Travel Solutions "Travel Fan With Torch"

Are you feeling too hot as you wander though town or perhaps you're just sitting in your room wishing your room wasn't the roofspace? At some point you will probably think of getting a fan. And I wouldn't argue with you if you took a trip to your local poundland to do so.

Packaging

Like most things in Poundland, the packaging prefers not to mention that it isn't good for what it's designed for and instead tries to convince you to buy it for some other shitty reason. In this case, the fan is small, lightweight and it is "space saving in any bag or suitcase". No mention about how many miles per hour the air is blasted in your face. No mention of how stunningly bright the torch is. Instead, we're told that it saves space in a suitcase, which not putting a fan in your suitcase would achieve as well.

Fan

Before I can use the fan, I have to peel myself off my chair and make myself sweat trying to find batteries. It requires 2 AA batteries. The fan is decent and it does blow air in your face quite well. On the other hand, it is far from quiet, making a noise similar to a blender, however if you want your neighbours to think you are busy working in the garden on a nice hot day, then simply place your finger in the fan now and again and it can be likened to the sound of a chainsaw.

Torch

The torch is a decent size and it shines brightly enough for you to wander slowly in the dark, making sure to point it just ahead of your feet. There is no setting to have the torch on at the same time as the fan, but I suppose that isn't a huge problem.

Other features?

Not using kodak batteries for a pound!!!

There is a rather large cord attached to the base of the fan. I suppose this could be used to hang it up or tie it to something, but it is 3.5 times the size of the fan, which just seems rather excessive.

Overall

It's a decent fan, so long as you don't need it to be quiet. If you need it to be quiet, I would recommend taking the batteries out and accidentally trapping one of your hairs just behind it in a gap between the foam blades and the motor, where a thin pole connects the two. If you pull the hair out slowly, the same motion happens. Connect another hair to the hair, looping it round the pole. This way, you can pull each hair back and forwards to move the blades until your arms get sore.

The only other issue I have is the proximity of the on/off switch to the fan, but that is as much a problem with my enormous fingers as it is with the fan.