Hot-air fan and method for operating same

A handheld hot air device (10), comprising

• a fan device (18) for generating an air flow (LS),
• a heating device (16) for heating the air flow (LS), and
• a control unit (24) connected to the fan device (18) and to the heating device (16) which is designed to control the fan device in such a manner that, when the heating device (16) is switched on, the fan device (18) generates a starting air flow that is reduced in comparison to an operating air flow, and
• a sensor unit (26) connected to the control unit (24) for measuring the temperature (T) of the air flow (LS) downstream of the heating device (16) and/or of the heating device (16), wherein the control unit (24) controls the fan device (18) in such a manner that the air volume (Q1) of the starting air flow is increased to the air volume (Q2) of the operating air flow dependent on the temperature (T) measured by the sensing device (26).