Best Household Tower Fans
Loaded with convenient features, the fan includes a multifunction remote control that stores in a recess in the back, a fresh Air ionizer, adjustable louvers in the front grill to control the direction of the Air stream, a 7-1/2-hour energy-saving timer, and an easy-carry handle for portability. Features: high-reaching tower design for maximum Air delivery; sophisticated Wind curve profile fresh Air ionizer option; convenient electronic timer set from 0.5 - 7.5 hours; three quiet speeds; multi-functional remote control; etc/cetl Listed. Enter your model number to make sure this fits. ETL listed, patented, fused safety plug.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I come home to a house that is roughly around 84 degrees F at 5:30 in the evening so I needed a little help with cooling off. Within 5 minutes of turning this thing on it was like an angel had come down from heaven and began to personally blow cool air on my face. If this thing only lasts a month it will have been worth the money."
"Oh man, this thing is awesome, I may never use the AC again."
"I was surprised at how tall it was, but anything smaller probably wouldn't be as effective in my kitchen/dining room/living room combined space."
"I will come back and update my review as time passes, but I wanted to get some info out there. Standing fans we have had in the past were easily tipped and the front metal plate or sometimes plastic was quick to pop off as it hit the floor blade still going strong. My experience so far: *auto shut off. The first day I was quite worried as the fan had tipped (my husband the larger child in the home was playing with it) and it would not turn back on. *packaging. I was very worried when it arrived as it was in the thin box the fan comes in rather than amazon packaging. Update: It has been about a month now and while my toddler has tackled this fan with his full body weight it is still fully functioning. Now that the weather is warmer it is still blowing cooler air than any other fan in our home. Update: It is now June 2014 and we own two of these fans and both are going strong despite a toddler and autistic 6 year old who can now reach the buttons. The air kind of gets lost, so what I do to help them better cool a room is put them on opposite corners and face them at each other."
"I purchased this Lasko 2551 Wind Curve Platinum Tower Fan With Remote Control and Fresh Air Ionizer because it really gets warm in our room during summer. First of all, I really liked the looks of this fan."
"Now I will not have a hot home come summer and that equals less anxiety since heat is a trigger for me!"
"In the meantime I bought another lasko fan with twin grills which I thought sucked because it was so weak. Whenever I had a guest come over they would comment and ask if I could put it on full blast since it felt so it weak."
With its sophisticated Profile, Fresh Air Ionizer technology and oscillation, this fan provides fresh air throughout your entire room. Enter your model number to make sure this fits. Convenient electronic timer can be set from 0.5 - 7.5 Hours.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I come home to a house that is roughly around 84 degrees F at 5:30 in the evening so I needed a little help with cooling off. Within 5 minutes of turning this thing on it was like an angel had come down from heaven and began to personally blow cool air on my face. If this thing only lasts a month it will have been worth the money."
"Oh man, this thing is awesome, I may never use the AC again."
"I was surprised at how tall it was, but anything smaller probably wouldn't be as effective in my kitchen/dining room/living room combined space."
"I will come back and update my review as time passes, but I wanted to get some info out there. Standing fans we have had in the past were easily tipped and the front metal plate or sometimes plastic was quick to pop off as it hit the floor blade still going strong. My experience so far: *auto shut off. The first day I was quite worried as the fan had tipped (my husband the larger child in the home was playing with it) and it would not turn back on. *packaging. I was very worried when it arrived as it was in the thin box the fan comes in rather than amazon packaging. Update: It has been about a month now and while my toddler has tackled this fan with his full body weight it is still fully functioning. Now that the weather is warmer it is still blowing cooler air than any other fan in our home. Update: It is now June 2014 and we own two of these fans and both are going strong despite a toddler and autistic 6 year old who can now reach the buttons. The air kind of gets lost, so what I do to help them better cool a room is put them on opposite corners and face them at each other."
"I purchased this Lasko 2551 Wind Curve Platinum Tower Fan With Remote Control and Fresh Air Ionizer because it really gets warm in our room during summer. First of all, I really liked the looks of this fan."
"Now I will not have a hot home come summer and that equals less anxiety since heat is a trigger for me!"
