AC Infinity AIRPLATE S1, Quiet Cooling Fan System 10cm with Speed Control, for Home Theater AV Cabinet Cooling, 4-Inch

I don’t usually write reviews but this is a fantastic product beautifully made with every detail really carefully considered. Quality is faultless down to excellent instructions and a couple of extra nuts for each size in the packets in case you drop one which is all to easy to do. You really get the impression when you're fitting these fans that someone who has actually fitted them put this kit together. The templates are rigid plastic, there are screws and bolts to suit a timber cabinet install or a rack install as I did and you can easily reverse one or both of the fans to blow in rather than extract. I reversed one so cold air is blown into the air at the bottom and hot air is extracted at the top. You can even expand the kit to four fans if you want of one controller. I contacted infinity's tech support prior to purchase to check on whether settings are retained after a power outage and they confirmed immediately on their chat that they were. The UI is easy and well thought out. It’s a real breath of fresh air to receive a premium designed and beautifully made product at a great price (check how expensive these have been at Amazon in the past with a price checker), so much so I found myself looking round the house to find other opportunities to install them. They have reduced the rack temperature and maintained it constantly. See my pic from the router’s temperature monitoring. This kit was exactly what I was looking for and exceeded my expectations in every aspect. Carefully thought out, beautifully designed, and meticulously manufactured. Thanks Infinity- I’m really impressed!!! Would give this 10 stars if I could!

I purchased two Airplate S7 units to fit into a cupboard that I was using to house my two NAS units. The cupboard was getting very warm prior to installing the S7s but now it is always nice and cool. Very easy to fit and extremely quiet. This small cupboard is my lounge and the noise from the fans is practically non-existent (I have them running at the highest speed).

Awesome solution for cooling my media cabinet. Its ready to plug and play, no other extra nonsense, and it looks really slick. I use these along with AC Infinity AIRPLATE T3, Quiet Cooling Fan System with Thermostat Control. I t is cooling my PS4 pro and HK AVR16S receiver along with all the cables and it works perfectly.

This is a well built and designed product, easy to fit with the included plastic templates for the fans and controller. As expected though, the fans are relatively noisy. It’s not a surprise at this price point as a pair of decent fans are half the cost of this unit. I wish manufacturers would sell these without fans so you can supply your own. I ended up buying 2x Noctua NF-A12x25 5V. It’s important you get the 5V version and non PWM. With these fitted, noise levels were dramatically decreased. I measured before and after with the dB meter on top of the cabinet the fans were in. Ambient noise level 35.4 dBA Old fans: Min speed - 38.4 dBA Max speed - 46 dBA Noctua fans: Min speed - 35.4 dBA Max speed - 45.3 dBA As you can see the Noctua fans are inaudible at the lowest speed. It’s also worth noting that the noise is a different tone that is easy to ignore, as opposed to the higher pitched tones present on the standard fans. The Noctua fans spin faster at the max setting, so this accounts for the noise levels being closer to the standard fans, even so, they’re still quieter and it’s unlikely you’d want, or need those speeds, without some serious heat issues anyway. I’d recommend the installation of fine mesh filters to stop the dust affecting the fans and the inlet sucking dust into your cabinet. When the fans are off there is a high pitched tone from the power supply but I can’t hear this when behind the cabinet. Worth noting though if you have this plugged in somewhere close and exposed. Edit: The power supply actually died after a couple of weeks, which accounts for the high pitched tone. AC Infinity is a US company. Their website doesn't actually list these as having the option for a UK plug, but it was labelled AC infinity. Rather than having to remove everything from my cabinet and send back, I sourced a better quality, identical spec power supply locally. For reference you would need a 2A (or higher) 6.5V (7V Max according to specs) AC adapter with a 2.1mm x 5.5mm jack. Since fitting the new one it has been absolutely fine. I may have just got unlucky, but worth factoring in. In conclusion your money is buying a good looking frame, great installation instructions with plastic templates and a quality fan controller. In my mind this is still worth the purchase cost, just factor in that you may want to replace the fans and need to replace the ac adapter.

Super quiet when cooling the media cabinet that houses my PS5. It keeps the PlayStation cool and you can barely hear it, great product

Ordered this set to fit into a wooden AV cabinet to keep the temperatures down, particularly as we have an Xbox in there. They look nice and the control unit is easy to use. The templates are also a nice touch, makes cutting out the holes much easier. I also bought two extra fans as just two didn't really work in the cabinet and the extra ones connect easily with the USB ports. They keep the cabinet cool, although it does seem to take the four fans to do so. My only complaint, and it's a fairly big one, is the noise. I was hoping that the claims of being silent were true but they're actually quite noisy. It's hard to explain but they're not loud, they just give out an annoying whine. It's not the movement of the air, it's definitely an electrical noise. They do mention in the instructions that if you reverse the air flow there may be some more noise, so it could be that. It doesn't seem to be all the fans either, maybe just the two I've reversed. I can't help thinking that I could have used good quality PC fans and it would have been quieter and much cheaper. Also, and this is just a small thing, but it would have been nice to have the option of a dust filter for the fans that suck in air.

I installed this fan in the back of a custom made arcade cabinet which needed to be kept cool. The fan is incredibly well made and very reliable, which I guess you'd expect given the price tag. Whilst there are cheaper alternatives that would presumably be just as effective, the AC Infinity fan simply cannot be beaten on looks which give you cabinet that professional appearance - to me that was an important part of my project so I was happy to pay a premium. The fan comes with a plastic template which helps with the positioning of drill holes, which was very useful indeed. The fan runs on a 5v power supply via the attached USB cable and is happy with either a 1amp or 2amp supply. The package also contains a UK plug with a USB connection if you don't plan to power it from an existing 5v powered device.

Using it on my homebuilt server rack to force air through from the front of the disk storage (12 bays so generates quite a bit of heat) and its been great this summer. Previously the inbuilt fans on the DAS (direct attached storage) would ramp up from the default slowest of 1, to 2 or 3 when we had hot days. With this driving a gentle feed of air in addition it's stayed at 1 even on the hottest days, and the additional noise is only very slightly detectable, whereas the DAS going up to its 2nd speed is over twice the db of level 1. Great addition to the home server setup.