Cheap fan for the pain cave?

majormantra

Can someone suggest a large, cheap, powerful mains fan to make riding rollers indoors bearable? Even with the window open today (it's -4° outside) I was melting. A search for "box fan" turns up things like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-89464-12 ... 661&sr=8-2

Can I do better? I'm not sure if I'm using the right key words.

bigpikle

I have a desktop fan about 9-12" with several settings and it does fine - how about this?

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.209-5112.aspx

I'm now in the garage so dont need any cooling for most of the winter!

in fact this is the exact model I have and its pretty good although indoors in summer might be a challenge...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/QUEST-12%22-DESK- ... 85ff1195a9

BeaconRuth

Wouldn't one on a stand be better so that you can position it at the right height? I got mine from Argos for less than £20 (admittedly a few years ago). Mine's probably 24" diameter or so.

Ruth

majormantra

I'd been thinking I might get something more powerful with a box fan but that's pure speculation. I could put it on my desk so height isn't a big issue. That said, these look ok for the money:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-16-PEDE ... 27b20cebea

...And I suppose I could always get 2 if it isn't powerful enough.

Thanks for pointing me towards ebay, I'd forgotten to check there.

twotyred

Get yourself one of these bad boys
http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.209-1797.aspx

Even on the lowest setting the cooling effect is impressive and no it doesn't have to be on a stand if its angled properly.

aberdeen_lune

Take a trip to your local ASDA. I bought a 16" fan from them yesterday, its a floor standing one height adjustable and made a hell of a difference to by turbo session last night. It was only £10.