Another tip if using outside. Stop mowing your lawn a few weeks ahead of Halloween and wet the lawn before using the fogger. It helps the fog to stick around a bit longer.
I've done this for haunted houses before and the method works great. One suggestion is to wet the outside of the frozen bottles before tossing them in the duct. It amplifies the effect a lot more.
First timer here! How long do the four bottles last? And I have wood floors in my house will this method cause any damage to the flooring? Appreciate your help! You’re the only one replying ❤
Dude , I have made many fog chillers , more expensive and time consuming....but your idea is , by far the easiest and cheapest And effective fog chiller there is ,and the frozen water bottles....genius !!! Bravo !!!! Thanks for posting !!
The idea's been around for a long long time he just presented it very well & concisely and got great indoor results. for how long though I 'd guess less than 30 min before the water bottles melted. he didn't say. I wish people would say "this is an idea I found online and this is my version or this is how you do it.' but they don't. others use perforated gardening hose duct taped on the end for back pressure with or without water bottles including the guys who invented the trash can chiller ghostofhalloween I was the one who thought of the coleman ice cube DIY vortex chiller while walking thru walmart. I didn't have a cat so didn't want to get a kitty litter pail people used to mmic the real vortex product In hindsight I just would have bought one of those but DIY is too much fun but also too time consuming. DIY-ers just have to make things harder than they need to be to 'save money' and put their own stamp on it including reversing the fog flow lol I almost tried this with drier duct but use the trash can version these days. I also use a 5 gallon bucket to a cauldron.
You put a lot of effort in making sure everyone knows this guy didn't come up with the idea. I don't think it really matters. It's about as important as knowing who figured out mentos and Coke makes for a good time. :P
that's what I always laugh about. just had hole saw aluminum drier duct container or cooler pvc pipe cutter drill drill bit sharpie marker screws glue caulk laying around the house. otherwise it cost $3 for bagged ice lol
@@lord_granola3409 it wasn't his idea that's even cheaper unless you count the cost of an internet connection and a computer or deviice by which you find out what someone else already figured out years ago then it's very expensive
IMPORTANT: you should leave a gap between fog machine and pipe! This draws in air to the mix before it enters pipe, creating more fog and less moisture problems! Moisture in pipe is a failure of the system. you want maximum FOG (keep it in a gasous state) and not allowing condensation to form it back into a liquid state.
Jordy Reviews It at least an inch away it’ll prevent melting of the plastic hose and promote air into the pipe as the smoke enters creating more/further smoke throw from the opposite end.
First how long does this last before you have to replace ice bottles and second should you elevate the fog machine to eliminate the gathering of the moisture
Short, sweet, simple, to the point. I salute you. This is probably $30 cheaper than the rig I was going to build. Will use that money to supercharge the fog.
I actually did this and it's a genius way and it works. Paid 6 bucks for the same flexible pipe. I'm using it with ADJ Fog Furry 1000. Works better than my Mister Kool. Thanks!
So much more simple than the other solutions. Thanks for saving me the time it would take to build something inferior. You ROCK andrew. Keep it spooky indeed
I MUST HAVE SEEN 100 WAYS TO DO THIS, BUT THIS IS THE BEST AND EASIEST ONE. I TRIED THIS LAST SATURDAY BUT IT WAS VERY WINDY. I'LL TRY IT AGAIN THIS SAT.
Great short, and to the point video! I made something similar except I capped, taped, the end and used a drainage pipe with holes so the fog pours out the side rather than the end. Works well if placing along a wall, fence line, or under bushes.
Absolutely amazing mate! I have a wedding to DJ at in a couple of days and they wont allow smoke machines as the smoke rises up and fills the room. They will allow dry ice and fog machines which this method emulates. Tried it out last night and it works brilliantly! Thank you sir. The people on the dance floor will now have that dancing on the clouds effect which is what I was after! And will make my lights look great also.
