The most useful USB fan in the world & why I own so many of them! - @Barnacules

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Hope you enjoyed this #DIYGasm episode of actively cooling your electronics so they last longer and run better. Just like you need to keep your PC cool with good airflow you really need to do that other devices in your house especially if they are in confined areas. My cable modem stopped locking up and needing to be reset every day after adding this fan to it and same for my networking router that was hanging about once a week before I actively cooled it. Please comment below if you have any questions or hit me up on social media (links above).
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[@Barnacules]

Thank you so much for watching my 3rd video I've uploaded this week rebooting the channel after a long break. This USB fan is one of my favorite cheap gadgets that really help's me out and I'm glad I could share it with you. I hope you're enjoying the new content and you get a chance to come to watch me LIVE on Twitch during the week with the link in video description or come hang out on Discord. If you have any questions about the fans just ask them below or research them with the link also in the video description.

[@diamondruststreams]

That cup tho...its giving me an anxiety attack. Also, welcome back?(!)

[@blockisle9]

Glad your back!

[@BigKarl519]

I cut the lips off my Goldfish, it died. Thanks Barnacules.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Cable management 0/10

[@jlanuto222]

Sorry brother I'm not a patron but I've followed you for quite a while. Seeing that you're doing good and your family is happy makes me happy. Live well buddy 😊

[@thomaswillis2382]

Only Jerry could talk for 13 minutes about a USB fan but he's also the only person who I'd watch for the full 13 minutes talk about a fan 😂

[@thisisgreg2.0]

I have the desktop version of these, they are great. I used to work in a call center and they were perfect because they never picked up on the phone. The desktop ones have a variable speed dial too. Well worth the money.

[@andypro]

Man I missed your style of making videos. Those high and low pitched voices crack me up every time! :))) Keep them videos coming!

[@ariad7452]

Jerry is the type of guy who made a 10 minute vid about a USB fan

[@Barnacules]

I sure am 👍

[@FigNorton]

this is the kind of stuff that brought me to your channel and kept me here.

[@UsurperGrimm]

Happy to see you doing more videos. You look like you're much healthier, whatever you're doing keep it up!

[@Barnacules]

Thanks man.

[@Flounder125]

Now I remember why I never unsubbed. You are a great reviewer. Glad your back. Hope you stay for long time.

[@brockalicousmerk]

very glad i stuck around to see and witness your rebirth very proud

[@Barnacules]

brockalicous merk 👍

[@largenlarsen]

Thanks for the influx of videos! You bring some actually great content to my feed!

[@daedalusspacegames]

So, a guy on Amazon says that these fans use ~0.9 watt-hours of juice. Given that the Razer Blade Pro has a 70 Wh battery, assuming nothing else is drawing power, it can run the fan for ~77.7 hours. So, not quite years, but still a decently long time.

[@Barnacules]

Daedalusspacegames yeah, I was off a bit 🤔 thanks for whipping up some good math here and I’ll heart this comment 👍

[@daedalusspacegames]

@@Barnacules Of course. Always have fun with little research projects like this, so I'm happy to put that together for you.

[@josephcannon3938]

Do you mean 0.9 watts for the fan? Spot on though :)

[@daedalusspacegames]

@@josephcannon3938 You're right, that was a stupid mistake :P

[@ChrisWithACam]

I've bought three of these since you showing them off on stream. I can confirm these things are awesome.

[@DanielPraxis]

My home router has an overheating problem, this video is a genuine help. Thank you!

[@Barnacules]

Michael Peterson you’re very welcome!

[@elbee2324]

Try turning off the router at night, or at least when it is not in use. It might help. :-\

[@DanielPraxis]

@@elbee2324 tried that, didn't work the router still overheated while it was in use

[@M41NFR4M3Gaming]

Love the enthusiasm and positivity! Barnacules is back!

[@webcodr]

According to amazon.de's product page: 5 V (USB standard voltage) * 0.2 A = 1 W. The 30 Ah battery back has capacity of 450 Wh (5 V output). So, the fan would last 450 hours under optimal conditions and the smaller one could power the fan for about 25 hours. It's probably a little less than 450 or 25 hours, due to losses in voltage conversion etc. (18650 cells have nominal voltage of 3.6 V and max. about 4 to 4.2 V)

[@russell3220]

I’m super glad you’re back Jerry! Thanks for making such good content

[@Barnacules]

Thank you so much!

[@eekeek433]

These fans are great, I have 8 all round the house and have been using them for 5 years now :).

