Chauvet Bubble King

by Chauvet

Product Features

• 3 double wands. Manual bubble button.
• Easily removable fluid tank.
• For best results, use CHAUVET® bubble fluid.
• Size: 19in x 15in x 12in (483mm x 381mm x 305mm)
• Power: 110V or 230V Weight: 13.2lbs (5.9kgs)

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19 x 12 x 15 inches ; 10 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 25.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001D30PTY
• Item model number: B-550
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,378 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #19 in Musical Instruments > Live Sound & Stage > Lighting Equipment & Accessories > Fog Machines & Accessories

Product Description

The CHAUVET® Bubble King is the largest name in bubble effects, featuring 3 double wands, a manual bubble button, and extremely high output. When you need bubbles for a large area, or complete bubble coverage of an area, this is as good as it gets.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of bubbles, June 27, 2011

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R. Bleicher - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chauvet Bubble King (Electronics)

Amazon sold us both the standard Chauvet B-250 and the larger Chauvet B-550 Bubble King so perhaps I can offer some comparison. Both do a good job of making lots of bubbles. The choice depends on how many bubbles you want/need.

The larger B-550 Chauvet Bubble King makes about three times as many bubbles as the smaller B-250.
The smaller B-250 is lighter easier to handle, store and clean. Although the exterior housing of both machines seems solid enough for their intended use, as other reviewers have pointed out, the trays for holding the bubble solution are surprisingly flimsy. When filled with fluid they are not strong enough to be picked up with one hand. You will need to use two hands to keep from breaking these delicate containers. We solved this by sorting through our old tupperware to find something close enough in size to cut down to fit.

The directions warn that mounting bracket is not a reliable carrying handle because it allows the machine to tip. Believe it. In addition to spilling all your bubble fluid when the machine tips, the heavier B-550 Bubble King has enough mass to damage fingers. We removed the mounting bracket on ours to prevent accidents.

When we first tired to open the machines, we found the directions are inaccurate and incomplete. The customer service team was easy to reach and polite but did not seem to know much about the products (maybe because they were looking at the instructions).

That said, once you figure out how to open and close the machines to load bubbles, the operation is very simple. Fill the tray and turn it on. Little oval bubble wands rotate into the tray of bubble juice then up into a stream of air blown by a fan. (The larger machine simply has more 3 times more bubble wands and more fans.) There is no adjustment the machines are on or off. The bubbles go wherever the breeze takes them which is why we only use ours outside.

We took the larger B-550 Chauvet Bubble King to an outdoor birthday party. The kids loved running through the streams of bubbles. After a half hour of bubbles there was a slight residue of bubble solution near the machine. The tiny bit of soap easily rinses off toys, clothes & kids.

We compared the recommended premium bubble fluid ($16-18/gal + S&H) to some walmart bottom shelf stuff ($3-5/gal). Both are just soap so safe enough for the occasional/inevitable kid ingestion. The premium fluid produced bubbles that lasted longer (more than one minute) often floating for hundreds of feet in a gentle breeze. The low-end bubbles were actually more colorful, but popped in roughly half the time. Since the machines make thousands of bubbles per minute and we will probably opt for the cheaper fluid in most cases.

We have not yet needed parts or service so can't comment on those issues.

Hope this is useful.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chauvet Bubble King, March 30, 2011

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Stephan Redenz - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Chauvet Bubble King (Electronics)

Ordered this item because of other reviews I've read on it. We wanted to get a bubble machine for our daughter. My wife found one at Walmart for $12, I looked at it and said "NO WAY" ! I decided to spend some money and I'm glad I did. When it came to the door I opened it, filled it and turned it on in the house. Our dining room has wood floors and within 3 minutes our little girl was skating on a sheet of bubbles. This CRANKS them out! It shot bubbles out on a pattern of about 8' wide and blew them back about 30', maybe more if I kept it running longer? Can't wait for the weather to warm up and take it outside in the yard.

1.0 out of 5 stars Fan doesn't blow bubbles out!, December 23, 2011

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A. Walker "Big Daddy" (MILFORD, OH, US) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chauvet Bubble King (Electronics)

Makes many bubbles but does not send them out well at all. I would not recommend this machine.We used this for a wedding and the bubbles only blew out a out 8 feet and went in a straight line. Did not fill the area with bubbles as was hoping.