Ceiling? Standing? Or wall?
There are a couple of choices when we come to selection of fans.
Standing fans
- Pros: You can move it anywhere you like. Cheap. Easy to clean. easy to replace.
- Cons: take up space and fugly (the biggest cons ever). Need to have a power plug around. Might tripped over the cables.
- Price range: SGD 60 – 200 (excluding the blade-less fan)
Ceiling fans
- Pros: does not take up space. The wind can cover a bigger area at the same time. Supposed to be more lasting. Do not need to clean as often as compared to the other 2.
- Cons: expensive. Difficult to maintain. Need to pay for installation ( SGD 30 -50). Unskilled installation will led to noise generation from the fans and may be shaking. different/ expensive to replace (but hopefully can last). Cannot have lights above the blades unless you like the flickering shadow feel…
- Price range: easily > SGD 150 for the simplest design and go up to SGD700 for KDK brand!
Wall fans
- Pros: does not take up space. Cheapest among the 3. easy to clean.
- Cons: Stucked in the corner. Need to do self installation e.g. involve drilling into the wall. Need to find back the similar model if not you need to re-install the whole thing and need to patch up the holes that you drilled. Save a bit of space compared to standing. Cheaper version will have noise (like my SONA zzzz)
- Price range: SGD 50 – 150
Ultimately, we go space saver and looks since our flat is so tiny.
I thought of wall fans but decided to go with ceiling fans since the wind is going to cover a bigger area. My ID was trying to sell us ceiling fans (alpha brand) 56″ , 5 blades with LED etc for SGD 270 ! This price is indeed attractive but.. we do not need the LED! We already have the false ceiling so we do not want the one with more lights! and it cost the same or slightly lower without LED. frankly speaking, i do not mind paying slightly cheaper for fans without lights. we just find them soooo extra.
Heng my bestie did her reno a year ago so she was sharing that KDK ceilings fans are cheaper in Malaysia.
This is so true!
But i read in some forums that SG KDK produced better quality fans as compared to MY KDK. IMHO, KDK has a name to uphold, so it should not differ a lot. The only concern would be what if “suay” that the fan broke down within a year *touchwood*
Here’s one of the examples.
KDK SG Model :V56VK (5-SPEED)
Retail Selling Price: SGD 512
KDK MY Model: K14Z9
Retail Selling Price (according to app): RM 569 (~ SGD 237) A WHOOPING 50% OFF!
They have almost the same description but price difference makes you just want to smuggle in from Malaysia! haha
The choice is urs.
I’m getting mine from Malaysia. *praying hard that it won’t spoil easily*
by the way, do remember to declare your goods when you bringing into SG. Let them tax rather than fine.
Good Luck!