Thank goodness a simple quick tutorial video for my Halloween graveyard. I only 1 purchase of a hose. I’m doing this today. Already froze like 28 bottles of water
That's good to know how long it lasted indoors that was my guess. did you drink from the water bottles or throw them away ; I'm not entirely sure I would. just something about it and thin walled plastic they use now a days.
@@yardhaunt2000 I know it’s been 5 years, but I’m still going to reply. You can drink the water before using the bottles and just fill them with a hose then freeze them and reuse the same bottles.
@@rogeliocano9536 Thanx! ah yes makes sense! I've seen the larger gatorade bottles in a 4"x10ft tube used. I've used ice put into plastic grocery bags inside the aluminum drier duct trash can version. The cheaper store's thinner ones worked better than the more 'high class' stores thicker ones to the point the ice didn't hardly melt in the cheaper thinner ones fwiw For kicks I was going to try ice cubes inside small plastic sandwhich bags twist tied to place inside a 'fogging' cauldron but I will also try the H20 bottles if I have enough room in the outdoor freezer is the only catch to those and why I never tried them. But this now obvious tip makes me want to try a few. no matter what, you always realize post-halloween you have to store the stuff no matter big or small lol
I was watching all these videos of people making all sorts of contraptions for low lying fog and was like, why not just put ice in a tube and hook it up to the fog machine. Low and behold this video pops up lol. Thanks for keeping it simple!
Better late then never. Just found this and got my fog machine( same one in video) and have some Froggy's Freeze In Fog fluid coming. I might need to get a better fog machine but trying this first!
😂😂😂😂After watching what felt like a MILLION fog chiller videos I happen on this "wellll duuuh" solution. Thanks a million for saving me a Saturday afternoon that will be best-used building props.
Let it run for a bit longer. While there is cold air in the tube, and the bottle plastic is cold, it will look great. Once the initial cold air is gone, and cold on the outside of the bottle, plastic can't conduct the heat fast enough to keep chilling at that rate.
wonder if you could throw some dry ice chips in there in stead of the water bottles? Might last longer and there shouldn't be any condensation as dry ice doesn't turn to liquid.
Well since we already purchased 10 pounds of dry ice I’ll just add that in the pipes with my frozen water bottles. I hope it works. I have 28 frozen plastic water bottles just sitting in the freezer so... why not? Did putting the dry ice alone work for you Cyndee?
Nope. Just tried this everyone. It does not work w frozen bottles. Dry ice works awesome use that. I did a video comparison of frozen water bottles and dry ice side by side with 2 fog machines at the same time and it’s a no brainer. I was using cheap little 400w fog machine from Walmart, nothing big. Dry ice wins hands down. I bet regular ice would work better than bottles but don’t want the mess to deal with on my porch. Dry ice is 1.65 per lb;. 4 times the cost of ice but not a bank breaker. And it lasted about an hour inside the tube. I only used 4 lbs. dry ice worked better on 2 tubes pushed together, where the ice was in second tube farthest from fog machine. This gave the air being pushed 6 feet of cooling time before it hit the dry ice. That seemed to work best.
One more question: Does this fog make the floor damp at all? I'd like ground fog for a music video, I just want to make sure it won't make the floor or equipment wet
I know that this is an older post but ive seen 5 different people ask "how long do the frozen bottles last" with no answer. can we get an answer from OP please?
CountZero on a haunt forum thought of the lawn & leaf/trash bag idea way back in around 2006-2008. I'm not sure how he figured it out but it creates back pressure to slow the fog down. it works most of the time. condensation builds up in it. it worked well with a vortex and 400 w fog machine outdoors for me in the past fwiw.
I am trying this method. Not sure what we’re doing wrong. I’m using Froggy’s Freezing fog. The effect is ok…but it’s still floating up in the air too much. We are using it in an outdoor fake cemetery application.
