Features:
Looking like a mirror with four knobs when it's not powered up, the Kaze Master's initial looks left me very impressed. The design is incredibly simplistic as you can see in the pictures, but it has the look and feel of quality at the same time. For those who aren't into the silver colour, there is also a black model available as well.

 
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As usual, all connections are made to headers on the circuit board located on the rear of the fan controller inside your case. The temperature sensors connect to the four headers along the bottom edge and all the fan cables connect up tight along the right edge to their connections that are sandwiched between the right edge and some capacitors. I didn't quite like how the fans must first connect to the included cables because the other end of the cable was a special plug size for the Kaze Master. This means you'll have to have even more cable mess in your computer even if the fans you're connecting are fully able to reach the device. I think if Scythe ever makes a new Kaze Master in the future that it wouldn't hurt to tackle this concern and put standard 3-pin fan connectors right on the unit itself.

A built in temperature alarm will ring to alert you when any sensor exceeds a reading of 75C/165F. Although this temperature may be high for some things like CPU and VGA, some other components in a computer are able to take temperatures this high as long as they are immediately shut down if they ever do reach this point. It would be nice to be able to change the maximum temperature threshold between a few values by using a jumper, however, this is not an option with the Kaze Master. If you don't want to use the alarm option, then you can simply remove the jumper that controls it.

The temperature display can also be switched between celsius and Fahrenheit by the simple positioning of a jumper.

Installation:
Installation of any kind of fan controller is generally a really quick and easy task to accomplish. Once the Kaze Master is securely fastened into a drive bay, the next step is to connect all your fan wires to their appropriate fans and temperature probes to the surface you want to measure temperatures from. Of course if you're a neat freak like myself then you'll probably spend a chunk of your setup time making sure the wires coming out of the back of the unit can't actually be seen in the case because my case has a large window. As I mentioned earlier in the review, I didn't like how I had to first connect the fans to Scythe's included wires because only they could plug into the back of the Kaze Master. Putting the standard 3-pin fan plugs on the back of the Kaze Master would be much more convienient.

 
(Just making sure some things work before wiring it all up. Display is a check!)

Testing:
I can't say that much honestly goes into testing something as simple as a fan controller, but I will include my experience with it here.

When I powered it up I liked how the fan speed's were illuminated a soft green colour and the temperature line was a dark blue. This separation of colour makes the display easy to read because it is displaying a great deal of numbers in a small space. When a fan dial is turned all the way down the fan will turn off and the RPM display will show "OFF". This was nice to see because very few fan controllers I have used will actually take the fan into an off state, most will just run it at a really low RPM but nothing lower.

The reflective display itself is pretty neat, the numbers just seem to "float" there because no screen outline is clearly visible. Although reflective is nice, it unfortunately doesn't always deal the greatest with fingerprints!

Conclusion:
Overall I had a great experience with the Scythe Kaze Master fan controller and temperature monitor. It does an effective job of controlling the speed of fans, their on/off state, as well as monitoring up to four temperatures. The built in temperature warning alarm is nice but it would be more usable if the threshold it rings at could be adjusted. My only other small annoyance was that the fans themselves can not plug directly into the unit as they must pass through the included cables with special ends for the Kaze Master. All in all though the Kaze Master is an excellent and stylish fan controller and temperature sensor for the money.

Pros:
Stylistic and modern design
Build quality was superb and very sturdy
Temperature monitor supports both Celsius and Fahrenheit
Ability to stop fans completely (most fan controllers will only take them down to a slow speed but not entirely stop them)

Cons:
Seeing standard 3-pin fan connectors on the back on the unit would be better than having to use their special cables to connect to your fans
Would be nice to be able to adjust temperature alarm threshold