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Stove Fan.

  • 01-10-2018 3:51pm
    #1
    Odyssey 2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,065 ✭✭✭✭


    Am considering buying one . Aldi have them in stock next week,does anyone use one or would I be better getting one in hardware, ow would I be better to keep my money ?. Any help and guidance please.


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  • #2
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,535 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Aldi have these fans in stock again on Sunday.


    I got one a couple of years ago, and I thought it was good - but this winter when I started lighting the fire it just sat down and refused to work. The blade still spins freely, but just not by itself!


    Anyone know if these things just have a shelf life and won't work for ever? Or was I unlucky to just get a dud?



    I'd buy another one, but at nearly 25 quid they're not that cheap if it only works for a year or two....


  • #3
    barney shamrock
    Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭barney shamrock


    I tried one and thought it was useless.
    Made no difference whatsoever.


  • #4
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,535 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    barney shamrock wrote: »
    I tried one and thought it was useless.
    Made no difference whatsoever.
    That wasn't my question though - I thought it was good, but not good value if they only have a life of a year or two.


    Just wondering should I expect it to last longer?


  • #5
    barney shamrock
    Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭barney shamrock


    I was replying to the OP.


  • #6
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Cerco


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    That wasn't my question though - I thought it was good, but not good value if they only have a life of a year or two.


    Just wondering should I expect it to last longer?

    Make sure the blade is balanced. I knocked mine over and it stopped working. It would run if I started it spinning. I noticed a clicking noise and you will see the imbalance if you look at it sideways as it spins.
    Took off the blade (only one small Allen grub screw ) put the blade on a flat surface and adjusted it to balance. You will see if it is touching the flat surface at the equivalent opposite points on the blade.
    Now it is fine.


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  • #7
    con747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,006 ✭✭✭con747


    barney shamrock wrote: »
    I was replying to the OP.

    You are a couple of years and months late for that i'm afraid. :)

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



  • #8
    barney shamrock
    Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭barney shamrock


    con747 wrote: »
    You are a couple of years and months late for that i'm afraid. :)

    Whoops, just noticed that!


  • #9
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,492 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Aldi have these fans in stock again on Sunday.

    Any chance of a link? I scrolled through this Sunday's (Feb. 28th) offers and there's no such thing that I can see.


  • #10
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,535 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    coylemj wrote: »
    Any chance of a link? I scrolled through this Sunday's (Feb. 28th) offers and there's no such thing that I can see.
    They were on Thursday's offers (25th), my mistake, I misread the online brochure :o


    Going to have a look today and see if there's any left, but I'm in two minds as to whether to splash out again.....


  • #11
    Gorgeousgeorge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭Gorgeousgeorge


    The parents have one this 5 years they got from the local hardware. It does a great job imo when it gets going full tilt you can feel the heat being driven out into the room. Just my 2 cents


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  • #12
    physioman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭physioman


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    They were on Thursday's offers (25th), my mistake, I misread the online brochure :o


    Going to have a look today and see if there's any left, but I'm in two minds as to whether to splash out again.....

    I got one the last time they were on offer. Waste of money. Made no difference.


  • #13
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,535 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    physioman wrote: »
    I got one the last time they were on offer. Waste of money. Made no difference.
    Yeah, I thought different - my stove is at one end of a high-ceilinged long room, and I thought it did help to distribute the heat around.



    But not to the tune of buying one of these things every couple of years!


  • #14
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,492 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    They were on Thursday's offers (25th), my mistake, I misread the online brochure :o

    Didn't stop you posting a link....

    https://www.aldi.ie/workzone-stove-fan/p/802479435391400


  • #15
    looksee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,794 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I got one in Home Store & More, and was so impressed I got another one for a stove in another room. We had to turn ours at an angle as the heat blowing straight out was a bit overwhelming, so now it kinda goes along the wall and circulates round the room. They apparently do have a relatively short shelf life, though I would expect to get at least a couple of years out of it.


  • #16
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Cerco


    I am very happy with mine. I think they will last a lot longer than the 3 year warranty Aldi are offering.


  • #17
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,535 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    I got another one yesterday in the end, and it was whizzing away within about 10 mins of the stove being lit.


    Delighted.


    Maybe the other one took a knock, I dunno, I'll try to mind this one a bit better! I don't remember seeing the 3-year warranty with the other one, but I'll def keep the paperwork this time.


  • #18
    Cerco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Cerco


    Click on the link from coylemj Post#14. You will the guarantee/warranty at the bottom of the ad.


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