Looking for something to keep the mosquitoes off my toddler (and me!) while he's in his kiddie pool. Do you think this moves enough air to do that?
1949072
Yes it will. We use it on our porch to keep mosquitoes off of the two of us. It will also provide a nice mist to keep you cool while your toddler is in the pool.
1949073
Not purely from air movement if that's what you mean. It does a good job blowing the mist across the yard but we set it pretty far away and let the mist drift over to us. Otherwise it saturates an area pretty quickly. Not sure if mist drives mosquitoes away but I'd guess probably so.............especially if he's already in the kiddie pool.
1949074
we bought this fan for outside events and yes it does move a lot of air.....we also go the one that mists but the mist gets you too wet so we just use the fan.....good luck
1949075
I haven't tried it for that...it works well for cooling...I wonder if it would make your child too cool..don't know where you live...if it's hot it would feel good.
1949076
Yes. Actually when I use it to cool off my outdoor kitchen I have it on the lowest setting because it can be very powerful and spray a lot of water. If the baby is in the pool I think it will work. We do not have that kind of problem in Scottsdale Az, just a feeling that someone left the oven door open.
1949077
Yes, there are different speeds and it's very powerful. It's a great misting fan.
1651254
Yes air should move enough and is quiet running. I would ensure vent in/out hole was there.
1457519
It's not really designed to be used in shallow water. The chamber "sucks" better the deeper it is submerged. If you were to lay it on its side in a kiddie pool, and it's underwater, it will pull water (and debris) into it but not with much force. If it's 1-3 feet or more underwater it has a lot of pull. For your kiddie pool this is probably not so much bang for your buck. But then again I'm not sure what would work better for cheaper. Good luck.
1830005
my first suggestion for you is to move immediately! As for this mesh it is tight like a screen. If anchored reasonably taught and embedded in the dirt consistently across the bottom, I se no reaso it wouldnt keep out snakes. I do not however know the strength or diameter of such reptiles as "babies" and I assume if they are persistent enough they might be able to nose though the fabric's weave. My suggestion is to double up the fabric, pull it taught and bury the bottom a few inches in the ground. Good luck.
1529893
Air collectors. Not a lap swimmer myself but I do see pockets of air. The cord to tighten is also too short.
738070
I don't think this screen has a fine enough mesh to keep out fruit flies. (Does anything?) I bought it to keep out mosquitos, which it does very well. That said, you could probably impede a great number of them. Just don't expect total prevention.
448501
We tried it here (live in Lewisville near Lewisville Lake), and it seemed to do very little on Texas mosquitoes. Might have been our terrain and bushes.We just unpacked it again this year, but the fan had quit working (it is about 9 years old). Back in MN we had the perfect setup -- we put it at the high weed line next to our little stream, and we were bothered by very few mosquitoes. My biggest challenge was keeping the tree frogs out of it because they'd be attracted by the black light, crawl inside, and get munched by the fan.
1034393
It will retain the air in a pool. Curious -- how would you use it in a pool? I would think you would float off it. Maybe use it with weights in a pool to hold you down?
523781
i use it in my splash superpool (look it up if interested) with same style cleaner and really recommend it - it keeps the crap out of your filter. might want to monitor it to "burp" the air out of the system every once in awhile. there's a good video for it on youtube.
2187789
We have a decent sized deck, one end has a gazebo with table and chairs. I put it on the railing at that end and it keeps the mosquitos away. We can sit out there comfortably for hours! I guess you could hang it but that might be a pain to change and clean it. You could safely sit it on a table.
348776
I would say so. Because it puts off a light breeze. We use it in a stroller bassinet for our newborn at the pool. If it gets extra hot out we also use a cooling towel to give a little extra help with the cooling factor.
1908189
It can, but if it is too small for the area it will blow around. We anchor it down with something heavy and it works well, helps keep things out of the pool
1707518
I wouldn't recommend it. Or around toddlers unsupervised. But I guess the worst it would do is short out when exposed to too much humidity.
2172729
Yes. It's the way you set it. It's very sensitive and a strong wind will set it off. Feel very safe having this in my pool
1979042
I think that it would work for that purpose. Mine didn't hold air like it should have and I ultimately just tossed it out. I considered keeping it to use as a pool for our little one in the summer. You do need to be able to drain it where you use it... it will most likely just collapse if you try to pick it up to move and dump the water.... Hope this helps!
1284631
Good question!! I was worried about that same thing. I always told the kids to keep it away from the edge. But it also didn't seem to ever push them backwards when jumped on. More like they sink straight down I think. But they jumped on it farther out. They also use it to sit on going down our water slide and little ones float on it. Older ones smack each other with it. Multi purpose for sure! : ) Good basic staple for the pool!
763945
That's what I did with it. I attached it with small-sized wire to the bottom of the flowtron. Not sure how effective it is since they are just starting to find Asian tiger mosquitoes where I live (ncal).