Jean's Portable Fans Sightings

[Jordan U]

I like that Super,, it looks identical to an SMC..

The AirWorks fan reminds me of a Holmes fan they made with that same blade.. It actually moved a reasonable amount of air..

[Jean Lemieux]

Jun 23, 2016 20:13:51 GMT -5 Jordan U said:

The AirWorks fan reminds me of a Holmes fan they made with that same blade.. It actually moved a reasonable amount of air..

Yes they move good air and I like how they look.

Ah yes the white and green fan with the circular base that we could see at La Baie around 1999. They are very quiet fans.

[Jean Lemieux]

Here are the none ceiling fans sightings from my trip to northern France and Bruxelles of June.


An Xpelair extractor fan installed in a window in Paris. I've seen many of these newer Xpelair especially in Bruxelles. I don't know which version they are exactly if this is what the outdoor face of current GX12 and GX9 looks like. If someone knows please let me know the name of these Xpelair models.


In the bathroom of a restaurant in Paris, this unnamed S&P extractor fan.


In the bathroom of another restaurant in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-pas-de-Calais this S&P Decor 100 (10 cm) extractor fan.
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Moving on to Bruxelles-Belgique a lot of window extractor fans.

This pretty old Xpelair GX12 from the early 1970's. Notice the older Xpelair logo. This is the outdoor face.


The restaurant with the three 90 cm Vent-Axias in Bruxelles has three Codumé window extractor fans like this. Again this is the outdoor face. I didn't knew about this brand until now. It's a Belgian brand of air comfort products.


A bakery in Bruxelles has about two or three of these cool Vortice Vario AR.


A bar has two of theses recent Xpelair above the doors.


In the bathroom of a restaurant in Bruxelles this S&P Silent 100 (10 cm).


A restaurant close to my hotel has two of these recent Xpelair extractor window fans.



Back in Paris, IDF.

This very cool and rare four metal bladed National wall fan in a italian restaurant. They were at least two in the place. They are probably from the 1970's.


A classic and popular silver Calor 40 cm desk fan in a clothing store. This one probably dates from the early to mid 2000's. They look similar to the Clarion portable fans they were also sold around the same time (2002-2004). They still make a very similar one as of today. They most probably don't manufacture their fans in France since at least the early 2000's



Enjoy!

[Jean Lemieux]

Here are two more from the north of France that I forgot to post. These two are in my friend's house in the Pas-de-Calais.

A Rovex 30 cm desk fan from the 1990's. We can see resemblances to Super fans.


An Entonic 30 cm desk fan probably from the 2010's.

[Jean Lemieux]

I haven't updated this since last summer so a lot has accumulated. All pictures were taken between July 2016 to Feburary 2017.

This first picture actually dates to June. It should have been posted in my last post but for some reason it didn't made it in. It was taken in Bruxelles in none other than inside the Atomium. A 40 cm pedestal fan. (230 volts - 50 Hz)



July:

A 40 cm Bionaire pedestal fan with two blade sets at my local Rona hardware store that has been changed for a Home Hardware since spring 2016. We can only see the smaller three blade set because it was spinning.



A cheap FC 40 cm pedestal fan in a friends apt in Montréal. Taken last July.



August:

One of those cool UberHaus five bladed air circulator that offers a cool mist sold at Réno-Dépôt and Rona.



Here's the portable fan sightings for my trip to northern France last August. (230 volts - 50 Hz)

A 1970's small Calor desk fan in a boutique in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais. The ring spins with the blades.



A vintage Xpelair GX12 with orange blades in Boulogne-sur-Mer. It's probably from the mid 1970's to mid 1980's.


Still in Boulogne-sur-Mer an unknown extractor fan missing the outer grill. What is it?


This is not a fan but I thought this boat propeller at Nausicaa Aquarium was cool.


A Marelli desk fan in the same restaurant in Paris with the two Elge fans that you saw in my ceiling fan thread. Can anyone help me date this? I'm guessing the 1920's. the blades are very tarnish.


A Vortice Vario AR in the Marais in Paris.


This very cool Vortice extractor fan in le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Pas-de-Calais. What model is this exactly and how old would it be? It was pretty big. At least 23 cm and possibly 30 cm.



September:

A Home Style desk fan from the late 2000's with transparent high velocity style blades at a friends apt in Montréal.


A Vent-Axia extractor fan in Montréal. How old is this one? I'm guessing a 1990's model.



October:

A mid to late 1990's Super 30 cm desk fan in an elementary school close to my place.



January 2017:

A mid to late 1990's Super 40 cm desk fan for sale at Village des Valeurs. I have exactly the same one that my mother bought at Canadian Tire in June 1997.



Feburary 2017:

A green Almonard 45 cm air circulator pedestal fan in a museum in Tamil Nadu. (230 volts - 50 Hz)



Enjoy!

[Jordan U]

That Rovex fan has an idential base and badge to a 90s SMC I have.. The Supers have the same badge as well..


I've seen those Bionaire fans here with the 2 blades,, but I've never worked with one.. Was it powerful?


That fan at the museum is pretty neat.. How old is it?

[Jean Lemieux]

The Rovex and the two Supers are all from the mid to late 1990's.

Those Bionaire with two blades sets are pretty common here. Yes they are pretty powerful.

Those Almonard air circulators have been made for a long time without changing. There's also a wall mounted version. I'm not sure how old is this one but they still made them exactly like this today. I don't like them very much, especially because of the blades. If they had different blades or more than three blades they would look cool.

[Jean Lemieux]

Here are some portable fan sightings accumulated since early April till early June.


