Endless breeze fan (1 Viewer)

[Feltwell]

Well, I forked out for the horrifically overpriced Endless Breeze fan, due to the lack of any decent alternatives, all the other 12volt fans I've seen have been very weak.

It moves a good volume of air - that cannot be denied - and I'm grateful for it as I sit here now in 30 degree heat.

I'm not too impressed with the build quality though - the casing moulding isn't great, I wouldn't care usually but at this price it should be perfect! However the main problem is the fan isn't balanced very well - it's okay on setting 1 but put it on 2 and it shakes a bit, put it on 3 and it really shakes, you certainly can't use it sat on a table without it making the whole table shake.

There's a clear gap in the market for someone to make a competing product, I'm just not sure the gap is big enough to warrant the initial investment.​

 

[scotjimland]

I bought mine second hand from a Funster last year....

Not impressed with it either.. and agree with your findings on quality ... however, it doesn't shake badly, but do find it noisy on speed 3 .. so it's hardly been used.. other problem was finding a suitable place to sit it..

on offer for £50 .. what I paid for it.. PM me


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[Jenben]

@scotjimland

We're looking for an endless breeze fan so PM sent

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[scotjimland]

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We're looking for an endless breeze fan so PM sent

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[sdc77]

We were sort of looking for one ...
We currently have a Vornado which pushes great amounts of air around but it's a little bulky.

 

[DBK]

I think the issue is that this is isn't really an expensive fan - in the USA! The problem is the price here. I took ours apart last week to give it a clean after over two year's use. What I noticed was the fan had clearly been balanced as there were a couple of fillets of silicon sealer stuck at the ends of two fan blades on one side. So it shouldn't shake but we rarely use ours above speed 1 and find that effective and quiet enough.

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[Deleted member 29692]

I think the issue is that this is isn't really an expensive fan - in the USA! The problem is the price here.

Reason:

US price + shipping costs + 20% import duty + UK seller's margin + 20% VAT = Expensive item in the UK.

If you can figure a way around all that let please let me know. I'm trying to get the numbers to work on a product currently only available in the US that I know would sell well here and at the moment the bloody taxman is killing the whole idea.

 

[Deleted member 29692]

I'm quite happy with mine. It does exactly what I bought it to do.

It doesn't shake at all. Yes, I suppose it's a little noisy on speed 3 but I wouldn't say excessively so.

One of my to do projects is to work on phase 2 of fitting it to the roof light in the bedroom (see other thread from a few weeks ago)

 

[tufty]

I find the Endless Breeze too noisy so hardly used ours. It does shift the air about though so I'll keep it in case there comes a time when I'm hot enough to bother digging it out .....with the ear plugs

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[Mack100]

The dog loves it!

 

[sdc77]

Hmm sounds like we need a new trade deal with the USA

 

[Khizzie]

Fitted the fiamma turbo fan in my small rooflight .does the job and a lot cheaper than the yank one . Haha.

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[scotjimland]

There's a clear gap in the market for someone to make a competing product,

Not 12v but not a problem..

A 12 inch 3 speed oscillating desk fan for £12.99 .. and at only 35watt it will run off a small inverter .. drawing about 3 Amps Broken Link Removed

Endless Breeze.. 12 inch , 3 speed , uses 2.6 Amps

 

[Robert Clark]

Reason:

US price + shipping costs + 20% import duty + UK seller's margin + 20% VAT = Expensive item in the UK.

If you can figure a way around all that let please let me know. I'm trying to get the numbers to work on a product currently only available in the US that I know would sell well here and at the moment the bloody taxman is killing the whole idea.

Could you get it made in China?

 

[Deleted member 29692]

Could you get it made in China?

Probably as long as it wasn't a direct rip off. I might have a look at that route if I get time.

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[bellabee]

Expensive, yes - but we've been grateful for ours in the 30 degree heat in France. The only problem is that the dog is really selfish, and keeps hogging it!

 

[eddie]

Fitted the fiamma turbo fan in my small rooflight .does the job and a lot cheaper than the yank one . Haha.

Your right Haha

Sadly the Fiamma one is like a kittens fart by comparison

Shouldn't vibrate though, I have two, one for humans and one for the dogs and to be fair they can be very effective and the price of about $70 the build quality is adequate.