[@kepeter97]

its great to see you this often! I dont have the creativity to come up with such solutions. Great ideas

[@kek23k]

The quality of these fans is...FANtastic! ba-dum-tish!

[@XPLOSIVization]

You blew it jk

[@biglarge1977]

I just watched your videos in a few years and I am getting pretty nostalgic.

[@virus464]

had one of those since like 2014 or 15, no noticable degration over time and the bending part is as stiff as ever (ladys). i used them to cool my room, they get a good airflow in a room if placed stategigly (one of those). its not as quiet as a regular pc fan, but more quiet than any other usb fan i ever had, they are made by arctic and u can hear and feel that. at the moment i plug it in my mainboard whenever i load into a game to cool the back of my gfx card. i think they take 300ma, my powerbank with 20000mah ran it 34-38h. my 85yo grandma bought one and a powerbank when i showed it to her, and in the summer she takes it everywhere she goes.

[@corygrant594]

It's great to see you back on KZbin creating content! Love your videos, and can't wait to have you in my regular feed more!

[@Enstrayed]

YES! This is the content we want! This is why I subscribed to this channel. Codegasm next? P.S. Xander's section was really funny.

[@Barnacules]

Xander loves the camera! And Codegasm will be back in a month or so.

[@kazoohero93]

My main man Jerry is back! Keep up the great work man. All the best!

[@strawbandit173]

Starts then stops starts then stops Starts then stops. Cmon man be consistent, I know you might be having problems but you have good fans to support you!

[@Barnacules]

They are good fans 😄

[@bruhmomentum5064]

Thank you for this so much. I have a four year old gaming laptop that I need to have a desk fan blowing over to keep cool and I think this would be perfect to keep it cool since I’ve got an extra USB port on the side.

[@flixilux]

The Fan runs on 5V .2A so 1Watt. The Razer Blade Pro has either a 70Wh or 99 Wh battery Depending on the configuration of the laptop and battery health, it can run for 3-4 days

[@TAGE_FPV]

Yo, this is hilarious. Good change from the past format and glad to see you're feeling healthy! Keep it going man

[@ExtrymGamingLTU]

55% Fan puns 15% Fan ideas 30% Glad to have you back 0% Normal comments

[@Van420Dal]

dude so awesome to see you losing weight and making videos I struggle with depression and a lot of things and I used to love seeing you and Jay do your long-form videos together just rediscovered your channel super cool that you're doing so great!

[@Barnacules]

Glad you're back!

[@hawaiidispenser]

Love seeing you doing videos again bud!

[@eco420]

Dude u lost so much weight damnn impressive what you did there, this puts a smile on my face ❤

[@Barnacules]

I hate to admit I've gained about 25lb back after Keto caused some other medical issues and I'm suffering from a lot of down time related to chronic pain. Doctors are trying to figure me out so I can get back to doing what I love!

[@MegaTBlaster]

Spec for fan is 5V/0.2A = 1W. 30000 mah = 30 Ah X 5V = 150 Wh. So should last 150 hours.

[@Barnacules]

This is the highest estimate I've seen yet. #Winning

[@Cheese_1337]

aren't those 30 Ah's rated on the battery? At 5 volts there will be less amp hours due to conversion losses.

[@MegaTBlaster]

@@Cheese_1337 Yes there will be small loses due to internal resistance and to other component. Probably closer to 140-150 hours with loses. But this also does not account for any battery degradation.

[@LordFalon]

Barnacules glad to have you back bud.

[@kylefer]

Got one of these after this video as my laptops keyboard gets extremely hot when running intense games, now it not only stays cool, but actually cold to the touch, much better than typing with sweaty hands on a hot keyboard. Edit: also the fans are just as quiet as you said they are, I had fans like this before that made noise so I figured I knew it had to make more noise than you made them out to, but no, these are totally silent, so much so that it is almost absurd.

[@OneStopRazorbackSite]

Never enjoyed a video about a fan as much as I have watching this video! Keep up the good work!!!

[@damolin77]

Love the video Jerry this is the kind of reviews I want to see thanks and awesome job on the weight loss keep it up you can do it 40 pounds is a lot of weight

[@davidliberal331]

This channel is becoming my favorite channel again! Thanks Jerry for the upload 👍

[@Barnacules]

Glad to hear it!

[@MannyDer]

I knew it looked familiar -- "You purchased this item on December 16, 2016." -- when I clicked the amazon link :) I use(d) mine for a raspberry pi

[@timothywintle5937]

Bud, really cool to see you doing well and back in true form. Now show us garage tour with all your printers and stuff!

