Surprise Surprise!!

So looks like Walmart is going to move into Special Effects supply!! Get them while they are hot.

They sell those things every year. Good enough for the market they serve. Tough to keep them clean enough to work for a second year. A lot people use them and pitch them after the season.

When I was a freshmen in college, a couple friends down the hall from me purchased one of these from the local costume shop thinking it would make for a nice ambiance in their dorm room with a low-laying layer of fog wafting around. They get it out and set up, heat it up and for whatever reason it was stuck on full. It quickly filled up their room (10x10- think, very old dorms) and kept going. They opened the door and it had begun to fill the halls.

Being that it was cooler that time of year, a lot of windows were open on the floor so as the fog continued to fill up the space it was also visibly escaping open windows. After a few minutes, inevitably, the fire alarm activates and now everyone is in the hall and sees what they assume is smoke and panic ensues. The building is evacuated and as I was exiting the ground floor I was passed by two firefighters in full oxygen mask gear stampeding up the stairs.

So, the output on these is pretty good in tight spaces. I'd give it a 7/10. They didn't have it long enough to worry about cleaning it though so I can't speak on that.

For 30$ I wouldn’t clean it either.

I reeeeeeally wanna know how many people set off their smoke alarms with these every year.

I bought one of these 3 years ago. Never had to clean it and it works great. The remote has a pretty hefty range on it too. It was a pretty solid use for 30 bucks!