If you’ve ever battled over the thermostat setting, this fan will settle a lot of arguments. I have been using one of these small battery-operated fans for over a year, now, and it’s still going strong.
I experience hot spells several times a day, and this fan provides instant relief. It can be operated on batteries or with the included mini-USB cable, but it lasts long enough on one charge that I’ve rarely used it with the USB cable. Initially, the fan would last for over two weeks of daily use (several times a day, for five or more minutes at a time) on one charge. Even after over a year of daily use the 2000 mAh battery is still going strong, but now lasts for about a week of regular use on one charge.

The fan has three speed settings, but I generally use it on the middle setting. It’s reasonably quiet, for how much air it pushes. It folds up for storage, and it even has little hooks that can be used to attach it to the underside of an umbrella, though I’ve never used it that way. There are models available that come with rounded handles, but I find the flat-sided handle useful for propping the partly folded fan on a table so I can direct the cool breeze in my direction.

Amazon no longer lists the exact brand of fan that I initially purchased (iEGrow), but there are a number different models available, all in the $12 to $15 price range. I expect that they all perform about the same, and I recently purchased another model that came with an extra battery (for a few dollars more) so I can store enough juice to run the fan for several weeks of daily use without needing to recharge batteries.

One thing that is a bit odd, but not a problem for me, is that when the battery is very low, the fan does not turn off, but instead cycles between low and high setting when you press the switch. Charging probably takes several hours, I usually just charge it up overnight, and I’m good to go for another week or two. It is a bit difficult to see the indicator light to know when it’s fully charged, as the light is recessed inside the handle. I have been waiting for my first fan to die before I switch batteries, but although the battery has flagged a bit, it shows no sign of quitting, after being recharged dozens of times over the past fifteen months.

This fan gets so much use that I really don’t know how I got along without it.

-- Runciblefish 03/20/18