Air circulators for 10x10 room

[Blue brother]

I've got a 10x10 flowering space, I need ideas on circulating the air around the room, for years I've used metal floor fans hung from bungees from the ceiling. These are noisy and tbh aren't brilliant at creating the type of air movement I want. If possible I'd prefer 1 or 2 fans to do the whole room, I'm limited as to what walls I can fix fans to as one side wall has a window on it, and the front of the room is just open, so essentially there are only the back and one side wall that could hold wall mounted fans.

I seen these and thought they might do the job but I can imagine them being quite noisy

The less fans and cables running allover the place the better.
I like a lot of air movement in flower and I like to see all the leaves moving.

what do you guys reccomend

 

[coreywebster]

 

[coreywebster]

Which are these


1 covers an 8x4 so I'd go with 4. Which might be more than you'd like but that would be my choice .
Don't get digital ones with remotes though

 

[Blue brother]

Which are these
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1 covers an 8x4 so I'd go with 4. Which might be more than you'd like but that would be my choice .
Don't get digital ones with remotes though

How long have yours been running? I've had bad experiences with that "type" of fan in the past, they usually start clicking then ultimately die haha, at that price I could live with replacing them depending how long they last. The ceiling is the perfect place to mount my fans and it's reassuring to see yours blowing through the LEDs bars as that's what I'd need mine to do

 

[coreywebster]

How long have yours been running? I've had bad experiences with that "type" of fan in the past, they usually start clicking then ultimately die haha, at that price I could live with replacing them depending how long they last. The ceiling is the perfect place to mount my fans and it's reassuring to see yours blowing through the LEDs bars as that's what I'd need mine to do

For all the small oscillating ones I've tried , they've all failed. Apart from the ac infinity mark 2 which is still young.

But I don't think I've had one of those 16" wall mounted (on ceiling) fail on me yet.

I've used them for several years, probably got rid after maybe 3-4 due to moving houses and having settling in periods where I don't grow anything until I've sussed out the neighbours.

I have two at mine, that one is about 3 years old.

I also set up several for friends and it's my go to fan.

I find them reasonable on noise.

Think that one was from toolstation , might only stock them in summer though.
I've bought them online too. Same shit, different label.

Obviously they come with a wall mount , which is like a hooked plate, so you'll have to be slightly creative to mount them.

That's mounted as if it were on a wall on a bit of wood with a rubber pad and tie wrapped so it doesn't come off.

It's the same mechanism as the small ones, but maybe because it's bigger overall it doesn't grind out or break ?

 

[Blue brother]

For all the small oscillating ones I've tried , they've all failed. Apart from the ac infinity mark 2 which is still young.

But I don't think I've had one of those 16" wall mounted (on ceiling) fail on me yet.

I've used them for several years, probably got rid after maybe 3-4 due to moving houses and having settling in periods where I don't grow anything until I've sussed out the neighbours.

I have two at mine, that one is about 3 years old.

I also set up several for friends and it's my go to fan.

I find them reasonable on noise.

Think that one was from toolstation , might only stock them in summer though.
I've bought them online too. Same shit, different label.

Obviously they come with a wall mount , which is like a hooked plate, so you'll have to be slightly creative to mount them.

That's mounted as if it were on a wall on a bit of wood with a rubber pad and tie wrapped so it doesn't come off.

It's the same mechanism as the small ones, but maybe because it's bigger overall it doesn't grind out or break ?

I'm nothing if not "slightly creative" haha

wow that's what I wanted to hear, I love it when someone's got that much experience with something, it really gives me confidence in buying them, are they the only fans you use in ur op, as in 1 fan per 4x8 tent or do you have others on poles etc, does it do enough of a job at moving the leaves down through the canopy? I do like a lot of movement especially towards the end of flower so I'll probably get 6 and mount them all on the ceiling pointing down, I don't mind more fans if they're on the ceiling and they're lasting as long as urs have!

Thanks bro, really helped me out here!

 

[coreywebster]

I'm nothing if not "slightly creative" haha

wow that's what I wanted to hear, I love it when someone's got that much experience with something, it really gives me confidence in buying them, are they the only fans you use in ur op, as in 1 fan per 4x8 tent or do you have others on poles etc, does it do enough of a job at moving the leaves down through the canopy? I do like a lot of movement especially towards the end of flower so I'll probably get 6 and mount them all on the ceiling pointing down, I don't mind more fans if they're on the ceiling and they're lasting as long as urs have!

Thanks bro, really helped me out here!

I use a few ac infinity mark 2s in my veg tent because it's a loft tent due to the sloping ceiling so it's not very tall and in other spots I've done the same due to Metal Halide reflectors blocking air from above.

But yeah that's pretty much it for the 4x8 flower tents. 1 bang in the centre covers it all and the airflow is great, they dance nicely without getting crippled

 

[Blue brother]

Ahhhhh @coreywebster i got myself 4 of those fans, took the backs off to check where wires were and screwed them straight into the timber I hang my lights from, I had thought about getting 6 but 4 was definitely enough, they narf move some air for such a cheap fan, I'll continue to use my metal cage fans but just on the floor blowing under the canopy cos I have them and they weren't cheap, but if they crwp out I'll be swapping them with these Krystal 16inch ones and get creative about mounting them.

thanks so much bud I really appreciate the recommendation

 

[coreywebster]

Ahhhhh @coreywebster i got myself 4 of those fans, took the backs off to check where wires were and screwed them straight into the timber I hang my lights from, I had thought about getting 6 but 4 was definitely enough, they narf move some air for such a cheap fan, I'll continue to use my metal cage fans but just on the floor blowing under the canopy cos I have them and they weren't cheap, but if they crwp out I'll be swapping them with these Krystal 16inch ones and get creative about mounting them.

thanks so much bud I really appreciate the recommendation

Glad you like em mate!

Noise ain't too bad either ey!
I think the sound must go straight downward.

 

[Blue brother]

Glad you like em mate!

Noise ain't too bad either ey!
I think the sound must go straight downward.

Yeah so for years I've kept my extractor fans in my loft in plywood boxes stuffed with rock wool insulation, so the loudest aspect of the grow has allways been the circulating fans, to say the volume has been cut down dramatically is an understatement, just typing this now has made me realise I don't want to go back to using my old fans for under the canopy, I'm gonna order another 4 of these haha

honest Corey if I need to replace these every year I'd still say they're probably worth it, £19.99 a piece I paid for them, absolute bargain!