Somehow, I wasn't seeing the abrazors listed by themselves, just the $170 cleaning kit. Thanks for making me look again,
derekleffew. I emailed LeMaitre, inquiring about purchasing a couple of abrazors. They directed me to contact my local theatrical supply
house, Tulsa Scenic, as they should stock them. I'll give them a call tomorrow. Thanks for the help!
derekleffew, is the DF-50 basically an oil crackler? Does it use an air compressor? How noisy is it? I've used homemade oil cracklers before, consisting of a 5 gallon bucket, an atomizer tube, mineral oil, and air compressor. I like the look, and I really like that it's not affected much by air conditioning and heating. It evenly dispersed, no matter what the thermostat was doing. But that even dispersal was sometimes a drawback, in that there was no way to get a heavy saturation on stage for special events. And, a compressor backstage is awfully noisy, which kept me mighty unpopular with the worship team - and Pastor.
The Neutron XS does give us the effect we're looking for. I can haze our main sanctuary in 15 or 20 minutes with the air conditioners running full bore. In milder weather, with neither AC nor heat running, I can run the Neutron for 5 minutes before service, and bump one AC fan on for a minute to disperse the haze somewhat. That leaves me with a nicely haze-saturated stage, and some haze throughout the rest of the room. When the Neutron is shut off, I kick on one AC fan again, and the haze clears the stage, disperses through the room, and is gone in under 5 minutes.
That said, we're... or, I'm...
... looking for new tools, and a hazer is one of them. What would you recommend that is low maintenance, and as completely silent as possible?