Air con or fan

[farman 11]

Which do you prefer???

 

I used to be a big FAN of air con but i now put my sore throats/chest in the mornings down to having the air con on all night long.

 

Also they make the room very cold which i do not like when i get out of the shower/bath.

 

Now i will only take a room with fan as i find them much more comfortable....!!

 

Your thoughts!

 

Edited June 24, 2006 by farman

[upena 2]

both

[monkeyman 1,604]

Aircon, but if if caused any side effects I'd go for the fan.

[iceice 1]

i like air con,,so the girl smuggles up to me ,to keep her warm....

[Rex7777 0]

Sometime I'm going to try a fan room, just to see if it helps me adjust to the heat. I normally stay in a room wigth air con, but then when I go outside I sweat like a pig.

 

Rex

[donny 1]

Fans are better but, unfortunately, the rooms that have them tend to be cheaper/dingier.

 

Aircon is a major contributor towards illness including, believe it or not, those painful ear infections that can drain the fun out of any vacation.

 

I've been told that it helps to take out the filter, wash it in the shower and leave it to dry before putting it back in - the hotels rarely if ever bother to do this and a lot of muck builds up.

[Emil 0]

My room has both, plus we have windows with both a western and southern exposure to take advantage of the breezes. Use the A/C when we return for a few minutes to bring the temperature of the room down. It helps if you come from a hot climate, the last 5 days its been between 100 and 107 degrees. Can't wait to get back to LOS and cool off.

[Eneukman 1]

I have a double room condo in View Talay. There is one air con unit (in the living room), which I use as little as possible to try to keep electric costs down. A large stand alone fan is used fair bit though at the aircon has been used a fair bit over the last 2 or 3 months.

 

The bedroom only has a ceiling fan, which runs all night - though back in December and January, there were a few nights when it was switched off after a few hours or simply wasn't needed at all - though these were the exception. For sleeping, I would thoroughly recommend using a ceiling fan.

 

Alan

[pentire 1]

Would tend to go along with that..

 

I have a few friends both in England and Australia who are in the A/C business and all of them agree that it is not healthy to sleep with it switched on.

[BigDUSA 71]

Cheap Charley luv AC and I have the electric bill here in the US to prove it. I started to bring an extra bathrobe to Pattaya. The BG luv it when I put it on her when we are about ready to go to sleep.

[farman 11]

I know that most rooms with fans in them seem to be the cheap and nasty rooms but do any of you know some decent HOTELS(not condo) with fans in them??

 

[Guest Fatboyfat]

I know that most rooms with fans in them seem to be the cheap and nasty rooms but do any of you know some decent HOTELS(not condo) with fans in them??

 

I don't know whether you could consider it "decent" or not but the Queen Victoria on Soi Yodsak has both A/C and Fan in rooms.

 

I too am greatly in favour of the ceiling fan at night, but sadly the facility is becoming very rare in decent establishments.

[jack_daniels 0]

donny Posted on Jun 24 2006, 10:47 PM

  Fans are better but, unfortunately, the rooms that have them tend to be cheaper/dingier.

 

Aircon is a major contributor towards illness including, believe it or not, those painful ear infections that can drain the fun out of any vacation.

 

Agree 100% with what donny said, I too have experianced problms with this too.

 

In my experiance most of the "Better" rooms have both so I usually opt for the fan.

 

Cheers...........

 

Jack

[Skallagrim 0]

I would go for both...that way when you can't sleep becouse of the heat, you always have the option of switching the thing on. And that girl will leave you quite hot

 

Have been in hot climates over the past 10 years, but grew up on 78N latitude so appreciate a cold room when sleeping. but have also had all the health problems that comes with air cons.

 

In South Asia now and after 3 months here, I am aclimatized enough the leave the thing off in my bedroom...

[phantomtiger 0]

Only ac for me. I like to turn it on during the day as the room gets too hot and muggy. At nite, I turn the ac down a few notches so its comfortable . This never worked for me anywhere in SEA with a fan as it tends to get too hot and sweaty for me (even at nite to sleep). With the ac, I could always control the environment in the room to my exact liking--cant do this with a fan.

 

 

PT

[sexy beast 12]

The places I stay they don't have a fan!

[Samsonite 181]

I know that most rooms with fans in them seem to be the cheap and nasty rooms but do any of you know some decent HOTELS(not condo) with fans in them??

 

The new wing of The Golden Crab on Soi 13, has both.

[The Mook 105]

I always start out with the AC on, but turn it off right before falling asleep. Usually I'll sleep throught the night without any problem.

Edited June 30, 2006 by themook

[bangkapiboy 5]

As long as there is a breeze, then I would prefer that. I really hate sleeping with a fan though.

[Matte 0]

Fan without a doubt.

 

You can even use it to dry your underwear while you dip your willie...

[jtiger 9]

How much power does one of those Thai A/C units in the ceiling draw? I imagine that if (when!) i move to Pattaya that would be big expense for me.

[bob2005 0]

How much power does one of those Thai A/C units in the ceiling draw?

 

Usually 0.75 - 2 kilowatts per hour, which costs about 3.5 baht per Kw if you're getting it at the official non-rip-off price. So a night's sleep with air-con costs 30-40 baht.

[jtiger 9]

thanks bob2005.

 

That's a cost I can live with.

[jacko 8,813]

Usually 0.75 - 2 kilowatts per hour, which costs about 3.5 baht per Kw if you're getting it at the official non-rip-off price. So a night's sleep with air-con costs 30-40 baht.

You need only say 0.75 to 2.0 KW.......adding per hour does not make sense. A kilowatt is an 'instantaneous' measurement of power and not time related......it is the current times the voltage.

 

The cost is related to the power multiplied by how long you use it.....let us say you run a 2 kw device for 2 hours, that is 4 Kilowatt-hours.

 

If you are paying 3.5 baht per KWH, let us say you sleep 8 hours with an AC using 1.5 KW on average.....8x1.5 kwhx3.5 baht/kwh=42 baht. Not worth sweating over and you got the cost right!

 

Apologies for being a know all.......but having some major electric cost discussion over in members area!

 

My first electric bill!

[bob2005 0]

The cost is related to the power multiplied by how long you use it.....let us say you run a 2 kw device for 2 hours, that is 4 Kilowatt-hours.

 

I'm not sure what you think is wrong, what you say is that the Kw rating is what's used per hour, which some people might not realise so I spelt it out. Maybe we're both plastered, I know I am!