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Which effects work better?

FM Former Member
I currently have an American DJ Stallion fogger.
My problem is, that its drains way to much power, and my audience really doesnt like the huge blasts of fog. My public school and high school crowds like it but, when I do crew parties say for example for swiss chalet, or harveys, eastside marios... just christmas parties and wedding's also they dont like it. I want to get a hazer, because it doesnt bring so much attention to itself and people dont notice it, and I still can keep my light effects going. My question is, will my light beams penatrate the haze... better or worse then a fogger? basically what looks better, what are the plus and minuses ......?


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FM Former Member
It's always been my experience that if the haze/fog is being used to improve the lighting effects than haze is better than fog.

Fog machine dissipate, but start out as a single giant blast that is more of an effect unto itself.

ie: you want large solid blasts, fog is the way. To make lights look great, use haze. If you have no theatrical need for the fog blast effect, use haze.

People complain less with Haze because they don't notice the increasing levels. People still seem to think that they can't breathe when surrounded by the signature blast of fog.

Did any of that make sense? It did in my head...

DILATE
FM Former Member
I know what you mean.m Fog is nice b/c its almost 2 fx in one. You get the effect of the first blast and then you get the fx with the lights once the fog dissipates. I think once the haze buikds up in the room it actually dies a really great job. Cause if you think about it haze is really just "lighter fog." Haze is great too, you just owont get the "WOW" from the croud as the fog blasts out.

-AMP
FM Former Member
I have a fogger and what I will usually do is place the fogger behind me so that it does not blast on the crowd and I use a small household fan which I keep with me for my outside events in the summer. I will let the fan blow the fog around the room. I place it about a foot away from the fogger. It makes the fog dissipate much faster and my lights look great. No wait time for the fog to spread out. Plus your crowd wont get such a blast. I know that not everyone carries a fan with them but for like 10 bucks you can buy one anywhere.
FM Former Member
fogger yes; fan yes. get the smallest oscillating fan you can and put the fog behind you when possible. i bought a $200 hazer and cranked it up an hour before i saw much of a light cone. it was a huge church hall though. it seemed i was hazing the whole hall, not just the stage area. noisy as hell, but so am i. i s****ped it- it didn't do enough in a real hall. looked good in the garage though!

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