The Lamptron FC8 Fan Controller comes with a classic look, can deliver up to 30W of power on each channel for plugging in fans with high consumption or many regular ones in a daisy chain configuration; most of the other fan controllers cannot offer these advantages and have only 4 channels, not enough for large cases with a lot of fans installed inside. The FC8 comes in two flavors: anodized black or silver aluminium; the product can be further customized by choosing a different color for each channel LED.

Regarding functionality, the controller does not detect when a fan is stuck by sounding an alarm or by signaling this with the help of the available LEDs; also, if we turn the knob little by little from the left to the right, we cannot know when the fan starts to spin without looking inside the case. However, the fan controller can bring the fans to a full stop by rotating the knob all the way to the left; in this position, the LED for the corresponding channel will also turn off.

In case we prefer a product with a display, which also shows besides the fan speed the current voltage on each channel or temperature values from the thermal probes, we may want to go with the FC5V2 or Touch models. For the next revisions of this model, it would be interesting if the LEDs would light up only when the fans start spinning, and the LED light intensity should change with the voltage applied to the fan.

The FC8 can be found in stores for about 66 Euros.

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I would like to thank again to Lamptron for making this review possible!