I cannot agree more strongly. That's not the case with all electric fans, but is with most of them people buy. If you don't spend around 250 bucks at the least, chances are you're not getting a good one. There are exceptions like some of the Ford fans some of the boys are using and they can be had pretty cheap in the salvage yards and those things will MOVE some air. They do require a little fab work of course to make work. But I'm like you. I'm a big fan of solid or clutch type fans driven off the engine.