[@GadgetAddict]

I use them for the same reason :) Except I use generic versions that cost like $1 each. Maybe they wont last as long as the Arctic branded version and their arms aren't as good quality.

[@Barnacules]

Please for the love of god send me a link on Twitter (@barnacules) because I want to buy 100 of them and make a giant USB wind tunnel 👍

[@bigfatbill5187]

Looking good man!!! Glad to see you back on the KZbin.

[@aarorasilainen]

Alright, the Razer Blade Pro has either a 70 or 99 Wh battery. An Amazon reviewer measured the current used as around 170 mA at 5 V, which totals to 0,85 W. Say we have an efficiency of 90% for the buck converter in the laptop, this gives us a 63 or 89,1 Wh of effective capacity at 5 V. That means that, depending on the model and given that the fan would be the only thing run by the laptop, you could expect about 74 or 105 hours of continuous fan-running off the Blade.

[@aarorasilainen]

For the 30 000 mAh battery: they are rated at the nominal voltage of 3,7 V giving a total maximum capacity of 111 Wh. Say, again, we have a 90% efficiency in the boost converter, we have an effective capacity of 99,9 Wh, giving us an estimated runtime of about 117 and a half hours.

[@Barnacules]

64bittinen so far most people are saying 74-100 hours so I think we’re narrowing into the ballpark! Thank you.

[@awesomearizona-dino]

its great to have you back here on youtube.

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

Plus you're blowing the WiFi signal further out.

[@goatskull2031]

XD !!!

[@Barnacules]

The logic here is pretty remarkable and I can't seem to find any flaws with it 🤔

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

@@Barnacules Ha! Hey man, if you ever want to come on my Houston radio show and geek out a bit, I'd love to have you. The end game is to inspire people to find and embrace their inner geek. Sometimes it's the only coping mechanism we got!

[@Barnacules]

@@GeekTherapyRadio That sounds fantastic, you have a radio show? As in old school FM?

[@GeekTherapyRadio]

@@Barnacules Dude.......older.....AM baby. KPRC 950AM in Houston on iHeart. It's glorious. I nerd out on that fact alone. That I may be one of the last generations to broadcast traditionally (in addition to podcasts, etc of course)

[@Tasman2306]

Great to see you back in the saddle .... we have all missed you and your content.

[@Barnacules]

The warm welcome is my motivation!

[@raikozy35]

you can also have it plugged on the side of your monitor and have it blows air to your face when you game during summer time

[@neonxshank6438]

Welcome back Jerry! Good to see you back in my feed. Hope all is well for you and the family

[@patprop74]

Congrats on the weight lost Jerry, looking good! , nice to see u bk in here making video.Edit: if you like those fans so much , Contact the distributor and sell them on your site.

[@CamCovello]

Glad to see you back man. I like the inexpensive product reviews.

[@InvadersDie]

Thanks for the advice! I'm now trying to evolve my goldfish evolve to breathe air by keeping it out of water incrementally longer periods. I'm starting to run low on funds, and goldfish arn't that expensive but they stubbornly refuse to evolve.

[@ZillionPrey]

These fans are indeed FANtastic!

[@justing2150]

When he squealed at 10:52 he scared the shit out of my cat

[@alexdugan4222]

i been afk from youtube for a while but i see this video i get 5 mins into it and i hear 40 + pounds lost ? hell yea man thats awesome i know u were struggling for a long time with it so happy to hear that man made my night to hear that good for you

[@ゲリン]

I cracked my brain when you immitated a cheap pc fan at 10:51

[@wright96d]

I wish I hadn't seen this because now I want to buy one for every use case that pops in my head.

[@cullenl2508]

Assuming you have the top model Razer blade pro, with a 99Wh battery and the fan drawing 0.2 A @ 5 V, it will last 99 hours (4.1 days). Not quite a month, but pretty long

[@kscius]

after watching you using this usb videos a bought 2 of them, one for my router and other in the back of my tv,... they are amazing

[@ARCTIChannel]

NEEDS. MORE. FANS!!!

[@JoRoBoYo]

😂

[@NeoJiNeTiK]

I had something similar a while back. The fan was too small, the fins were flexible but not efficient enough. Good to see an improvement.

[@gameexpert385]

Assuming each of those fans draw the advertised 0.2 amps, it'll (theoretically) take 75 hours for two of those to drain down that big battery pack, and 25 hours for the tiny battery on one fan, may have to subtract a few hours from power conversion losses.

[@FE59FE59]

A fan like this pointed on my keyboard and mouse, this is actually a very good idea! Thank you! Please make more of these videos!

