Okay, I understand this isn't live *sound* per se, but live effects. I hope y'all will forgive me.
I got a Chauvet Hurricane Haze 2 some months ago, and am wondering if my experience is typical.
I bought it because, during a visit to the local GC, there was a perfect, light, non-stinky haze that filled the room and stayed that way, and I was impressed enough to ask what did it, and eventually to buy it for $300 - 15%. I also bought their Black Label hazer juice, rather than Chauvet's (which is recommended, but not stocked).
I've found that the haze doesn't disperse and hang in live situations nearly as well as I'd thought in the store. (I'm sure they were using the Black Label in the store, too.) You get a burst, it dissipates, so you have to dial up the controller to burst more often and longer. Seems like a fogger then; I thought the point of the hazer was that a light, nearly invisible (except when light is passing through it) haze would hang for a long time.
The other issue is that the floor in front of the hazer gets *dangerously* slippery. Nobody's fallen at a gig yet, but I find myself cleaning the floor with bar towels during the breaks, which is a drag.
Anyway, has this been your experience with a hazer? Does anybody know from experience that Chauvet's haze fluid not cause those issues, or is it all the same stuff in different bottles?
Of course it's out of the return period. I bought the extended coverage from GC, so if it's not working properly, or stops working, or accidentally falls off a building (oops!) I can use the coverage to get another one. But if they all do this, that won't help.
Your experienced opinions/suggestions welcome.
-jb
I got a Chauvet Hurricane Haze 2 some months ago, and am wondering if my experience is typical.
I bought it because, during a visit to the local GC, there was a perfect, light, non-stinky haze that filled the room and stayed that way, and I was impressed enough to ask what did it, and eventually to buy it for $300 - 15%. I also bought their Black Label hazer juice, rather than Chauvet's (which is recommended, but not stocked).
I've found that the haze doesn't disperse and hang in live situations nearly as well as I'd thought in the store. (I'm sure they were using the Black Label in the store, too.) You get a burst, it dissipates, so you have to dial up the controller to burst more often and longer. Seems like a fogger then; I thought the point of the hazer was that a light, nearly invisible (except when light is passing through it) haze would hang for a long time.
The other issue is that the floor in front of the hazer gets *dangerously* slippery. Nobody's fallen at a gig yet, but I find myself cleaning the floor with bar towels during the breaks, which is a drag.
Anyway, has this been your experience with a hazer? Does anybody know from experience that Chauvet's haze fluid not cause those issues, or is it all the same stuff in different bottles?
Of course it's out of the return period. I bought the extended coverage from GC, so if it's not working properly, or stops working, or accidentally falls off a building (oops!) I can use the coverage to get another one. But if they all do this, that won't help.
Your experienced opinions/suggestions welcome.
-jb
