The use of a vortex fan?

[L J]

whats the actual use of these? my goggles dont steam up, but my face becomes its own little sauna so whats the point in them, will it cool my face down, or just be a pointless gimmick i buy and waste £27.50 on?

 

[QuackingPlums]

Jeeves has one... why didn't u ask him last time u saw him?

I think it's useful to suck the hot air out of the goggs, but in Jeeves' case, it has developed a minor problem in that the fan makes a helluva racket...

 

[Morter]

apparently they're good for people with glasses because there's sometimes a problem with the glasses fogging?

 

[enid_puceflange]

Yeah,

these are invaluable if you are a sweaty four-eyed fech like me!
damn good at keeping your specs fog free, wee bitty noisy though! but good, in a suck/ blow kinda way

 

[QuackingPlums]

Are you saying that they're so bad they both suck and blow?

 

[jeevusmaximus]

Originally posted by QuackingPlums
Are you saying that they're so bad they both suck and blow?

Surely both would be a good thing? It's the reason I bought mine!

Yeah I gots one because of me glasses. But like QP said, its like twice as loud because something is wrong with it. Probably from the fan being hit and knocking the propeller bit so that its out of line.
LJ, I think you should save your £27.50 and use it for something more important like paint and just lose some weight!

 

[L J]

wheres the cyring button?

they should make a fan that cools your face down, then id pay £27.50

 

[vantrepes]

I use them on all my goggles for 2 reason:
1: I wear glasses, and thermal lenses don't do crap for your glasses fogging.
2: I sweat like a pig. If you set the fan to pull air out of the goggles, then it blows a nice cooling blast right onto your forehead. I used to get sweat dripping down into my eyes all the time, but the fan helped to limit that to only the hottest days.

They can be a little loud, but the switch is easy to get to while you are playing, so I just turn it on and off as I want/need it.

 

[L J]

Originally posted by vantrepes
2: I sweat like a pig. If you set the fan to pull air out of the goggles, then it blows a nice cooling blast right onto your forehead. I used to get sweat dripping down into my eyes all the time, but the fan helped to limit that to only the hottest days.

in that case ill buy it

 

[Roland]

My fan is the most important bit of kit I own, If I didn't have it I wouldn't play!

I wear glasses and they fog up all the time if I don't use the fan.

If you don't have a problem then don't buy one.

£27.50 is cheap, I paid £40.00 last year and they had just come down in price!