Do you use fanner or air condition in hot summer?

China
June 22, 2007 8:35am CST
We are in the hot summer now,the temperature is so high,it is terrible,we can not stay out for few minutes,and the sweat must come out quickly.and feel very sticky. I always use fanner,I think it is enough,because I feel uncomfortable in the air condition room.and always feel terrible when I come out from the air condition room. How do you feel when you in the hot summer,and which will you choose ? fanner or air condition.
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@williamjisir (22819)
• China
22 Jun 07
I use an electrical fan most of the time in my apartment, but we use air-conditioners in the office. Frankly speaking, I prefer using air conditioner. It makes me much more comfortable and cool. It is so humid today. I don't like this weather at all.
• China
23 Jun 07
Oh, yeah. It is Saturday today. But I still work. We don't have Saturday and Sunday. We have a different working system. We work for 10 or 15 days straight and then we have a four-day rest. I have been used to this working system. I just came back home 10 minutes ago.
• China
23 Jun 07
It is saturday now,and the weather is so hot,I can not go out,just stay in my bedchamber,because we have air condition....that make me feel cool,but I hope I will be okay after stay in too long... It is weekend..what do you always do on the weekend....
@jillmalitz (5131)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Here in Houston it is too hot and humid to go without AC. We use the air conditioner and ceiling fans. Most homes have ceiling fans in every room. We only have a ceiling fan in the living room and you can really tell the difference in the other rooms. I am going to have to put a portable fan in our bed room because our ceilings upstairs are really high. It would cost too much to get ceiling fans cause they would have to have long extensions. So we will be using both ac and fans and not go outside very much.
• United States
25 Jun 07
Yeah we see them a lot. T-Mac tried to carry the team all by himself this year. Yao has not done as well as he could but he is now working with Akeem Alajawuan(sp) who used to play for the Rockets. That should help Yao. Plus the team will have a new coach next year.
• China
23 Jun 07
yeah,we should not go out for long in the hot weather. Do you live in Houston,hehe...You know Houston Rocket..a NBA team I like most.Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming are my favourite player,because Yao is also a Chinese..hehe....thank you.
@banta78 (4326)
• India
23 Jun 07
It is hot in summers in northern parts of India too. In my city the temperautes are also high. But i feel to beat heat and humidity one needs cool air from trees near my balcony which is relaxing and cool. I also use ceiling fan to keep me cool. I don't use AC as it consumes lot of power and it takes time to adjust to outisde environment. I also drink plenty of fluids to beat the heat.
@mexshyl (878)
• China
23 Jun 07
Hi, banta78. Cool air from trees near balcony? There're also trees near my balcony which can make me cooler. That's really great! Yeah, air condition consumes more electricity and we need to adjust it to the temperature outdoor. Both taking a shower and drinking plenty of water can make us feel better in hot summer. Thank you for sharing. Have a nice day! :)
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
22 Jun 07
I live in South Carolina and it is very hot here. Right now it is 91 degrees. I live with my son and his wife. She won't turn on the centeral air. so I have to have fans going to keep fairly cool.
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
22 Jun 07
P.S. When It gets really bad I sit with my feet in a cool tub of water and put a cool wet towel around my neck.
@KissThis (3003)
• United States
22 Jun 07
We run central air in our home during the summer months. We set it at about seventy eight to eighty degrees. We also use some fans to circulate the air around. This keeps the house cooler then what it is outside yet not too cool.
• China
23 Jun 07
yeah,make good use of them....thank you.
@taheraa (1545)
• Giza, Egypt
24 Jun 07
In the hot summer, I always use both fan and aircondition. Using the aircondition at low power stand wih the fan get the room atmosphere more comfortable than use only one of them. another benefit from using both fan and aircodition is saving power because aircondition in this case will work short time, compared without fan.
• China
24 Jun 07
Yeah,if you use both of them together,I think it is too cool,even a little cold...I choose one of them to use.......hehe...thank you...
