Need a battery operated fan recommendation

mtnbike28

Expedition Leader
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This is the best fan I have owned. I can not run it on high all night, makes me cold. Comes with a 8 D battery portable pack, but I plug the 12v plug into my Aux at night.
I glued magnets to my topper roof (before my Flippac) and the magnets held it off - better if I did hit it, it fell, not braking a mount!

http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/o2-cool-10-portable-canopytent-fan
 

STANG302

Observer
I've been running a cheapo O2COOL 8 from Walmart. Works ok and is pretty quite. Have 4 weekends on it and have yet to run down the army of D cell batteries.
 

towee

Member
I also have a portable "Ryobi 18-Volt/120-Volt One Plus Hybrid Fan" I purchased from Home Depot. It's been wonderful and will run in the tent all night on the 18V high capacity battery pack, or can be plugged in with a 110V extension cord. It has been a real help as a travel companion and while working outside around the house.


I have a ton of the Ryobi 18V stuff in my camping gear this fan is my absolute favorite so much better than any of the o2cool battery operated fans I have used the thing really pushes air. The good batteries are insanely expensive but if you use them for multiple 18V items it isn't as painful.
 

billum v2.0

Active member
I have a ton of the Ryobi 18V stuff in my camping gear this fan is my absolute favorite so much better than any of the o2cool battery operated fans I have used the thing really pushes air. The good batteries are insanely expensive but if you use them for multiple 18V items it isn't as painful.

towee;

I've had several folks recommend this route. Probably would go this way except for the fact that I use Bosch drills/drivers with compact 18v lithium batteries. Which, of course, aren't interchangeable with Ryobi/Dewalt/Milwaukee/etc.
 

dcg141

Adventurer
I bought a 12V "Fan-Tastic 01100WH Endless Breeze Stand Alone Fan" from Amazon last winter and use it constantly in the camper, in the car for the dog and on road trips when we're sleeping in the truck. It's been extremely versatile and has a low draw on the battery.


I have one of these. Moves a lot of air and is really efficient.
 

chet6.7

Explorer
The Fantastic stand alone does move some air.I used it last week with 100* temps during the day,probably still high 80's at night when I used the fan to cool my oven like shell,it took a while on high to get the temp down to not sweating anymore temps.I placed the fan in the front window blowing out with the side windows open.
I was at a hwy rest stop,there was some kind of crop that stunk,diesel trucks running their reefer's all night and a mosquito that had a fine feed all night,not pleasant,but,it would have been worse without the fan.

I have a fan that looks like the Ryobi,Arctic Cove misting fan,I ran that as well,without the pump on.
 
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Accrete

Explorer
one small fan option...

My wife and I sleep in our van conversion and also in hammocks outside. I got onto the below linked fan from the members over at the hammock forums. (Here is an example link at amazon)

We hang it up with a single gear tie inside the van, or clip it to the ridgeline in our two hammocks. It works for us as both air flow and white noise (which we enjoy).

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: ) Thom
 

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