Safe: There is no comparison between Le Maitre’s haze and oil-based hazers which can leave a messy, slippery residue on sets, resulting in health and safety risks, as well as leaving deposits on equipment lenses, causing damage. Equally Le Maitre’s sugarbased haze solution results in no side effects. By comparison, alternative systems using triethylene glycol based hazer have been found to cause respiratory, nasal, throat and vocal irritation. Water-based haze on the other hand, is easy to clean up, and the fluid doesn’t make a mess on and around the hazer itself, making it easy to place anywhere without worry or much planning. A good budget model water-based hazer is the ADJ Entour Faze. Our favorite all-around water-based hazer is the Magmatic Magma Prime. It’s significantly nicer than the ADJ model, but doesn’t cost all that much more. Haze fluid is used in much smaller proportions to smoke fluid (used in some competitive haze machines),thus giving the benefit of atmosphere without the large consumable cost. One of the top concerns I hear from folks about hazers is the safety of the air that is hazed up. This is totally understandable, as it looks like smoke, and we all need to be careful about what we let into our bodies.

Oil or water-based, is does not matter. Both are safe to use and enjoy. And if you have problems with folks complaining, print out a copy of the report for them to read and see what conclusion they come up with. Fire Alarms

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Many localities will help you to work with you alarm company to turn your alarms to silent, allowing a staff member to monitor the alarms, and make sure there are no real fires. Some venues will allow you to use haze without shutting off the alarms because they know it won’t cause problems.

So, unlike fog or oil-based haze, you can’t simply turn “off” the hazer and expect a 100% stop on a dime! Water-based hazers also use a bit more fluid than oil-based, so you’ll expect to use 1/2 to a full bottle every night.The fluid used in haze machines to generate the effects are either oil or water-based. Most oil-based haze fluids use a mineral oil base, while water-based fluids use either a propylene glycol or glycerol base. Although both formulations of fluid are referred to as haze fluid, the different formulations are neither compatible nor interchangeable. Propylene glycol/water haze fluid is sometimes referred to as "water based haze" to avoid ambiguity. Describing the fluid as "glycol" might cause stagehands to use automotive antifreeze, which contains ethylene glycol, [1] and unlike propylene glycol, must not be used for this purpose because of its toxicity. Your first concern is the size of the room. A small hazer, like this unit is perfect for rooms up to 1000 people.

Oil hazers produce haze by pushing a mineral oil fluid through a compressor and out of the unit. The compressor doesn’t have to heat up, it is ready to go from the instant you turn it on. The oil also hangs in the air much better – nearly forever in a motionless room!Hazers are really cool. If you want one way to really spice up your stage lighting, haze is the way to go! Besides having a good console, haze is the best way to take your show to the next level without spending an arm and a leg. On the downside, the compressor sounds like a small air compressor – it’s not always the quietest thing, so this isn’t your choice for a quiet theatrical show! PureHaze fluid is used in much smaller proportions to smoke fluid (used in some competitive haze machines),thus giving the benefit of atmosphere without the large consumable cost.