Noctua Prices are getting out of Hand - 100 USD Desk Fan Tested

[@chrism2964]

Already 3D printed one of these and used a Noctua fan for it. Works quite well actually, quiet and directs the air where you want. $100 though? Nah.

[@geort45]

my thoughts exactly... the design is so damn simple and no way it looks like a "home product", it totally looks like a DIY item... the inner fan is standard... who would pay $70 for that "body/base"?

[@conorstewart2214]

@@geort45 there will be people who will buy it just because it is from noctua. Probably the same people who are so proud not to have any RGB in their PC and proud that they used the normal brown noctua fans rather than the chromax ones.

[@geort45]

@@conorstewart2214 I think they have good products, I use their redux and their small 40mm fans. Their brown color scheme sucks hard

[@ouroesa]

How is this better than a normal pedestal/desk fan?

[@DLTX1007]

@@mikeycrackson They handicapped them at 800rpm because there are many considerations in a fan, centrifugal forces that tries to pull the blades apart, and 800rpm doesn't sound like much but on a 200mm fan it is serious, either you add more gaps between blade and frame or you lower fan speed. Adding more gaps would harm fan efficiency Yes I know there are 1000rpm 200mm fans but they have larger gaps

[@kurgo_]

4:11 I swear I heard "tiny handheld fuck machine" and I did a double take lol. Maybe noctua could sell this fan for 100€ if they added a fuck machine.

[@YuProducciones]

OMG AahahahhahaaHAHAHAHA I CAN'T bruuuhhhh ... yeah my guy pronunciation make me hear some else xD!

[@annebokma4637]

You are clearly not in the know about fuck machine prices... If you thought the fan was overpriced 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sparkyenergia]

I suppose they are screwing you on the price, they might as well finish the job.

[@GabrielTobing]

Lol same hahahahaha

[@KZ-ko4vm]

Noctua becoming Dyson

[@Simon_Denmark]

Getting those Noctua headphones soon.

[@thephoenixking1086]

Yup, I actually still own one of the older Ball Dyson fans, cost me less than this fan yet 6+ Years later, it still pushes MUCH more air. - People need to remember that you can always go second hand etc. Get something expensive for a lot less in some cases.

[@baconwizard]

At least Dyson considered aesthetics for HOME appliances

[@atherasia]

@@Simon_Denmark It probably will be very quiet, though.

[@panzer3279]

Noctua has always been a marketing company. There's a reason why they continue to make brown coloured fans.

[@GoldPunch]

I am here just for the cat.

[@burrfoottopknot]

My dog is watching the cat with great interest

[@anonymoususerinterface]

@@burrfoottopknot try take doggo to a cat shelter, see if doggo wants a cat sidekick lol

[@IIARROWS]

@@anonymoususerinterface That sounds like an assault.

[@burrfoottopknot]

@@anonymoususerinterface It would be like Batman vs Catwoman, lots of hairballs and fluff going in several directions lol

[@shiftctrlhack]

😀

[@ZyxEd2525]

Thanks for this video and I agree that the pricing is ridiculous. Btw, when using the fog machine to visualize airflow please use a dark background.

[@ArdgalAlkeides]

12V 2A is also ridiculously overpowered for that use .. 12V 300mA is closer to what those fans actually draw. I've been making these at home with cheap packs of Arctic P12s, 3d printed shrouds and stands, bought a dozen of 12V 500mA adapters from Digikey, and PWM controllers from AliExpress. Maybe 5 minutes of soldering per fan. When I calculated the total cost it was like $20/fan for a home builder, before all the mass production discounts etc.

[@rasmusvedel]

Could you like a good PWM controller? I haven't been able to tell the good from the bad I've seen on there so far.

[@TheDoomerBlox]

Huh, that sounds nice. You should probably make a little video about that so that you can link some things and not get pwned by KZbin Comments(tm)

[@ouroesa]

Why are you making these? What for? Im genuinely interested in the use case for these horrid things.

[@PainterVierax]

​@@rasmusvedel a good PWM controller? any cheap microcontroller coupled with some discrete components depending on the technology of the fan (2, 3, or 4 wires) can do the trick. That's extremely low tech nowadays. Depending of the number of i/o pins available, a single microcontroller can drive several fans independently. Some fixed speed fans can rattle if PWM driven without adding a small capacitor to smooth the power output.

