Fantech, Elicent or Vortex...

[Ghost]

I am going to buy a fan to air cool my lights. I was wondering if anybody can recommend a good, quiet, quality fan- Vortex, Elicent or Fantech are the three I am interested in. And please, don't respond unless you have firsthand knowledge of the fans. Thanks.

 

[ItsGrowTime]

Check out the Stanley Blower thread.

 

[Guest]

The stanley thread is great, I wish I had seen it before I dropped the $$ on my vortex. That being said though, I love my vortex! I have a 600 W hps in 3.5 x 3.5 feet, i run the 6" vortex on a speed control, turned all the way down and it scrubs my cab through a can 38/50, cools my hood and runs 24/7 without getting the least bit warm after 8 months now. It's almost silent, just a slight hum and my temps with the light on, "mid-day", NEVER go over 75 F. Alot of the time, my cab temp with the light on is 1-2 degrees BELOW ambient, can't beat that! Coupled with a 10 year warranty and bomb proof construction, great fans! If the stanley won't do it for you, I stand behind the vortex 100%

 

[Guest]

Vortex for the above said reasons. You cant go wrong and there worth every penny!

 

[bartender187]

I have owned a 4inch Vortec, 6inch Vortec, and a 4inch Elicent... imo they were all made of similiar quality but the metal construction of the Vortec is enough for me to stick with them.... I picked up my vortecs from www.mdhydro.com Cheapest prices I could find at the time.

gl

 

[NorthernKronic]

I would say that it mainly deals with how much money your willing to spend. The vortex's are imo some of the best fans on the market, and i would buy one without hesitation..... that is if i had $200 to spend on just a fan... which honestly i dont. For me its just way more effective to go out and mod a stanley for like $65 total and get pretty damn good results. I would say if you got the money go for the vortex, if you dont nothing can beat a good old stanley, but im still looking.
peace and good luck,
-N.Kron

 

[Guest]

I've used Vortex, Elicent, Grotek and Can Fans and by far the best quality units are the Elicents IME. You get more airflow per $ using Vortex and are definitely a better deal but the quality is not the same. I, and others, have had problems using the larger Vortex fans with vibration and excess sound. One friend was using a new 12" Vortex and there was a loud reverberation which was eliminated by going with an Elicent 12". The expected life of an Elicent fan is like 20+ years (100,000 hours I believe) on 12/12. I believe the tolerances on an Elicent are much better than the Vortex.

 

[imnotcrazy]

I'm a little partial to the Fantechs, but only because I got them for free

They are pretty quiet, but if I had to lay down my $ I'd go with the Vortex because the impeller in the Fantech is Plastic

 

[MTF-Sandman]

8" Elicent here...no complaints at all. I installed an 8" Fantech for a friend, and their mounting brackets suck ass.

I seriously doubt you'll have any problems with any of them tho...get which ever one you can the cheapest and you'll be set.

 

[SEEDYNONO]

vortex i'm so serial.

and i'm so sincere.

 

[mtnjohn]

i'd prolly go with a vortex from mdhydro.com...because it's a great deal

but.........there is a 4" fantech inline outside of my gf's house ....for her radon evac. system.
this fan has been running 24/7 since 1988...yup 19 yrs
and still very very quietly i might add

need i say more

mj

 

[fuzygrowth]

another vote for vortex, can't go wrong with 10 year warranty .

 

[2buds]

I ran a 6" fantech 24/7 for 6 months, no problems but I was disappointed the impeller was plastic, I was just moving room air so no worries about heat. Still it ran smooth and quiet. I replaced it with an 8" can-fan,(delivered for $50, yep) steel impeller and going strong for 1 year 24/7, a whole lot more cfm but that's the size that matters for that. Who says size don't matter? They all sound like a jet till you get some duct work attached.

Peace

 

[Sauce]

I got a Vortex because of the 10year warranty. I believe that's 2x the 2nd best. It's been running 24/7 for about a year now and no complaints.

www.plantlightinghydroponics.com <--- Cheapest place for Vortex (even cheaper than mdhydro)

 

[tokinsmokin]

I use an 8" Fantech, great fan decided on them over others. Although the impeller is plastic, I think this may be for a good reason. The plastic is molded to its form and won't bend like it would on a metal impeller, a friend of mine had a Vortex and it started to reverberate sound. I would think that plastic may create less noise while running than a metal impeller as well. Although the difference would probably be negligible.