Posted on: January 3, 2025, 05:41h.
Last updated on: January 3, 2025, 05:48h.
Smokers know that smoke detectors in Las Vegas hotel rooms have grown too sophisticated to fool by sneaking drags in the bathroom under the cover of shower steam. But now even vape users, whose devices emit less than a third the particulates of cigarettes, have met their match.
Vape detectors are much more sensitive devices that scan the air specifically for the telltale chemical signatures of tobacco and cannabis vape smoke.
“Learn from my mistakes,” posted @HistorianJolly8683 to Reddit on Thursday. “In a smoking casino, I thought hitting a vape in the hotel room wouldn’t matter.”
The anonymous redditor, who would only identify the hotel as a Las Vegas casino resort run by Golden Entertainment, claimed that his vaping resulted in a $400 add-on charge. (The only casino resorts operated by Golden Entertainment in Las Vegas are the Strat and Arizona Charlie’s.)
“When I asked what it was for, they let me know they have detectors now that sense vapor in the air and even had TIMESTAMPS as to when it went off.”
The poster’s complaint was that he should have been “made aware explicitly beforehand that these devices existed.”
When contacted by Casino.org, Golden Entertainment responded by stating that “the $400 figure doesn’t align with Arizona Charlie’s or The STRAT.”
Common Sensor
The most popular form of vape detector is called the Halo Smart Sensor. Manufactured by IPVideo, this device constantly monitors the air for minute traces of tobacco and THC.
“Contact us to help put a stop to vaping in your building today,” its website advertises.
The Halo also listens to guests, according to the website, providing “sound detection of abnormalities like gunshots and shouting in areas where a camera cannot be placed.”
In this guide to hotel vape detectors, security company Avigiolon — which integrates the Halo into its security systems — advertises one of the key benefits to installing the devices in hotels as “increased revenue.”
“By utilizing vape detectors, hotels are able to identify more vaping and smoking offenses and issue more fines to guests that violate these policies,” the website reads.
As with other invasive technologies, this one isn’t going away anytime soon — at least not without a successful lawsuit brought by a law firm specializing in data privacy and consumer rights.
On the same reddit threat, user @710savannah claimed: “I used to work at a OYO (a dumpppp) and even we had this kind of technology. We had it behind the TVs, and it would go off even if someone sprayed hairspray, lit a candle, lit a match, ANYTHING, it collects the amount of non air material in the air, and we get reports on it.”
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