[@rasmusvedel]

@@PainterVierax You’re not the one I asked and that didn’t answer my question.

[@tbrayden3694]

$100 and it’s only a 120MM fan 😂. Noctua trying to get creative and branch out looks like. Next thing you know, they’ll slap a sharp metal blade onto one of their 120MM fans and market them as a way to chop carrots with 🥕.

[@volvo09]

You can literally spend $30 more and get a window AC

[@CaptainScorpio24]

😂😂😂

[@monsieurlee]

Hi It's Roland with the Noctua Slap Chop. You're gonna be in a great mood all day because you're gonna be slapping your troubles away with the Noctua Slap Chop!. Now look here's a potato. One slap you got big chunks for stews, two slaps - home fries in a second! If you call within the next 30 minutes, you get Noctua toothpaste for free! Here's how to order!

[@Xfade81]

@@volvo09 can you link one ?

[@concinnus]

I mean, even at $100 it would be a 1000x cheaper chopper than a Cybertruck.

[@K31TH3R]

I bought a really nice locally made ceiling fan for $98.99 about 5 years ago. I never use the max setting because it's genuinely frightening. Not just because the obscene amount of air it moves, but because it looks and sounds like a concussion or stitches waiting to happen if you got too close. I think if Noctua showed their $100 120mm "fan" to the mad lads who made my OP ceiling fan, they'd get laughed out of the room. That my ceiling fan costs the same as this thing is hilarious to me.

[@wolf1438]

This reminds me in my first job. We had no AC so I dismantled 140 mm fan from faulty PSU and connected it to 9V battery with paper clips.

[@BogdanDulgheru]

I have a battery of 4 fan from an IRIS 50 ... 220V/50hz. Loud but better than commercial fans ...

[@ivocunha3362]

I do hope this fan blows more than air!

[@coboldelphi]

Unfortunately, it doesn't, and it is a slightly painful discovery

[@HanSolo__]

@@coboldelphi Experience you mean?

[@d1l4te43]

It does. Your money

[@Boogie_the_cat]

It blows goats if you ask me.

[@FrietjeOorlog]

@@coboldelphi You got delidded?

[@Kureiji-Desu]

Love how you went through the process of breaking down each component you get with it.

[@ciaranplunkett1395]

It's a pity you didn't compare this to the Arctic Summair Plus (which released LAST YEAR!) that's 1/3rd the price and portable.

[@TheDoomerBlox]

Huh, that's a thing. It's also a 5V USB-powered thing. Cool.

[@cosminmilitaru9920]

Nice! I had no idea it existed.

[@buborka7441]

Surely for a "home" product, USB would have been more sensible

[@roboman2444]

A boost converter would easily be able to handle the power requirements for the 12v fans driving from 5v. Or a usb-c pd setup could work too. Or noctua could just use their 5v version of the a12x25.

[@HazewinDog]

I think "home" is referring to the Noctua fans going "Noctua, you're drunk, go home." in response to this...

[@Deses]

For 100€ it should be battery power tbh

[@nadussee]

Exactly! I have a usb desk fan that has a 5v to 12v step up converter inside the usb connector, no idea what noctua was thinking.

[@ulamss5]

If they tried to do USB, it'd be released in 2085 for $890 because they had to make the power delivery stabler and cleaner than the LHC. They simply had to.

[@josuad6890]

Honestly, I think Noctua themselves know that the pricing is just insane, and it's probably meant for those people that just think of buying the fan as an aesthetic piece rather than a practical fan, you know, those crowds that's proudly anti-RGB on PCMR forums even though RGB stuff is arguably cheaper these days and swears by their noctua fans. For normal folks with more sense than money, noctua provided the stl file for you to 3D print one yourself if you're into this, but noctua probably secretly hopes that if you print one yourself, you'll still buy at least one noctua fan for "the best results".

