View Full Version : Tent fan? Come on, you know you carry one!
True confessions please! I know all you ultra-lites carry one of these! :D
http://www.rei.com/product/723405
max patch
12-26-2007, 21:18
wow...only 16 ounces.
bigboots
12-26-2007, 21:24
Personally, I carry 2. I have one pointed at me and one attached to the back of my pack to help push me up the hills!
Toolshed
12-26-2007, 23:01
August in PA, light rain falling, hot and muggy with the temp in the low 80's. 3 people in the tent bringing it up to 90 degrees... All of a sudden 5 oz per person isn't a lot of extra weight....:)
Seriously, I could see using it for car camping or in the back of my truck on hot summer nights.
I've considered something similar, then realized that jumping in a stream before bed worked better (now how far back was that stream?):-?
bigboots
12-26-2007, 23:08
I've considered something similar, then realized that jumping in a stream before bed worked better (now how far back was that stream?):-?
That works, just after a long days hike make sure everyone fills their water before you jump in:eek:
Bigboots
Nah, just go downstream a bit.
4eyedbuzzard
12-26-2007, 23:23
Cool, but not COOL...
http://www.deltablues.net/jpg/camping/tentair.jpg
I use a Coleman tent fan (no idea what it weighs) It says on the package it runs 14 hrs on 1-D Batt, having used it for 3-years I can say it does last this long before the battery dies. It has a magnet and a metal plate you mount on the outside of the tent to hold it in place anyplace you want it on the tent. It has a soft plastic blade. It moves a fair amount of air for a battery fan. It moves just as much air as the 4-D one I got (and gave away) last year for Christmas. You can buy it at Wal-Mart for $12.00 I’m not a big fan (Pun) of Coleman products as I find a lot of the things they make lacking in quality, but this fan is one of the few things they make that works well. I have 4 of them.
Here is a link to see what it looks like.
http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/detail.asp?product_id=830a350t
Me and my wife have tinnitis. We run a fan at home to sleep better. If this thing makes a bit of noise I would use the hell out of it.:)
Cool, but not COOL...
http://www.deltablues.net/jpg/camping/tentair.jpgYou carry it, I'll be happy to enjoy it with you! :D
88BlueGT
12-29-2007, 05:36
It's not even the weight but the room. I know for a fact I would have a tough tim fitting that thing into my ruck lol.
NICKTHEGREEK
12-29-2007, 11:31
Laugh, but I carried a very small computer cpu cooling fan and 2 paralleled 9 v batteries (made for 12v but runs above 6v) to move some air through the eyebrow vent on my tent. Helped lots with condensation. The batteries would give me 3-4 nites of use. The fans come in a wide range of sizes and current consumption.
88BlueGT
12-29-2007, 15:27
^^^^ Good idea.
mdgamewarden
12-29-2007, 22:33
Laugh, but I carried a very small computer cpu cooling fan and 2 paralleled 9 v batteries (made for 12v but runs above 6v) to move some air through the eyebrow vent on my tent. Helped lots with condensation. The batteries would give me 3-4 nites of use. The fans come in a wide range of sizes and current consumption.
Now thats a great idea.
We have 2 fans that that we use car camping. Of course we have a Sierra Design Bedoiun 4 man--lots of room for the fans. We love them. We also sleep with fans at home. To me, car camping is about the luxary. :)
How long you think it will take them to develop a lithium powered one that weighs ounces?:D
This fan is a wined up fan 12 in. Good for camp ground have not test it much got to make stand for it
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d52/oops62/stoves%202/fan.jpg
This fan is a wined up fan 12 in. Good for camp ground have not test it much got to make stand for it
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d52/oops62/stoves%202/fan.jpg
Who makes it and where can you buy it?
Who makes it and where can you buy it?
Got it off e bay
88BlueGT
12-30-2007, 04:50
Laugh, but I carried a very small computer cpu cooling fan and 2 paralleled 9 v batteries (made for 12v but runs above 6v) to move some air through the eyebrow vent on my tent. Helped lots with condensation. The batteries would give me 3-4 nites of use. The fans come in a wide range of sizes and current consumption.
I'm really happy that you mentioned that because I forgot that I have about five of them somewhere in my garage :-?