Back in the day, Bell & Howell was a big name in optical equipment, cameras, telescopes, etc. In the early 70's, in high school, I learned to operate the Bell & Howell movie projectors, that every school had. By the start of the 2000's, they were going down hill, got sold a couple of times and in 2010, the company that owned them, was licensing the name to every cheap electronic made.
Almost 20 years ago I remember we purchased a $25,000 Bell & Howell high-speed document scanner for mass digitizing documents at work. My how far they have fallen.
@@autobotjazz1972 - Yes, perhaps "most" of the brand names from the past 50 years or more survive, while the companies that started each "brand" went out of business decades ago. Those names continue to be traded, purchased by entities all over the world. Usually, a quick look at reviews (like this one) will show whether the products sold under any name you recognize are worth your money or not.
The concept of misting to cool yourself varies. If the mist is thick and lands on your skin, you feel cool but you get damp fast. If the mist is light and it touches your skin lightly and then evaporates soon after, you feel cool and maybe only slightly damp. If the mist evaporates before it reaches you, it still cools the air and you don't feel damp. When water evaporates, it actually absorbs the heat in the air to become vapors, so you get cooling + humidity.
It also depends on the relative humidity of the air. It effects how much water the air can hold, general feel, and how fast water can evaporate. I live in Minnesota. We always have high humidity. It's 83% humidity currently. Compared to Vegas where the humidity is very low. It's at 24% humidity, right now.
I remember, eons ago, when I was a kid, Bell & Howell was a mark of quality. We had a Super 8 camera and projector from them, and they worked for decades. Today, when I see that name on a product, I avoid it like the plague.
"In September 2001, the remaining industrial businesses along with the Bell & Howell name were sold to private equity firm Glencoe Capital. The company merged with the North American arm of Böwe Systec Inc." Currently, "customers are mostly dissatisfied."
Something similar is all over aliexpress right now, going for just a few bucks, I can’t imagine they’re any better but I did wonder what the inspiration was, well now I know. Cheers Mr.
I mean it's cool how it's a portable fan with rotation, but you could also just get one of those fans that turn from a desk fan to a pedistal fan and are small enough to pack.
If you have to point the remote at the device, it is likely using an IR signal. That is actually a good thing because the battery can last a lot longer.
I use the Arctic air with a small desk fan and they work well but it doesn't get much above 80° in the summer where I live. I'm always interested in small efficient fans especially the neck fans but I'm going to pass on the Bell & Howell. Glad I saw your review because I was interested until then.
5:05 the whole purpose for effective mist, is for it to evaporate, and hence you should not feel the mist. But the air should be cooler. If it is working.
While it may seem unexpected, from personal experience I feel more breeze from some smaller fans when I place them a bit farther away from me than most people would. With the double stack and the mist, I'd use that to cool my bedroom off before bed, or in a smaller room. I'd just put ice water in the mister.
The perfect revenge here would be for you to jury-rig something together that works better than all of your test fans! It just seems that the test fans were made as a cash grab.... I still really like the review! Your patience with these products is amazing! I'd have gone nuts by now and thrown everything through a window!!
I haven't seen different colors. There's only black and white on Amazon. There's probably different brands than Honeywell in different colors in this vortex style.
I still really like my Woozoo fan I got from Costco.I have a bad problem with dust around here, but for whatever reason those fans don't pick up much dust. Also has a remote and is super quiet on the lower modes and higher modes not much worse. If you are in the market for a nightstand fan/ desk fan...etc , I highly recommend it. Oh and it also oscillates side to side and up and down. A really good little fan 👍
What I remember about Bell & Howell is that they made 8mm movie cameras and other optical products. It was a good brand with good products. Metal, not plastic.
I think I'd get better cooling results from a spray bottle with normal water. Just spray myself, and let evaporation do it'd work. Combine it with any old regular fan to speed up the evaporation.
Good fan is the main thing. Mister/Spray Bottle and you get a cool breeze. I Love the idea of misters but if they work well enough they just get everything close by wet. With a spray bottle you can get a mist that will dampen You or your cloth just enough that you are not wet, yet you can feel the cooling effect of evaporation. I would go with the Honeywell out of the fans you have or Get a decent Box fan.
FWIW, the science behind misting isn't so much that it makes you cooler directly, but that it draws heat from the surrounding air cooling it. That said, I doubt something that small won't significantly cool a room that size.
I have to agree with you on these mister fans, they dissipate so fast, I have tried 3 of them now, same thing, we need one with a really high powered mist that works.
I just noticed the back of the fan, like the safety label or something, says Aqua Breeze on it lol. They defo just changed the name. Some marketing exec got a bonus for that lol.
