Will filling the room with a dense fog deter criminals? Perhaps, especially if it's as terrifying in practice as it appears to be in the videos at FogSHIELD's website. The $4,200 system is, according to its makers, harmless to live and electronics, disperses within the hour and is even scented with mint.
Fog cartridges at $300 each, and good for 15 fogs, which is to say, you can mess around with it for a laugh now and again.
It contains a mix of water and glycol (and, at the very least, something minty) but let's face it: if someone's ransacking your home, there really should be a tear gas option.
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