Fan-Tastic Vent 01100WH Endless Breeze - 12 Volt Fan
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Some comments about this we saw on the web:
* /u/RounderKatt on /r/BurningMan I made my own large scale swamp cooler based very loosely on figjams unicooler. I made a box out of 1x2 lumber and lined it with plastic shower surround material then caulked the inside. Cut a hole on one side for the fan and cut a hole on the other side for the pad (air intake)I think one place where figjam is just flat out wrong is that he uses too large of a pump. The entire premise of a swamp cooler is that the Ideal Gas Law states that as the phase change occurs and the gas expands, the temperature of the gas is lowered, however for this to happen you want rapid evaporation. If the pad is too wet, it will interfere with evaporation due to cooling the pad itself.
——* /u/wolfraidernyc on /r/BurningMan Based on how big of a space you need you probably will need a pretty heavy duty fan.
I chose the Endless Breeze that has been discussed endlessly (haha!) for oversized swamp coolers (2.6 amps for 920cfm): https://www.amazon.com/Fan-Tastic-01100WH-Endless-Breeze-Stand/dp/B0000AY2Z6
Also, this one is a new one that I don’t know how effective it is but moves a good amount of more air (2.8 amps for 1700): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JI0KOWG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
——* /u/bondagenurse on /r/BurningMan * Tent fan. I went pro my first year and won’t go back. 60 bucks is worth it. Course, then I had to buy a deep cycle battery, but it lasted all week (and a half). Plus it was awesome for the one year I did exodus (11 hours….you know what year it was). We could avoid using the blowers in the car and instead just used the fan to keep us from dying.
Fuck air mattresses. Fuck them in their little air hole. Foam is the way to be. I have a four inch full sized foam mattress that folds up, and yes, it’s a bear to transport because of how much size it takes up, but I live on playa for three weeks. This thing is the ultimate luxury. I then place it on a “queen” sized Coleman cot. It’s a full size cot that holds a queen size air mattress on it, and man it was loud. Much better with the foam. Seriously, sex on that thing was like sex on a megaphone.
Someone else mentioned it, but a sheet covering your bed during the time you are not sleeping in it is wonderful. Do you know how many times a day you say, “oh shit, I forgot [something dumb] in my tent, better go in!” If you have a raised bed, especially, you’ll more than likely lean in the door of your tent and put your hand down on the bed and bam playa bed.
Someone also already said this (I think) but I take two sets of plastic drawers with me instead of bins for my smaller items. It’s so much more fun to root around in a clear drawer than in an opaque bin. All my shit lives in those during the year, so if I randomly decide I need something from my burning man kit, I can grab it.
——* /u/easyEggplant on /r/BurningMan http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000AY2Z6
Wired directly to this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DCDQKII
and one of these:
http://www.harborfreight.com/solar-powered-fountain-pump-66093.html
Edit: I just put this setup together for my yurt and it works wonderfully. Best part is that since it’s all solar I can turn it on when it’s dark (if I go to bed when it’s dark) and it will kick on with the sun (when needed).