Product Description

Exposed to the sun, the solar panel immediately starts harvesting sunlight through a miniature photovoltaic panel and turns it into energy which powers the fan. The brighter the sun, the more powerful the fan ... just when you need it most! It's cool to be cool with the Solar Powered Hat Fan. Clip it to the brim of your hat (stiffer brims and baseball caps are recommended) and get outside to hike, garden, mow -- or just relax in cool, eco-hip comfort. You'll get a nice breeze across your face without using your hands, batteries, or any electricity.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #48141 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Gaiam
• Model: 05-52917
• Released on: 2008-04-15
• Dimensions: .44 pounds

Features

• Solar-powered hat fan for keeping cool on hot afternoons
• Mini photovoltaic solar panel harvests enough energy to power fan
• Grows more powerful and runs faster as the sun gets brighter
• Clamps to most hats--stiffer brims and baseball caps are recommended
• Adjustable mount; measures 2.12 x 2.25 x 2.75 inches (W x H x D)

Amazon.com Product Description
There's nothing like a cooling breeze to keep the hot weather at bay, but sometimes that breeze is nowhere to be found. Enter the Gaiam solar-powered hat fan, which helps keep you cool when temperatures climb. When exposed to the sun, the mini photovoltaic solar panel harvests enough energy to directly power the fan, with no batteries or power outlet required. And the brighter the sun, the more powerful the fan. All you have to do is clamp the fan to your favorite hat--stiffer brims and baseball caps are recommended--and then bask in the sun. The fan is ideal for everything from hiking to gardening to relaxing in cool, eco-hip comfort. Boasting an adjustable mount, the fan measures 2.12 by 2.25 by 2.75 inches (W x H x D). Ten percent of all proceeds from the sale of the solar hat fan is dedicated to sending inner-city kids to Earth Day festivities at the nonprofit Solar Living Institute.

About Gaiam
Gaiam was created as a lifestyle company with the vision that, given a choice, people would choose a lifestyle that is healthy and life enhancing, for themselves, their families and the Earth. The Gaiam lifestyle is a vote for individual health as well as the future sustainability of the Earth's resources. Gaiam strives to provide customers with alternatives to traditional products by offering natural, eco-friendly or healthy versions that compare with the style, quality and price of conventional products.

Gaiam s goal is to become the trusted source and unifying brand for Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) participants. They understand that the opportunity to affect people's lives with information and products is both a privilege and a responsibility. Gaiam believes in the concept of Conscious Commerce, the practice of making purchasing decisions based on personal values and beliefs. It takes into consideration all the aspects of our lives and the impact we have upon the planet. Research indicates this concept appeals to approximately 50 million people in the U.S. alone. Gaiam's strategy in delivering the distinctive quality for which they are known is to partner with experts in health/wellness, eco-living and personal development to develop proprietary products that meet our customers' needs with meaningful solutions.

The name GAIAM is a fusion of the words Gaia (the name of Mother Earth from the Minoan civilization in ancient Crete), and I am reminds us that we are all interconnected with the Earth, the air and water, and very much a part of this living system that sustains us all.

Customer Reviews

Solar Powered Hat Fan
I found this fan to be next to useless in keeping me cool in that it did not generate even the most mild breeze. I truly could not detect any air movement whatsoever. I could not recommend this device for anything other than a science demonstration of converting solar energy into electrical and mechanical energy.

Gaiam Solar Powered Hat Fan

Not for Southern Heat!
I purchased this fan with the intent on wearing it for watching sports in the summer in Southeastern North Carolina. The summers here are just unbearably hot!

The fan works just fine. It spins faster with more sun. I just wish the blades were longer and more flexible. If it had the blades like the hand held fans (soft flexible and long), it would probably cool better. The blades are short and rigid. (don't let them hit your forehead - ouch!)

However, as is, this fan doesn't cool very well.

Just OK.

Keep it Cool
Great hat fan. Perfect to stay cool in the summer. It is the best.