Honeywell and Lasko both are pretty good nowadays. Probably the one two brands of fans I would buy if happy with the price and style and not feel I have to go look for reviews.
There's no "sit on it and rotate" feature? I'm disappointed 😆 But you're right about Bell and Howell. They sold themselves out. They must have gone on Shark Tank. 😄
Hubby and I have a bell & Howell ceiling fan with a light (and remote) Our room is 15 x 15 feet. The light is pretty bright on all settings and the fan keeps ups really cool on all speeds. It was super easy to install and we love it.
Have you considered doing a review of the Shark Flex Breeze? It claims to work from a distance of up to 70 feet. Might work well in the Las Vegas heat.
You don't want to feel the moisture from the fan (unless you want to deal with the moisture that's created). As the mist evaporates it cools the ambient air temperature (without having to deal with the moisture). - Although oddly addicted to this channel, I swear that I lose IQ points after most videos. That said, I have made several purchases on items that I otherwise, if not for this channel, would not have known existed, so thank you for that!
last fall I bought a rechargeable fan on clearance from Home Depot. Of course, it uses an older USB charger, not the same as my phone. and the cord is very short. It's designed for under your desk to blow horizontally across your feet. I run it at night, on my dresser facing my bed. It's a nice breeze, I don't feel like a tornado is headed for my face LOL.
I'm just in the beginning of the video and it seems like it keeps getting better LOL. Packing the charger cable on top, plus a remote. You didn't know. Getting a few brownie points. Looks like a leather handle. That's interesting. Okay I'm going to finish the rest of it
Those misting fans don't really work unless you are right beside them. Then they barely work. They are suppose to work off evaporation but any humidity prevents that from working effectively.
Can't really pit a product running on 5V battery to something plugged into the 120V unlimited ac plug lol. When in battery mode the device will automatically slow slightly to extend runtime, and the mist is just to evaporate in the surrounding air for a slight cooling effect, using "latent heat of vaporization" evaporation of water has a pronounced cooling effect - of course humidity goes up, so inside eventually you get swamp cooler effect. In the AZ "Dry Heat" the mist is going to evaporate quicker since humidity is bone dry, the surrounding air is gonna slurp that moisture up. Also air currents in the room will affect the mist, most misting fans try to get around that a bit by putting the mister in center of the actual spinning fan, but that drives up cost to pipe water to that and thickness, weight of device.
All of these evaporative cooler gadgets would be useless east of the Great Plains. It is too humid here for anything to evaporate. The mist would just settle on surfaces all over the room.
Here in the southeast, moisture is the last thing we need during the summer. My grandmother would put a bowl of ice in front of her fan on particularly hot days and it worked nicely.
Looks like it's acting more of a humidifier than a mister. the dual fans mixed with the ability to angle them and use wall power makes it a PRIME choice for a portable fan to use when sleeping over at someone's house who keeps the house too warm for your tastes.
You have to live in a dry climate, like where you live, for misters and swamp coolers to work. Here in Texas, nobody has a swamp cooler, because of the moisture from the Gulf. Btw, if you want a quieter fan, get one with a DC motor in it. I just got one from Lasko and I love it.
Back in the day, Bell & Howell was a big name in optical equipment, cameras, telescopes, etc. In the early 70's, in high school, I learned to operate the Bell & Howell movie projectors, that every school had. By the start of the 2000's, they were going down hill, got sold a couple of times and in 2010, the company that owned them, was licensing the name to every cheap electronic made.
I work for a Culvers and a manager brought the Honeywell fan into the kitchen just under the counter and it is wonderful when the kitchen is hot
Im not trying to perpetuate that creators need to upload frequently, but I do enjoy seeing you pop up so often. Love your videos.
Agreed. His videos are short, sweet & his enthusiasm makes them a pleasure to watch. Very rarely if @ all I miss / skip them😊
Almost 20 years ago I remember we purchased a $25,000 Bell & Howell high-speed document scanner for mass digitizing documents at work. My how far they have fallen.
The company that made your scanner died many years back all that left is the name which is sold out to any one willing to pay to use it.
@@autobotjazz1972Yep zombie brand like RCA.
@@autobotjazz1972 - Yes, perhaps "most" of the brand names from the past 50 years or more survive, while the companies that started each "brand" went out of business decades ago. Those names continue to be traded, purchased by entities all over the world. Usually, a quick look at reviews (like this one) will show whether the products sold under any name you recognize are worth your money or not.
$25,000?
@@jujubee2141 Yes that's how much professional grade document scanners cost. Designed to scan reams of paper (hundreds of sheets) at a time.
