Shark's FlexBreeze Mist Fan Brings the Cool to the Backyard or the Beach in This $200 Prime Day Deal
Mister fans are nothing new, but the handheld ones are weak and most portable ones either need refilling every 20 minutes or end up dribbling out of the center rather than misting. Shark's solution is easily adaptable for both indoor and outdoor use with a 1.2-gallon tank can last for hours.
At normal price, the Shark FlexBreeze Pro Mist is a bit expensive for a fan that comes with a remote, two stands -- tabletop and pedestal -- and a detachable tank, but ahead of Prime Day this Tuesday, Amazon has knocked off $50, making this corded and battery-powered cooling system an even $200.
The normal Shark FlexBreeze won a place among our favorite outdoor tech as the best way to keep cool, though that model is more of a normal fan that a mister and twist onto while the Pro Mist is a mist fan that can detach the water cables when you don't need them. The original also needed to be hooked up to a garden hose, but the Pro Mist's tank lets you not only use cold water rather than your outdoor tap but also add ice to help lower the air temperature by up to 12 degrees.
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All the standard fan features are here: 5 fan speeds that can reach up to 70 feet away, 180-degree oscillation, 55-degree tilt, and a remote so that you can adjust the speed or cut the mist and dry off a bit. Shark claims up to 24 hours of battery life for portable use -- on low with no mist or movement -- but the number dwindles drastically once you turn up the speed or features, going down to less than two hours at max speed with misting on.
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Why this deal matters
We've just entered the hottest two months of the year for the U.S., and you can't hide inside that entire time. (Trust me, I've tried.) A high-speed fan can do a lot to cool you, both inside and outside, and with the two smaller misters instead of a single, larger nozzle, you can get a finer spray with fewer spurts or splashes. If you've been struggling for the last couple of months, this fan would definitely be an investment, but a worthwhile one, especially in drier states.
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