I am glad I decided to get the brown one. It seem to match the bedroom better. I have brown flooring. As for the white one, it may look good in the beginning when new. But after sometime, it will get dirty easily.

Now, the only problem is the fan does come with only 3 hours timer remote control. Normally, we need more hours. The remote which comes with the fan is a simple one as compare to those standing fan. Just 3 speed control and an on/off button for the fan and lighting. However, we could actually get those better remote online. It costs a bit more but much better than stock. I have came across some good remote which comes with Home-Safe feature controls lights in an irregular sequence, making the home appear occupied. Maybe a good idea for landed home.

As for the wattage, it stated on the fan itself and it is 75w. It does not stated in the manual. In general, ceiling needs higher power as compare to floor fan. It needs greater power to drive the longer and more blades. Normal floor fan should be about 40 to 45 watts.

During the installation, some square counter weights were used to balance the fan. These weights were glued on the blades to balance the whole fan. Just like balancing on the rim of the car when installing the tires. This balancing is not necessary for normal standing fan as the blades are shorter and thus more balance. This Fanco Fan’s blades are longer and made of wood and thus the weight could be not equal and so balance is needed.

Again, as it comes with remote, the ceiling fan main switch should be turn off when not in use. It will consume electric power when on standby. Something to take note. Last year this fan is cheaper to get. Now the installation cost when up from S$30 to S$40. The fan cost also went up. I paid S$310 include
installation.  Someone seem to got it cheaper last year at about S$290. Anyway, it still worth every dollar as it is a good fan. My sons are enjoying right now while I am writing this article. Cheers!

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After some shopping and findings, we decided on getting this Singa Electric Jug Kettle. The reason is simple, this kettle comes with stainless steel container. In the market, we found many come with plastic material instead of stainless steel. If you open up the container’s cover, you will notice a slight plastic smell. As for the stainless steel type, there is no such smell. 

Well, to be on the safe side, stainless steel kettle feel safer. The only set back is the container is very hot if accidentally touch. For me, I go for the stainless steel type for sure.

Anyway, below are some pictures of my newly bought Electric Jug Kettle by Singa.

Total power consumption shown by the Power Monitor plug … 1895 watts.

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The vacuum setup – notice the hose is in front of the vacuum …

The blowing setup – notice the hose is at the rear of the vacuum …

What is so good about this Delphin vacuum you may ask?

Noticed that I put all the pillows in a plastic bag and vacuum the air out. With this vacuum, the pillows are flatten and created a vacuum and suffocated the dust-mite in there.

Added a little Dentol in the water and blow the air into the plastic bag fill with pillows … This should help for disinfection and also control dust-mite …

Another feature which I find very worth to mention is the Vacuum beater. This beater will create a beating action and very effective for dry cleaning of bed. Because of this feature alone, I bought it.

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My main purpose is for my children’s bedroom and the gentle breeze it produces is perfect for sleeping use. It comes with remote and also something special…the ION. The best part about this fan is that it could rotate 360 degrees. Not many fan in the market has this feature.

As this Mistral Fan uses axial fin instead of conventional 3 fan blades; it is very silent during operation. However, the wind it produces is not as strong. The 3 blades type of fan produces wind which is stronger and more focus; whereas this Mistral Fan are more spread-out. Stronger and focus wind is good for using it in living room or bigger room. For bedroom and sleeping purpose, this Mistral Fan is the best. However, when come to cleaning, the Mistral Fan will be more challenging.

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I have bought many items from eBay. One of the best things I ever purchased is the Power Monitor Plug.

The reason I purchased it from eBay was because I could not get in locally. I had been hunting high and low for this power monitor plug for a long time. The power monitor plug proves very useful as it could measure power consumption of all you household electrical appliances. You could actually determine how much the power consumption during the stage when the electrical appliances consume during standby. Normally, I always thought the standby power is very little. But I am wrong. Some electrical appliances like my newly purchased tower fan consumed 24 watts when on Standby mode. In general, those appliances with remote should consume some power when on standby.

I have tabulated some information on the power consumption of some of my appliances as below. With the information, hopefully you could get a feel of which appliances we could actually turn off when not in use to save some electrical power and thus save some money.

For my case, with standby power of 91 watts. The total electrical cost per month is about S$14. If I off all the above appliances when not in use, I will save S$14 per month and S$168 per year.

Power Monitor Plug Measuring wattage … and power factor 100%.

Power monitor plug measuring Ampere … and power factor 100%.

Power monitor plug measuring Voltage … and frequency 50 Hz.

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