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.
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
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.
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
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
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 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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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 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
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?
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?
😂😂😂😂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.
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
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?
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.
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.
My 700 Model will put out fog for about 20 seconds, then it kinda seems like it has to "recharge" for 40 seconds or so before I get the Ready light again. IS THIS NORMAL?
Yes, the liquid that becomes smoke/fog cools down the heater. The majority of budget machines can't output continious fog as the heater that makes the fog cools down too much. You can make your fog machine last last longer by using it in shorter bursts, this should give the heater some time to get back up to temperature.
Andrew Wade Hey I'm putting on a 90's rave night in my school and was just wondering if when the fog is chilled and floating at ground level if you reckon we'd have any problems with fire alarms also if we just fired the fog out straight from the fogger if we'd set any off as its a very long, fairly wide and high hall, 3 stories high? Cheers.
I wouldn’t recommend it, the dry ice is so cold it started impacting the environment around it. Only if you have like a metal coil kind of like the one for dryers that would actually improve the cold temperature. I bought 9lbs of dry ice I guess if I used it all it a time once if would have probably worked better.
The only issue I had with this design was the leaking. I can't have water on the floor when shooting a music video. But dry ice? Bam. Now I can try this design out.
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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.
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!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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
Thank you so much. 9 years on, and you're still helping people save money and making Halloween more spooky!!!
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!!
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
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 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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
This tutorial spooked me real good, had to change the channel
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
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
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
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.
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!
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. 🤐🙄😳😱
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
Does this still require the fog liquid or is this a substitute?
AWESOME!!! Thanx for the tip about the frozen water
This did work amazingly. So cheap and easy. Thanks so much.
Omg this is sooo easy! Everyone else is like, first make an air conditioner. lol.
This is brilliant & so simple! Finally a DIY a I can do!
This is sweet as hell, you've made my weekend!
You, sir, are seriously clever. Thanks for sharing this!! I am absolutely giving this a shot this year.
Thank you so much for this
Will use this for my wedding 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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.
Pretty cool. Can I ask what fog liquid you used here?
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
👏👏👏👏the smartest and best idea i have ever seen.👌👌👌👌
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! 🎉
How long will this last before bottles need to be changed? 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
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.
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?
Thank you! Short video, direct explanation.
😂😂😂😂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.
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!😂
Puts all other fog chiller vidios to shame. TY.
Will this work as well if even better with dry ice?
Man this is so awesome! Thanks for sharing!!!!!
Thank you! I’m doing it this year for my Halloween !
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?
hell yes Andrew wade!! thats what I am talking about ! so genius!! can't wait to try !
Do I need a specific low-lying fog machine and low-lying fog solution for this or will any fog machine and solution work?
I knew somebody has done it before . Thanks man
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.
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?
Pretty clever. Probably gonna try it this year. Thank you
I just want my fog to chill on the floor but fills the entire room instead. How do I keep it localized to the floor?
Does this require any fog juice or do you just fill it with water?
About how long do the ice bottles last before they need to be replaced?
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'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
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?
Do we have to use and liquid in to the fog machine or will it be ok to run the fog machine without liquid ???
Thank you from saving me $200 on an extra machine!
This was absolutely amazing
Thank you so much
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
Wow this is so simple, great idea!
I watched this video 5 times in a row thank god for you!
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
Question: would it trigger fire alarm eventually?
You are genius! Thank you for sharing
Holy heck, crazy simple.
Yo, make that homemade fog fluid tutorial before Halloween!!
what fog juice are you using sir? do you have mixing measures of your fog liquid?
Yo I like this one so much more than the old method!!! Great video
I bet you could use those gutter downspout extenders too!
Do you still need the fog juice ?
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Do you need a particular fog machine or Juice??
Can anyone tell me what this sort of hose is called? The closest I could find at Lowe's was an aluminum one
that looks amazing.... I'm hoping it works just like the video
I made almost the identical system, but used small, sealed ice packs. I like your frozen water bottle idea much better! Thx for sharing.
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.
My 700 Model will put out fog for about 20 seconds, then it kinda seems like it has to "recharge" for 40 seconds or so before I get the Ready light again. IS THIS NORMAL?
Yes, the liquid that becomes smoke/fog cools down the heater. The majority of budget machines can't output continious fog as the heater that makes the fog cools down too much. You can make your fog machine last last longer by using it in shorter bursts, this should give the heater some time to get back up to temperature.
Do you still use the fog fluid?
Looks amazing.
Just like that...? Amazing!!
Just awesome, thank you.
Looks amazing indeed. Any special kind of fog fluid you use?
I make my own. I should make a tutorial about that next!
Please do!
Andrew Wade Hey I'm putting on a 90's rave night in my school and was just wondering if when the fog is chilled and floating at ground level if you reckon we'd have any problems with fire alarms also if we just fired the fog out straight from the fogger if we'd set any off as its a very long, fairly wide and high hall, 3 stories high? Cheers.
+Andrew Wade Thanks , did you?
+Andrew Wade can i use every kind of fug fluid for this? (or do u need special?)
Did the mist come out brown?? Was it just water coming out of it?
How long will the water bottles last?
Wow, nice idea, will try them for the next monster-party. But could you please give me some advice for the fog fluid.
How long does the fog last doing it this way?
This is a great idea II
m going to try it out at my church! What kind of pipe are you using and where could i get it at?
would dry ice work just as well? So you wouldn't have to worry about the water leaking?
I am going to try that this weekend. I'll let you know.
@@josemartinruiz1956 update? Did u try it?
I wouldn’t recommend it, the dry ice is so cold it started impacting the environment around it. Only if you have like a metal coil kind of like the one for dryers that would actually improve the cold temperature. I bought 9lbs of dry ice I guess if I used it all it a time once if would have probably worked better.
The only issue I had with this design was the leaking. I can't have water on the floor when shooting a music video. But dry ice? Bam. Now I can try this design out.
Does the hose need to be that long?
How many watt fog machine did you use
Wow, this is actually genius lol
Do u still need to anything in the fog machine
I just tried this and it did t work :/ what fog juice are you using ?
Will this make your floors damp if you only do it sporadically?
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.
This is brilliantly simple.