[@astanisystems]

I don't see the point of people hating RGB when you can simply not use it even if you have RGB available component/s. I agree on RGB stuff being cheap and sometimes even cheaper than non-RGB, as it was the case with a RAM kit I bought. I went with ARGB RAM and it was cheaper than black out RAM. Sure, you can't get the full ''stealth'' look with RGB components because of light diffusor being white, but if done right(like BeQuiet did it with Light Wings fans), ARGB/RGB can be that cherry on top that you need. As for the Noctua and their desk fan, hard pass on that. Ain't no way I'd spend that money on what is essentially a glorified PC fan. For 100 bucks I could get at least 10 cheap fans and figure out the flow shroud and stand, as well as PSU, which could be any PC PSU with a MB pin bridged to make it run, and I'd still have extra money to spend on whatever else. Noctua is expensive and offers little to no advantage over lets say Thermalright. Thermalright killed with their air coolers, especially with Peerless Assassin and Phantom Spirit. Noctua is like you said, for those PCMR ''stealth'', '' black out'' people that still think that Noctua is the top of the line. I don't know, I just couldn't imagine a white case with those ugly beige-brown Noctua fans. It's the one thing Noctua doesn't need a patent for, since no manufacturer, not even some knock off Chinese manufacturer, would want to infringe on that ugly ahh color scheme.

[@itisabird]

I prefer to pay a couple more euros for non-rgb stuff because I don't want my PC to look like a night club. Why do you think that I have more money than sense? It is not like if I was paying twice the price...

[@Rushil69420]

It’s aesthetically terrible lmao. I thought their whole thing was function over form?

[@asicdathens]

You mean the Apple crowd

[@ChairmanMeow1]

*raises hand* I hate RBG. Doesnt mean Im paying $100 for a fan lol.

[@f0x4nn3]

the adapters and stuff in the box makes it feel like a DIY project.

[@andrewwebb5871]

now i want to see how the shroud works if you mount it to a fan in the case of a pc!

[@arudanel5542]

Dell and HP did a ton of that in the early 2000s, with heatsinks buried by plastic case, and air funneled right to them via ductwork. Amazing the lengths Alienware will go to to avoid retooling a case from 2009. Maybe earlier, hard to say. But mount this to a front fan, aimed right into a CPU tower, and it might drop temps a few c, just due to removing hot GPU exhaust from the equation.

[@steffenwei9926]

Look out for fan showdown. There is a show about that. And also where this Idea comes from The Cheater.

[@BoredErica]

Thank you for addressing the issue with the lack of cats in your videos

[@RobertD_83]

Maybe they were thinking: "Well Corsair does shit like this and people eat it up " but Noctua that's where you effed up... No RGB!

[@vojtasoo]

I can't wait for 3D printing this for few euros.

[@analogicparadox]

Noctua literally offers the file for free

[@saberknight2474]

@@analogicparadox Where? Is it on their website? I could not find it. Edit: I had to check their twitter and found they had posted a link to the file on printables.

[@LoLxD-ze4wq]

i thought the same man 100 usd is way too much

[@HazewinDog]

@@analogicparadox If it wasn't for that I think people would not only be bewildered but straight up angry lol

[@vojtasoo]

@@analogicparadox they will send me PLA for free? Still need to pay for material and electricity.

[@SDLNEXUS]

Like der8auer as an official Noctua sucker, i immediately bought one of these & it arrives today ! Can't wait to get back into the office and make my summer wilting colleagues jealous as i bath in my over priced Austrian goodness !

[@Kjeilen]

Thanks for the review. One thing missing from the review was how the shroud affects the sound level/profile.

[@Scarlet_Soul]

4:10 That's an interesting fok machine

[@HazewinDog]

ik hoop binnenkort meer katten te zien dan!

[@HanSolo__]

What the fok?

[@thephoenixking1086]

Looks to me that it works in the same way as a Vape does (seems to even have the same coil thing but uses none flavoured liquids).

[@Scarlet_Soul]

@@thephoenixking1086 That went right over your head didn't it

[@thephoenixking1086]

@@Scarlet_Soul No, I just thought I'd explain what I think the actual Fok machine was lol.

Thanks for the inspiration Noctua, i have 3 fans laying around collecting dust. Might as well print 3 brackets and shrouds, order 3 €6 adapters and sell them on for €100 a pop.

[@conorstewart2214]

This reminds me of the solder fume extractor I made. It is a cheap 120 mm fan with a 3D printed housing and a carbon air filter.

[@aaronwlkr]

Years ago when I worked in the computer industry, we all had made fans with PSU's, 90mm fans zip tied together. Every time someone ordered a custom built computer with upgraded fans and PSU, the wall grew bigger lol

[@photoangelov]

Just solder a fan splitter to a usb plug and use that to power the fan(s) that you already have. 5V is enough for many fans to achieve good RPMs and adequate airflow. I use this with Yate Loon D12SH-12 fans and it works perfectly fine.