The concept of misting to cool yourself varies. If the mist is thick and lands on your skin, you feel cool but you get damp fast. If the mist is light and it touches your skin lightly and then evaporates soon after, you feel cool and maybe only slightly damp. If the mist evaporates before it reaches you, it still cools the air and you don't feel damp.
When water evaporates, it actually absorbs the heat in the air to become vapors, so you get cooling + humidity.
Exactly what I wanted to comment. The mist may be "gone" before it gets to you, but so is the amount of heat it took to evaporate it.
It also depends on the relative humidity of the air.
It effects how much water the air can hold, general feel, and how fast water can evaporate.
I live in Minnesota. We always have high humidity. It's 83% humidity currently.
Compared to Vegas where the humidity is very low. It's at 24% humidity, right now.
I remember, eons ago, when I was a kid, Bell & Howell was a mark of quality. We had a Super 8 camera and projector from them, and they worked for decades. Today, when I see that name on a product, I avoid it like the plague.
In the 60s, my mother and father had a Bell & Howell wind up 8mm movie camera.
Thanks for the review. I just ordered the Honeywell fan. It is clearly the winner here!
"In September 2001, the remaining industrial businesses along with the Bell & Howell name were sold to private equity firm Glencoe Capital. The company merged with the North American arm of Böwe Systec Inc." Currently, "customers are mostly dissatisfied."
Private equity firms are ALWAYS the death nell of a Quality Brand. ALWAYS.
Thanks for the information.
So you're telling me 3 towers fell?
For $40 you can get 5 speed fan with 10 inch blade that works good in 100 degree weather.
Thank you James for your amazing reviews You're awesome❤
I have had my black honeywell for nearly a decade and has been one of my best purchases. Still kicking strong and paid 16 dollars for it,.
I actually have a dehumidifier. I don’t want to add any more water in the air!
Something similar is all over aliexpress right now, going for just a few bucks, I can’t imagine they’re any better but I did wonder what the inspiration was, well now I know. Cheers Mr.
I bought that Honeywell from Target a few weeks ago and it's a powerful little fan for the money. Very happy with it.
I mean it's cool how it's a portable fan with rotation, but you could also just get one of those fans that turn from a desk fan to a pedistal fan and are small enough to pack.
If you have to point the remote at the device, it is likely using an IR signal. That is actually a good thing because the battery can last a lot longer.
I use the Arctic air with a small desk fan and they work well but it doesn't get much above 80° in the summer where I live. I'm always interested in small efficient fans especially the neck fans but I'm going to pass on the Bell & Howell. Glad I saw your review because I was interested until then.
5:05 the whole purpose for effective mist, is for it to evaporate, and hence you should not feel the mist. But the air should be cooler. If it is working.
That double deck fan is actually quite wonderful, i am buying one of these soon since it gets quite hot here during sunny days
While it may seem unexpected, from personal experience I feel more breeze from some smaller fans when I place them a bit farther away from me than most people would. With the double stack and the mist, I'd use that to cool my bedroom off before bed, or in a smaller room. I'd just put ice water in the mister.
The perfect revenge here would be for you to jury-rig something together that works better than all of your test fans! It just seems that the test fans were made as a cash grab.... I still really like the review! Your patience with these products is amazing! I'd have gone nuts by now and thrown everything through a window!!
I still use my Go Fan every day at work, which I bought because of your review of it.
I use the Honeywell fan. They use to run $10, and are now $17. It's the best bang for your buck, and they last the longest.
Funny I have one and it only lasted 4 months.
Is it portable?
It's very portable. You can fit it just about anywhere.
I saw that they have different colors now as well. Not just black and white. Not that I need any more fans though...
I haven't seen different colors. There's only black and white on Amazon. There's probably different brands than Honeywell in different colors in this vortex style.
I still really like my Woozoo fan I got from Costco.I have a bad problem with dust around here, but for whatever reason those fans don't pick up much dust. Also has a remote and is super quiet on the lower modes and higher modes not much worse. If you are in the market for a nightstand fan/ desk fan...etc , I highly recommend it. Oh and it also oscillates side to side and up and down. A really good little fan 👍
Hi, is there any kind of filter involved with the WooZoo? Also what kind of $ for the WooZoo? Thanx.
@@arottie4097 did my reply not come thru?
@@arottie4097 my posts are getting deleted...
😂 My mother-in-law brought this to our Colonial Williamsburg trip. It was okayish. Water kept leaking out if you tipped it in the slightest.
What I remember about Bell & Howell is that they made 8mm movie cameras and other optical products. It was a good brand with good products. Metal, not plastic.
