Customer Reviews

Wizard Stick

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I purchased this toy because I needed some "smoke" for use in science demonstrations. It arrived today, and I've been having fun making smoke in my house. It does NOT set off my smoke alarm, and produces quite a bit of smoke for its size. Certainly not like a fog machine, or even close, but you can hold it with one hand. I like that it sits upright on a table. When you pull the trigger partially, a blue LED lights up, and the heating element because to heat up. After a few seconds, a stronger pull on the trigger pushes against a medicine dropper, which forces the fluid onto the heating element, which causes it to vaporize and be ejected out the top of the unit. With no air currents, the smoke will slowly dissipate over the course of 30 seconds to a minute. You can get a few dozen pulls before the fluid in the tank is used up, and the included refill bottle looks like it will refill the unit about 75 times. The smoke does not leave a residue, although it you get the non-toxic fluid on your hands, it is sticky.

I've purchased several of these. They are very delicate and dropping them can crack the delicate glass tube the smoke is excreted out of. It can seem like it's not making much smoke and if that's the case you didn't let it "warm" up enough before you squeezed. The button on the trigger turns on the heater, the squeezing of the trigger pushes the fog juice through the heating element, the hotter the element the more smoke you get. As you squeeze the fog juice cools off the heating element and requires recharging time. Use good batteries otherwise it will drain in about an hour of use. Good batteries last 2 or more hours of constant playing. very hard to hack up but possible to make it smaller if your delicate with a dremel tool or something.

This is a great tool for K9 NoseWork. It is great for showing how scent dissipates. Just point, where the treat would be,and watch where the smoke goes.
Read and follow the directions carefully, it is easy to burn out the heating element.

I absolutely love this mini fog machine. It is a great deal of fun. A while after I purchased it, I painted it gold and hid it in the middle of a small sculpture. The smoking sculpture was a huge success with everyone who came to my art show. I'm now thinking of buying one of these machines for my nieces to play with.

I bought some extra fog machine fluid, just in case, but the fluid it came with was more than sufficient.

AT first, using the Wizard stick was pretty cool. I didn't realize that it doesn't turn off, so it drained all the 6 batteries that it needed over night. Not to mention the LED blew out when I use it. Good for a 1 time use.

At best I can only rate the Wizard Stick as OK. Mainly because it's very difficult to get consistent smoke from it and the more times you use it in a single session the less smoke it seems to put out.

The Wizard Stick arrives in a clear baggie with zero retail packaging which is probably why I could not locate it at any retail store.

Construction of the Wizard Stick is at least 90% plastic that feels like it would shatter if dropped so I wouldn't expect it too last long if used by children.

On the plus side you do recieve a quite large bottle of the smoke fluid so there is no need to purchase additional smoke fluid, at least not right away. The Wizard Sticks price of $19.95 is fair but this definently is not something that will last for years.

Very easy to use and runs on batteries which is nice. A lot of smoke generators need to be plugged in. This one won't create as much smoke as those but it does pretty good. You will need 6 AA batteries and they last a while. You simply fill up the little reservoir with the liquid that is included. Then you partially depress the button so it can heat up, then fully press the button and your smoke starts flowing. One thing about this is that it operates vertically as shown. you can't lay it down sideways and generate smoke with it. Good value for the money and it works.
I have added a picture of a project I made with this smoke generator. It is a tree.

This has got to be the coolest way to make fog. Easy, press the button and it's ready to go. If you are looking to add some fog to your life, magic show or where ever ~ this is easy to adapt and hack for your purposes.

I use it in my soap bubble shows and it has never failed me.


Cheap too.

needs more info as to how much smoke juice is too much. and what to expect from smoke production I never know how much smoke I will get or if I have a problem with batteries or what. because sometimes I get no smoke.

Extremely disappointed with this product. Used as per instructions and the alleged plume of smoke was less than smoking a cigarette. I get more ooos and ahhhs from an average fart. Kudos on the quick shipping. It would have been nice to know that it requires 6 AA batteries.