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Pergolas · The handbook · Lead storyEvery brand prints a wind figure. Few print one for the model you're buying. Here is how to read them, with receipts from the brands' own pages.
Six fans you can hang where the rain reaches, from a $539 DC fan to a $2,050 marine-grade one. The listing, the airflow per watt and the warranty, read from each maker's own paper.
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Read the full ranking ›A 55-inch TV for an outdoor room, from a maker that builds only outdoor TVs and from the biggest name in screens. What each one publishes, and what it leaves out.
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Read the full comparison ›A $19 hose kit and a 1,000-psi pump both call themselves misters. Pressure, nozzle size, the cooling claim and its humidity caveat, read from the makers' own pages.
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Read the full guide ›Every number on this site is the maker's own published figure, with its source and the date we read it. We do not run a test lab, and we say so. When a maker does not publish a figure, the table says "not published".
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Six fans you can hang where the rain reaches, from a $539 DC fan to a $2,050 marine-grade one. The listing, the airflow per watt and the warranty, read from each maker's own paper.
Mark Ellison · Updated October 26, 2026A 55-inch TV for an outdoor room, from a maker that builds only outdoor TVs and from the biggest name in screens. What each one publishes, and what it leaves out.
Mark Ellison · Updated October 26, 2026A $19 hose kit and a 1,000-psi pump both call themselves misters. Pressure, nozzle size, the cooling claim and its humidity caveat, read from the makers' own pages.
Mark Ellison · Updated October 26, 2026Every brand prints a wind figure. Few print one for the model you're buying. Here is how to read them, with receipts from the brands' own pages.
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