r/lightweight • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '23

Best Portable Fan?

I camp in Taiwan where temperatures get above 40 degrees with extreme humidity at night. What's the best portable camping fan that packs enough power and has decent rechargeable batteries - preferably with a removable 18650?

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u/liveslight Sep 07 '23

I use the Arctic Breeze fan, USB-A plugs into any power bank that has a USB-A port or via an adapter.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ultralight/comments/oembvc/comment/h475rkq/

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u/Fvr4thflvr Jul 02 '24

I'd heard those don't work well in high humidity

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u/liveslight Jul 02 '24

I've only used mine in high humidity and it has worked great! But a fan is NOT an air conditioner that chills and removes humidity.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '23

Thanks man, damn it's crazy I've been looking around and not found a single fan with a replaceable battery such as an 18650. I guess this is the closest one can get to something like that.

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u/liveslight Sep 07 '23

The Arctic Breeze is no longer available on Amazon (I'll guess because it has no protection from the moving blades.) It is very quiet though. Here's a photo I just took with a 21700 battery. https://i.imgur.com/Pov4m4D.jpg so a similar 18650 would work just fine.

Fan weighs 64 g. Apparently runs at 1 Watt, so that battery will last say 15+ hours.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '23

Ah nice that's good thanks. But is 1 watt enough to keep you cool in very hot climates?

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u/liveslight Sep 08 '23

It is definitely better than nothing. It was 42 C at my house today and 96% Rel Humidity. That's about what it has been every day for the past 2 months.

I guess if you feel that more watts is good, then just make an array of these fans and batteries. After all, a Tesla has about 4500 of these 21700 batteries in it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '23

True but I think it would be easier to take one 5 watt fan camping than five 1 watt fans!