A few days ago, the fan blade on my Daikin 12 inch table fan finally gave way. I think I made the mistake of not placing the cover back securely.
The blade brushed against the steel cage and broke.
With 2 pieces came off the main blade, it could no longer rotate smoothly.
I made plans to check out some fan blades for the heck of it.
Most hypermarkets do stock them, so here's what I found.
Giant supermarket sold them at RM12.20, whilst Tesco was RM12.90. Not bad pricing.
Then there was Shopee & Lazada where the cheapest one I found was around RM8.50 (excluding the delivery cost RM4.50)
Finally I spotted one for RM4.71 in Mr.DIY (that huge DIY Hardware chain that was mushrooming all over Malaysia)
Ridiculously cheap right? But upon closer inspection, some buyers had already commented on their Shopee page that it wasn't a perfect fit.
Apparently the notches were too large. That made it even more irresistable to grab one. After all Mr.DIY had a great return policy.
Here's what I found.
Blade span: ok. perfect match.
Weight: ok. Original was ...gm. Mr.DIY was ...gm
Depth:
Notch size:
That was a bit worrying but after fitting it on.. it purred like a docile cat defying all laws of cat nature.
So there you go. If you aren't certain, feel free to check my stats against your old blades before you go shopping for a cheap Mr.DIY Blade
Happy Shopping folks!