"In the meantime I bought another lasko fan with twin grills which I thought sucked because it was so weak. Whenever I had a guest come over they would comment and ask if I could put it on full blast since it felt so it weak."
Color: Black. Digital display, adjustable thermostat, 1,2, 4 & 8 hour auto shut-off timer. Digital display, adjustable thermostat, 1,2, 4 & 8 hour auto shut-off timer.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Please see Addendum at end). This particular tower fan has its Pros and Cons; unfortunately its hard to get around the biggest negative of the electronic speed control failing, so that pretty much iced the (original) two-star rating. Cons: - The LED control panel is quite bright, requiring using a piece of cardboard over it to keep the bedroom dark. This is probably due to nothing more than voltage fluctuations from other items turning on and off in the house (A/C unit, kitchen appliances, electric water heater or pump, etc.). All of my original Pro's and Con's still stand, but since the replacement fan has shown to have good reliability I've decided to update this review. So far, all of the electronic controls continue to perform flawlessly, and we have covered the top panel with a piece of cardboard to block out the light from all of the LEDs. One of our dogs was jumping off the bed, hit the fan and knocked it over - breaking off the base and the oscillation mechanism. When I took the fan apart to see if it could be repaired (it couldn't...) I noticed that it had it's fair share of dust built-up inside the body but the sound levels never really changed."
"I use the White Noise setting at night and I sleep like a 40 year old man who has all sorts of demons inside and can't really sleep well but wants to pretend he does."
"This tower has a nice wide cooling area with the oscillation. It's very quiet, and I love that it has a remote."
"My favorite thing about this fan is it has a whitenoise setting and a really calm setting."
"Great Fan keep in mind its not small, its a stand up fan and its very quiet fan."
"Remote (and base unit) can only increase fan speed, not decrease it, until rolling over the highest setting. It always registers in the 80s when I know my room is in the 70s, it doesn't change by more than 1 or 2 degrees during operation, making me feel like it's not working properly."
"It easily cools down our small living room and makes it comfortable to sit on the couch and relax."
"Came home one day and the whole thing was tilted at an angle and making clicking sounds upon oscillating."
Best Household Window Fans
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Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"A really good review of a product, especially one that involves moving parts for example, should be done months, even a couple of years after the product has been used, abused and hopefully loved and cared for as well. I think everyone who buys products here should write their reviews months after having tried the product and put a product through it's paces."
"This is a direct comparison review between the three most popular currently available twin window fans: Bionaire BW2300 Twin Window Fan with Remote Control. Holmes HAWF2043 Twin Window Fan. Honeywell HW-628 Enviracaire Twin Window Fan. If you are interested in purchasing any of those window fans, read on... I can tell you now that all of these fans are super cheaply designed and built and none of these fans are perfect, but in my opinion, one is worse than the others. Holmes HAWF2043 Twin Window Fan: my rating - 3 of 5 stars. I first purchased the Holmes HAWF2043 unit. The locks for the extender are located on the right side along the top and bottom edge of the fan, which is supremely stupid because as soon as you place the fan in your window frame and put weight on it, the bottom lock locks and you can not move the extender. This Holmes unit has the best placement of the power cord which is in the lower left corner... the location is high enough as not to interfere with the bottom of the window frame. The two switches set the direction of the fans to either intake or exhaust which can be done on each fan independently, so you could have one fan on intake and the other on exhaust for quickly exchanging room air with fresh air. This unit has 8.5 inch fans and they are relatively quiet at both speeds - naturally high is louder than low, but don't expect silence. I would have been happy with this unit except that two days into using it, the right fan started working intermittently. Honeywell HW-628 Enviracaire Twin Window Fan: my rating 2 of 5 stars. So with the right fan not working correctly on the Homes, I ordered the Honeywell HW-628. For one thing, the unit has 7 inch fans compared with 8.5 inch on the Holmes. So in order to move as much air, the fans would have to run much faster and the unit will be much louder. I found out immediately that my thoughts about the smaller fans, higher fan speed and noise were true. There are three speeds available on each fan - low, high and super high. I cannot imagine a scenario where I would want one fan on high and another fan