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28 April 2006

Fans that can swivel to direct airflow in an "arc": if only you could control how many degrees that bloody arc is! I don't need the stupid thing spending half its arc blowing air into my wall, damnit! :P

post by: NucleophilicAttack at: 20:45 | 5 comments

most of them do allow you to control this.

posted by quonsar 28 April | 21:25

Not the cheap Wal-Mart ones, which is what I always buy 'cause I like it when shit breaks.

posted by mr_crash_davis 28 April | 21:47

most of them do allow you to control this.
posted by quonsar 28 April | 21:25

They do?? I've often gotten annoyed with this myself. I know how to control the arc of a lawn sprinkler with those little wire clips, but I don't remember seeing a room fan with the same capability.

posted by BoringPostcards 28 April | 21:49

I've not encountered that feature in the models I've purchased, unfortunately. :-( Mind you, this one is like 10 years old and still going strong, so I've no good reason to replace it. It's highly likely it'll continue to function for a while yet.

posted by NucleophilicAttack 28 April | 22:43

Wait, you want the air to come out of the fan, and then hang a louie?

posted by stilicho 29 April | 00:48

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