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
22 Jun 07
We have an air conditioner and when it gets very hot, we put it on. We used to have a fan before that and we were constantly bumping into it (small house) or making sure there were no papers around to fly away. We did get our attic insulated which helped because it gets up to 90 degrees F here in Winnipeg some days (usually in August) and my city in Canada is near Lake Winnipeg, we also have high humidity. I would chose an air conditioner.
• China
22 Jun 07
hehe....air condition is so cool...thank you.
@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
22 Jun 07
I wish I could afford air conditioning, but alas, it is not in the budget. We use fans. We have a house fan that makes things tolerable most of the time, unfortunately it does nothing for the humidity. I tend to take cool showers to help cope when it gets real hot and humid.
• China
23 Jun 07
yeah....I always take a shower when I feel hot and sticky..that can make me feel cool,but it can not last too long,after a while,I will feel very hot again....hehe...I hate the hot summer..thank you.
@cabergren (1181)
• United States
22 Jun 07
I live in the state of Illinois and we have very hot summers. You have to have central air conditioning in the summer. I actually also have ceiling fans in every room. It really helps keep me cool.
• China
22 Jun 07
hehe....the air condition is so cool..but I do not know why I do not like it..it make me feel uncomfortable,sometimes makes me feel sick. hehe..thank you.
@UAkshay (72)
22 Jun 07
I use neither of them... its better to enjoy the naural air on the sunny day
• China
22 Jun 07
yeah,I agree with you.thank you.
• Canada
22 Jun 07
i use both cause i cant stand the heat. mine run year round even in the winter
• China
23 Jun 07
Yeah,I think most of families have both of them,and use them in different condition...thank you.
@madhuraks (425)
• Kuwait
22 Jun 07
Well where i live there AC is must bcoz here its very hot without AC people cant live in this country.So i prefer AC i am comfortable in Ac.
• China
22 Jun 07
yeah,maybe it depends one's personal healthy condition,some people like fanner and some one like AC,hehe...just like me,I prefer fanner.even it can not me feel very cool,thank you.
• India
3 Jul 07
I use both....When it too hot I prefer using AC and in other cases the fan....And to mention I feel comfortable in both cases and I ask U why do U feel Uncomfortable with AC ? IS that U feel too hotter outside when get out of the room.........Bye HAppy Posting.........
@trk918 (254)
• United States
22 Jun 07
I have central air. I only use it to keep the humidity out of the air & to keep the temp at 80. I also use fans to circulate air because it is cheaper to run fans than it is to run the air conditioner.
• China
22 Jun 07
yeah,the fans is cheaper and cost less electricity...maybe it is economic..hehe..thank you.
@meme0907 (3481)
• United States
25 Jun 07
Hey t1985, I prefer air conditioning b/c I hate the wind from a fan on me even if there's no ac I don't like fans. +'s 2 U :D
@stella1989 (2274)
• India
24 Jun 07
First of all same pinch tracy!! I have the same habbit..!But I do feel terrific in AC but after coming out of AC room this "terrific" feeling changes to "terrible"..!! :P And because of this terrible feel I get scared of going into that AC room again. Better get used to the fan.As you cannot get AC every where but fan is available every where...!! Its almost 45 dgree celsius ( and 50 also) here but I still feel alright under fan its OK to me. But I'll never deny the AC too..:P After in this summer heat like hell who will hate to get into an AC room??
• United States
29 Jun 07
We usually use air conditioning in the summer. We have central air and that's so much better than regular air conditioning in my opinion. However, the air gets turned off at a certain time, and it can get rather hot in here, so I sometimes use a fan to help circulate the air whenever it starts getting too warm for me. I have a horrible time sleeping if the room isn't cool enough, so a fan definitely helps a lot.
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
26 Jun 07
well we use both air conditioner and the fans. As I need to stay cool for my skin problems (Eczema)
• Singapore
3 Jul 07
I use fans because it is more economical and used to it. I do feel the same as you describe using air-con.
@cmsk2005 (1770)
• United States
25 Jun 07
I need air condition of course rather than fan. But i can remember when i was in texas, it is so much hot over their and specially when i was in uppper floor, eve I had the air conditioner all time, it just was unable to cool the room sometime when the fan was an additional cooler for me....oh so much hot...