It’s really hard to find complaints with the Kama Meter. It does everything you could want out of a fan controller/temperature gauge. You can view and control up to four fans, you can constantly watch the temperature of four different probes, and you can control the volume of your speakers. The Kama Meter does everything that they claim it does, and it does so very well. The unit itself is very, very well made, and comes with 3 metal (not plastic!) faceplates which are pretty simple to exchange. There are only two very minor issues with the Kama Meter that I would like to address. One of them is the lack of sleeving on the included cables and temperature probes, and the other is the fan-speed knob/color-change button, only because it’s kind of hard to make it do what you want. Really, though, you could sleeve the cables yourself, and the button isn’t a big deal, because once you choose your desired backlighting color and temperature units (Celsius or Fahrenheit), you don’t have to deal with it ever again. I wouldn’t let either of those things sway my purchasing decision, they’re merely things I’d suggest Scythe take a look into.

Update: I have now been using the Kama Meter for a couple months, and I am still very pleased with it. The simplicity of the thing, along with great aesthetics make this a great product to have inside my computer. There are a couple things that I want to point out, though. First of all, if you’re going to change a fan inside your computer while it’s on, the thing is going to beep at you like crazy until you get the other one plugged in. I suppose that’s just the hazard of having a fan-speed alarm, and you probably shouldn’t be changing fans while it’s on anyway. The other thing is a bit more significant. I had a reader write into me and tell me about his experience of trying to get the Kama Meter to run more than one fan per channel. Apparently he had great success… for about a day, and then his Kama Meter simply died. The moral of this story? If you’re looking to control more than 4 fans, don’t get this product. There are other products out there, such as the Sunbeam Rheobus, which aren’t as pretty as the Kama Meter, but will probably get the job done a bit better for large quantities of 120mm fans.

I’ve never owned my own fan controller/temperature display, but I have used them before, and this is by far the most intuitive that I’ve seen. Now that I’ve got my very own, I don’t know how I lived without one. The Kama Meter, although it bears a strange name, is quite the classy product. You can tell they didn’t cut corners when it came to designing and manufacturing this thing. Installation is simple enough, about the same as any other of its competitors. The end result, though, is a notch above the rest. The design is simple, yet elegant, and very rugged. There are plenty of options to choose from when it comes to changing the backlighting, so it should fit right in with any case lighting system. I’m thoroughly impressed with the Kama Meter, simply because it does what it’s supposed to without a problem, and looks good while doing so. It’s simple to use, fits in with pretty much any case color or lighting, and works beautifully. It’s currently selling for around $40, which, when considering what you get, is quite the deal. I would definitely suggest this product to anyone that has a use for it. For those of you in or around Europe, check out Scythe’s European website here.

If you have any feedback regarding this review, let me know. Seriously. If you loved it, let me know. Even more importantly, if you hated it, let me know why. Thanks!