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Keep Cool in Style

June 21, 2007 - 9:00 pm
 
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Most Southern Nevadans know that a strategically placed portable fan can increase a home’s comfort quotient. Problem is, most fans are too tall, too wide, too big or just too ugly to remain out in our living room or bedroom all the time.

Enter the Vornado Zippi Fan, a powerful, compact and cuter way to keep the air in your home moving during summer’s hottest days.

Zippi Fan’s space-saving size and low profile — 5 1/2 inches long, 4 3/4 inches wide and 9 inches high — enable it to be placed almost anywhere, including in those dead-air corners and odd spaces every home seems to have.

The manufacturer says Zippi Fan’s soft nylon blades are safe to touch while the fan is on, while two speeds and an adjustable head offer additional flexibility. It folds for easy storage.

Zippi Fan comes in green, yellow, orange and black and retails for $19.99 at Bed, Bath & Beyond online (www.bedbathandbeyond.com) or locally at 6564 N. Decatur Blvd., North Las Vegas; 2100 N. Rainbow Blvd.; 10950 W. Charleston Blvd.; and 621 Marks St., Henderson.

Story by John Przybys. What’s New is a weekly column about new products on the market.

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