Helmet Cooling Fan for Welders OR Costumes

I’m a welder for a large company and I’m constantly under my hood for 12 hrs a day. There are more pros than cons. Pros, the fan works great it’s light weight and small enough to fit in my hood without hitting me in the face. It’s quiet and powerful. Blows enough air to keep smoke out of my face and keep my lens from fogging up. Wire is long enough to keep hood completely balanced and not making it heavy to one side. Cons: the battery pack is not the best of design, it can be difficult to remove the battery and installing it. The on/off switch can be difficult to move when in a hurry and have gloves on. Recommendations: I would remove the battery pack and replace it with a lippo battery that you can put into model planes that you can remove from fan and recharge. Then adding a push button that can be easily accessed off the fan. All in all great product already talking to my safety team and owners of the shop to invest in these.

The product is lightweight which is great for a helmet, however it is poorly made. I received the fan and was pretty excited because it didn't weigh very much at all. However the battery case didn't come with a retaining screw to the battery box won't stay close and constantly opens up. The battery case is also poorly designed and it is difficult to install or take the battery out. After about 5 minutes of use the fan just stopped working all together. Don't waste your money purchasing this fan.

When it is switched on inside my helmet, it is very loud for all to hear. Takes away from the overall aesthetic imo. Does the job well otherwise!!

The fan is about the diameter of an U.S.Silver dollar and it no thicker than my thumb. I do not use the sponge provided as I needed to remove moisture not add it. The air flow is perfect and the sound is barely noticeable, especially when welding.The nine volt battery pack could be made to open and close more securely but it hasn't caused problems to date. There is more than enough wire to mount the battery outside the helmet or anyplace inside that is convenient.Consider placement carefully as the on switch is mounted on the battery holder.I plan to purchase more for non-welding helmets that would benefit from increased air flow.

The 9 V battery holder was broken and cheap.And fall support

It was great across the board except the materials used feel like they're on the cheaper side and then I believe they should re-engineer the battery pack and power button seeing as I dropped my hard hat (where it was installed) off of the table and the clip for the battery pack broke

Fantastic! It's suuuper quiet, to the point I sometimes can't tell if it's ruining. This is prefect for inside a helmet. It even fit inside my very, very tight cosplay helmet . I tried getting my hair stuck in it; it didn't catch!Depending on where and how you stick it, you can direct the airflow to any part of your face. It includes two sticky Velcro sets for attaching the battery pack where you need it, and the fan where you need it. If you got more Velcro, you could easily swap it for use in many different helmets. The wire is super long (not annoyingly so), so you can really position the fan and battery pack where you need to, without feeling like you're limited by the wire length.Great product and I'm considering ordering a second for my father who's a welder!

Old battery new that was sitting in the package. Was the problem. Works well.