Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/06/07/im-a-big-fan-of-this-inexpen.html
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…and I’m a fan of the fan of the fan.
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Get it! Get it! It’s a PUN!!! See, it’s a fan, but he’s a fan… of the fan! Get it!
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The fun thing about those type of fans is if you weight a balloon just right you can make it hoover in the vortex and move it around the room.
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It could be good when camping on those hot humid still nights when any airflow is a blessing.
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For a little more money ($19.99) you can get one that’s USB rechargable (comes with a 2200mAh lithium battery) and clips to things. I got one for riding stationary bike - I need the wind!
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So he gets 10 hours from it on batteries - as if that is a function of the fan. Dude if you use crap batteries you’l get less…or more. No mention on the various battery performance or whether Fan B will run shorter/longer on the same battery. Plenty of Chinese USB fans around for no more than $5.
It’s a function of the batteries and the current draw of the fan. I don’t see any mention of a speed control which would allow trading breeze for battery life.
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I used to have a large rotating Emerson fan. All metal and more or less indestructible. Clean it in the spring, give it a few drops of oil and you’re good to go. I think we got it from my Grandmother. The thing was ancient. The fan, that is.
[not my actual fan]
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Was that his plan?
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That’s amusing, i literally just got a Honeywell HT-908. It’s a 15in fan and it’s great. got it to replace a 12" Honeywell fan that started to squeak beyond measure that i’ve been using nonstop for the past 3 years 
Could’ve likely cleaned it out but the base was damaged in a past move.
S.O. Bellamy: Dear, why do we have 4 new fans?
O.P. Bellamy: Honey, well…
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There’s a Honeywell HT-800 series next to me now.
I’ve been a fan (hehe) of Honeywell’s since the 90s.
This fan sounds like a good candidate for a solar retrofit. I suspect it would be fairly easy to modify it so that rechargeable AA batteries could be charged through the USB connection from a solar cell.
I’ve done a similar mod for a couple of LED lights which use three D cells. A little rewiring, the right rechargeable D cells, and a couple of small solar cells in my south-facing bedroom window has resulted in reading light for the last 10 - 12 years.
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