[@bacon_sammich2845]

Congrats on the amazing weight loss mate!

[@MysticMike]

Great review! Do whatever for review. Anything can be useful for someone. Variety is the spice of life.

[@nathanieljames7462]

Man your power bill must be crazy!

[@PostmasterHarry]

the keyboard method is genius!!!!! finally that usb pass through on my k70 is handy

[@RichterPavel]

According to producer specification, fan consumes 200 mA per hour. This means, 10000mAh power bank will theoretically power it about 50 hour. In real life i will count with 45hours.

[@MichaelHernandez138]

Good to see you back homie! Keep'em coming

[@Nexinator]

I have one of these and they're great. Using it through a USB power meter, it uses around 1 Watt, so whatever the W/h rating, that many hours. For that particular laptop, it has a 99Wh battery, so 99 hours. It does fluctuate randomly from 1W to 2W (on my meter) very briefly, but for simplicity sake, lets say 1W/h for this fan.

[@Nexinator]

Correction it fluctuates from 1W to 1.46W (not 2).

[@XXGwagonXX]

Good to see you back man, god bless you and your family.

[@bigsportsman]

Give or take a 30k mAh should keep it running about 6-10 days. This is dependent strongly on the efficiency and age of the battery pack, the power leakage of pack and fan and the resistance of the wiring used on the fan and battery pack. The fan tech sheet says it runs on 0.2 amps but that is the rating of just motor. My calculations are based on the efficiency of the best and worst power pack I have data sheets on. On a brand new pack with high efficiency it could be as high as 45 days but that would be a marginal case. It is safe to say an average of 6-10 days non-stop.

[@Barnacules]

Thanks for the info, I should just charge it up then put a fan on it set it on my desk and run a stop watch.

[@Beltonius]

Arctic fans are great! I have used them in my last couple builds. Good airflow, silent and affordable

[@klcgaming578]

@Barnacules Nerdgasm : Some quick dirty math on how long the fan would last on that Razer Blade Pro (as I can't quickly see any replies that have taken a crack): Thankfully someone on Amazon had measured the draw of the fan when plugged into their computer; It draws 168.5mA @ 5.12V. The Razer Pro has a 70.5 Wh (watt hour) battery, by presuming that we are just looking at the draw for the fan we can convert that to Ah using the formula (Wh)/(V) =(Ah) (70.5Wh/5.12V=13.77Ah). Now its as simple as dividing the Ah by the Amps (168.5mA = .1685A) 13.77Ah/.1685A=81.72h. This is taking in presumptions that there is no other power draw with the lid closed (and I ain't goin that far down this rabbit hole). So I would estimate somewhere round 72hours would be a good bet. TLDR: ~72hrs (3 Days)

[@XPLOSIVization]

Been using these for the back of my LED TVs for years, good to know im not the only one who thought it was a good cooling solution, cant rate them highly enough

[@Tdaz250]

I feel like the old Jerry is back. Nice to see the videos like this again 🙂

[@YashAtishay]

bro it's great to see you back, hope you are doing great

[@FormerlyOn2Wheels]

Jerry: *hits blunt* what if I upload within the same year? Audience: wtf

[@Barnacules]

Wyatt Faught people seem surprised I’m still alive.

[@FormerlyOn2Wheels]

Good to have you back man

[@bravedwarf]

So glad you’re back!!!!

[@deathscythe213]

dude u could be a bad ass sales rep

[@Cody2340]

If you live in a humid location you could put one under your cabinets angled so that they move the air from the back so that you don't get mold on your walls behind the cabinets.

[@bob505470]

Going by the rated draw of 0.2 amps at 5v from the fan and given the razer blade pro has a 99wh battery at 11.4 volts, In a perfect world it should run for 98ish hours if nothing else is drawing power. Realistically with the rest of the system and inefficiencies in the voltage regulation I would guess significantly less time. 18-20 hours would be my guess .

[@ThePrimePilgrim]

Glad you’re back- we missed you!

[@jenna_tools]

That voice change stuff is awful man. High lvl of cringe. Voice is good without changing.

[@Pandaman94]

Honestly, I gotta skip through the video just to get to the useful Information. I skip his box openings because he uses it so fucking much. Its Extremely annoying. sucks when he's the only person reviewing a certain product I want.

[@FTGTapGod]

Wow is this real life?! It's great to have you back and in full force! Always a fan! Keep it up!