Ty James for your true and awesome reviews 👍.
I think I'd get better cooling results from a spray bottle with normal water. Just spray myself, and let evaporation do it'd work. Combine it with any old regular fan to speed up the evaporation.
Was wondering if you turn the top or the bottom fan off if the mist feature will work better.
I like the ice cooler fan, simply add ice or ice pack and that’s it, much cooler
Measuring the humidity would be more efficient than the feeling of the mist. Both are important in my opinion.
Good fan is the main thing. Mister/Spray Bottle and you get a cool breeze. I Love the idea of misters but if they work well enough they just get everything close by wet. With a spray bottle you can get a mist that will dampen You or your cloth just enough that you are not wet, yet you can feel the cooling effect of evaporation.
I would go with the Honeywell out of the fans you have or Get a decent Box fan.
It might be okay for dry areas, but in areas that have a fair amount of humidity that's just going to make it feel worse
FWIW, the science behind misting isn't so much that it makes you cooler directly, but that it draws heat from the surrounding air cooling it. That said, I doubt something that small won't significantly cool a room that size.
Been listening to Heaven and Hell, eh? GREAT record! I got to hang out with Dio a bunch. Great, warm guy.
I have to agree with you on these mister fans, they dissipate so fast, I have tried 3 of them now, same thing, we need one with a really high powered mist that works.
Yeah it's one of those things that look great in the commercial, but not so much in reality!
One thing I would like to see is if you put the fan in a small room and see if the temperature of the room changes over time.
I just noticed the back of the fan, like the safety label or something, says Aqua Breeze on it lol. They defo just changed the name. Some marketing exec got a bonus for that lol.
Question: did the mist make the air cooler? Just thinking maybe that's what the mist is for.
James, please do a review on the "Oribreeze Air Conditioner" 🙏
It is very nice to see more videos from you keep it up buddy
I Love Freakin' Reviews Videos 💗
I was hoping for a fan to take camping. Sounds like I need to keep looking
Try the Bauer fan from Harbor Freight uses cord or battery (tool style which you have to buy separate) Moves decent air and very portable
Thanks James! Awesome review as always ❤👍
USB Power Bank.
Probably useful during a power outage and camping etc
The Breezy Comforts AC on Amazon would be a review for you, but I have feeling I already know how that will turn out lol.
Thanks for the objective review
My Lasko pedestal oscillating fan that I paid twenty bucks for ten years ago works fine for me
Honeywell and Lasko both are pretty good nowadays. Probably the one two brands of fans I would buy if happy with the price and style and not feel I have to go look for reviews.
I am literally using the same exact Honeywell fan at this very moment 🤣🤣
Great… first time you broke 75 in while. Great Job!
It's a Mistery for sure.
No mist and he’s pissed.😂😂
If your fan comes with an arbitration agreement . . . Louis Rossman is probably screaming into his pillow right now. Haha.
I wonder if the mist cools the breeze from the fan?
That's what I assumed
There's no "sit on it and rotate" feature? I'm disappointed 😆
But you're right about Bell and Howell. They sold themselves out.
They must have gone on Shark Tank. 😄
Yes the sit & rotate feature is a Must have! Endless hours of fun!! ;)
Yet another informative video.👍
I'm a huge fan!!!😁
Love your reviews!❤❤✌️
I prefer louder fans. The loud noise from the fan helps me sleep
I'm here cause I can't sleep with the fan on
same same, noise helps with Tinnitus!
The last thing I’d want here is more moisture hitting me and my home. We call it humidity up here. I don’t need more.
I guess this one kind of mist the mark.
Hubby and I have a bell & Howell ceiling fan with a light (and remote) Our room is 15 x 15 feet. The light is pretty bright on all settings and the fan keeps ups really cool on all speeds. It was super easy to install and we love it.
0:27 - 0:31
"oh we've got double prizes. Two arbitration agreements that nobody reads!"
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"I'm very disappointed. That mist is weak!" 🤣😂
You mist again! Sorry, Phil Collins! 😂
I too remember when the Bell & Howell name meant something. This is a solid pass.
@9:30 in the morning
Thanks for the review. Man, the concept sure seemed seductive enough.
Have you considered doing a review of the Shark Flex Breeze? It claims to work from a distance of up to 70 feet. Might work well in the Las Vegas heat.
103 degrees in the morning
Good for family tent camping. Otherwise, I'd keep it charged and put away. 🤘
Looks like another for the boneyard tbh. Shame, we need help here in Vegas, its BRUTAL out here🔥🔥🔥
I'm to the south in Arizona. Definitely need more Fan reviews this year! This year just seems hotter than the last few years.
even the spiritual world is getting hot and hotter @@Sarafimm2
As others have said here , B&H used to be a high quality brand . Out west or where there is low humidity this fan system :D would work best .
