Fan: electrically motorized device forcing air that creates ventilation by circulating cool air or redistributes heat based on setting.
UPDATE: I purchase another fan…I had to, it’s just too cool. It is a WooZoo table fan. It moves from side to side, up and down, and stationary. It looks good too! I highly recommend it. 😉
I’m cleaning my fans today. It’s something I do. I am always amazed at the amount of dust my fans collect.
I have three fans…. my medium sized, floor/table Vornado (everyone knows this brand, right?), a white, Honeywell rotating tower fan and a Rowenta stand fan. The latter two have remotes – quite handy.
The Vornado I brought with me when I to moved to Florida, about 8 years ago. It has been a reliable and cooling fan needed far more than I anticipated. Today was the first day I’ve ever cleaned it. 😐(I just figured out how to add emojis…so excited!! 😁)
My Vornado is primarily used as my bathroom fan. I use it when I’m getting ready – keeps me cool while in the loo. 😂
I am unable to figure out how to disassemble the Vornado – I’m sure it can be done, just don’t know if I want to. LOL So, instead, I took a cloth and toothbrush to it and cleaned as much dust and dirt from it as I could without taking it apart. I’m confident in my success as the paper under it reflected I did an adequate job. 👍I am content with that.
As I was dusting my old fan, I think I failed to mention, I did purchase this fan … from a second hand shop! Yep, it was already used! I’m telling you, it’s a great fan.
Getting back to my story….as I was cleaning the Vornado, I was thinking about how long I’ve had it, all the places it has been, and all the dust it has collected. Though I failed to keep this fan clean, it still took care of me on the hottest days – even at the park! (I would take it when I worked the booth for the boating club.)
Hmm, it appears I jump ahead a bit since I cleaned the Rowenta prior to the Vornado.
The Rowenta. It is actually a Rowenta Turbo Silence Extreme.
I purchased this fan about 6 years ago when my youngest was visiting. We’d gone to the BB&B in Melbourne – they were having a sale and I had a coupon! YaY! My son helped me narrow down the options, once I decided, he retrieved it and carried it out for me. Love my boys. 🥰
The Rowenta fan is SO quite. I love this fan…this is my bedroom fan – very quiet. And, it has a remote I keep at my bedside…an absolute necessity for relief when night sweats hit.
I do clean this fan more frequently. It’s so easy to take apart! I can’t not take it apart to clean it because it is so easy. It comes apart in three pieces, the front screen, the propeller, and the back screen. I am reminded to clean it by the amount of dust it accumulates, and being it is a standing fan, the accumulation is right in my face… it usually takes a lot of dust to remind me.
Once apart, I put it in the shower, spray it down, take a dish brush to it, dry it and reassemble. It’s that easy.
I point out, ‘it’s that easy’ because it took some time for me to understand I can clean a fan. I don’t need a new one. I don’t need to wait for it to crap out because it has accumulated six inches of dust and dirt. Just clean the damn thing!
I live in a world where a lot of things are tossed away and replaced with new. Why is it that new is so preferred. Admittedly, I have, and do, purchase new items, either out of convenience, impulse or, in some cases, new is necessary. However, I do make a concerted effort to either clean and/or repair my things, and if that isn’t possible, I will search for a used item. If I’m unable to find a suitable replacement used, then I will resort to buying new.
I do use the big A retailer, mainly out of convenience. I will not go to W, the big box store. But, when I am shopping online, I search for ‘used’ first. Granted, it’s not the same as hitting the local second hand shops, though I am physically capable of doing that, I really have to be in the mood and frame of mind for that kind of adventure… I am trying.
Ok, back to the fans.
My third fan is an Honeywell upright, tower fan. It’s functional and effective, very plastic. I don’t dare try to take this one apart. I can only dust it, which, since it is the least used, is adequate.
This isn’t one of my favorites fans. I got it for the spare bedroom, for guest. It rotates, has different speeds and comes with a remote. When I don’t have guests, I keep it in the living room for use as needed.
I think I have a thing for fans – I like all the different styles. My current favorite at this time, is the WOOZOO Oscillating Fan, Vortex Fan. The first time I came across one, was at my dad’s. They had it in the guest room. It comes with a remote and turns all directions! But, I cannot justify the purchase of it due to price and, well, at this time, I don’t really need it, (though it is saved in my A cart).
Um…ok – I just ordered the WOOZOO Oscillating Fan, Vortex Fan. The prices are going up so quick…the average price is $70 for the 12″. I found it for $56, couldn’t resist. 🙃
It is funny what I’ve learned from my fans – mind you, I haven’t even started with ceiling fans – but what I’ve learned is fans are a much bigger part of my life than just a device that blows air around. They are collectors of my surroundings, granted, tolerably undesired collections of dust, but, thinking about where some of that dust came from, good places, not so good places, they are part of my life. I find cleaning and/or repairing my fans quite rewarding and am confident they will continue to serve me as long as I continue to serve them.
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