So I've wanted a decent quiet desk fan and wasted money on a few in the past so gave this a try. I guess mine is broken as this is just another generic noisy fan! Going to send it back.So that other small desk fan I got ages ago ended up being a whiner after all this time of use and I ended up trying and returning a whole slew of desk fans, and a Honeywell one which I thought was "desk" friendly but never checked the dimensions, which led to comedy scenes when it arrived and it was floor fan sized lol and sounded like a Delta case fan from the 2000s.
Have settled on this which arrived today, finally a fan that is genuinely silent on the lowest speed, no coil resonance and no chassis vibrations either. Just the sound of air making blade contact. It is USB-C too and has a single press button to go through the modes, long press turns it off without having to cycle the modes (important to note). And for once, it feels like a quality fan as opposed to cheap Chinese tat. Lowest speed pushes more air than the highest speed of the old one too.
It has wall mounting holes too for those that like putting these above a monitor etc but comically the USB port is on the top, so you will need a right angled extension to keep cabling tidy
Images of items I have purchased (except trainers [no feet pics])
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How weird, is that on speed 1?
Yeah any speed, the motor/whining noise is pretty bad. The stand doesn't help, when sat on the desk it makes it far worse. It could do with a lower speed setting than 1 as well, something half the speed of that would be good and quieter.
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cool.Getting back into the hobby after 30 years.
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He’s gone stick! Good man. I can’t drive wheel either. I’ve still got my 40mhz KO Espirit 2 I use on my Kyosho Giga CrusherSame here! Sticks for me however...
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I've had 300, 200, and 100 fttp, the only difference I can feel is the cost.
I know...penny wise and pound foolish!Can't see the bloody fridge ffs
And you opted for 100mb on FTTP? Damn fool
However....
This is my expectation lol!
It's only a tenner more so will give it a go for novelties sake.
I'm still on 72/18 via Plusnet.To be fair, anything past 100 will make zero difference to most people's general use cases. But seeing a linux ISO come down at 60MB/s never gets old
And I think I've downloaded more than most on this forum
I'm on FTTP 150 with BT which has the guaranteed 100MB minimum speed thing. I can't notice any difference than when I was on 50MB.
Unless you are downloading massive files all the time or have lots of users doing streaming and gaming simultaneously then I doubt it's worth it going higher... Unless it's for e-peen points
Unless you are downloading massive files all the time or have lots of users doing streaming and gaming simultaneously then I doubt it's worth it going higher... Unless it's for e-peen points
Yeah, I get the 1Gbps up/down with HyperOptic. I'd say probably 90% of the time I don't get close to requiring that level of bandwidth, and then a couple of times a month I have to up/download a ton of stuff from Azure or our DC and it saves me driving up and down the M4, so it's worth every penny! Especially as it's paid for with Other People's Money aha.
EDITed to add that's 45GBP/month.
I'm still on 72/18 via Plusnet.
And I think I've downloaded more than most on this forum
On same (fibre 65 but usually hit 70 down) and have no issues.
If have no kids and typical circumstances you don't need more.
I'm paying 14 a month so happy with that