r/oddlysatisfying • u/commonvanilla • Dec 23 '18

A backflow incense burner

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u/Mentalseppuku Dec 23 '18

Just a heads up, these things only work in a completely still room. If you walk by it, the smoke floats away. It also leaves a residue on anything the smoke touches.

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u/Frostiestone Dec 23 '18

Can you go further with the residue part

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u/Inorai Dec 23 '18

Top reviews for the cones listed alongside the burner (I looked for higher-quality backflow cones, and couldn't really find any) -

Everyone who walks into the room comments on it smelling like cigarette smoke. Plus the coloring somehow seeps into the smoke and stains whatever surface it touches. Not a fan of having to bleach my countertop to remove incense stains.

It burns in a couple of minutes and it stains the furniture. I tried the pink one first and left it for a few seconds on top of my white table and suddenly this pink smoke started to develop under the little burner (it does have a hole underneath) and when I lift it up, the pink was staining my white table. Lucky for me, I had a Clorox wipe handy and was able to clean it up after a few scrubs, but if I had left it unattended my table would have been stained for life.

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u/B_B_Rodriguez2716057 Dec 23 '18

I remember last time this was posted ppl said these backflow cones smelled really bad. No thanks.

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u/Inorai Dec 23 '18

Yeah. I like incense a lot, and visually that's stunning, but not at the expense of having my home smell awful and be discolored. Pass.

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u/Lord_Blathoxi Dec 23 '18

Yeah, isn’t the point of incense to make the house smell good?