**Problems with YATE LOONS**

[Brodholm]

It is not THAT bad. But i Expected more :\

I have heard so much good things about yates. I guess I was just unlucky. I Have 2 yates running now and If I hold them up in the air you can feel and see that the rotation is not exactly circular. It is not that bad at low speeds but when you go full speed it gives some vibration. I dont know it this is the "standard" quality or if I'm just silly. When you go full speed it is hard to see it with your eye but if you go down low you can clearly see it.

I don't know if I should send them back. Maybe they are supposed to be like this? If I do, I will have to send them from Sweden to the US and that costs a lot of money. Maybe I should send a mail to petra and see what he thinks. If I'm not going to send these back I'm getting some S-flex's instead.

Is there any other ppl that have the SL model and can turn them down and see if they have the same problem?

[warriorpoet]

I have the SLs running at ~500RPM. I can't detect any wobble, and they are very quiet.

These are the ones I am running (4 in my current p180 build): http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...oducts_id=4581

They do tend to vibrate a bit more than the S-Flex fans I'm running (probably due to the thinner frame-- the S-Flex frame is a BEAST), and they do have the slightest whisper of bearing noise. My fans are all soft-mounted, so vibration isn't much of an issue. If the vibration is what's killing you, there are some cheap-ish ways to soft-mount your fans, and wire fan grills usually kill most perceptible frame flex.

My only real gripe with Yates is their tendency to pick up fine dust in the bearings-- our family PC shares a room with a ferret.

[Brodholm]

I have the SLs running at ~500RPM. I can't detect any wobble, and they are very quiet.

These are the ones I am running (4 in my current p180 build): http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...oducts_id=4581

They do tend to vibrate a bit more than the S-Flex fans I'm running (probably due to the thinner frame-- the S-Flex frame is a BEAST), and they do have the slightest whisper of bearing noise. My fans are all soft-mounted, so vibration isn't much of an issue. If the vibration is what's killing you, there are some cheap-ish ways to soft-mount your fans, and wire fan grills usually kill most perceptible frame flex.

My only real gripe with Yates is their tendency to pick up fine dust in the bearings-- our family PC shares a room with a ferret.

Well, i have them mounted with anti vibration and there is almost no vibration then. But I get annoyed because they could have been better. I chose the yates because of the price tag but now it seems that I made the wrong decision...

You get 3 yates for the price of one s-flex... And everyone said that they are as good a the scythe. But I rly don't think so. I have 12 of the 20 fans. And all of them have the same problem. Some are almost perfect (like 1-2) and then there is some that are baaad (1-2) and the others are just in the middle.

About the dust, we have 2 dogs in our house. Do I need to say more?

I need about 8 fans and the cost abut 14$ each. That is about 110$ dollars + shipping, taxes and customs fee. I guess it is about 150$ dollars...

And + that I already have spent about 80-90$ on the yates...

[warriorpoet]

Well, i have them mounted with anti vibration and there is almost no vibration then. But I get annoyed because they could have been better. I chose the yates because of the price tag but now it seems that I made the wrong decision...

You get 3 yates for the price of one s-flex... And everyone said that they are as good a the scythe. But I rly don't think so. I have 12 of the 20 fans. And all of them have the same problem. Some are almost perfect (like 1-2) and then there is some that are baaad (1-2) and the others are just in the middle.

About the dust, we have 2 dogs in our house. Do I need to say more?

I need about 8 fans and the cost abut 14$ each. That is about 110$ dollars + shipping, taxes and customs fee. I guess it is about 150$ dollars...

And + that I already have spent about 80-90$ on the yates...

Maybe I just got a good batch (604)

S-Flex are better fans-- they're just more $. For that $, I'd like to see real improvements on the basic fan design, not just a stiffer frame and better bearings.

That said, I got a good sale on S-Flex and picked mine up for $10 ea. I imagine you're probably not going to see that where you are, though.

Funny thing with Yates is they're almost universally praised because the ARE so consistent. Maybe they had a bad batch, or switched over process recently. Sorry to hear about your bad experience.

[Canadmos]

I have 4 high speed Yates on the way from Petra's, hopefully these arn't effected by this.

I also have two SL's from NCIX in my case, which seem to run fine. They arn't silent, but they are also mounted to the case with zipties and nothing to stop vibration lol

[Zeus]

Just noticed today that 2 of my recent purchased yates had this clicking sound.

[exemay]

id suggest you contact the place you bought them from and send them back!