Low lying fog - Ice vs liquid

[Morganhuw]

Hi all,

I want to look at investing in low lying fog. At the moment I subcontract for dry ice. But looking at purchasing my own unit. 
 

I’ve seen the ADJ Entour Ice which we currently get given by the contractor. But came across the Briteq BT-H2Ice which doesn’t require the faff of loading dry ice into the machine. And ordering for on the day delivery. 
 

does anyone have any insights of the Briteq? Will I get the same type of output? 
 

thanks

[Stuart91]

We have some of the Arcus 2000 which seem to have done well. I'd guess the design is similar to the Briteq.

A few quite serious theatres have hired our machines in order to avoid the headaches associated with dry ice. They have all been happy enough.

It might be worth seeing if you can get a demo, or at least buy from somewhere that will accept a return without quibbling if the machine doesn't quite do what you want. 

[Jivemaster]

With dry ice someone else has paid for the electricity to cool it at bulk rates. With the coolers needed to chill smoke you pay for power at the time of needing low smoke, be sure you have enough power available. 

[ImagineerTom]

The ultrasonic / hydrosonic chilling based low foggers are rapidly becoming the norm now and they use a lot less power and (if properly set up and with the right fluid) are the closest I’ve ever seen to real dry ice chiller fog with vibe of the safety / practicality issues. 

[Stuart91]

Certainly our Arcus machines run from a standard 13amp supply with no problems at all. I can't remember the exact power consumption off the top of my head but I doubt it's vastly different from a standard smoke machine. 

[Junior8]

The machine Stuart mentions draws 2Kw  according to the spec. I'd ask for a demo. If it does the job go for it - anything to avoid the organisation around dry ice. (Mind you I haven't used the latter for years. )

[bruce]

@Stuart91 how do those arcus ultrasonic machines behave with smoke alarms ?

[Stuart91]

8 hours ago, bruce said:

@Stuart91 how do those arcus ultrasonic machines behave with smoke alarms ?

They're fine until the smoke rises (which it will as it heats up). At that point it's no better than a standard smoke machine, albeit a bit more diffuse. 

Some unfortunate customers of ours managed to empty the Doubletree up on Cambridge St with one of the machines. They'd had the detectors in the suite isolated, but had the machine sitting at an entranceway and hadn't thought about the detectors in the corridor outside. 🙄