I just found this video so hopefully get a response but how long with the fog last more specifically frozen bottles if using outside. Texas heat around 80 in October evening. Also will green laser lights amplify the fog? Hope to get a reply
What if I have a pond and want to stick the pipe under the water so when it bubbles up to the surface it is spreads on the surface of the water. Any issues or tips for that?
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Another tip if using outside. Stop mowing your lawn a few weeks ahead of Halloween and wet the lawn before using the fogger. It helps the fog to stick around a bit longer.
crap. Should have read this yesterday
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I've done this for haunted houses before and the method works great. One suggestion is to wet the outside of the frozen bottles before tossing them in the duct. It amplifies the effect a lot more.
Did you use standard fog fluid, or the specific low lying denser fog fluid?
@@bofranciscofilms Low lying. It's cheaper and easier to make your own.
Wayyyy cheaper. Did you use any sents? If so which to be exact, on the cheap. Thanks for you time in advance.@@AdamSternberg
@@redndeyes I assume you mean "scents"? No way. I don't want the place stinking like something.
First timer here! How long do the four bottles last? And I have wood floors in my house will this method cause any damage to the flooring? Appreciate your help! You’re the only one replying ❤
Dude , I have made many fog chillers , more expensive and time consuming....but your idea is , by far the easiest and cheapest And effective fog chiller there is ,and the frozen water bottles....genius !!! Bravo !!!! Thanks for posting !!
The idea's been around for a long long time he just presented it very well & concisely and got great indoor results. for how long though I 'd guess less than 30 min before the water bottles melted. he didn't say.
I wish people would say "this is an idea I found online and this is my version or this is how you do it.' but they don't.
others use perforated gardening hose duct taped on the end for back pressure with or without water bottles including the guys who invented the trash can chiller ghostofhalloween
I was the one who thought of the coleman ice cube DIY vortex chiller while walking thru walmart. I didn't have a cat so didn't want to get a kitty litter pail people used to mmic the real vortex product
In hindsight I just would have bought one of those but DIY is too much fun but also too time consuming. DIY-ers just have to make things harder than they need to be to 'save money' and put their own stamp on it including reversing the fog flow lol
I almost tried this with drier duct but use the trash can version these days. I also use a 5 gallon bucket to a cauldron.
You put a lot of effort in making sure everyone knows this guy didn't come up with the idea. I don't think it really matters. It's about as important as knowing who figured out mentos and Coke makes for a good time. :P
Excellent!!
Thank you so much. 9 years on, and you're still helping people save money and making Halloween more spooky!!!
Good stuff. Every other DIY fog chiller is like "Super Cheap Fog Chiller! Now pull out your thousand dollar drill set..."
its a DIY.. so youre supposed to have some tools for normal DIYs, and drills can be almost $40 at pawn shops
He didn't even use a drill
that's what I always laugh about. just had hole saw aluminum drier duct container or cooler pvc pipe cutter drill drill bit sharpie marker screws glue caulk laying around the house. otherwise it cost $3 for bagged ice lol
@@lord_granola3409 it wasn't his idea that's even cheaper unless you count the cost of an internet connection and a computer or deviice by which you find out what someone else already figured out years ago then it's very expensive
Lol EXACTLY!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
IMPORTANT: you should leave a gap between fog machine and pipe! This draws in air to the mix before it enters pipe, creating more fog and less moisture problems! Moisture in pipe is a failure of the system. you want maximum FOG (keep it in a gasous state) and not allowing condensation to form it back into a liquid state.
Correct. no matter what fog chiller you are using, that was figured out on a haunt forum around about 2006. ^v^
How much of a gap do you think?
Jordy Reviews It at least an inch away it’ll prevent melting of the plastic hose and promote air into the pipe as the smoke enters creating more/further smoke throw from the opposite end.
Awesome thanks for this tip! I've wouldn't have known this at all before doing this myself.
