Things are heating up this summer, and I don’t just mean because of this week’s Prime Day deals. Temperatures may not be as high this year as they were last year just yet, but the summer is yet young.
It’s never wise to be caught in the home appliance store frenzy to nab one of the best fans and beat the heat when it comes around to heatwave season, so it’s always a good idea to be prepared.
However, if you’re on a tight budget or have a perfectly good dumb fan at your disposal at home, you might be better off spending $70 / £55 on this combination of Amazon gadgets.
Until recently, I lived in an apartment that was wildly ill-equipped to handle the heat, but I hate the idea of scrapping my old faithful desktop fan. That’s why last year, I bought one of Amazon’s Smart Air Quality Monitors, which I’m using in conjunction with a smart plug I already had lying around at home to give my dumb fan some extra brains.
You’ll need the Alexa app or an Echo device, but if you don’t already have one there are plenty available at low, low prices right now; check out our list of the top Echo deals for all the biggest savings there.
Assuming you have that covered, you simply plug in your fan or purifier to your smart plug, pair the plug and air quality monitor, and then set up a routine that triggers the smart plug whenever it gets above or below a certain temperature. Hey presto! You’ve just retrofit your first dumb fan and turned it into a smart one.
Prime day deal – Smarten up your dumb fan for $70
Prime day deal – Retrofit your cooling kit for £55
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