Rechargeable neck fan hands-free, charged by USB

Kivelia is a rechargeable neck fan: a U-shaped band that rests on your shoulders, around the back of your neck, like headphones worn down. Inside its two arms are small fans that push air out through slots, towards your neck and face. It is made for anyone who feels the heat and needs their hands for something else: walking, taking the metro, cooking or doing sport.

Hands-free fan: it rests on your shoulders

There is nothing to hold and no need to find it a place on a table. You put it around your neck, switch it on and carry on with what you were doing: pushing a pushchair, carrying the shopping, stirring a pan or typing at the computer. The air goes wherever you go because the fan goes with you.

It is white, with translucent parts, and discreet enough to wear in the street, on public transport, on a terrace or at the beach.

A neck fan with no exposed blades

The fans are hidden inside the arms. Air goes in through intake grilles and comes out of a row of slots spread along each arm, facing upwards. That way the airflow reaches your neck, chin and face instead of coming out at a single point.

It helps to know what it does and what it does not: it moves air over your skin, which is welcome when the heat builds up, but it does not lower the temperature of the air. It is a fan, and it feels like one.

One button for the speeds and a battery that charges by USB

A single button switches it on and, with each press, moves to the next speed until it switches off. You can leave it on a gentle breeze to read or work and turn it up when you are walking in the sun or cooking with the oven on.

The battery is built in and recharges with the USB cable in the box, plugged into a phone charger, a computer or a power bank. How long it lasts depends on the speed: it runs longest on the lowest setting and drains sooner on the highest.

How to use the portable neck fan

1. 1

   Charge it fully

   Before you start using it, connect it with its USB cable and wait until the indicator shows a full charge.

2. 2

   Tie back your hair

   If you have long hair, tie it back or put it up so that it stays away from the air intake grilles.

3. 3

   Place it around your neck

   Pass it behind your neck and let it rest on your shoulders, with the slots facing upwards.

4. 4

   Switch on and choose a speed

   Press the button to switch it on and press again until you find the speed that feels comfortable.

Care and maintenance

Clean it switched off and unplugged, with a dry or barely damp cloth, and brush the dust off the grilles and slots with a small soft brush. Do not get it wet or hold it under the tap, and dry it if sweat or a splash has landed on it. Store it somewhere dry, away from direct sun and never inside a car parked in the sun. If you are not going to use it for a season, leave it with some charge and top it up from time to time to look after the battery.