First how long does this last before you have to replace ice bottles and second should you elevate the fog machine to eliminate the gathering of the moisture
Short, sweet, simple, to the point. I salute you. This is probably $30 cheaper than the rig I was going to build. Will use that money to supercharge the fog.
I actually did this and it's a genius way and it works. Paid 6 bucks for the same flexible pipe. I'm using it with ADJ Fog Furry 1000. Works better than my Mister Kool. Thanks!
hi How long does this run?
@@Victoria_Marie Around 30 minutes then you have to switch the bottles. Freeze maybe about 12 water bottles and switch them out.
So much more simple than the other solutions. Thanks for saving me the time it would take to build something inferior. You ROCK andrew. Keep it spooky indeed
Right? All you need is a fog machine to make fog!
I MUST HAVE SEEN 100 WAYS TO DO THIS, BUT THIS IS THE BEST AND EASIEST ONE. I TRIED THIS LAST SATURDAY BUT IT WAS VERY WINDY. I'LL TRY IT AGAIN THIS SAT.
Great short, and to the point video!
I made something similar except I capped, taped, the end and used a drainage pipe with holes so the fog pours out the side rather than the end.
Works well if placing along a wall, fence line, or under bushes.
Absolutely amazing mate! I have a wedding to DJ at in a couple of days and they wont allow smoke machines as the smoke rises up and fills the room. They will allow dry ice and fog machines which this method emulates. Tried it out last night and it works brilliantly! Thank you sir. The people on the dance floor will now have that dancing on the clouds effect which is what I was after! And will make my lights look great also.
Did it work? Doesn't it make the floor wet and possibly slippery?
It's not just cheap and easy, but works way better than the other build I was doing. KISS is once again the best way to go
Thank goodness a simple quick tutorial video for my Halloween graveyard. I only 1 purchase of a hose. I’m doing this today. Already froze like 28 bottles of water
Works great. Did this for my house, works for like 20 to 30 minutes, then you need to switch out water bottles. Floor became very damp though.
That's good to know how long it lasted indoors that was my guess. did you drink from the water bottles or throw them away ; I'm not entirely sure I would. just something about it and thin walled plastic they use now a days.
@@yardhaunt2000 I know it’s been 5 years, but I’m still going to reply. You can drink the water before using the bottles and just fill them with a hose then freeze them and reuse the same bottles.
@@rogeliocano9536 Thanx! ah yes makes sense! I've seen the larger gatorade bottles in a 4"x10ft tube used. I've used ice put into plastic grocery bags inside the aluminum drier duct trash can version. The cheaper store's thinner ones worked better than the more 'high class' stores thicker ones to the point the ice didn't hardly melt in the cheaper thinner ones fwiw
For kicks I was going to try ice cubes inside small plastic sandwhich bags twist tied to place inside a 'fogging' cauldron but I will also try the H20 bottles if I have enough room in the outdoor freezer is the only catch to those and why I never tried them.
But this now obvious tip makes me want to try a few.
no matter what, you always realize post-halloween you have to store the stuff no matter big or small lol
I was watching all these videos of people making all sorts of contraptions for low lying fog and was like, why not just put ice in a tube and hook it up to the fog machine. Low and behold this video pops up lol. Thanks for keeping it simple!
I'm doing the same thing and here I am lol
Now more than ever, speak it into existence.....because Google and Amazon are always listening.....literally. 🤐🙄😳😱
Better late then never. Just found this and got my fog machine( same one in video) and have some Froggy's Freeze In Fog fluid coming. I might need to get a better fog machine but trying this first!
This is perfect! I have some extra pipe lying in my garage. Time to put it to work. Thank you!
You have a pure well good voice for radio or something like that aha plus very clever idea.
Oh this does seem a lot better than other techniques. Thank you
The BEST IDEA Ive seen yet.. I was ready to drill a hole in a cooler.. I wonder if you could use a Dryer hose.
This is brilliant & so simple! Finally a DIY a I can do!
