After running errands and spending hours at the showroom of a custom kitchen designer, Speedy and I had dinner then proceeded to the grocery — first at S&R for dog food, cat food, vegetables and fruits, then at Shopwise Libis for rice paper (you know, for making Vietnamese spring rolls). At Shopwise, the first thing that caught Speedy’s attention were these bladeless electric fans. Of course he had to inspect them… A guy thing, maybe?
I don’t know what he found more interesting — the new technology, the fabulous design or, perhaps, both.
The air blows from small slats around the frame.
The desk fan models (the two in front; the one at the back is a stand fan) have bodies that tilt so that the air blows downward…
… or upward.
Neat, huh? The price is an altogether different issue though. The desk fans cost PHP3,229.00 (around USD75.00) while the stand fan costs PHP5,099.00 (about USD118.50).
We didn’t buy any. But I’m sure we were thinking the same thing — if these bladesless electric fans were available when Sam and Alex were toddlers, we probably would have bought one for every room in the house. I don’t know about you but Sam and Alex both went through a stage when they were curious about their surroundings and they just had to touch everything they laid eyes on. Sam tried to touch the blades of an electric fan once. And she liked to touch electrical outlets. As a result, we did some serious child-proofing all over the house — electrical outlet covers, no electric fans within her reach, gates at the top and at the bottom of the stairs… you name it, we probably did it.
What was even worse was that there were times when they weren’t content with touching — they liked to taste what they touched too. For instance, Alex liked to peel paint off the walls and put the flakes in her mouth. So, I had all the walls in the house covered with wall paper.
So, you can understand why Speedy and I immediately thought about toddlers when we saw the bladeless electric fans. They just looked so much like they were designed with young children in mind.
Toddlers din ang unang pumasok sa isip ko when I first saw the fan in one of the stores here some years back. The next is yung dusting (or the lack of it). The brand that we have here is Dyson. Their price is more than 6x ng price dyan sa atin.
Wow, so the ones we saw are in fact inexpensive… WOW. Namahalan kami eh
Connie, Those fans look like copies/imitation of Dyson fans. That design is patented ( at least in the US/Europe anyway ). Carol B is right, those things are very expensive.
Hmmmm…. I just searched Google images and there appears to be a lot of bladeless electric fan “brands”. Am not sure if Iwata is a Chinese or a Japanese brand. The local distributor is Colentco.
Naku, when I saw those fans, I must say I was spooked! Especially so when I was examining them closely, I was kinda expecting an alien to jump out and grab my face! Maybe I’ve seen too many movies, ‘no?
ooh, I keep seeing those fans in Ace and Handyman stores, I like the ones that have “water?” for cooling effect. I have no idea what they are called. But I think they work like Iwata humidifiers
I want one of those but I’m afraid of it breaking down on me. Traditional electric fans you can bring to repair shops or even have a family member tinker with- what about this though? It may be to “technologically advanced” to be tinkered with.
That fan will be nice. My son is so curious, Ms. Connie like your daughters when they were young. He’s not contented with just touching thing but also liking it. Our window now has chopped paint because of his teeth marks. But I wonder this new fan can last like the brands we have here? Kinda expensive as well. Wall fan na lang bibilin namin di rin naman maabot ng anak ko.
I saw one of that in cdr king..^_^, mas mura po ata siya. I’m planning to buy one if I have time coz it’s so cute and less dangerous.
CuriousGirl, hmmmm yah, right, there ought to be an accredited service center.
Charo, LOL, Sam used to bite the paint off the railings of her crib. Our solution back then was to stick to ceiling fans. Unless the kids could fly, well, ceiling fans were out of their reach.
My now 1yr10mo old son AJ managed to ram his finger into an electric fan when he was 6 months old. Ended up as a trip to the emergency room. Totally scary episode — but at that time Dyson was the only available bladeless fan and it was a few hundred dollars so no way.
It’s amazing how these things work. They work on the same principle as that of some very advanced jet engines — but the principles have been known since at least the early 70s. Sometimes I wonder why nobody came out with these earlier.
and i thought only boys are overly active! my twin boys are 13 months and they touch every button within their reach and also put anything interesting in their mouths. My saviour at the moment is ipad. They behave when I give them my ipad
when I first saw those fans, I was so afraid to put my hand in the middle coz I thought that the blades were just moving so fast that the naked eye can’t see…lol… Connie, buy the fans, they’re so nice at least the price is inexpensive compare to the Dyson brand. Here, the price is around $400 CAD (incl taxes)
that is pretty cheap…here its $329 and i’m still urging my hubby to buy it…
Oh wow that much? And I thought the price here was too much.
These fans made the rounds of some group buying sites last year. Though curious, I didn’t buy any because despite the discount, I still found them expensive. I saw a few recently at the mall and they were similarly priced. It seems now that there was hardly any discount. I still find them expensive though because of the size.
Bladeless fans seem like a good idea for toddlers but what if they stick their heads inside?
Do those last as long as ordinary fans?
Doesn’t everything depend on usage?