MSE News: Heatwave leaves sweltering shoppers struggling with fan shortage

PenguinOfDeath

Bought a desk fan from Tesco a couple of months ago for about £3 as they were selling off a pile of them, was practically laughed at by the assistant. Now I'm feeling a little smug (and very cool)

Beluga_2

Pincher wrote: »

I have two fan heaters packed away, which will blow air just fine

I'm sure that some people don't know about this. I have an old fan that works fine, but when I needed a second fan for another room, I just grabbed a fan heater from the attic and put it on the "blow only" setting - this turns off the heating element. Most modern fan heaters can do this, even the cheap ones.

It might not be as strong as a desk fan, and it may not oscillate, but I didn't have to spend any extra money to stay cool. :cool:

x_Bunny_x

I bought mine last year from Tesco, this was after it was warm too, i was melting in my room, even felt sick and dizzy with the heat. Wasnt a nice feeling at all. So it's been here out in my room all year, now it's warm it comes in handy when opening the window doesnt seem to be helping :-)

Seen two fans chucked away in a skip last year, tower fans too!. Worth a luck if you can find a skip!

robrymond

PenguinOfDeath wrote: »

Bought a desk fan from Tesco a couple of months ago for about £3 as they were selling off a pile of them, was practically laughed at by the assistant. Now I'm feeling a little smug (and very cool)

Tesco last year reduced the fans massively...we got a huge tower fan for £2 from more than £20 I think. Feeling smug this summer...it went in the loft straight after we bought it and was dug out the other week.

gadgetmind

I agree with those suggesting to buy items "out of season".

I buy my winter cycling gear in the spring, and my summer gear in late autumn. Similarly, barbecue coals at the end of the year, snow shovels as the daffodils come out, rain gear during a heatwave, and summer lightweights during the blizzards.

ic

Wywth wrote: »

Lol -it seems Sainsbury also agree, but at least Asda were honest and upfront about the request.

I read it more as a case of "we're not saying, why not come to your local store and see for yourself?" (and whilst you're there do some shopping...).

fionajbanana

vivatifosi wrote: »

Yes but look on the bright side. It's a great time to buy snow shovels.

And sledges which always sold out when it snows;)

coral

http://www.ebuyer.com/477720-30-cm-chrome-and-glass-desk-fan-baof30g-iuk

terry2

Just buy a fan HEATER (but one that lets you turn the heating element off) and run it on its cold setting.

altnet

Just bought an AM05 Hot+Cool from dysoncentre.com for £359 - pretty good price I thought considering the blaggers on ebay at the moment. Shop around, they're out there if you look hard enough.