The Rockville R700 fog machine is a beast of a machine. This machine is around the same size as the Chauvet H700 machine and the American DJ VF400 machine. We feel ours is better for many reasons. We include both a wired remote control as well as a wireless timer remote. The wireless timer remote is going to be your best friend. You can hit a single button and the machine will disperse fog for 30 seconds. The fog will stay in the air for a while and now and then you can hit the timer remote button again. Our model has the fastest start time on the market. We rate it at 3.5 minutes however when I was personally testing it it started dispersing fog in 2.2 minutes. Our machine also is the leading model on the market. It can produce 3 000 cubic feet per minute of fog. It produces a very thick amount of fog that stays in the air for a long time before slowly dissipating. It uses a standard water-based fog fluid. So you can use the Rockville fluid or you can use fluids made by other famous companies like Chauvet or American DJ. The build quality of the Rockville R700 is incredible. It can be thrown around and take a good beating without ever breaking down.