Easy, Breezy

Last time we offered these, we sold 814 of them. Or, well, actually 1,628 of them, because that time we offered a two-pack. And two of those 1,628 fans/lights/power banks? They went to my house! Which means I can share my honest thoughts on these things.

But first, just to get something out of the way, in the comments on the previous sale, @Kyeh said:

They have a weird idea of “navy blue.”

Now, I’ll admit, when I was doing research for this product, I was looking at something similar, but not exactly the same, offered on Amazon. And those came in a true navy blue, not the powder blue like these. Is this important? No. But I just wanted to set the record straight, lest you all discount everything else I say because you think I don’t know my blues.

Anyway, onto a more important question, posed by @medz:

Is long hair at risk of getting caught up in the blades?

My answer would be: probably not. I haven’t put it directly into my flowing locks to test, but I have observed one being passed around a group of caution-lacking long-haired children without any disasters. And the reason for this, I’d say, is how easy it is to trip this thing. Touch the blade in motion, and it stops almost immediately.

I will warn, for those who are buying these for their kiddos: stopping the blade in this way does hurt. Don’t get me wrong, the blades are foam, and therefore, you don’t have to worry about any real injury. But I remember being a child and messing with various foam-bladed travel fans, and I would say most of those registered as little more than a tingle, whereas this thing can be a bit ouchier.

That said, it’s only because the fan produces a legitimately nice breeze, and has thus helped with those first few minutes of a drive home from the supermarket when the air conditioning hasn’t worked its way into every corner of the car.

As for the other features, they’re secondary for me. The light is nice. No night watchmen need consider it a replacement for their brighter beam, but it’s solid for finding something under the couch. The power bank, meanwhile, has gone untested. (The capacity is 2000mAh, by the way. Thanks to @munrore for sleuthing around and figuring that out for us. You’d be surprised how hard it is to find even basic info on some of these products.)

All in all, for $5, I say you can’t go wrong. Unless you like stagnant air and darkness. In which case, this isn’t the product for you.