"SPINWHEEL BREEZE" LED FAN


"Spinwheel Breeze" Personal LED Fan, retail $3.99 (www.wallgreens.com)
Manufactured by (Unknown)
Last updated 10-24-05




The "Spinwheel Breeze" Personal LED Fan (hereinafter probably just called a fan) is a small, handheld battery-operated electric fan. It has two soft plastic blades and a neck lanyard, but most importantly (for this website sakes anyway), there are five tiny LEDs on one of the fan blades that create some rather pretty patterns when the fan is used.

There is a circuit of some kind hidden in the fan's head that controls each of the five LEDs individually.


SIZE



To use the fan, feed it first (see directly below). As the fan is facing you, press & release the button on the right-hand side of the fan's body just below the head to turn it on. Press and release the button the same way again to turn it off.



On the back of the fan, you'll find a battery door. Use a fingernail to pull down on the latch, swing the door open, lift it off and remove it, throw it in the {vulgar term for feces}bowl, yank that silvery handle on the front of the cistern down, and flush it away...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

If necessary, remove the three used AAA cells from the compartment, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.

Insert three new AAA cells in the compartment, orienting each cell so its flat-end (-) negative faces the spring for it in each chamber.

Place the battery door back on so the little plastic tit on it fits into the slot for it in the fan's body. Swing it up, and press it in until it clicks.
Aren't you glad you didn't flush away that battery door now?

Current consumption measures 215mA on my DMM's 4A scale.



This product is meant to be used as a handheld fan in a dry area, not a flashlight meant to be thrashed and abused, so I won't try to flush it down a toilet, bash it against the corner of a concrete stair or a steel rod, let my housemate's kitty cat go to the bathroom on it, run over it with a 400lb Rascal, or perform other indecencies on the fan that a regular flashlight might have to go through.

This fan is not water-resistant, waterproof, or submersible. So please try not to drop it in creeks, rivers, ponds, lakes, oceansides, docksides, puddles of African lion pee, slush piles, mud puddles, tubs, toilet bowls, cisterns, sinks, fishtanks, dog water dishes, or other places where water or water-like liquids might be found.

If it fell in water and you suspect it got flooded, disassemble it as you would for a battery change, dump out the water if necessary, and set the parts in a warm dry place for a day or so just to be sure it's completely dry inside before you reassemble and use it again.

If it fell into seawater or if somebody or something peed on it, douche all the parts out with fresh water before setting them out to dry. You don't want your fan to smell like seaweed or piss when you go to use it next. Besides, salt (from seawater or pee-pee) can't be very good for the motor, the LED driver circuitry, or the battery contacts.

The LEDs in the fan blade produce beautiful patterns of light that must really be seen to be appreciated. The movie I provide farther down this web page really doesn't do the fan justice.



Photograph of the fan in action.

Quicktime movie (.mov extension) showing just a few of the fan's blinking patterns.
This clip is approximately 2.7 megabytes (2,731,464 bytes) in length;
dial-up users please be aware.
It will take no less than 18:16 to load at 25.0Kbps (9:00 at 56.0Kbps).
I cannot provide it in other formats, so please do not ask.

That red triangle in the upper right is from another lighting product.



TEST NOTES:
Test unit was purchased at Wallgreens on the morning of 04-23-05.

Product was made in China. A product's country of origin really does matter to some people, which is why I mentioned it on this web page.


UPDATE: 04-25-05
These fans are also available at Media Links Now for $8 each, with free shipping in the United States. Batteries are included.


UPDATE: 04-28-05
This fan has now been seen in the Sharper Image catalogue, selling for $12.95; batteries not included.


UPDATE: 10-24-05
The red LED (the one closest to the hub) has gone out. I tried flicking the blade with my finger numerous times, but it still stays out - it doesn't even flicker. The rest of the LEDs and the fan itself still work.


PROS:



CONS:



    MANUFACTURER: Unknown
    PRODUCT TYPE: Battery-operated fan with LEDs in blades
    LAMP TYPE: SMD LED
    No. OF LAMPS: 5 (2 red, 1 yellow, 1 green, 1 blue)
    BEAM TYPE: N/A
    SWITCH TYPE: Pushbutton on/off on side of product's body
    BEZEL: N/A
    BATTERY: 3xAAA cells
    CURRENT CONSUMPTION: 215mA
    WATER RESISTANT: No
    SUBMERSIBLE: No
    ACCESSORIES: Long neck lanyard
    WARRANTY: Unknown/TBA

    PRODUCT RATING:

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