This tutorial spooked me real good, had to change the channel
AWESOME!!! Thanx for the tip about the frozen water
You, sir, are seriously clever. Thanks for sharing this!! I am absolutely giving this a shot this year.
This did work amazingly. So cheap and easy. Thanks so much.
👏👏👏👏the smartest and best idea i have ever seen.👌👌👌👌
This is sweet as hell, you've made my weekend!
Thank you so much for this
Will use this for my wedding 🎉🎉🎉🎉
hell yes Andrew wade!! thats what I am talking about ! so genius!! can't wait to try !
This looks like bar far the best method ever! Will test tomorrow with my son.
How did it work out?
@@Bubbalubagus it worked well, but the ice would melt fairly quickly so we had to have quite a bit on hand to swap out.
😂😂😂😂After watching what felt like a MILLION fog chiller videos I happen on this "wellll duuuh" solution. Thanks a million for saving me a Saturday afternoon that will be best-used building props.
I watched this video 5 times in a row thank god for you!
Let it run for a bit longer. While there is cold air in the tube, and the bottle plastic is cold, it will look great.
Once the initial cold air is gone, and cold on the outside of the bottle, plastic can't conduct the heat fast enough to keep chilling at that rate.
You’re a dummy.
Omg this is sooo easy! Everyone else is like, first make an air conditioner. lol.
Man this is so awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!!!
Thank you! Short video, direct explanation.
I knew somebody has done it before . Thanks man
wonder if you could throw some dry ice chips in there in stead of the water bottles? Might last longer and there shouldn't be any condensation as dry ice doesn't turn to liquid.
+Cyndee Adkins Going to try it tomorrow night!
Well since we already purchased 10 pounds of dry ice I’ll just add that in the pipes with my frozen water bottles. I hope it works. I have 28 frozen plastic water bottles just sitting in the freezer so... why not? Did putting the dry ice alone work for you Cyndee?
Aisha F. Did it work?
@@Esha911 Did this work for you?
If you want to step it up put dry ice on a towel in the pipe. This will help it not rise when people are walking
Pretty cool. Can I ask what fog liquid you used here?
Yo I like this one so much more than the old method!!! Great video
Definitely the simplest set up I've seen yet
I bet you could use those gutter downspout extenders too!
Nope. Just tried this everyone. It does not work w frozen bottles. Dry ice works awesome use that. I did a video comparison of frozen water bottles and dry ice side by side with 2 fog machines at the same time and it’s a no brainer. I was using cheap little 400w fog machine from Walmart, nothing big. Dry ice wins hands down. I bet regular ice would work better than bottles but don’t want the mess to deal with on my porch. Dry ice is 1.65 per lb;. 4 times the cost of ice but not a bank breaker. And it lasted about an hour inside the tube. I only used 4 lbs. dry ice worked better on 2 tubes pushed together, where the ice was in second tube farthest from fog machine. This gave the air being pushed 6 feet of cooling time before it hit the dry ice. That seemed to work best.
@Ana Bella You’re beautiful!
Just went to your page. Where is the video?
About how long do the ice bottles last before they need to be replaced?
You are genius! Thank you for sharing
Pretty clever. Probably gonna try it this year. Thank you
Wow this is so simple, great idea!
Looks amazing.
Thank you! I’m doing it this year for my Halloween !
Fantastic tutorial: short, sweet and to the point. One question: why does the pipe have to be at least 4 feet long? Thanks!
One more question: Does this fog make the floor damp at all? I'd like ground fog for a music video, I just want to make sure it won't make the floor or equipment wet
I wonder in 6yr if you figured out why longer is better
Because size matters!😂
I have a fog machine and water bottles are easy to come by so after I stole my neighbors gutter extension, I hooked it up and it works great. Thanks
I know that this is an older post but ive seen 5 different people ask "how long do the frozen bottles last" with no answer. can we get an answer from OP please?
