Arctic Hayes 333113 Pen Kit, 1 x Kit with 3 Smoke Sticks, Orange

Worked great! Odors from my neighbors smoking and incense were traveling through gaps around my plumbing and driving me nuts. This tool allowed me to identify exactly where the drafts were coming from and seal them up.

I needed something to generate smoke so I could see leaks around the edges of my sump pit cover. I have a radon fan connected and wanted to identify any places where I missed with the caulking. The cover is clear Lexan so I could see the smoke get pulled in. This worked very well. The design is like a mechanical eraser, where you push the end to slide more out. However, with the hot end, when you get close to the smoking stick reaching the pen, you need to push the button and tap it to get more to slide out. Be sure to have something non-combustible for it to slide against to stop it from coming all the way out. You will have to advance more of the stick about every five minutes.

Glad I found this reasonably priced, as I have seen others go for much more. Pretty basic tool, but invaluable. Get you one if you're trying to find problems with airflow. I'm in HVACR and this helped me to properly diagnose airflow problems and show the issue visually for proof. Recommend.

I had some frozen water lines in walls at cabin. I found and fixed a bunch of them. Air pressured the lines and not holding. I’m hoping to use this item to find some leaks without tearing out all the walls. I hope it works. Let you know.

I’ve been finding all sorts of uses for this. I ritually it was to test hvac duct work but I find myself using it to demonstrate air intrusion as well as even finding vacuum leaks on a motorcycle. First burn doesn’t work well so light it before you need it and get a good char. After that it works well. Very little odor, most people don’t even know I lit something.

Ink dried to fast

great job of finding drafts in my 70 yo house. Easy and simple

They make enough smoke to track the air movements. I used it to test exhaust hoods and they worked fine.

Der Stick hat mir geholfen Risse zu finden. Aber vorsicht, sollte etwas brennbares in der Nähe sein. Stick muss nach dem Anzünden ganz ausgeblasen werden sonst kann abfallende Glut Löcher verursachen.

Alors j'ai commandé cet article pour visualiser des fuites d'ai autour d'un foyer (insert) qui doit être étanche. Ca remplit bien la fonction attendue. la fumée est assez odorante mais ne salit pas. C'est juste hors de prix pour ce que c'est.

déconseillé

Il fumo si vede molto poco

I was experiencing annoying draught (or draft) sensations in the home and found this. It's excellent for finding them and they were located in a few surprise areas - around window openings, pulley wheels on sash windows, and even the gap around the lock barrel on a patio door. Tip: get the refill as you'll soon use up the 3 sticks in your initial exploration. Also if you burn one too short and it gets trapped inside the pen - the base does actually pull/screw off the metal part. You need to unscrew it from the main pen (like removing the inner ink part from a biro) and you will be able to get the base off the metal part by pulling and unscrewing - it looks fixed but it isn't - and the end of the stick will just fall out. Note also that you secure lengths of stick by removing the metal inner from the pen and pushing the 'nib' against the spring which opens its jaws up. I found it helped to move around doors, windows and fireplaces slowly and when moving vertically, trace from top to bottom. You'll soon see a suck or blow effect on the smoke when you hit a draught - your task then is to fill it! I got some rubber seal kits off Amazon for windows and used things like blue/white tack for small gaps around key barrels. You won't be able to block every draught and you will always need some so your home doesn't fill with condensation - but if you can remove the worst offenders that should make you feel mort comfortable and bring down your heating bills! Easy to use and great value for money