[@jasonmitchell2012]

lol... "always a fan"

[@JarrodsTech]

I use one of these to blow air over my motherboard VRMs 😅

[@Barnacules]

Overheating is the Devil!

[@Guy_Reverse]

I missed you! Glad to see you back and doing well!

[@aaronsomers7337]

Careful to not spin it backwards, as most don't have reverse current protection and you can take out one or more ports. Common issue with the portable ones that plug into phones.

[@Barnacules]

Aaron Somers this is fantastic info! Maybe it would be a cool experiment to hook it to a multimeter and wind it up. If it generates current perhaps I could swap the positive and negative and use it to charge a phone with a leaf blower 😉

[@aaronsomers7337]

@@Barnacules that sounds like a bunch of fun! Maybe connect it to a power drill and kill some old stuff!

[@aaronsomers7337]

@@Barnacules also, in thinking about it, simply holding the fan in place should be the issue, as it will attempt to pull current that the port can not supply. So the backwards spinning may not actually be valid.

[@Barnacules]

Aaron Somers I’ve stopped these fans with my hands hundreds of times with no damage so I’m pretty sure they have some protections.

[@Barnacules]

Aaron Somers oh god power drill would be funny. Or a Dremel at 30k rpm 👍

[@micahdeppa3061]

I love that your back, I have missed you

[@micahdeppa3061]

And I try to watch the morning coffe stream, but it is during school hours for me

[@akeelshah7904]

oh that's so bloody smart my router used to overheat in the attic but i used a 12v plug with my fans could have bought those

[@AgentsOfFandom]

So happy your doing videos again! Bless my dude

[@ToddChevrier]

Hi Jerry! Glad to see a reboot of videos...Got an idea for your USB fans...someone may have commented before me...not sure...but how about 3D printing a fan guard for those fans so no one get hurts? O_o

[@Barnacules]

Todd Chevrier I love this idea! I bet I could make something that form fit to the cover on the back or possibly even clipped onto the stem 🤔

[@ToddChevrier]

@@Barnacules The sky is the limit! I have been *"farting around on Fusion 360"* to model up useful things that can be 3D printed. Like a wireless mini stand for my iPhone and iWatch. I'm NOT going to pay $100s for something I can 3D print myself and add my own creativity.

[@Barnacules]

Todd Chevrier my 3D printer is running right now. Check my Instagram @barnacules

[@TheFlyingFishy]

I bought 2 like over a year ago, and they are still amazing.

[@brunodherrera]

the fan consumes 5v 0.2A (1Wh), Razer Blade Pro says it has a battery that outputs 99Wh, so, with full battery can run it for 99 hours

[@Barnacules]

There we go, thank you! #HeartedComment

[@brunodherrera]

@@Barnacules you're awesme btw, and the power bank with a battery of 30000mAh can run it for 150 hours

[@CasperTheEpic]

I actually bought two of theses because of one of your video talking about them and put them on my modem and router. I use to have an issue where my internet would just randomly drop and would require me to restart my whole network, I stuck a USB extension to my router and plugged a fan into it to cool my modem, then stuck another fan in to cool my router things are great. tempted to get more to cool my consoles seeing they could probably use all the extra help they can get.

[@LOKO22Bach]

I mean, 10 bucks is not THAT cheap, specailly since you can get similar products for like 2 bucks. HOWEVER, these seem to be of very high quality, so it's probably wortth it. I'd also advice people who want one for silently cool your face in your desk or booth to check boothjunkie's video on a usb fan (a more stationary one) that's dead silent for the amount of wind it blows, great for streamers or in general audio sensitive situations.

[@StillAlive666]

They are cheap....

[@amusementplays8001]

@Cristian I just want to share my humble opinion just as an information. $10 is not that cheap? It's definitely more expensive outside of the U.S. Life in the U.S. is so easy and U.S. citizens are still complaining about the prices. Try to buy something in other countries as a citizen of that countries - you will be surprised. The ratio of the purchasing power of earned money to the price of goods is most favorable in the U.S.

[@JENSENWINTERS]

Buying these for theme parks! I've got a solar power pack so it could run forever lol. Thanks Jerry!

[@Cheese_1337]

in alaska they would be probably worth, because they could help move the warm air from stove :D

[@hilmarsson1]

good to see you back jerry and good work on the videos and loosing the weight you look fresh bro

[@ZeppelinEXAhmed]

Will you ever review PC component like CPU , motherboard and graphics card?

[@Deses]

There's plenty of youtube channels already doing that, no need for more.

[@jaydude23]

Glad you're back! That wallpaper is awesome! Hoping you could provide a link to it. Thanks