Unfortunately you can't buy them in the UK for $70

 

[Floydster]

We've got 2 going in our van on the Ile D'Oleron at the moment, and do all night, no problem sleeping with them on at all, in fact once you tune into them they cut out all the noise from the neighbours so we actually get a good lay in.

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[mikebeaches]

I wasn't overly impressed with the build quality of the Endless Breeze when we got ours about three years ago, given the cost. It feels like something made in the 1950s or 60s. But it works and does the job, so won't complain too much - but they are expensive for what they are...

 

[Jim]

Be careful with that piece of kit. I certainly wouldn't recommend the endless breeze for use in your average European motorhome. Thing is, you just can't get far enough away from it so the noise will be an issue and top speed might even damage your van.

 

[Feltwell]

Like a lot of stuff made in America Jim, these fans are big, bulky, make a lot of noise and promises but the build quality isn't up to much

Sounds like it's just me that's got one that's badly out of balance though - typical! I can see me taking it apart to try to balance the blades better that they are now. I can't really send it back, I've had it a couple of months already and the box has gone.

I've got a Fiamma Turbofan already - basically a 40cm rooflight with a large built in fan - which was fitted as standard to the van and is good, but being fixed of course means you can't aim it to give you a nice breeze where you want it. Main use I find for it is on "blowing in" mode to give a nice breeze on my head to keep me cool when I'm cooking, and on extraction mode when we go out for the day - leave it running full blast with the windows open a crack, and it pulls air through the van keeping it fairly cool but the van is still secure. Only downside is it doesn't let as much light in as a normal 40 cm rooflight

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[Jim]

Like a lot of stuff made in America Jim, these fans are big, bulky, make a lot of noise and promises but the build quality isn't up to much

Find one as powerful built better with a lower leccy usage and I'll buy it

 

[Feltwell]

I connected mine through a socket doubler with a coolbox initially, the socket doubler was fused, the fan was only on speed 1 and seemed fine so I thought all was well, although I was a little concerned about the load.

Unbeknown to me one of the kids fiddled with it whilst I was driving, put it on speed 3. I thought I could smell a bit of a hot plastic smell - then I got the "Dad, the fans stopped working" - I stopped and the plug on the doubler had melted, fuse still intact! Luckily the fan, coolbox and socket were all fine

 

[Feltwell]

Find one as powerful built better with a lower leccy usage and I'll buy it

I was only winding given your MH Jim!

My Italian motorhome is the peak of superb build quality, honest. Now, where is that list of things to fix when I get back off this holiday?

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[Jim]

I was only winding given your MH Jim!

My Italian motorhome is the peak of superb build quality, honest. Now, where is that list of things to fix when I get back off this holiday?

I think that fan has more horsepower than your Italian motorhome

 

[Jim]

I think that fan has more horsepower than your Italian motorhome

Well on speed setting 3 at least

 

[Feltwell]

Ooooo, you nasty cow!

Probably right though.

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[Khizzie]

I think that fan has more horsepower than your Italian motorhome

Probably a lot more than many @Jim after seeing some of the ones struggling up some of the hills around Lynton earlier this year.

 

[Deleted member 29692]

Have I got the only one that's balanced properly, isn't excessively noisy and has perfectly acceptable build quality?

It was just sat there at Vanbitz looking lonely. I knew giving it a new home was the right decision.

 

[Feltwell]

Probably a lot more than many @Jim after seeing some of the ones struggling up some of the hills around Lynton earlier this year.

I'll have you know that Big Bertha, my MH with 2.8 litres of pure Italian Ducato power locked away under the bonnet, has been sailing up the Swiss mountains this week with positive impunity. Ask anyone in the long line of cars behind me and I'm sure they'll agree!

Seriously, I usually find its the constraints of corners rather than power that makes progress slow on mountain passes on what is a large heavy vehicle - that and we've been up and down some seriously narrow roads, not knowing if there is a bus or truck coming around that next bend and how quickly you'll have to stop has an effect! Coming down the brakes have smelt a bit hot once or twice this week as well - despite full use of engine braking, taking it steady, pulsing the brakes and all the usual advice. Seen some amazing views though and stayed on a gorgeous little site 1100m above Lake Thun - views to die for, we even saw what I'm pretty sure was a golden eagle from our pitch.

Anyway, back to fans - seems I've been unlucky with getting an out of balance one. Ohh well.

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