U pay peanuts, u get monkeys.....

If you all recall, I bought a brand new standing fan less than 2 months ago for $50 at Giant. It is some unknown brand but because it is cheap and it comes with remote control, I bought it. However, it broke down yesterday despite my numerous attempts to try to 'spin' it. Just to give a short description: the blade will not rotate and I have to leave it on the highest speed for more than 2 monutes before it showly starts moving! What's worse is that it is rotating so slowly that some smaller sized fans at low speed can generate more wind than it! It finally died last night so I brought it back to agent this morning. As it was still under warranty, they repaired it on-the-spot at no charge.

Apparently, the technicial said that the motor might have jammed up due to some serious internal problem. So he replaced a new unit for me. The blade was also changed as the original hard plastic 5 fin blade tended to consume more current whilst this 3 fin soft plastic one consumes less. This led to the fan being able to do what it is required to do except that at speeds 1, 2 or 3, it spins as if it is at full speed! Anyway, since it is working well and able to generate more than acceptable wind, I decided to just live with it.

Incidentally, I have a small box fan in the kitchen which is more than 20 years old and it is still running strong. The other standing fan in Esther's room by the brand Ph***ps is about 8 years and it obviously works very well.

So much for me being a cheapskate.