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Alan Martin

Alan Martin is a freelance writer with more than a decade’s worth of experience, mainly in the technology space, with bylines at The Evening Standard, Tom’s Guide, The i and many others. His main focus at Expert Reviews is ensuring that your next pick of phone or wearable is the right choice for you and represents the best possible value for money. In the past he’s covered a broad range of games, dental apparel and pet accessories and, on one memorable occasion, had to strip off to retrieve a rogue drone from a lake – such is his dedication to reviews.

Recent articles by Alan Martin

Bionaire BTF001 Ultra Slim Tower Fan review
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The Bionaire BTF001 is pleasingly slim but a lack of a power and no remote mean there's better options at this price

£60 inc VAT (as of 24th of June)
Q Connect Tower Fan & Igenix DF0030 review
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Two identical fans under different brand names but both are good budget options

£29 inc VAT (as of 24th of June)
Honeywell HO-5500RE tower fan review - big and powerful
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Among the most powerful fans we've seen but it's not without one or two minor niggles

£70 inc VAT (as of 23rd of June)
Dyson Pure Cool Link tower review
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It's more expensive than any other fan but the Pure Cool Link looks great, works well and includes air filtering

£450 inc VAT (as of 23rd of June)