OT: Small hand held manual fans from where please?

Tried a toy shop?

DIY from lolly sticks?

I love this place. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

No I haven't but a good idea (especially as my mate runs one!). ;-)

Apparently not. They normally stock the little electric ones but haven't even got any of them yet (and the Mrs can't even feel them when she having a power surge).

But, he's going to Spain later in the year and sometimes goes to Chinatown so will keep an eye out for us. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

Make one from a 12v ( is it 12 v?) Computer Cooling Fan .

That would make it an electric fan.

The OP specifically stated that he wanted a manually operated fan:-)

Quote "And it has to be yer traditional fold_up fan, cooling sprays or electric fans aren't suitable I'm afraid. "

Adam

But he tried to help Adam and it's the thought that counts. ;-)

I was just visualising the Mrs wearing this Heath Robinson contraption. Shoulder harness and arms to support the fan in front of her face, 12V car battery on her back, charger in her pocket ...

I really feel sorry for her as she's been getting these 'power surges' for a good few years now and we are both waiting for them to stop.

On the flip side it means we rarely have any heating on. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

Search on eBay for "hand fan". Over 1000 of them.

So what's wrong with electric fans?

Indeed, but could you point me to a link for one that is ~5" folded please.

Cheers, T i m

Is that not YOUR job?

I suppose you'd like me to buy it for your poor wife as well.

I do feel sorry for her, being married to a jerk like you.

Erm yes ... and I tried to be nice to you.

But, if you don't understand the question I guess you wouldn't be able to find the answer.

T i m

Is it half term already?

Ok, this was how the question started...

"My Google / eBay powers seem to have left me and you guys are well traveled so ... ;-)"

That bit should have answered your first reply but you were too thick to get it.

"Most of the fans seem to be between 7 to 9" long when folded and too big but the one she has is nearer 5" and perfect."

That was the second clue you failed to spot. Yes, there are loads of useless things all over the web I could buy, that doesn't happen to solve my problem.

"Our request is has anyone seen this particular size for sale, ideally in a high street chain so that we might be able to pick up a few please?"

So I guess you haven't seen one or you wouldn't have offered 'find it yourself' as a solution?

So, your replies were useful because?

T i m

p.s. But no, I neither need you to get nor pay for a suitable fan, I'd just like you to point me to any one of the thousands you so cleverly found that fits my original description. If you can, great and thanks. If you can't I'd carefully reconsider which one of us is the jerk.

So you expect other people to do detailed searching on eBay (or elsewhere) because you are too damn lazy to do it yourself?

Sounds like *the perfect definition* of a jerk.

Welcome to my kill file. Bye! ;-)

Not sure the logic is strong with this one. He can't understand a fully explained question and I'm the jerk. ;-)

Sounds like his kill file is the best place to be if that's an example of his contribution to the group (well, based on what I have seen so far etc).

T i m

Have you considered cutting down a larger one (folded)

Or is the one you want that folds out from the 5" dimension to a full size 7-9" arc?

Bob

Seeing this DIY, could you build her something like this.

I had but it seems many of the bigger (and easy to get) ones have sorta spokes near where you would hold it then actual 'fan' from there to the tip. I wasn't sure what cutting even 2" from what may only be

Only one way to find out I guess. ;-)

I've since found these (which could be perfect) but they are a bit pricey:

Erm, I guess she would like the one that provides the biggest fanning area but still fits in her pocket (at about 5"). [1]

I was trying to think if you could have an additional fold, so it opens out to twice the length before fanning out as such but I didn't think you could make such sufficiently rigid whilst being flexible enough to stand the folding etc.

Cheers, T i m