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I've had this bubble blower for 3 months now and my purchase price was $39.99. I was so tired so spending ridiculous amounts of money on replacing battery operated bubble machines, and then if we found one that lasted, changing the 6 AA batteries every couple weeks. (My daughter wants bubbles on EVERY time she's outside.) And so I began my search for a bubble machine with an AC adapter. And let me say that this thing puts out an impressive amount of bubbles! It's really glorious to look at! The only downside to a lot of bubbles, however, is that it eats up bubble solution like crazy! I've tried two different bubble solutions with this machine, the Froggys Fog "High Color Bubble Juice" (Froggys Fog - HIGH COLOR Bubble Juice - Strong Long-Lasting Iridescent Brilliant for All Bubble Machines and Bubblers - 1 Gallon), and our longtime favorite, Gazillion Bubbles. They both create a lot of bubbles, however, the "professional" bubble juice (Froggy Fog), creates bubbles that fall to the ground and then stay there in a big bubble mass (see pic). The Gazillion bubble fluid is a lot thicker and yet the bubbles are lighter and float into the air and are carried all over the neighborhood before they pop. And so we prefer the Gazillion bubbles, and it is cheaper ($3.88 for 2 liters at my walmart, compared to $25 a gallon for the professional stuff). So to do the math for you, 1 gallon is 128oz, which puts the Froggy Fog price at about $0.19 an ounce. 2 liters is about 67.6oz, which means that assuming you can get the $3.88 price on the Gazillion Bubbles, they are only about $0.06 per ounce! Even if you paid the ridiculously inflated price Amazon has them at right now, ($9.49), they would still equal out to about $0.14 an ounce. The theory on the professional bubble juice is that it is supposed to make more bubbles with less solution, therefore you would use less than you would with a non-professional grade solution like the Gazillion bubbles. I honestly haven't seen this happening though, and I can even add a little bit of water to the machine when it is almost done with the Gazillion bubbles, and it still makes bubbles for a long time if I keep doing this. I started this as a way to clean the machine when we were done but now I do it halfway through our bubble time and it makes bubbles for the rest of the time. The picture included is of what happens when we use the "professional" bubble juice. I have a video of the machine using the Gazillion Bubbles also, I just have to figure out how to post it. They're both good solutions to use with this machine, it just depends on what outcome you are looking for. Maybe some people like a slippery bubbly mess on the ground. So anyway, this is a great machine, you just have to contemplate what bubble fluid you use. And remember also that if you choose to use a lower quality dollar store bubble solution, you will have a lot more fluid spitting out of the front of the machine rather than forming bubbles. ~About 2 months after buying this machine, it unexplainably stopped working. I emailed the seller, and they promptly sent me out a replacement at no cost to me. I will update this review if this new machine has a similar fate but so far it is working great! I am very pleased with the customer service and the speed at which the replacement arrived (3 days after emailing).