New Oscillating Fan with pole clip

[MrPNW]

I don’t have a Vivosun fan but if anyone does, can you look at my photo and tell me if it looks like Growbuds may have done a deal with them and just did a black version with their logo branded on it?

[MrPNW]

One of my work duties is the ordering of equipment from computer related to fans for 75 staff. Years ago I bought everyone a Vornado VH101 750w desk fan. I bought that model for years without a problem.
Then in 2018 we were told to collect them all, due to a recall, and purchase the replacement model, the VH200. I got a shipment and within 4 months they all started dying, just stopped working one after another. For whatever reason they chose to replace perfectly working ones I don’t know, but to replace our working fans that ran year after year with something that broke so soon after I stopped buying Vornado. Had it been a single fan I probably wouldn’t have been so angry with the company. Yeah I know it was still under warranty but what a hassle, I just moved to buying a different brand.

Now after boring you with my fan rant Rik, I am interested in the longevity of that model from them.

[Rik]

Thanks MrPNW for that info. I hate to say it but I suspect the cord is the only part that is UL listed and that the fan itself is not. If it were me, I probably wouldn’t use it.

I just bought one of these and put it in my tent:

https://www.vornado.com/shop/circulators-fans/oscr37-37-oscillating-tower-circulator

It’s sold out on Vornado’s website but you can get it on Amazon for $90. We’ll see how it holds up. It is ETL listed and I like the Vornado brand.

[MrPNW]

OK I hung all three fans in my shop on slow of 2 speeds. The speed appear to be the fan blade speed.

The only UL marking I could find Rik anywhere on the fan was the pressed in line of information into the cord itself and that is hard to see. There are no DO NOT remove labels found on the cord nor any marking anywhere on the body, blades, screen frame or clamp. Nothing, nada.

So besides to UL mark on the box that’s it.

If these fans haven’t burned out or up in a couple weeks I’ll hang them in the tent at the angle they were meant to hang. I figure the angle they are hanging at now should test there strength.

[MrPNW]

PLreef
You might be interested, bit just after I bought a couple cfm kits for my tent I wanted more points where I could hang equipment or add poles around or between double doors. So I found some camping tent c-clips that can easily be glued into 3/4 electrical conduit, which comes in 10’ links ready to cut to size. The “C” end of the clip fits the GGT pole diameter perfectly and wrap further around the pole than the stock kits do.
Now that my current grow is out of the way, I’m planning to work on this project.

[Rik]

Cool, thanks for that great info MeEasy

[MeEasy]

Rik I hang them from the same light ratchet ropes (can use any string or rope though) one on each wall making them adjustable up n down and one clipped to the top pointing straight down at the top of my light. Same in all three tents and one over the driver outside the 4x4 I'll add a couple pics to the post up there if I can or do a new post

Edit = here's the Amazon link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Rik]

Looks like a decent deal. Do you have these in tents? I have trouble with my Air King clip on fan holding on to the pole, had to add zip tie support.

[MeEasy]

15 bucks UL listed and not one of the 10 I've been running 24/7 have failed YET I have two extra in my closet as backup if one stops throw it out and order another. I spent more money on my first three fans than all 10 of these

[PLreef]

I use a high cfm kit from gorilla. Just a couple horizontal poles to keep the walls from sucking in.

[stump]

The problem I have had with pole fans is that the mount doesn't push the fan out enough. When the tent walls suck in a bit the fan hits the tent and eventually burns it out.

[MrPNW]

Here’s an example on YouTube Rik .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGIrZbBnNnM&t=3s

[MrPNW]

Sorry about that, I thought I had posted a link.

https://www.wegrowbuds.co/products/growbuds-6-inch-grow-tent-oscillating-clip-on-fan?currency=USD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=Cj0KCQjwl9GCBhDvARIsAFunhsm6SJnvAojVqmQeY0sxRNeq8_pb-DGFjozuwA1Wdi8KvpEHuw1xpEsaAugjEALw_wcB

They just arrived before my harvest and i haven’t had a chance to test. I’ll plug them into the shop this weekend and let all 3 run non-stop.

[Rik]

Do you know how people are adapting these lil blizzards to their tent poles?

[Rik]

How’s that fan working out for you?

The photo you posted indicates the UL listing next to the power cord description. In some products, the cord itself is UL listed but not the rest of the unit. There’s probably a UL sticker on the cord itself, but is there a UL sticker on the back of the fan? I’m worried they may be pulling the wool over our eyes here. I want to buy this one because it looks functionally awesome, but I think that only the cord is UL listed and that may be a deal breaker.

MrPNW, what do you see on the back of the unit?