Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I must admit, I was a little dubious when my wife ordered this for a birthday party we were arranging, but after setting it up I was extremely pleased with the results. Considering this was the first time using the snow machine, we decided that it would be wise not to purchase potentially expensive snow machine liquid, but searched online and found a great recipe for a home made version (see below). This little box throws "snow" (actually foam) about 12' from source (no wind) and consumes a gallon of snowflake liquid in about 23 minutes (consumption was missing from previous reviews which is important IMHO) - so bear this in mind when setting everything up and judging how much liquid you'd need for the length of time you'd like to run it. At the end of the 23 minutes, there was about 6" of a "snow" drift! The internal tank holds 900ml (about 1/3 of a gallon) of snowflake liquid but we didn't use it, the feed pipe (that sucks the liquid up into the machine) is slightly over 1' in length so managed to reach the bottom of a gallon water container positioned beside the machine which we used for our home made liquid. This model has a wired on/off control switch which is 6' long, so again bear this in mind when positioning the machine (for example) on a roof. We ended up building a small ledge in a tree which worked beautifully - the machine only weights 2Kg / 4.5Lbs. The only (slight) criticism I could really make about this machine (preventing a full 5 star review) is that it's a little noisy but in our opinion that's a small price to pay for what we think is a superbly priced snow machine. I will try placing it in an egg shell cardboard lined box to see if it reduces the noise of the fan but to be honest, the excited screams of kids in a county that rarely sees snow, drowns everything else out! ============================== HOME MADE SNOW MACHINE LIQUID ============================== 1 x cup of Mr Bubbles bubble bath 1 x cup of rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol 2 x gallons distilled water* Place distilled water into bucket and mix in the bubble bath, careful with the mixing to prevent excessive bubbles. SLOWLY add the rubbing alcohol (slowly as alcohol and water generates heat). The gallon water containers were great for storing the liquid (use a funnel to slowly fill) and during use. * Use 1 extra gallon distilled water for smaller flakes