Bora™ Fan from by Caframo, Compact Design with Powerful Airflow, Low Power Draw, 5000 Hour Motor Life, Made in Canada, 3 Speed 12V

Strong performance

It’s greatIam so happy to have it

I have the Camframo 12v Bora model in black. I installed this in my converted Ford Transit camper in 2020.I’ve liked this fan. It doesn’t use a lot of energy to run, which is important in a van build. It has good power and at high speed puts out a ton of air although it is somewhat noisy inside the confines of a van. It has held up well except for the mounting bracket. After 5 years, the bracket that screws into whatever mounting surface you’re using (wood cabinets in my case) fractured and broke. I’m trying to find out if I can replace just the mounting bracket because the fan is otherwise in good condition. I think these fans may be better suited to boats (which is what they’re made for) than the type of constant vibration they experience in a motor vehicle. If I can’t get a replacement bracket from Camframo, I’ll probably replace this fan with one that has a more durable metal mounting bracket as this seems a weak point in an otherwise good product.

Instead of writing a separate review I'm posting the complaint I sent to Cafraom, as follows:This is my second Caframo Bora 12V Marine fan. The first one was the variable speed which lasted one summer here in Georgia. The blade was so far out of balance it wore the bearing prematurely but I used it until the rheostat stopped working rendering the fan inoperable. The first one I bought was only warrantied for 1 year and it made it just a few days over that.The second one is a 3 speed, (felt the variable speed was not worth the money for one year and the 3 Speed would probably last longer). Nope.I noticed Caframo made an attempt to balance the blade on this second one with a piece of foam tape on one of the blades. I bought a model airplane prop balancer (which now makes the Caframo cost $100) and did the job right. This one no longer vibrates but the bearings still go dry on daily use. I bought this second one June 30, 2015 it is now Aug. 13 2016. Don't know what happened to this one, it started making a new noise (not the dry bearing noise) and now sometimes turns slowly, sometimes not at all, never up to speed. The fan blade is loose not binding at all. It acts like an old brush motor with worn brushes except motors no longer use brushes????At the same time I bought the Caframo, I bought a cheap AC 110 v 12in. fan for the living room for $18 (The Caframo's were used in my sleeping quarters on a nightly basis and sometimes when I read). When I received the CHEAP fan, it DID NOT need blade balancing. After a year the bearings in the CHEAP fan DID NOT need lubricating (still does not need lubricating). The motor and speed regulator in the CHEAP fan DID NOT stop working??????? This CHEAP $18 fan runs full time 24 hours a day along side the $70 CAFRAMO at about 10 hours a day average?????????????Obviously I'd get another CHEAP fan but the company doesn't make a smaller one and I need a DC fan in the sleeping quarters for when not at a dock. Also the sleeping quarters, in my 27 ft. boat, is too small to use anything larger than the caframo.I'm flummoxed! If you say yes it has a 3 year warrantee as stated on the box, I have to send it back at a cost of about $15 to $20 making this fan now $115!! and a service charge of $15 to $20 per year to keep the fan running. Not to mention the time sleeping in a boat in the Georgia summer without a fan while you drag your feet on deciding whether or not to send me another one.If I don't do anything, you get away with soaking us for really poor quality products. And I'm out $175 for just 2 years of very low performance fan service.What to do, what to do?????For further information, these fans are only used in the summer months. They are stored for 1/4 Fall, Winter and 1/4 Spring.Bicycling BobNow in a boat

What can I say? It’s not like we have a lot of choices out there for 12v fans for marine applications.I find it best for the sleeping cabins and would prefer something with a little more gumption for the Saloon. I have two there and still would prefer something more powerful but I simply couldn’t find a better alternative.I know, some of you will say that they have to be small because they go on boats. To that I say “Bunk!” Boats are getting roomier and you need more airflow. Besides, I started out in the electronics industry. Muffin fans are at least 40 yo technology, as small as... well... a muffin, and can kick up a helluva breeze.So while these are as good as we’re going to get right now, I think we should expect more.(Side track for a moment: who writes the suggestions for these reviews? Why the suggestion for “travel” and a star rating? These are 12v fans designed for campers and yachts. Travel is something they just do. Do they ask, “are we there yet?”, do I have to stop every 30 minutes? No. You want 5 stars for that?! Now back to our regularly scheduled review...)Installation was easy (especially considering all the other things that go wrong on boats), operation is simple, ridiculously quiet (75db on high right next to the fan (think of a whisper in your ear) - ambient sound level of vessel is 63 db with engines off at anchor), and it’s a far far better alternative to the older fan by the same maker.Helpful? 👇🏽

I bought three of these over the past year to install in my sailboat this winter during a refit. Unfortunately my boat was sunk in its slip during hurricane Sally in Sept. 2020. The 3 fans were still in their boxes on a shelf inside the boat when it sank. The hatches came off at some point during the ordeal and a lot of stuff floated away before the storm passed. Due to the number of boat groundings and sinkings, it took 10 days for the salvage crew to get to my boat, floatit and get it out of the water. The following day I went to salvage what I could from the boat. Although I found all three fans, I did not expect any of them to function. All 3 fans were still under water inside the boat. The water was a mixture of brackish water, thick black mud, diesel fuel and thick black oil from the inboard diesel engine. I brought the fans home and after rinsing very thoroughly with fresh water I submerged all 3 in a bucket of fresh water and let them sit for roughly 24 hours. I then pulled them from the bucket and disassembled them one at a time, cleaned and dried each thoroughly and reassembled. I was amazed that each and every one of them worked as advertized. These fans are expensive but based on my experience, well worth the money.

Great fans for our boat. We replaced 5 already. Haven’t been disappointed with these. We love the three speeds and adjustable fan angles. Highly recommend