[@leonidastankiangaming]

Finally someone explained what that air amplifier is and what it does. Not even a Noctua rep could explain this to me.

[@liam.odonnell]

I always believed that if Noctua ever ventured into making home fans, they could totally give Dyson a run for their money. I imagined that they would leverage their expertise in aerodynamics and product design to create something truly impressive. Maybe they could even come up with a groundbreaking home-cooling product that would shake up the industry. I really want to be excited about this product, but it feels like they might be playing it safe by just meeting the expectations that people have had for years. And by that, I mean to make A desk fan.

[@--_DJ_--]

I'm not sure there is much room left for innovation in the home cooling market. Kind of a solved problem at this point.

[@liam.odonnell]

@@--_DJ_-- Good point! I think “groundbreaking home-cooling product” is too strong. Instead, I would have liked them to challenge Dyson to make the nicest-looking and most efficient fan possible. Squeezing out every last drop of performance.

[@--_DJ_--]

@liam.odonnell There is definitely a market for expensive air moving equipment in homes.

[@arudanel5542]

I compared one to my 5 year old Honeywell turbofan.. it's not as good. The Honeywell fan moves a ton of air, on highest settings it will blow over a half can of soda if it's too close. I can feel the air almost 10m away. It's also cheap, right around 20USD. The Noctua needs that tunnel fitting to move air half as far. Also, for a Noctua setup I have hooked up a 200mm Noctua to a power supply with a fan speed knob. Spent a few bucks on it all, well under the cost of this and it's actually effective, since it's a more reasonably sized fan. Not sure who this is for, but it really does feel like it's April 1.

[@vangeeson]

Tooke the 3D print, adjusted to 140mm and built 3 of those around my VR simracing space. Sweat is gone but i never would have paid more than the actual pieces for iit.

[@StaelTek]

honestly, Noctuas prices has been getting out of hand since 2016. I remember when you could buy the NH D15 for about €60. Now it's like €110 (if not more - and yes it was also around that price before the inflation!) and nothing has changed, other than being manufactured in China, rather than Taiwan like it used to.

[@a36538]

Noctua is drunk, I’ve spent hundreds on their hardware ALWAYS to be let down. Their fans are junk and have spun bearings and splattered grease. And that colorway is atrocious

[@fredEVOIX]

@@a36538 they whistle and whine at high rpm never understood the craze...yes they make zero noise at 800rpm where they push no air at all yes...but turn the rpm above 1200rpm and they are very loud...i have a triple rad setup and I use QL120 fans the worst rated for rads why ? because for +1°C at worse liquid temp all I hear is a woooossshh at 1600rpm zero high pitched noise just air the same a large room fan does I sometimes forget to turn the benchmarking fan profile off while with either noctuas or bequiet you immediately slow them down...annoying noise

[@robmasters3569]

what a delight I am so happy that your cats are back. I was one of the people complaining so thank you for bringing them back.

[@slizzle.280]

Arctic sells something identical except for the airflow director, but it's powered by battery and thus does not need some fancy power supply or PWM controller. 25 Euro last summer.

[@richiegore1]

I printed the air amplifier and found it a big improvement with a 120mm 5v noctua fan I have mounted to my monitor arm.

[@eltamarindo]

If you drop the voltage on any standard low quality home desk or box fan, you can create an extremely quiet low airflow fan.

[@LBCAndrew]

I have a fan almost identical to that with a shroud that i 3d printed, but mine is for use in my workshop since it's using a 120x38mm SanAce 6,400 rpm monster of a fan. You can feel it blowing 20ft away across my garage when its on full speed.

[@StansTechStuff]

Noctua followed up on last year's Arctic Summair and Summair plus, but for triple the price (at least), double the size (not of the fan blades) and no optional internal battery. I got an Arctic Summair with the built in battery and apart from the build quality it's super useful. Has a 6 year warranty so I'm waiting for the day it snaps to get it replaced with new one :D

[@Dudewitbow]

i sorta have a similar setup, but with a Phanteks T30, so the airflow is much more stronger and has a higher top end RPM option if necessary

[@kosyoyanev]

Arctics are 4 Euro for 12x25 and they come with 10 year warranty. Performance is on point. Last time I have used Noctua was at 2014.

