2026-06-20 03:46 UTC
@TechConnectify@mas.to
Nice episode - explained a lot.
In 2012 I was struggling in a small office with low ceilings in a suburban Chicago home. I ran three computers and a laptop, and my wife (in the same office) ran a mac book with a large monitor. Existing fan was low enough, that if we turned it on to have a reasonable effect, papers start flying off of both of our desks. I also hated the choppy blows of air which that three-blader delivered.
When searching for other options, I came across the Indiegogo campaign for Exhale fans (https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/nikhiner/tesla-inspired-bladeless-ceiling-fan), which billed themselves as Tesla-inspired. Backed it up in November 2012, reserving two fans, for which I paid $250 as an early bird. It did arrive in early February 2014. It was all that it promised in marketing. It created smooth circulation in the room without noise or choppiness. It was enough flow without papers flying. Later I've added a light and upgraded a motor.
We ordered two more of these fans when moved to downtown at the cost of about $550-$600 (different colors), which I think was a very fair price for what they delivered, being a small-batch production. And I recommended it to anyone who would ask (which was everyone who stopped by, it looks cool).
The management seemed to have changed since and I do not know where Nik Hiner is now. But If I see his name on a Kickstarter again - I am in.
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