Arise thread, for thou art not dead!
Well, it's probably obvious why I'm reading this thread. a) thanks to the search that works, and b) I need some fans.
I have some 6" clip on ones that are USB, and they're fine up to a point. As the canopy thickens, I don't feel they move enough. At least they work, and haven't skipped a beat on me. (If you used 4 of them with a thicker canopy, it might be ok.)
Turbo was right about there (still) being two companies that make fans specifically to clip on poles. Let me tell you about the other one.
I ordered 6 initially. 4 are still working (so far) as of this post.
Two went kaput within about a month. Contacted the seller (vivosun) and they were happy to refund the purchase so that I could buy another pair.
That second pair lasted just about 3 days. Wed evening to my discovering the issue early Sun morning. (Were fine at last check on Sat night.) They have offered to again refund the purchase. However I do not believe I will be repurchasing any more of these. Great idea, crap execution.
Both issues seems to revolve around the connection of the power cord into the fan. The first issue was the fans would cut out while oscillating. They would get about to the end, just before they start back, and die. Sometimes their momentum would swing them back just enough they would kick back on, but more times than not they would just be dead. Nudging them back towards center and on they would come. That screams "poor connection point" to me.
The second pairs failure has to be at the same point, but not sure what the deal is. Maybe these just broke quicker to where they won't power on at all. I dunno, but it still says there is an issue there.
Both times I've recommended they have someone look at that area for improvements, so maybe some day they will get it right. I wish they would, because I'd buy a dozen of them if they could stand up to normal use.
So here I am.
Originally I started looking for oscillating clip-on fans. Nothing stands out past what I already have. Then I saw the fans turbo mentioned, but couldn't figure out a mounting strategy. Hit the site, did a search, here we are.
Mic stand trays. Who'd a thunk, right? Damn fine idea.
For the clip-on's, you can take about 6" of PVC (1/2" or 3/4", whatever you have) and then put a 90* elbow on one end. Then attach a "tee" fitting to that so that the longest side of the tee is horizontal. Now zip tie or whatever that to your pole, then clip your fan right to it. Works great.
However, like Tim "the tool man" Taylor... I need. more. powerrrrrr!!!!
This idea will work just great, and I'm off to chat with Mr Bezos as we speak.
Thanks
@TurboBucket!