billytheghillie Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 Are these fans any good? if so what one do you recommend? cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckandswing Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 I have one, seems to distribute the heat from my stove. I recall picking mine up off amazon for around £40. I doubt id pay more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dob Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 I have one, seems to distribute the heat from my stove. I recall picking mine up off amazon for around £40. I doubt id pay more.+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow Bear Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 Works for me - good deal at Aldi £25 last Sunday - may have some left Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 (edited) Funnily enough I saw one on groupon earlier on this evening and wondered if they were any use £15 if I recall Edited September 29, 2016 by ph5172 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike737 Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 I do a lot of re-upholstery for narrowboat owners, and most of them have one of these thermal fans sitting on top of the log burner. They certainly seem to distribute the heat around the boat; they cost nothing to run, and the boats are as warm as toast! I don't have a boat, or an interest in the fan companies, so this is an independent observation... £15.00 seems to be a 'snatch your arm off' price! Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted September 29, 2016 Report Share Posted September 29, 2016 Nice one, chaps. Never even heard of one of these before, but it's now in my shopping list for the cottage. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantam boy Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Trust me, you won't need one in there! When we looked at it last winter it was extremely warm all the way through the cottage,it's double glazed as well. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bad lindz Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Great little bit of kit, the help move the heat away from the stove to circulate it more around the room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambhat Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 My experience is that they're OK if (a) it's for a small room like in a narrowboat, in which case it does actually distribute the heat reasonably well, or (b) your stove is in an alcove and you just want do divert the heat from there into the body of the room. Mine wouldn't circulate air around a reasonable sized room. Worth £40 or so I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Or open an upstairs window and the heat will move much more. Unless you live in a bungalow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted September 30, 2016 Report Share Posted September 30, 2016 Trust me, you won't need one in there! When we looked at it last winter it was extremely warm all the way through the cottage,it's double glazed as well. Andy Ah, I feel the cold - better safe than sorry (Lady Seagrave gets proper baity if I start whinging) For the sake of a score, I might as well. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxfordshooter Posted October 1, 2016 Report Share Posted October 1, 2016 I've used an Ecofan for many years which starts spinning when the stove gets hot. It's lovely to watch but if you hold a pice of tissue in front of it you can see how little air it actually moves - certainly a lot less than moving about a room or opening a door. Get a ceiling fan if you need to distribute stove heat around a large room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny tim Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 great toy but doesn't move much air about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingo15 Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Got the aldi one last week. Moves a small amount of heat about. Looks cool thou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Got the aldi one last week. Moves a small amount of heat about. Looks cool thou you got it on already??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrowningDJC Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 I got mine off ebay, I'm impressed with it, noticed the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kody Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 I've used an Ecofan for many years which starts spinning when the stove gets hot. It's lovely to watch but if you hold a pice of tissue in front of it you can see how little air it actually moves - certainly a lot less than moving about a room or opening a door. Get a ceiling fan if you need to distribute stove heat around a large room. Plus one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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