This Moronic Handheld Camera Fan Quite Literally Blows

by · Peta Pixel

Is it a DJI Osmo? Is it an Insta360 Luna? Nope, it’s a Goojodoq GFS025, and it, for whatever reason, is a handheld camera fan.

Award-winning filmmaker Philip Bloom posted about the Goojodoq GFS025 late last week, and the jokes practically write themselves.

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“Cool and capture at the same time,” Goojodoq explains. “Dual-system independence.”

Users don’t need to choose between cooling and recording, as the GFS025 can do both at the same time. But no, this is not about keeping the camera cool so that it can record longer. The fan is for the user.

“You can stay refreshed while capturing every moment,” the manufacturer promises.

“Record and Cool Together,” the manufacturer says. But not really, because the fan will totally ruin the audio.

From the outside, save for the big pink-accented fan on top, the Goojodoq GFS025 looks generally like a DJI Osmo or Insta360 Luna. The general shape and design are very similar, and the GFS025 has a familiar built-in 1.3-inch touchscreen and on-device controls.

But unlike the Osmo Pocket 4 or Luna, which don’t even have a built-in fan, the GFS025 keeps the user cool and refreshed. Wow! Goojodoq is really addressing the piles of complaints from users who feel warm when they are pointing their camera at something.

“Heard it blows away the competition and is great in the only fans category,” jokes theartofmezame on Threads.

“I feel like this is one of those things that when I’m out filming in the summer heat I say to myself, dang it, I chose the wrong pocket camera,” adds rogerseng.

“No more overheating in 4K 60,” jokes ben.mediaart.

Oh, Ben, how wrong you are. Not because the camera overheats, but because it doesn’t shoot 4K at all. It’s capped at 1080p30. As is so often the case with products like this, the manufacturer is otherwise light on specs. There is plenty of information about how the GFS025 has ample adjustment parameters for the built-in fan, from “soft breeze to powerful hurricane,” but details are sparse about the imaging capabilities.

The camera-slash-fan has a CMOS image sensor of unknown size and megapixel count. It has a lens of some kind. And it can record JPG photos and AVI videos.

On the plus side, the price is right. The camera costs up to 1,499 Philippine pesos (PHP), which is less than $25 USD. What a steal.

Image credits: Goojodoq Global