Seems most have said 20-30 minutes
How long will this last before bottles need to be changed? Thanks.
I just made this for free and it works amazing lol. Even better with a garbage bag at the end of it
I used dry ice btw instead and it works amazing.
CountZero on a haunt forum thought of the lawn & leaf/trash bag idea way back in around 2006-2008. I'm not sure how he figured it out but it creates back pressure to slow the fog down. it works most of the time. condensation builds up in it. it worked well with a vortex and 400 w fog machine outdoors for me in the past fwiw.
What kind of hose? Trying to find a “good” answer lol
Thank you from saving me $200 on an extra machine!
What's the watt of the fog machine
I am trying this method. Not sure what we’re doing wrong. I’m using Froggy’s Freezing fog. The effect is ok…but it’s still floating up in the air too much. We are using it in an outdoor fake cemetery application.
Does this still require the fog liquid or is this a substitute?
I made almost the identical system, but used small, sealed ice packs. I like your frozen water bottle idea much better! Thx for sharing.
Yo, make that homemade fog fluid tutorial before Halloween!!
Question: would it trigger fire alarm eventually?
I'm so trying this! Seems less messy than ice! Just wondering how long do the bottles last? Just wanting to plan ahead 🕸
Frankendoll how did it turn out? Want to try this for my party
Will this work as well if even better with dry ice?
Do I need a specific low-lying fog machine and low-lying fog solution for this or will any fog machine and solution work?
This was absolutely amazing
Thank you so much
The fog is it just water vapor? Like the dry ice cold water vapor right?
Because this fog does not look like vapor but rather smoke lol dense smoke! 🎉
Awesome!!! Which fog machine do you recommend? I'm wanting one for a graveyard scene.
Do you use low lying fog fluid or the regular fog fluid?
I just found this video so hopefully get a response but how long with the fog last more specifically frozen bottles if using outside. Texas heat around 80 in October evening. Also will green laser lights amplify the fog? Hope to get a reply
Just like that...? Amazing!!
Does it leave a residue everywhere?
AWESOME!!!!! BEST Easy Fog Chiller EVER!!!! Cheapest too.....Thanks sooooooo very very much!!!!! :) :) :)
Do you need a particular fog machine or Juice??
Totally awesome!! Thank you!
Holy heck, crazy simple.
Would this work with ADJ Mr Kool for an even better effect due to double cooling? Or maybe the pressure/speed of the smoke would be too low?
Wow !! Even better!!
Great idea.
Does this require any fog juice or do you just fill it with water?
Could you put dry ice in the tube?
Do we have to use and liquid in to the fog machine or will it be ok to run the fog machine without liquid ???
Amaaaazing way!!! Even better than the first one, is there an update?
Do you still use the fog fluid?
What if I have a pond and want to stick the pipe under the water so when it bubbles up to the surface it is spreads on the surface of the water. Any issues or tips for that?
This is brilliantly simple.
Wow, nice idea, will try them for the next monster-party. But could you please give me some advice for the fog fluid.
Does the hose need to be that long?
Just awesome, thank you.
Please do a tutorial about the fog juice that you make. It has to be better than the crap at walmart.
60 percent distilled water and 40 percent vegetable glycerin
Actually the fog stays close to the ground due to the fact that the fog is chilled. Heat rises the fog. When it is chilled it stays down.
How long does the fog last doing it this way?
You sir win Halloween! Thanks!!
Do you still need the fog juice ?
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Do u still need to anything in the fog machine
Can anyone tell me what this sort of hose is called? The closest I could find at Lowe's was an aluminum one
I did this and it doesn’t turn out to be the same effect? Maybe the fog fluid I used. I mixed vegetable glycine with distilled water . Any advise ?
He has a chauvet DJ fog machine and possibly the fog juice he used to make a very thick cloud.
Where can I find a big fat tube like that??
Can fog machines be outside in the rain? What kinda fog solution should you use?
How long do the bottles last