Cap with built-in solar-powered fan sure to keep you cool
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TOKYO —
It looks like it’s going to be another hot summer here in Japan and as the country calls for voluntary power cuts to cope with post-March 11 shortages, the Japanese people are using their head to come up with eco-friendly ways of keeping cool.
And we mean literally using their head: net retailer Rare Mono Shop has started selling a baseball cap with a solar-powered fan built into it.
It’s called the Solar Fan-Embedded Hat and is available in a total of four equally-embarrassing colors. The fan is built into the visor of the cap and blows a cool breeze at the user’s face through a small hole. It can be purchased online from Rare Mono Shop and goes for 1,260 yen.
While wearing the Solar Fan-Embedded Hat probably won’t make you look cool, it’ll certainly make you feel cool, and under the scorching summer sun that’s all that really matters, right?
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Harry_Gatto
Maybe it's just me but wouldn't it be cooler, temperature-wise, with no hat at all?
As for looking cool - in a baseball cap??
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TSRnow
I saw this on the news. The catch is.... it doesn't work in the shade, so you need to be out in the burning heat.
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Liberty Joe Lowe
The cute girl wearing it is making fe feel hot!
Wouldn't be caught dead wearing the hat though
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jonobugs
Hmm, I see that some bright executive said, "bring me a Japanese girl who is hot to model the cap-fan" but they ended up using a hot Japanese girl instead. Not that I'm complaining, just commenting.
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JA_Cruise
Great idea to use solar technology and such a reasonable price, next on my list of things to buy. If you have to be in the sun, then better to wear a hat than none at all, just common sense.
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Wakarimasen
They have been selling these at the SEntosa Cable Car in Singapore for years. They do work a bit, but baseball caps are so not cool.
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nandakandamanda
Quote: "The fan is built into the visor of the cap and blows a cool breeze at the user’s face through a small hole."
Just blew up the pic. It's a MASSIVE hole.
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Yogi Zuna
These have been around at least since the 1980s... Bought one for my girlfriend back then in a solar products catalog.
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kurisupisu
Buy 20 of these and some lengths of wire and I can do my house! Who said solar power was expensive?
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Thunderbird
only in Japan lol
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nmoffatt
I want to buy one, shame their web site is only in Japanese. If anyone can help please contact elcap231@bigpond.com
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