Best clip fan for your tent?

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Autoflowering grower

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I have purchased 4 or 5 vicodin 6 "clip fans, which clip to a tent pole. They don't seem to last but a few months. What is the best clip fan? I want one that will last. Thanks for the help.
 
After hearing horror stories about Monkey Fans from Secret Jardin I've been looking myself. I'm avoiding anything being branded/sold as being for 'hydro' as you know it's probably just marked up crap. For small spaces there doesn't seem to be many commercial or industrial options (i.e. metal gears, bearings, not plasti-crap). So next I looked at residential brands with good reputations.

Seems Vornado has some clip fans, those are top of my list. Right now I have a couple of their small desktop oscillating fans (Clippy v8) that sit on the floot aimed up at plants. I'm eyeballing their entire line really - some you may have to find a way to rig them as they're not clips or designed for tents but there is a line that is designed to clip onto something like a desk edge. Look at the 'Pivot Clip' and 'Pivot3 Clip' ones.

I found my Clippy fans at a Costco for pretty cheap price back summer prior to this one.
 
I have been looking for a good small oscillating fan for a long time. They are hard to find. I have a hurricane and air king and I really like them but they do not oscillate . they are easy to clean which is a must for me because dust builds up so much on fans and some fans are impossible to open up and clean so I have to theowbthem out sooner then I would like even if they work really well. I want a small oscillating fan that is easy to open up and clean .
I found this really cool looking one . It rotates 360 degrees. Look it up on Amazon there is a video showing how it works. It’s a. IKK air circulation fan. It’s like $70 so it’s expensive but I am pretty sure I am going to splurge and buy it. Free returns .
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I just bought the cheap ones at the grow store, like $6 apiece. They have been going for a decade now...
 
Status 6" clip on fans. I have two that are over 20 years old, still going strong. I bought some cheap eBay fans that lasted a few weeks. So spent out on some new Status fans, they have been running 24/7 since April.
 
Ok, just went and looked at my fans. They are "Air-King." Just your basic cheap 6" clip on fan. But they work great. And still going strong a decade after purchase.
 
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I've had 6 of these in my tent fur a couple of months, no defects yet. Good air flow.

Secret Jardin Monkey Fan 30W 9.1''

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I've been using Lasko fans for ages. They're reasonably priced, move a lot of air, and last for a while. YMMV

Simon
 
I bought 2 AC infinity fans. They are on a speed control. Quite and will shake every leaf in my 3x3. I run then at about 50%.
The air doesn’t come out in a straight shot. More of a 45* angle flare if that makes sense.
I went through many fans. Small ones last 1-2 grows. Big ones took up too much room.
I’ll find a link to the exact ones. As they are high CFM for a computer type fan
 
I got my hands on one of the larger Vornado Clippy fans I mentioned, so far looks promising. I like that it's designed so you can take the grill & blades off easily and clean them as well as it has a 5yr warranty so I'm hoping it holds up well. On the lowest setting it's very quiet. Medium you can barely hear it and then full/max speed it's got some audible noise and does move a decent bit of air.

Only complain is that it doesn't oscillate but for this specific use it's a small 2x4 tent so no big deal it'll be stirring things up well enough.
 
I use this in the early stages when there's plenty of space.
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Filled with water it's sufficient to hold a small fan, it's also handy to have pre heated water sitting handy.
 
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