The first bath was taken in France, (230 volts 50 Hz)

A Vortice Vario AR in the upper window of an asian restaurant in Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais



In the same bar in Paris where the Marellis Astras are, they also have cool portable fans. Beside the Bionaire that is really for cooling purposes, the two others are for vintage decorative purposes. A green bladed Perel 23 cm desk fan. I'm guessing it's from somewhere between the mid 1970's to mid 1980's. Can some confirm the age of this fan?


This very cool beige and black Elge desk fan. This is an extremely popular model, we see it all the time on Etsy, eBay, antique and retro stores and of course in period movies. I'm sure most of you have seen it at least once before. I'm not sure if Elge gave an actual name to this one but I would call it Le ventilateur oeil because of it's big black eye looklike center. It's a model that was produced in both 110 and 220 volts and some models might have even been dual voltage.


They have several Bionaires 45 cm high velocity fans hanging from the ceiling beams for cooling.



In Montréal, Québec (120 Volts 60 Hz)

A recent Xpelair GX9 23 cm in the window of a dépanneur inside a métro station.


In a church in Rosemont I found servals portable fans ranging from the early 1970's to present. I could not get pictures of all of them. All the desk fans were wrapped in plastics to keep them clean. A rather uncommon Rona 40 cm pedestal fan from the mid to late 1990's. These were not available for a long time with the Rona logo. It's very cool to see again this older Rona logo. I'm not sure exactly what year they changed it for the current one but it must have been right around 2000.


1998-2002 Super 45 cm pedestal fan


An early 1970's Canadian Tire 40 cm desk fan. It does not have the actual Mastercraft logo as at this time this brand probably didn't existed but it's the grandfather of the later Mastercraft desk fans. Notice that the blades have been changed. this would have normally had clear blue blades but I guess they broke. I like how they just changed the blades rather than throwing the whole fan that was perfectly good.


In an economy store in Rosemont, the same with the recently installed Canarm CP, a mid to late 1990's Super 40 cm pedestal fan, the version with push buttons.


At a friend's house a brand new 2016-2017 Classic 40 cm pedestal fan from Home Hardware. They are really not as nice as their older version from the 2000's with gray clear blades and chrome grills but still much better looking than Factos.



Enjoy and comment!

[Jordan U]

I really like those Super pedestal fans.. It looks like the fans at the church are very well taken care of..

[MattS]

I really like that Pearel, and the 4 bladed National wall fan a couple pages back. I'm surprised that the Classic is new, I didn't think those Super/SMC looking pedestals are still in production, even if they have a smaller motor. They haven't sold those in the US for about 10 years already. Now that WindStream appears to have shut down, all we get are Laskos and those awful midea oscillators sold under a different brand at every store.

[Jean Lemieux]

Jun 15, 2017 9:10:56 GMT -5 MattS said:

I really like that Pearel, and the 4 bladed National wall fan a couple pages back. I'm surprised that the Classic is new, I didn't think those Super/SMC looking pedestals are still in production, even if they have a smaller motor. They haven't sold those in the US for about 10 years already. Now that WindStream appears to have shut down, all we get are Laskos and those awful midea oscillators sold under a different brand at every store.

It's actually Perel.

They were more than one of those four blade national wall fans in this place. I would like to go back and take better pictures of them.

Yes this is the new generation of Classic fans since 2016 it seems. In the 1990's and 2000's they had clear grey blades with chrome grills similar to Panasonic fans.

It's funny how many people think of Supers as SMC. I never wrote that they were still in production. Most of the models I posted are from the 1990's and early 2000's.

[MattS]

Jun 18, 2017 1:09:16 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

Jun 15, 2017 9:10:56 GMT -5 MattS said:

I really like that Pearel, and the 4 bladed National wall fan a couple pages back. I'm surprised that the Classic is new, I didn't think those Super/SMC looking pedestals are still in production, even if they have a smaller motor. They haven't sold those in the US for about 10 years already. Now that WindStream appears to have shut down, all we get are Laskos and those awful midea oscillators sold under a different brand at every store.

It's actually Perel.

They were more than one of those four blade national wall fans in this place. I would like to go back and take better pictures of them.

Yes this is the new generation of Classic fans since 2016 it seems. In the 1990's and 2000's they had clear grey blades with chrome grills similar to Panasonic fans.

It's funny how many people think of Supers as SMC. I never wrote that they were still in production. Most of the models I posted are from the 1990's and early 2000's.

I knew that the Supers and SMCs have been out of production, I was just surprised about that Classic still being made.

[Jordan U]

Jun 18, 2017 1:09:16 GMT -5 Jean Lemieux said:

It's funny how many people think of Supers as SMC. I never wrote that they were still in production. Most of the models I posted are from the 1990's and early 2000's.

They look nearly identical to me..

[Jean Lemieux]

Here are a few sightings from September taken at the botanical garden of Montréal in the Japanese pavilion. Three Super pedestal fans.

No. 1: This one with the blue and purple logo with the speed selector at the rear from approx 1998-2002. It's not yellowed at all. This same model existed in all black along with white and gray. Each model of the three generation of the 1990's and early 2000's have existed with speed selector both at the rear and at the back. Older models tend to have the speed selector more often at the front than at the rear.


No. 2: This model with the speed selector on the pole with the pointed blades and black logo from approximately 1990-1993. If I recall these are very powerful. The center is yellowed and the logo scratched.


No. 3: Another one exactly just like the first one posted from around 1998-2002. The center one this one is yellowed too. Notice how on the base it says PAVILLON JAPONAIS. This shows that each fans belong to a specific pavillon.


Enjoy and comment.

[Jordan U]

Nice sightings.. I've always liked these pedestal fans.. They seem pretty well maintained..