When temperatures begin to increase, most people begin to look for ways to stay fresh. If you are fighting in the heat, the best fan to help make things more bearable might not be a traditional fan at all: it could be an air circulator.
When comparing fans in front of air circulators, the main difference is that, although most fans are designed to expel the air in a long road in one direction, air circulators are built to change the air widely around a larger space. However, the beauty of the configuration is that many air circulators can also operate as regular fans, which makes them a versatile solution to stay fresh this summer.
“You can have a personal refrigeration or an air distribution from the entire room. It gets the best of both worlds,” says Chris Michael, managing director of the main brand of the Meaco air brand.
In this article, I will explain more about what are the air circulators, the different ways in which they can use them and why they could be the superior option when looking for a solution to their warm climate problems.
How do air circulators work?
Mainly, air circulators are designed to amplify the effects of a cold air source, such as an air conditioning unit, quickly and uniformly distributing cold air efficiently around a large space.
They often look like pedestal fans or table fans, but with a much deeper fan head. The air is absorbed by the back of the fan and is pushed through a spiral grill, at which time it bounces on the walls and the roof and around the entire room.
Some air circulators operate with the fan head in a fixed position, but others will range, not only side by side, but also from above and down. In this case, if it turns off or limits the oscillation, you can use the circulator as a normal fan.
How can you use an air circulator?
If you are using the fan in the air circulation mode, combine it with a CA unit will offer a very powerful cooling, as one of my usual reviewers found when it tested the Turbopoly 508 Dreo fan with its air of air.
However, you can also use it without air conditioning. Chris Michael suggests “placing an ice bowl in front of the fan to blow the air through ice for cooling effect.”
Many air circulators can also be used as a normal fan. Instead of really reducing the temperature in a room, a normal fan works by encouraging the evaporation of the sweat of the surface of its skin, making it feel cooler.
So, if you fix the air of a circulator, so you are pointing directly to you, it will have the same effect. Theoretically, the design could mean that the air does not exploit with as much power as a normal fan, but my experience with my own air circulator is that it is strong enough to keep me fresh. This additional versatility means that an air circulator could be its best option to fight against temperatures in a bad mood.
