I keep being asked not to use my gig machine so is it different enough to be able to tell apart?

The haze won’t have a blast of smoke so it used lightly it will only ever give a light mist in the air - just enough to set of the lights rather than the way smoke acts in bursts that annoy customers and smoke alarms.    
Used excessively they could be as annoying as a smoke machine but I think you would have to really misusing it for that to happen.  

hotpickups

John_P said:

hotpickups said:

Would the venue know it's not a smoke machine? I keep being asked not to use my gig machine so is it different enough to be able to tell apart?

The haze won’t have a blast of smoke so it used lightly it will only ever give a light mist in the air - just enough to set of the lights rather than the way smoke acts in bursts that annoy customers and smoke alarms.    
Used excessively they could be as annoying as a smoke machine but I think you would have to really misusing it for that to happen.  

I think I might have to check them out then