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I decided to purchase a fog machine today to test my handhelds to see what power of projector I would need using fog to see visible beams in motion before I purchase the projector. I was hoping to find the brand called "The Fog Machine" as it seemed to get somewhat good reviews as a decent budget 400W for $30. I couldn't find any in that price range ($91 Canadian at Spencers gifts with smallest bottle of fog juice, they only had the big bottle) so I ended up settling on a $27 clearance 400W made by Seasonal Visions International.
Unfortunately after turning it on it absolutely reeked to high heavan of the most awful plastic smell. I don't think anything was burning and the smell wasn't coming from the fog itself. Since it was new I decided to let it sit plugged in outside for a couple hours to try and burn off the smell. A couple hours later I decided to run it in the bathroom to try it out again as to not contaminate the rest of the house if it still reeked. Even after leaving it to burn off any plastic smell it was still absolutely unbearable to be around. Unfortunately my urge to use the bathroom (we only have one at the moment in the house as it is under renovation) meant that I could not escape the overwhelming plastic stench for a couple minutes while on the can and I eventually ended up throwing up since I could not escape! It was that bad!!
Has anyone else experienced this with a new fog machine and does this smell go away after a while? Are there any fog machines that do not have this horrible smell?
What fog machines do you guys use or recommend?
:thanks:
Unfortunately after turning it on it absolutely reeked to high heavan of the most awful plastic smell. I don't think anything was burning and the smell wasn't coming from the fog itself. Since it was new I decided to let it sit plugged in outside for a couple hours to try and burn off the smell. A couple hours later I decided to run it in the bathroom to try it out again as to not contaminate the rest of the house if it still reeked. Even after leaving it to burn off any plastic smell it was still absolutely unbearable to be around. Unfortunately my urge to use the bathroom (we only have one at the moment in the house as it is under renovation) meant that I could not escape the overwhelming plastic stench for a couple minutes while on the can and I eventually ended up throwing up since I could not escape! It was that bad!!
Has anyone else experienced this with a new fog machine and does this smell go away after a while? Are there any fog machines that do not have this horrible smell?
What fog machines do you guys use or recommend?
:thanks:
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