Same 😂😂 love the videos bro ❤
The mist missed....great video as always James 👍 Happy Sunday 🎉
loves your vids
You don't want to feel the moisture from the fan (unless you want to deal with the moisture that's created). As the mist evaporates it cools the ambient air temperature (without having to deal with the moisture). - Although oddly addicted to this channel, I swear that I lose IQ points after most videos. That said, I have made several purchases on items that I otherwise, if not for this channel, would not have known existed, so thank you for that!
? is, would you consider your purchases / this channel. A curse or a blessing? Ha!
Mr. Howell, so glad you got off the island. How’s that wife of yours?
Skippperrrr
What happened to Gilligan?
Tried one of those arctic air "mini cooler" once.... thing was 90% black mold after a month and half... worst product ever.
Omg YES! You’re the only other person (besides myself) that I’ve seen say anything about this! The mold situation was the WORST
I bought a small USB fan for my desk for around $7 on Amazon that does a fine job keeping me cool in the afternoon... no misting or gimmicks needed.
last fall I bought a rechargeable fan on clearance from Home Depot. Of course, it uses an older USB charger, not the same as my phone. and the cord is very short. It's designed for under your desk to blow horizontally across your feet. I run it at night, on my dresser facing my bed. It's a nice breeze, I don't feel like a tornado is headed for my face LOL.
Good comment.
I'm just in the beginning of the video and it seems like it keeps getting better LOL. Packing the charger cable on top, plus a remote. You didn't know. Getting a few brownie points. Looks like a leather handle. That's interesting. Okay I'm going to finish the rest of it
Those misting fans don't really work unless you are right beside them. Then they barely work. They are suppose to work off evaporation but any humidity prevents that from working effectively.
Heaven and Hell! 🤘🏼
WE SHALL SEE
I wonder if it would be useful in a small enclosed space like a car if your AC was busted.
The Honeywell is quite powerful, but it's hard to clean the blades after they get dusty, which really irritates my allergy.
Have you ever thought of getting a drone for shots when your out doing a walk or showing us the viewers the beauty of Las Vegas
Dual mist with 3 misting jets?
Any mist cooling feature is highly dependent on humidity. The dry air you have out there's fighting against it.
The Zapruder film of JFK''s assassination was made with Bell and Howell camera.
Can't really pit a product running on 5V battery to something plugged into the 120V unlimited ac plug lol. When in battery mode the device will automatically slow slightly to extend runtime, and the mist is just to evaporate in the surrounding air for a slight cooling effect, using "latent heat of vaporization" evaporation of water has a pronounced cooling effect - of course humidity goes up, so inside eventually you get swamp cooler effect. In the AZ "Dry Heat" the mist is going to evaporate quicker since humidity is bone dry, the surrounding air is gonna slurp that moisture up. Also air currents in the room will affect the mist, most misting fans try to get around that a bit by putting the mister in center of the actual spinning fan, but that drives up cost to pipe water to that and thickness, weight of device.
Why a charging cable? I prefer ACDC. With the charger it has a limited amount of times to run. How long does the charge last?
Made in China? Probably.
All of these evaporative cooler gadgets would be useless east of the Great Plains. It is too humid here for anything to evaporate. The mist would just settle on surfaces all over the room.
Here in the southeast, moisture is the last thing we need during the summer. My grandmother would put a bowl of ice in front of her fan on particularly hot days and it worked nicely.
How do I become a member? I don’t see the option anywhere and I want to see the exclusive videos
I remember the movie projectors they use to make.
What a long way to fall to cheap sh.t
I just recently got the ryobi fan with mist, it's pricey but you get what you pay for but only if you already have ryobi batteries.
Pure chill is just a weak computer fan. What if it had a way to upgrade it to a better faster fan, or if you could see if can be changed out.
One of the ways air conditioners work is by removing moisture from the air. So aren't all these misting fans just making the air more muggy?
Humidity is 65% and up. I really don't need more moisture in the air!
Looks like it's acting more of a humidifier than a mister. the dual fans mixed with the ability to angle them and use wall power makes it a PRIME choice for a portable fan to use when sleeping over at someone's house who keeps the house too warm for your tastes.
You have to live in a dry climate, like where you live, for misters and swamp coolers to work. Here in Texas, nobody has a swamp cooler, because of the moisture from the Gulf.
Btw, if you want a quieter fan, get one with a DC motor in it. I just got one from Lasko and I love it.