AC Infinity, AIRPLATE T8 Home Theater and AV Cabinet Fan

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.

All you have to do is open the package to know it's a high quality product. You know how you get stuff on Amazon and it's basically loose in a box with no instructions, well this is the opposite! The box is worth saving. Haven't installed the Fan yet as my project to wall mount it to circulate air from a gas fireplace isn't ready yet. Tested it and it works very well, and very quite. Removed the faceplate because I need to paint it. It's actually a shame because it has a brushed aluminum black anodized finish which is perfect. Faceplate grills are rubber mounted to reduce noise, just another example of quality.

Good performance. Been using this for several projects.

I have a few of AC Infinity products for ventilation of AV equipment. I would recommend any of their products

This is a very reliable product, easy to set up. The fans can be separated from their frame to reverse their direction to push or pull air as needed. You can use the control buttons to configure this system in many ways to suit different scenarios. It includes a printed colour manual that is easy to read. I am using it to cool an AV rack housed in a cupboard. I set it to adjust fan speed based on temperature, and to beep if it exceeds a specific temperature. The power adaptor included in the box has a US plug.

Der Lüfter kommt samt Zubehör in einer wirklich wertigen Kartonverpackung, die zusätzlich mit schwarzem Schaumstoff ausgekleidet ist. Es sind alle erforderlichen Zubehörteile wie Schrauben (Schneid- und Gewindeschrauben), Bohrschablone, Netzteil und Bedienungsanleitung dabei. Der Lüfter ist in drei Stufen über ein im Kabel eingelassenen Schalter steuerbar, selbst auf der kleinsten Stufe liefert er einen ausreichenden Luftstrom um einen in einem geschlossenen Schrank stehenden Receiver hervorragend zu kühlen, bei richtiger Installation ist der Lüfter zumindest auf der kleinsten Stufe für mich fast nicht wahrnehmbar. Sehr gut gelöst ist auch das Anschlusskabel mit einer zusätzlichen Buchse, so das man mehrere Lüfter in Reihe schalten kann. Etwas aufpassen muss man bei dem beiliegenden USB Netzteil, es liefert 6 Volt und liegt damit über der üblichen USB Spannung, das ist hilfreich um den Lüfter richtig auf Touren zu bringen, sein Smartphone sollte man damit allerdings nicht laden. Es gibt von AC-Infinity Lüftersteuerungen, die die Umdrehungszahl je nach Temperatur steuern können, vll werde ich bald noch einmal testen, ob diese sich auch in der Anschaffung lohnen. Alles in allem bin ich mit diesem Produkt sehr zufrieden. 2 Stück verbaut in einem HIFI-Schrank zur Kühlung eines Receivers und einer PS4