Arctic Summair & Summair Plus Desktop Fan Review

How We Test

Testing a desktop fan is a little different to testing a PC fan because a lot of what I’ll talk about is purely subjective; so whilst I might like or dislike a product, you may find yourself having a different experience to me. Nevertheless, I took the fan and tried it out under a few circumstances to get an idea of the quality, functionality, and effectiveness of the fan.

There are three main scenarios that I wanted to try these fans out in, the first is the most obvious.

The Regular Fan Test

This test is simply to see how good the fan actually is at doing what it is supposed to do, How well does it cool me down? How noticeable is it? And how loud is it? These are all very important aspects of any fan, and with this simple test, I can evaluate whether it passes the most basic of expectations for a desktop fan.

The Gaming Test

The next test is mostly about noise, how well does it manage to stay unnoticed when you are in the heat of a gaming session? Any extra noise can be annoying and even distracting when you are trying to focus on a game or are talking to your friends online; Hopefully, we will be able to see if it causes any extra distraction, this normally doesn’t come from the volume of a fan so much as it does the pitch of the fan. A high pitch-whiny fan is more annoying even at a lower volume than a low-pitched fan that is louder.

The Coffee Table Test

This test is about the range of the fan, how far can you realistically sit from it before it starts to become unnoticeable? And do you have to turn the power right up to max to feel it? In the heat of summer, you want to stay cool wherever you are; This test allows us to see how useful the fan is outside a desktop environment, and with portable fans, this is extra important as you can take it with you around the house.