Where are all my fans ?
The 2Bears have had a "fan-tastic" time in Jalan Besar and Geylang searching for the perfect ceiling fans.
2 conclusions:
(1) Singapore is sadly behind other developed nations in the ceiling fan stakes. I bemoan our utter isolation from the supply of designer ceiling fans. Just check out http://www.modernfan.com to see what I mean. Our fan shops contain a hodge-podge of styles and quality standards from makes like Elmark, Amasco, KDK, Tamco, Crestar and Arcadia. Although there are higher-end brands available at X-tra Resort at Park Mall, they cost the equivalent of a split-unit aircon. There's a definite business opportunity for a specialist mid-scale shop retailing fans in the $300-600 range.
(2) There is no mainstream location for ceiling fan shopping that we know of. If the 2Bears did not have their BearMobile, how would we conveniently get to the centres of the fan trade in Singapore ? Courts and Harvey Norman should sit up and take note. Ceiling fans are the perfect low cost way to climate-control a home.
Anyhow, the 2Bears settled on a 4-blader from a brand called "UFO" which had a matt silver design (and price !) closest to the Modern Fan concept ($ 500) , and a more traditional ceiling fan from "Unior" with 5 wood-finish blades ($ 300). These were totally unknown brands that an able Jalan Besar salesman convinced us of. He was the best one so far, impressing the 2Bears by talking lucidly about the pros & cons and pedigree of his spinning wares. Before him, we had to cope with a series of fan salesmen both disinterested and uninformed.
We'll have the UFO hover over us in the living room, while the Unior will sit nicely under the exposed beams of the backyard roof. We will be 2-cool-Bears.
2 conclusions:
(1) Singapore is sadly behind other developed nations in the ceiling fan stakes. I bemoan our utter isolation from the supply of designer ceiling fans. Just check out http://www.modernfan.com to see what I mean. Our fan shops contain a hodge-podge of styles and quality standards from makes like Elmark, Amasco, KDK, Tamco, Crestar and Arcadia. Although there are higher-end brands available at X-tra Resort at Park Mall, they cost the equivalent of a split-unit aircon. There's a definite business opportunity for a specialist mid-scale shop retailing fans in the $300-600 range.
(2) There is no mainstream location for ceiling fan shopping that we know of. If the 2Bears did not have their BearMobile, how would we conveniently get to the centres of the fan trade in Singapore ? Courts and Harvey Norman should sit up and take note. Ceiling fans are the perfect low cost way to climate-control a home.
Anyhow, the 2Bears settled on a 4-blader from a brand called "UFO" which had a matt silver design (and price !) closest to the Modern Fan concept ($ 500) , and a more traditional ceiling fan from "Unior" with 5 wood-finish blades ($ 300). These were totally unknown brands that an able Jalan Besar salesman convinced us of. He was the best one so far, impressing the 2Bears by talking lucidly about the pros & cons and pedigree of his spinning wares. Before him, we had to cope with a series of fan salesmen both disinterested and uninformed.
We'll have the UFO hover over us in the living room, while the Unior will sit nicely under the exposed beams of the backyard roof. We will be 2-cool-Bears.
posted by 2Bears at 10:30 PM
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