Big Ass Fan Buyers Guide: 7 Perfect Cooling Solutions for your Gym or CrossFit Box
Here’s our pick of the best Big Ass Fan cooling solutions to blow your hair back and ease the heat of those sweaty workouts. If you haven’t heard of this brand already (the name usually sticks in your mind) it’s an American company and their specialities are fans and evaporative coolers.
The brand also makes controls of industrial, agricultural, commercial and residential purposes as well. However, recently the company has shifted its focus pretty much exclusively to fan sales.
Based in Lexington, Kentucky, this brand is known for supplying high volume and low speed ceiling fans to farmers across California for cooling cattle. You can expect their products to be built to a high industrial standard. Everything they make is durable, reliable and powerful too.
In this blog, we’re looking at fans made for wherever you workout. We’ve selected a variety of options for different needs. Every fan is united in dealing with discomforts that come from intense fitness sessions. Now, you can sweat freely during your exertions and refresh as you recover.
Fanny, The Donkey
In 2000, Big Ass Fan ran a marketing campaign that involved mailers with an image of a donkey over the caption ‘Big Ass Fan’. It was so successful that the brand changed its name to ‘Big Ass Fans’. Fanny (the donkey) was the star of their campaign and later earned a promotion to be the company’s logo.
Next, the founder changed his job title to ‘Chief Big Ass’. Then the company relocated in 2006 and moved its headquarters to a big facility in Lexington. The years that followed saw the company start trading in LED fixtures and later being ranked number one in the ‘100 Best Medium Workplaces’ by Fortune magazine.
Today, the brand spins on from strength to strength. Marketing campaigns still ride Fanny’s donkey-kicked momentum. The company has even survived a strange controversy, stirred-up by advertisers and postmasters, who found the ‘Big Ass’ part of their name offensive.
Let’s take a look at seven products that serve as excellent cooling solutions for the next time you work up a sweat.
7. Big Ass Fan® Cool-Space 300
Time to blow off that excess heat with a mid-size option that works great in fitness rooms, workshops and studios too. The Cool-Space 300 is an evaporative cooler from Big Ass Fans that serves up instant airflow. You can lower the air temperature by up to 18C. That’s some icy relief for a quiet unit!
When you purchase this 300 model you’ll receive not only the 18” fan, but a 16-gallon water reservoir and direct-drive motor as well. The motor has variable-speed controls, which enables you to fine-tune your cooling capabilities.
Precise cooling is a huge advantage for a fan that is so much cheaper than traditional air conditioning.
6. Big Ass Fan® 2025 – 7′
This one measures 7” and offers the kind of cooling power we’ve come to expect from this brand. In short, you’re pretty much getting the power of 29 standard ceiling fans packed in one whispering unit.
This pick is great due to the fact it’s so easy to install and has controllable speed settings that are simple to adjust. Also, this particular fan was designed for optimal energy efficiency. That means lower costs for gym owners and a more sustainable setting for your next workout.
It might be big and powerful, but this option is actually lightweight as well. It comes with all the hardware you need for a timely installation. Then the advanced air foil system and electronic processors work together for smooth operation, without any rattling.
5. Big Ass Fan® – Yellow Jacket – 18″ Pedestal
Speaking of light but mighty fans, this Yellow Jacket is an ideal addition to your CrossFit or training facility. You can cool off as you work up a sweat, relying on another durable and portable cooling solution from Big Ass Fan.
This way can take abuse from clumsy users, but stills work perfectly, protected by a heavy-gauge steel carriage. The pedestal directs airflow wherever you need it and this fan is easily transportable too – you can shift it quickly to wherever you’re working out.
4. Big Ass Fan® Cool-Space 400
This whirling workhouse is great for larger spaces, like gyms, production facilities or outdoor dining areas. The evaporative cooler gives easy and instant airflow – again it can lower the temperature your balmy setting by up to 18C.
Expect powerful cooling relief from a quiet and elegant unit. The 400 model also has a 36” diameter fan, which is twice the size of the 300 model. It also has a much larger water reservoir and the same direct-drive motor that utilises variable-speed controls. This is precision cooling made easy.
3. Big Ass Fan® Black Jack
The Black Jack does everything you’d for. It’s a portable industrial floor fan that has two carrying handles and rubber wheels for added manoeuvrability. You can easily transition from indoor to outdoor exercises, without parting company with this fan’s ultra-powerful airflow.
Spanning 120”, this fan definitely comes with a strong gust – an ideal option for crowded gyms and the sweaty tangle of an outdoor event. Of course, it’s portable and wheeled, so you can roll it down interior doorways and hallways too.
2. Big Ass Fan® Basic 6
Okay, so there’s nothing ‘basic’ about the Basic 6 – an industrial overhead fan that brings more wind than the opening of The Wizard Of Oz. You can look forward to years of reliable airflow at a reasonable cost as well.
This tornado-spinning fan has a 14-foot diameter and a stylish silver and yellow finish. It does what you’d expect a product from Big Ass Fans to do, serving as a workhorse solution for stagnant heat. It’s also optimised to keep your environment ventilated, without causing energy bills to spike.
1. Big Ass Fan® Cool-Space 500
Finally, we end with the largest and most mighty of all the Cool-Space evaporative coolers. This one should punctuate our list nicely – a single unit that’s equipped to cool the most expansive areas, like stadiums, service bays and warehouses.
Enjoy instant airflow as you lower the air temperature by up to 18C, enjoying the impact of cooling relief without losing you hearing in the process. This 500 model is surprisingly quiet, but still packs the gust you’d expect from a 50” diameter fan. In fact, it’s three times the size of the 300 model!
All this comes with a 64-gallon water reservoir, direct-drive motor, backlit LCD display, remote and occupancy sensor that allows for hands-free operation. Convenience is a key factor when it comes to deciding whether or not to purchase this large unit.
The Cool-Space 500 is remarkably easy to use and maintain – it easily resists the growth of algae and mould. To fill the water supply you simply need a standard garden hose.
The internal reservoir helps this bad boy to run for hours, without being connected to a water source. Would you believe that it is conveniently portable too? That means you can bring the wind with you wherever you go!
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