[@Mauntium]

Exactly my thoughts as well, regarding the Noctua 5V fans.

[@LongBarrelJoe]

The cat thinking "oh my here we go again with another techy stuff... "

[@Riztard]

"pfft nerds"

[@charlieruff7088]

Love the content... if you use the fog machine again can you put a dark background behind it. It was hard to see it with the lighting on the wall, at least on my phone.

[@LazerDon271]

It's a great desk fan. Well worth the money. I bought two. One to put in my computer cupboard.

[@Argus10q]

purrfect video explaining it

[@HarryG88]

I've had a KEYNICE 5" desk fan for 5 years which does a brilliant job. 6 years old and cost £7.99

[@Retro-Iron11]

They need to sell that shroud so I can put it on my 120mm noctua nf p12. I am also using the noctua NA-IS1-12-SX2 spacer with it so it's not directly flat on the case. That shroud would be perfect as the fan is directly at my pch/2x m.2 drives on the board and I have to currently use a back slot "fox-1" squirrel fan opposite it to help get the air into that space. BTW: Pat the cat!

[@Vatharian]

Don't forget that USB specification allows for 12 V power supply. Noctua didn't even need to swap to 5 V fan - they could've supplied PWM to USB adapter and either throw USB-C brick or state it needs a cellphone charger and voila. The product would've made a lick of sense.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Under USB PD, is it???

[@benjaminfrohns]

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Yes, the Power Delivery supports a few different voltages. There is a small chip that dictates what voltage the supply should provide.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

@@benjaminfrohns that, I'm highly aware of The thing I didn't expect is using it on non battery power

[@JJFX-]

A compact USB PC fan that doesn't work with typical PC ports makes even less sense than this power supply. The average person assumes a use case like this is universal. Just use a 5V fan and call it a day. The only reason I see them doing it the way they did is so it could still be removed and easily used as a PC fan or plugged into a fan header and controlled through the computer. Still dumber than 5V USB but it's an option.

[@FlanK3rCZ]

totally agree with the final result

[@abduktedtemplar]

Remember when cars had crotch fans? Hello Noctua ball cooler!

[@blackrifle6736]

*Yep. Mom's Toyota Cressida.*

[@wingcommanderbob8268]

Regarding the PSU: Elmor sells a USB-C PD to 4-pin PWM adapter (with 3 speed settings) for $10. All it would take is a USB-C cable and a cheap power brick and the fan would be able to be run from the wall OR from a computer.

[@i_scopes_i3914]

Also let's say during summer one piece of hardware or another is running hotter than everything else, and use amplifier to direct it straight at radiator/dimm/drives whatever

[@maxhammick948]

That price makes the Arctic Summair look far more tempting. USB powered, or a plus version with an internal battery.

[@SBvice]

I got the Arctic Summair Plus portable desktop fan for soldering and cooling electronics on the bench. I thought 25 bucks was expensive for what it was, compared to this it seems like a bargain 😂 it includes a built in battery, usb c charging / power and a stepless motor and in my opinion looks way better.

[@razorsz195]

The only thing i am interested in is the venturi affect fan duct, i have a large case with 2 780Tis that can pull 320W each, overkill for the 5Ghz 4820K but its certainly affected by those cards. thicker fans cost silly money and will be loud, the wasted space at the front of the case would be great if i could duct air right against the cards as the internal air temperature and airflow path isnt the best, 3D Printing is likely going to be a much better option, i do not doubt the quality and precision that has gone into this but they have brought a product into a market of £10 desk fans that are good enough, barely any one is looking for a boutique fan when someone could use a long 3 pin from their PC with a potentiometer backplate and drill a couple holes in a desk fan and 3d print a stand + ducts for what the stand alone costs.. :P

[@Ligby]

The noctua NF-FU

[@EliteRock]

Hmmm. A simple vane-grille (egg-box, honeycomb) will also convert the angular (spiralling) flow/speed of the air coming from the impeller to axial, in fact might work better than the 'nozzle' design Noctua have used here.

[@Deltarious]

When you do the pure price to performance even *including* the excellent support and build quality there has always been a 'Noctua tax' as a price premium on their products, and not a small one at all. This just feels like an extension of that where they're trading on their reputation for a convenience item thus big margins

[@mithikx]

Not necessarily the same but the ARCTIC Summair is $22 USD vs $99 USD for the Noctua NV-FS1. The Noctua uses a 120mm computer fan and the Arctic is a more bespoke fan. $99 USD puts you in range of getting a Milwaukee or Ryobi brand worksite fan with some money left over to put towards either a battery or an extension cord which those fans can use for power delivery.

