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I know this topic has been revisited in the past, but I welcome suggestions on lower odor smoke alternatives to "Nada".  My wife goes on the warpath when smoke from the train room goes wafting up through the house. Yes, I do even have an exhaust fan just for that room.

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My recent experience shows that the better the smoke unit, the less odor is produced.  Case in point:  my new LionChief Plus Camelback produces very realistic clouds of smoke with every chuff.  The chuffs are powerfully driven out in a plume, and then quickly dissipate.  I get almost zero odor from running this engine.  But if I run my LionMaster Hudson, which produces less smoke, but is denser because of a weaker air-flow, I get immediate smell.

Solution:  trade in all your old engines for new ones!

Jon

I agree. Your not going to find anything with absolutely no scent at all. It also depends on the smoke unit and what kind of shape the wick is in. Even a small singe on the wick can affect the scent coming out of the stack.  I think your best alternative is to find a scent that she likes. There are pleanty of choices to choose from. 

http://www.megasteam.com/

Last edited by Chris Lonero

While visiting my my daughter around Christmas, my grandsons train was running around the tree. He was using MTH Apple Pie in the RTR 2-8-0. Wow did that smell good. Now I went from MTH Christmas Scent to Apple Pie for being my favorite. I have also used vapor cigarette fluid with no nicotine in it, which has no back ground scent of miner oil and comes in dozens of scents, but heard even without the nicotine, the smoke is still bad for you.

Carl, Chris, Jon & Dave

My wife is not into scents or candles, and the engines I'm running lately are pretty new: Lionel Shay, MTH GP Demo, MTH GE Devo, and Lionel S3. Fortunately, both Lionel and MTH make it easy to turn off the smoke units and even adjust volume via remote control. But I was still hoping that a chemical engineer would come up with a safe, no-smell formula that would produce gobs of smoke!

Bruce 

It is interesting to discover others sense of smell. Have a friend who runs those propane radiant heaters in his garage claiming they don't smell, yet when guests enter his house they all say the smell will make you sick instantly. 

Doubt there is anything that doesn't give off a scent and the fragrance will linger in the air long after the trains are done operating. Run 4 MTH diesel for a few hours and you don't need air fresheners anymore. Maybe you just need a bigger cfm exhaust fan! Good luck!!

 

I have found J.T.'S NADA to have the least offensive odor, and to dissipate quickly. My train room is a small spare bedroom with an 86" X 90" layout. I recognize that perception of odors, as well as sounds, are very subjective, and some folks are more sensitive to certain smells than others. Nevertheless, I stand by my wholehearted recommendation of NADA!

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With over 50 scents, I would think that one would be pleasant for your wife. I run as much heavy smoke as possible on my layout but within the context of what is ethical, moral and legal, I do what I want, when I want and don't take orders from my wife or anyone else.   I use the Meg-Steam coal scent for realism and Coffee scent for fun.  Almost everyone drinks coffee so who would not find that pleasant?

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Dennis LaGrua posted:

With over 50 scents, I would think that one would be pleasant for your wife. I run as much heavy smoke as possible on my layout but within the context of what is ethical, moral and legal, I do what I want, when I want and don't take orders from my wife or anyone else.   I use the Meg-Steam coal scent for realism and Coffee scent for fun.  Almost everyone drinks coffee so who would not find that pleasant?

Glad to hear you walk your post from"plank to plank" and taker no ____" from any rank!

D500 posted:

I don't see how anyone could have a problem with the smell of plain smoke fluid. Scented fluids, yes. Perfume smells in anything, yes. But plain fluid smells good; clean.

There, I've said it. I like the smell. 

I was scrolling to the bottom, planning to post the same thing. I love the smell of regular Lionel smoke fluid. Wish my trains smoked more than they do.

Crack a window in the train room. Turn off the furnace so it doesn’t blow the smoke around. Burn a candle upstairs to mask nada. Do something romantic before running trains. Have a conversation and actually listen to her before running trains. 

If those all fail turn up the chuff sounds so loud you don’t hear anything else. 😂😂😂

rockstars1989 posted:
Bruce Brown posted:

I'm surprised the smoke companies haven't come out with the scent of "English Leather", "Canoe" or "Old Spice" for us old guys.

LOL....Don't forget Brill cream and Ben Gay..Hey we gotta be able to laugh at ourselves!

 

Those scents are patented and you would have to pay royalties if you used their name.  J

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