S-200 Silent Snow Machine

[Gerry]

Has anybody used a S-200 Silent Snow Machine?

From the website it says " During its emitting production, it is only 63 dB that is loudly as people whisper lightly."

Are they really that quiet?

Cheers

Gerry

[Glyn Edwards]

How loud is when it's not emitting? That could be a big problem.

 

Glyn

[Gerry]

Does it do anything when it's not emitting?

I thought the pump and fan only run when it is emmiting?

Cheers

gerry

[Glyn Edwards]

Does it do anything when it's not emitting?

I thought the pump and fan only run when it is emmiting?

Cheers

gerry

I have no idea, but I can think of several devices that are noisier when "standing by" than they are running. Glaciators for example, the smoke gun side is almost silent compared to the rumble of the fridge chiller when its running.

[ImagineerTom]

Using the "fan" system there's no such thing as a silent snow machine. There are "silent" snow technologies but they're generally install situations and well out of the price bracket of comparable volume fan machines.

 

63db is the equivalent of several people talking at the same time - it's a lot louder than "a wisper". That machine only makes noise when in use and is only marginally quieter than considerably cheeper models.

 

Your positioning of the unit can have a huge impact on the effective noise. One project in an atrium ment the machine was 100ft above the audiance and so noise was not an issue. Another project for a TV special involved a unit 2ft above a performer who was mic'd and with no background noise - we had to use a compressor unit for that to keep the noise down.