[@sparketech]

LensGo Smoke B hand held fogger. Nice!

[@DDosAndDonts]

the quality is great as always. the price is also as high as always

[@BeefIngot]

Quality is not great though is it. It could be powered by usb instead with a boost converter and microcontroller or usb pd, both beaing much more convenient and sleeker.

[@Rockport1911]

Best thing about the vidoe is orange Sheik :) Yeah not that great of an offer. But I like that Noctua atleast has the " redux" line of fans that are alot cheaper. They come in a grey color and minimal packaging/ cables but retain the quality of the actual fan youre getting. Good offer for hidden fans and darker color than " Noctua Brown".

[@TheRealDioBrando]

really for the price would have been good to have the control dial integrated into the stand and on the front of the stand, having to reach round the back of a fan is something you see on low quality fans and usb as an option. Having socket > barrel > barrel adapter > Controller > 4 pin feels cheap and tacky, barrel connectors in general are bottom of the barrel

[@ClumsyMercenary]

how much would noctua charge for a 12 inch desk fan

[@vollhorst140]

Noctuas pricing has always been insane and this thing is right in line with it. Retail prices for the Fan 35€ and Controller 25€ that is 60 alone. Adding 10 for the psu, 10 for the guidance thing and 20 for stand and there you are. I can totally see how noctua got to the price point. And to be fair in the past every KZbinr on the planet ignored the noctua pricing and praised them for everything as the best thing ever.

[@neoburst1]

just an fyi if you have a 3D printer noctua themselves have the files for the desk fan shroud/air amplifier on printables

[@meat_loves_wasabi]

Bought one…the reach is pretty good just wish the fan could achieve higher speed

[@Skelterbane69]

Meanwhile, I have two 5v NF-A20 fans on my desk, running from usb. Absolutely lovely now that it's warm.

[@802Garage]

The AC unit I have been using for 8 years in my room cost me $99 hahaha. A very similar unit is still $161 at Walmart right now.

[@mybsite5697]

This is a great solution for the compact room content creator where heat from the pc make it uncomfortable and noise is also an issue from a fan. But the price sucks.

[@hokiturmix]

Or you can use an old PSU housing/case, an USB to FAN connector and a phone charger. I have it for 10 y or so. The trick is not to aim directly onto your body. There are universal AC/DC adaptors 5-12v so you can adjust the performance that way. Overall cost around 15€. My version have a high pressure and a high flow FAN. First is for radiators. The second is for cases.

[@conorstewart2214]

I think the pricing makes sense. This is likely for diehard noctua fans who will likely buy it just because it is from noctua. For the vast majority of people buying a standard desk fan would be better. It’s like any other company’s branded products, people buy it for the brand, it just so happens that since it is noctua it is very good quality too unlike with other brands. I don’t think this is supposed to be a serious product that they expect lots of sales with. Maybe this whole idea came about from an engineer just using a fan on their desk in the summer. If other comments are correct that noctua provides files for the air guide for people to 3D print then it is even more likely that they don’t see this as a serious product.

[@injurera]

I was looking for something like this for years.

[@RowdyDangerous1]

My problem is that with noctua's control you have to turn it off with knob instead of the button. If they had a new usb powered control for the home product I would be happy.

[@Kraaketaer]

For the smoke/fog testing, I wish you had moved the wand around more - especially looking at airflow around the sides of the fan/amplifier. I would expect it to be designed around exploiting Bernoulli's principle, "dragging" surrounding air along with the directed jet of airflow and thus significantly increasing actual airflow - but testing with the smoke behind the fan intake won't show this. Plenty of videos demonstrating just how effective this is online though (the classic "inflate a plastic bag with one breath" thing).

[@FenixFeniks]

Knowing Noctua and their designing habits (GN had an interview with them a while back and the amount of love and labor they pour into R&D is insane), much of the price is likely from R&D of the stand, the air amplifier, and predicted low volume of sales for this kind of product. I also think they likely designed it in mind of someone replacing the fan it comes with with another of their fans that has a different footprint profile. Def could be wrong though.

[@squisherderheld]

How about a dark background for the fog blowing visuals?

