For this week's blog i decided to talk about the design of my fan that i have in my room. The overall design of is actually very thoughtful and intuitive but there are still a few issues with the fan. The fan has a clamp so it can be placed on the side of things such as a desk or a pole. This worked out perfectly for me last year when i had my desk at the foot of my bed. This year it does not work out so well because there is nowhere for it to clamp onto where i would want to aim the fan. If the fan had a stand so it could be placed upright on a desk it would make the fan much more usable and desirable.
The one good design that i saw in the fan which made me buy it is that it can be rotated almost 360 degrees and aim in almost any direction. This also turned out to be one of the biggest issues i found with the fan. After about a month of use the internal part that allows the fan to rotate loosened up and barely lets the fan stay in one position so it always falls towards the floor and ends up blowing air at the ground which is not what i need.
Some simple solutions to the problems with the design of this fan could be made. The clamp could be made a little wider which would allow the fan to stand on the clamp so it could be used like a stationary fan as well as a clamped fan. I'm not sure what the internal parts look like that control the rotation of the fan but i would assume they could be made a little stronger so the fan would be able to stay aimed in the direction i want it to without falling towards the floor.
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