There is some smell with my volcano. Mainly just the first and second bag, after that it's pretty clean. I have it it low settings in the beginning (3), then work my way up to 6 or 7 before I dump out the contents of the holder. So like 8 bags total.

This would be bag 6 I think ...
http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/240...8872015_rs.jpg

Bag 7
http://aycu08.webshots.com/image/258...7191457_rs.jpg