[@noxious89123]

"They're charging $100 for this * _visible concern_ * I bought it anyway". Average Noctua customer! X)

[@The_Noticer.]

One weird product lineup doesn't make the rest bad.

[@ariprabowo85]

Diekatze! 😍 German Engineering Purrfection

[@ronny332]

The mount ships price wise in the water of the Apple Display stand 🙂

[@patricklumpkin319]

usb 3.0 specs allow for 12v if you get the correct cable so it would have been so easy to just make it usb

[@tarfeef_4268]

Now there are two of them!

[@zredman98]

surprised the fan doesn't connect into it's stand, would look nicer if it did. but i'm betting the price is just beccause it's a niche product that they don't expect to sell well in the first place so that'd mean putting the price up for a decent profit.

[@samiraperi467]

I have a clip-on battery powered fan, best buy ever. Portable cooling

[@michaelgrupa7754]

I have the Sharper Image AXIS 16 Airbar Tower Fan with Task Light. You should check this out. Great for the price. It will lay flat under your monitor too!

[@alpenfoxvideo7255]

have you seen how much the noctua fan grilles cost?

[@mardymarvin8441]

i would love to know if the power brick you bought were real copper wire and if the noctua one was. As a lot of the cheaper power bricks dont have copper cables but copper coated wire.

[@Dinscurge]

i mean the price you can say is really high for such a small fan(it is) but compared to the products it contains is it that bad? 20$ fan big fancy bracket 20? pwm thing like 20~25? the extension cable the special black fan grill instead of the regular cheap chrome looking ones 10~15? a power supply 10? the big ass airflow guide manifold thing 20~25? think its more just a dumb product for any kind of economical sense to use like a all black special noctua fan as a desk fan. i mean a 3 pack of the corsair rx120 rgb is 99.99 on amazon i would assume making all these separate products would cost more then making 3 of those same fans

[@arkahimself]

We usually buy CPU air coolers at that price range. (Slightly more expensive in India when imported from US) But this is crazy.

[@jarnom85]

Probably max 2 hour of work and printing time combined to make it with fast FDM printer. For shure going to make my own version out of it in Fusion 360 with 140mm fan inside even though there is models out there.

[@3d1e00]

I use a meaco 1056. That is about the same price and is pretty silent and can also mechanically rotate in the horizontal and vertical. I am interested if the amplifier would make my fractal north a little better if I dumped 2 on the top 2 front fans.

[@johnbeer4963]

Yeah. I really like Noctua products. Their quality, the included accessories, and the customer service are top notch. The pricing is crazy to the point that I will not buy their products anymore until (if) They cut pricing significantly, which They will, if people stop buying them. The fans are good but not that good.

[@dj4aces]

I made one of these with a little time and for about US$10. Sure, it wasn't made with a Noctua fan, but it worked quite well. Noctua specifically, and companies just in general, need to be told in the only way they'll understand that their prices are trash: Stop buying their crap, and start sitting on your wallets.

[@teamtechworked8217]

I 3d printed this design almost 2 years ago for maybe 5 dollars in pla

[@Draknfyre]

This happens to most peripheral companies that get successful. They start to think their name alone makes the product justified in its price. See also: Razer, Bose. When I was in HS we had generic $20 Chinese-made beige desktop speakers in my computer class. They actually sounded decent for what they were. I laughed when I saw the EXACT same speakers in black with the Bose logo slapped on being sold for $100. And this was 25 years ago.

[@ArchusKanzaki]

I feel like Noctua saw the LTT video where Linus drill a hole and slap a Noctua fan on his old TV cabinet and be like "we can make a product out of it".

[@fu1r4]

6:50 Can someone hear what he should pay for 1000 power supplies? Was it each or for all 1000?

[@X862go]

Agreed, anything over 60 is too much

[@JosiahBradley]

You could get 3-5 Vornados for this price and they are insane cfm and low noise.

[@Fr4kTh1s]

Oh damn, Noctua copied my design I had in the hot office where I worked 9 years ago! NE 555 for PWM and 3 old Dell server fans... If I knew I could charge 100$ for it, I would already be rich...

[@magoid]

I do have a PC fan on my desk, since I don't have AC at home. But mine is a 200mm fan, not a stinky 120mm one. And even then it is barely adequate, since it couldn't compete with a conventional 30 to 40cm ventilator.