Rechargeable Clip, Stand and Hang Fan with Night Light

Ten at night on the top bunk, the window will not open any further, and the only thing clipped to the rail is a small fan with a warm light glowing in the middle of it.

That is the whole reason this shape exists. The clamp opens wide, bites the rail, and the head tilts down at you instead of at the ceiling. Fold the clamp flat and it becomes a foot, so the same fan stands on a desk the next morning. Hook it over a shelf edge or a tent line and it hangs. Three positions, one object, and 170 g on the maker sheet.

The head is a six inch grille over three blades, and the round hub behind it is a warm light the maker describes as steplessly dimmable. The head tilts on its yoke and swivels on the base. The shell is ABS with a sprayed finish, the maker gives 170 by 127 by 200 mm, five speed steps and under 36 dB, and the option decides whether you get a 500 mAh or a 1200 mAh cell, a brush or a brushless motor, and whether a stand base comes with it.

Key Benefits

• Clamp, foot and hook in one part The sprung clamp grips a desk edge, a bunk rail or a pram handle, folds flat into a stand, and lets the fan hang from a rail.
• Warm light in the hub The round centre behind the grille glows warm, and the maker calls the dimming stepless rather than a set of fixed levels.
• Head moves in two axes It tilts on the yoke and swivels on the base, so the air goes where you point it rather than where the clamp happens to sit.
• Grille comes off for cleaning The maker states the front grille is removable, which is what makes a fan that lives near a bed worth keeping.
• Five speed steps, USB charging Five wind steps on the spec sheet, a lithium cell inside and a USB cable in the box.

Best for: student rooms and bunk beds, small desks with no free surface, pushchair handles and tent porches.

Why It Works

A desk fan needs a desk. This one needs an edge, which is a thing every room has more of. That single change is why it ends up on a bunk rail, a shelf lip, a headboard and a pram handle, and why it is still useful in a room where every flat surface is already covered. The light in the hub is the second half of the same idea: one object on the rail instead of two.

Quick Product Facts: 170 x 127 x 200 mm and 170 g per the maker; ABS shell with a sprayed finish; six inch head, three blades; five speed steps; under 36 dB per the maker; warm dimmable hub light; removable grille; 500 mAh or 1200 mAh cell by version; brush or brushless motor by version; USB charging; packing list is one clip fan, one USB cable, and a base on the versions that name one.

How It Fits Your Routine

In a shared room it lives on the bed rail. The light is the low warm one you leave on while someone else sleeps, and the fan runs at the step where you stop hearing it.

At the desk the clamp folds under and it stands next to the monitor, aimed across the keyboard rather than at your face. On a hot afternoon out it clips to the pushchair, pointed at the canopy and not at the child.

Take the grille off every few weeks and wipe the blades, and charge it from any USB source with the cable supplied. There is no wall plug in the box.

FAQ

Which version gets the stand base? Only the one whose option name ends in Base. The packing list itself says the base ships with specific models, so read the option name rather than the photographs.

What is the difference between the 500 and the 1200 versions? The size of the cell. The maker workshop photograph shows a 14500 lithium cell of 500 mAh, 3.7 V and 1.85 Wh in one version and a larger cell in the other. No runtime is stated for either, at any speed, so we cannot give you hours.

Does it really cool a room? No. It moves air, which feels cooler on skin. The maker panels talk about rapid cooling and a hurricane, neither of which is a measurement, and a fan does not change the temperature of a room.

Which colours can I order? White, black, blue and pink. One maker panel also shows a grey unit, and grey is not among the options on this page.