Outdoor Fan recommendation

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A bonus would be the ability to turn on and off a mister,

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If you are anywhere on the Gulf Coast, I wouldn't get a mister.

This might be more work than you're willing to put in but you won't find anything that moves as much air.

Remember those old attic fans that were used for ventilation? I'm not talking about power fans for ventilating the attic. I'm talking about the ones that were mounted in the ceilings with the louvers. The ones where you open all your windows and flip a switch on the wall in the hallway and it creates a wind tunnel in your house.

Those fans.

A lot of people have pulled them so you find them laying around places. Usually you can pick one up for free if you poke around.

They already have really good rigid metal frames so all you have to do is build a box around it, put some mesh on the front and back, wire in a switch and attach some wheels and that thing will blow furniture off your porch. Also, because it's not direct coupled you can get pulleys for it and change the speed to whatever you prefer. If you really want to get fancy you can look into variable speed switching and that allow you to turn it up or down with a knob like a rheostat.

ETA: Damn, I didn't even know they sold these anymore. These are the bad boys I'm talking about -

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I ended up going the drum fan route when I was looking to something similar a while back. If you have the room for one, it will move much more air and be quieter and also portable. Just my .02

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Drum fans are great for a lot of things but not backyard patios. Christ............ we don't all want to live like rednecks.


This is what we put up. Well worth the extra money. It moves a TON of air.



Minka Air

Installed two outdoor ceiling fans on my patio and they do a great job keeping it cool. They are called Haiku and made by Big arse Fans (normal size fans not the six foot blade size). The fans have 7 speed settings and can be controlled either by remote or an app on your phone if you get the Bluetooth option. There is a “Swoosh” setting that will alternate the fan through the different settings which, I initially thought was dumb, but it has become one of the best selling points to me as it mimics a breeze. At one consistent setting, your body gets acclimated to that air blowing on you but alternating the speeds gives you a change and makes it feel like a cool breeze . . . sounds weird but it works.

I already have two ceiling type fans that do ok, was more looking to change out the corner fans that oscillate. When the corner fans are on i can tell little difference and feel no air moving.

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I already have two ceiling type fans that do ok, was more looking to change out the corner fans that oscillate. When the corner fans are on i can tell little difference and feel no air moving.

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Those smaller oscillating fans aren't designed to move a bunch of air unless you have those high speed ones that sound like a small plane. Even then the air they move is in a narrow area in front of the fan. In an open outdoor setting in a humid region I can't imagine they would ever make much of an impact unless you had about a dozen of them.

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My fear is that it won't be effective moving air in the 110 degree sauna of our summer.

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I'm telling you it won't. I does not push the amount of air you'll need to feel relief. I could be sitting right under the thing and it felt like a gentle breeze.

Just pay attention to the airflow (CFM). The Haiku CFM is 5604, but you can get plenty of sub $200 fans with similar CFM airflow ratings. An example is this one which is actually slightly higher at 5622 [link=

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I just put in a home decorators collection fan in my living room...VERY impressed with the output. I'm beyond content with it on low, and I don't think I will ever need the blizzard that is it's high setting. May actually get the one you just linked for my patio