Unique 2 Hazer
Some of you might have noticed that our stage looks like it is on fire here lately. Not to worry we just have new Unique 2 hazers. Some might wonder why we changed over from the DF50’s that we have had for so long. The primary reason we decided to change over was that the DF50s were oil based which left a film of oil on all our equipment, decreasing the intensity of projectors and lights. The output of the single DF50s on each stage was a little lopsided for our stages as well.
We decided on the Unique 2s because they are water based which tends to evaporate quickly, which lends itself to a haze free speaker setting when the Speaker takes the stage. The Unique 2s also have a very high output allowing for the space to be consumed in haze very quickly. They are dim-able with a built in fan, which allows us to control the output of the hazer’s pump as well as the speed of the fan from the console. The DF50s were either all on or off.
The only concern that we had in changing our hazers was whether or not the new ones would set off our fire alarms since hazers an foggers are infamous for doing that. We went through several intensive attempts to set the alarms off in each room. We hit some obstacles along the way but are satisfied with our final results and believe that we are operating within the fire systems constraints. So, we decided that these were the hazers for us. Plus it didn’t hurt that each Unique 2 was just over half the price of a new DF50.
Thanks for this post! Really enlightening. I’m seeing a large trend moving towards water based hazers.
I am wondering if you are finding that the water based Hazers do not have a good of an even distribution as the oil based. What is your experience with this? IF so, what solutions did you come up with?
Derrak
They are more clumpy but if you run them consistently it evens out more in the room over time. The output is amazing on these. We also bought two and that helps spread it out. In a smaller room I would probably use less haze output but still run the internal fan as high as it can go. The fan helps break up the output. On our consoles the fader that controls the fan on the Uniques is set to go at 100% whenever the fluid pump channel is off of 0.
How large are the rooms that you use these machines in? We are thinking about getting a hazer for our rented space, and we have no access to the fire alarm system. I assume that a larger space would afford more area to disperse, therefore making it more difficult to set off the alarms, but I am quite new at this.