Customer Reviews

AF410A AirFlow Breeze, Quiet Register Booster Fan, Almond Color 4" x 10" opening

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I believe this is helping with the airflow. But it doesn't make a huge change in the temperature in our room.

Ok, so I live in a typical small, 3BR, midwest split level home built in the 70's. Probably everyone who's ever lived in one of these (LOTS of you)will probably agree that the upstairs is ALWAYS hotter in summer and cooler in winter - especially the smallest BR - am I right?

In the past 4 years, we've spent TONS of $ installing a new furnace, a new air conditioner and a whole house fan in the attic, trying to improve the circulation.

While all of these helped (& of course have lowered my energy costs), NOT ONE made such a marked drastic improvement in the room temp as this little gem.

I love it, my baby who sleeps in that room loves it - it works great and I think the peeps who disagree might have unrealistic expectations of it.

I do have one concern about the safety of it - the fan is recessed down into the vent, but I still think my son could reach his fingers down to it - he's shown an interest. Babies are very curious and not too smart. When he's playing on the floor in his room, I always make sure its turned off.

Although this product works, it takes a lot of "fiddling with" to reach the right temperature to kick it on. A lot of trouble for such little results.

Small ineffective fans. After installation, there was less cold air flowing from the a/c duct than before. The only reason I awarded it 1 star, was because Amazon doesn't give you a ZERO star option.

I ordered this product for our upstairs bedroom vent to help cool the room. The thermostat to control the fan speed is a great idea, but ours doesn't consistently run only when the AC kicks on. When it does run, it's not exactly quiet and kind of annoying. However, we do manage to sleep through it fine. Overall though, I gave this product only 2 stars because it doesn't force that much more cold air into the room. It would also be helpful if the vent slats were directional. Running the fan function by itself (not with the AC) produces no extra cold air, only air movement.
After purchasing one, I hoped it would work at least okay to purchase another for my upstairs office. Instead, I'm shelling out the money for a free standing AC unit. I'd advise you to do the same if you want cold air.

I bought the AirFlow Breeze because the upstairs rooms in my townhome were always 8-10 degrees warmer than the down stairs rooms. The problem was the AC fans were not getting the air into room. After adding the Airflow Breeze I noticed an immediate difference. I would reccomend for anyone who needs to force more air into a room that is either too hot or cold.

This fan makes a difference in a room over the garage but it's pretty loud when it's running.

In my situation, the AirFlow Breeze register booster really works. The product looks great - you don't even notice it's different from a regular vent cover. My spare bedroom/craft room was always a little too stuffy and a little too cold depending on the season. Now, I can enter that room for a little quiet time and never notice the temperature difference. Thank you AirFlow - you have made my problem room manageable!

We have two bedrooms in the house that are always 2-4 F colder than the rest of the house. That is especially noticeable on cold windy days.

We bought one of these things to try it out in the room used as an office. We ordered straight from Airflow Products, and not Amazon. The way it is listed on Amazon is somewhat counterintuitive -- from the manufacturer you can order a specific kit that matches your register; from Amazon you have to order the fan and the adapter separately. Now I know how to size them so I will probably get it from Amazon next time.

The installation was trivial. For a more permanent installation you have to drill two holes for the screws. If you use an adapter you have no choice but to drill two holes.

Once installed it is relatively easy to set up and get going. It appears to turn on regardless of the thermostat setting when the warm air is blowing through the register. It is also louder than I'd like for a product like this. That is why I am giving it a 4 instead of a 5.

The loudness issue is important. The fans appear to be low-voltage units much like the ones used in computer power supplies. You can get near-silent fans from computer parts suppliers and it is not clear why Airflow Products chose to save on the fans. On the low fan speed setting it is decent.

Aside from noise, it does exactly what it claims it will do. It pulls air from warmer parts of the house into the room. We only have one register in the office so it really is pulling the air from other parts of the house. That makes me think that it may make the room next door to the office colder -- but that happens to be the other room where we want the booster fan.

We will see how it behaves in the office and we will order another one for the bedroom soon.

First it took longer to receive the item than expected from the seller. Then it does not produce the boost which the product description promised.