The Solar Powered Car Auto Cool Air Vent Cooler Cooling Fan (Believe it or not, that is the name of the product listed on Amazon.) has arrived. My initial impression was how extremely light the unit was. In my mind, that meant cheap. After taking the car's temperature for about a week, I hung the fan in my car's window. Nothing happened. The fan did not move. I decided to test it in direct sunlight. The fan moved. Therefore, the unit could not get enough sun through my slightly tinted window to run. My first caveat, therefore, is do not purchase this item if you have tinted car windows. Pay no attention to the item description that says "dark" tint. , my light tint did now work either, and I live in Colorado, where we have 300+ days of sunshine every year and are a mile closer to the sun than most of the country.
Be that as it may, how did the fan perform when in the sunshine? Awful! The blades ran so slow there was no air movement at all. I took a feather duster to the fan, and the feathers did not move, either on the intake side or the output side.
Maybe I had a defective unit, but I don't think so. Hence, I decided to return the $15.99 item to Amazon. That is when I discovered I wold have to pay return shipping of "up to $5.84" because the problem was not Amazon's fault. Well, at least I should get $10 back for this piece of crap.
Be that as it may, how did the fan perform when in the sunshine? Awful! The blades ran so slow there was no air movement at all. I took a feather duster to the fan, and the feathers did not move, either on the intake side or the output side.
Maybe I had a defective unit, but I don't think so. Hence, I decided to return the $15.99 item to Amazon. That is when I discovered I wold have to pay return shipping of "up to $5.84" because the problem was not Amazon's fault. Well, at least I should get $10 back for this piece of crap.
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