Which way do you point your fans?

[Huey]

Which direction do you have the fans pointed in your portable?

I just rigged up a computer fan to use in my 1-man eskimo flip over. I mounted it last night(on the ice) above my head on the center cross bar with the fan pointed back. The idea was to push warm air above my head towards the back of the house. Seemed to work OK. Or is it better to turn the fan around and try to push the cold air forward toward the heater? Got only 1 crappie, btw.

[fishrguy]

i dont have fans, but considering heat rises in any situation i would think you'd want it pushing air down?

[slipperybob]

When there's warm and cool air there usually exist a convection style of warm air movement. Warm air rises, it cools down and descends. You mount a fan, I would personally think about how to best promote a more even air circulation. Simply put, blow warm air down. I'll probably not point the fan directly at my heat source or into a corner, preferably towards my fishing holes cause I want to keep them open or more towards an area to keep good air flowing.

[old_school]

Doesn't a fan contradict the term portable? I could see if you were in a perm, that would be different. With the flip over you have all that exposed ice inside the house anyway. What do you gain with the fan? Just one more thing to get in the way or fall down the hole.

[slipperybob]

portable = subjective

I'd say bucket style and wind blocker is very portable. Flip over's are more portable compared to suitcase portables. Fishhouse with wheels are more portable than skid HSOList.

A fan, portable fan, can be pretty handy at times. Heaters, personal or space heaters with built in fan can be pretty handy. It's like the more things you bring and the bigger they are the less portable your getup will be, with the exception of the folks with snowmobiles and atv's.