Unique 1 vs. Unique 2 Hazer

[ed_]

Hi all,

 

I've heard rumblings that people prefer the Look Solutions Unique 1 to the Unique 2, nothing concrete though. Does anyone have experience with both units? I've used the Unique 1 and agree it's a great piece of kit - what are the changes in the Unique 2?

 

Cheers in advance - Ed.

[Bryson]

I used to have a Unique 1, and I now have a Unique 2 (two different venues). The Unique 2 has a much more powerful fan than the 1, but is considerably more noisy. Also, the Unique 1 seemed to disperse the haze more than the 2. I find with the 2 that too much disappears upwards (hence the "bit of dancefloor gaffered on" modification) and that, even on the lowest settings, the haze is a little too "thick" for my liking.

 

All that said, I still think the Unique 2 is a good machine in the price range. The new Neutron Stars look interesting as a competitor, though.

[pavilion1983]

Hi all,

 

I've heard rumblings that people prefer the Look Solutions Unique 1 to the Unique 2, nothing concrete though. Does anyone have experience with both units? I've used the Unique 1 and agree it's a great piece of kit - what are the changes in the Unique 2?

 

Cheers in advance - Ed.

 

 

I used to have a Unique 1, and I now have a Unique 2 (two different venues). The Unique 2 has a much more powerful fan than the 1, but is considerably more noisy. Also, the Unique 1 seemed to disperse the haze more than the 2. I find with the 2 that too much disappears upwards (hence the "bit of dancefloor gaffered on" modification) and that, even on the lowest settings, the haze is a little too "thick" for my liking.

 

All that said, I still think the Unique 2 is a good machine in the price range. The new Neutron Stars look interesting as a competitor, though.

hi

we have both 1s and 2s and the viper (their smoke machine) in hire stock all are very reliable with only one ever flagging up a fault (not bad 1 out of 12 machines in 2 years) and I agree with "bryson" the 2 is loud but not as bad as a jem Hazer (also Robe stage hazer is a OEM Version of the unique) the best thing I can see about the unique 2 is the filter on the side means cleaning is very easy and the fan does not get clogged

 

all in all they are very good machines

hope this helps

Scott

[Fleeting]

Hi,

Just to add my piece. We used to have a mark one Unique hazer. We found that the fan on idle was to fast and dissapated the haze to quickly. We even bought the difflector for the front. We swapped it for the mark two about three months ago. The fan is more controllable and quieter. The only downside of the mark two is the air filter on the side. We do a lot of dance school show and it easily becomes clogged with dust and dismembered feather boa's.

 

Regards

 

Fleeting.

[niclights]

I also have one of each. In my application I haven't noticed much difference in output, albeit the output levels correspond to completely different densities (more usable on the II IMO).

 

Mk II cons:

 

Filter is not easily removed/replaced due to some silly design errors. Shell is awkward to remove including screws under the unit - the mk I was very easy to remove the side panel.

Handle placement is terrible on the mk II - it is not balanced, with or without fluid and feels awkward. It's baffling to see how they could get this wrong!

No switch - unit is turned off through menu setting. This is good and bad - the problem being you cannot stop the unit from heating up when connected circuits are powered without physically unplugging first.

Unit takes up a larger footprint.

 

Mk II pros:

 

Auto shutdown on loss of DMX - the good part of having no physical switch!

Faster shutdown.

[ed_]

Thanks folks - you've confirmed my suspicions but it doesn't put me off the unit - it'll still beat the 24/7 which in my opinion is the only viable competitor... Neutron Stars just don't do it for me, I don't think I've ever had one that worked first time on a job. If there's a new version then perhaps they've sorted it out, I'll investigate...

 

It wouldn't be the first time the 'new' version of a product had less pros than cons - did anyone else notice about five years ago when Lee changed their 253 diff for the worse? Or was that just me imagining excuses for my focus?

[Thomas1987]

Hi guys,

 

To avoid starting a new topic, we've got a Unique 2 hazer and its fab - minimal when needs be, but really quite stunning when it needs to be.

 

However, I have noticed recently that with the pump under 30, it seems to barely produce anything, but as soon as it hits about 40% it suddenly starts. I'm thinking its lines need cleaning - but what with? Can't find the manual at the moment, so just wondered if anyone had any ideas. Regularly clean the air filter so I don't think its related to that.

 

Is it a distilled water job like a fogger?

[niclights]

Deionised water. Make sure it's pure & not with additives present in some car battery top-ups.