on low, etc. My unit was defective in that the switches for the right fan are wired incorrectly such that low is high and high is low, but super high is still super high... odd. Bionaire BW2300 Twin Window Fan with Remote Control: my rating 4 of 5 stars. So after the poor experience with the Honeywell (They put their name on that piece of junk? It uses 8.5 inch fans like the Holmes and it is relatively quiet, although I think it may be ever so slightly louder than the Holmes on high. Simply choose a fan speed and put the unit into intake, exhaust or one fan on intake and the other on exhaust (air exchange mode). You can use it either in manual mode where there is no temperature control or you can set a temperature for the unit to reach and then turn off (automatic mode). The remote control works well and it allows you to control all of the fan's features and functions remotely: on/off, fan speed, air direction, temperature and to toggle between automatic and manual mode. Just remember that with any window fan, one of the most important things is setting up a ventilation route. In order for a window fan to be most effective, you have to have a second open window for either: drawing in fresh air if you put the fan in exhaust mode. or. exhausting room air if you put the fan in intake mode. If you don't have a second open window for either mode, you'll either create a vacuum or pressure balloon, respectively - and either way, you'll not be moving much air which is what a fan is all about - in addition, you'll possibly be overheating and likely killing the fan's motors. The second open window can be in another room or on another floor or it could be a screen door, but you need an unobstructed, open source of fresh air with the fan on exhaust or an equally open window for air to exhaust through if you put the fan on intake mode. Of course, you could use the fan on exchange mode where one fan pushes air in and the other exhausts, but this is not ideal as my observation is that this mode is not nearly as efficient the other two. In my experience, in order for a fan to cool a room, the outside temperature needs to be at least ten degrees cooler than the inside temperature, and preferably falling, like it typically does at night. The window fan works well for me in the evenings/nights where the outside air temperature drops 10 or 15 degrees into the low 60s or 50s, but the inside air temperature would stay high, even with all the windows wide open as often happens without any significant wind or breeze. With the fan on and with the windows and doors set up correctly, the upstairs bedrooms stay within five or six degrees of the outside temp for me without having to turn the air conditioning on in the spring and fall. And again, remember that the effectiveness of any window fan will depend a lot on the outside temperature and humidity level. My review reflects my experience with my fan and I do not know exactly what changes they may have made to the design since or how those changes may affect the newer units."
"I was considering installing a whole house fan to cool down the house at night but opted for the easier route. In Colorado the sun is very hot during the day and it cools down nicely at night but it was hard to pull the warm air out by just opening the windows. You can set a thermostat so the fans will turn on and turn off by themselves when the air temp reaches a pre set temperature or you can manually turn them on and off."
"While in San Francisco, and we are moderate weather, any resident knows, come Sept-Oct we get our Indian Summer and it does get in the 90s in the City and on a good year, like El Nino, we can hit 100°. I pulled it out the box, unwrapped it, stuck it in the window, secured it, plugged it in and powered it up."
Best Floor Fans
Color: Black |. Size: 15 inch. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I'm quite a large man, my temperature's hot. My blood boils and churns like a cast iron pot. The last fan I had, made hardly a breeze. As sweat pools collected and I smelled like wet cheese. It made lots of noise and drowned out all sound. While meanwhile a sweat pool dripped onto the ground. I could no longer take it, my face was on fire!"
"The burst of air, even at the lowest setting are noticeable from a 5m/15ft distance and we could feel "air circulation" throughout the whole room. Very cheap but feels well built and despite not being as powerful as the other two, since it draws less energy and makes virtually no noise, we opted to fill the room with 3 of these which we keep at around 3m/9ft blowing air directly at the lowest setting. Power drawn (measured using a TP-link HS110 smart plug): Lakso: 85/73/63w. Vornado: 60/45/40w. Honwywell: 25/23/21w. Noise (measured with a phone app, from behind the fan, probably unreliable). Lakso: 60/55/50db. Vornado: 45/40/35db. Honeywell: 40/36/34db. Final veredict: We returned the Vornado and for the same price we have the Lakso which we setup in front of the window before going to bed and the 4 small Honeywel for "whole room air circulation",1-3 of which we keep overnight or on timer (with the TP-link smart plug)."
"Let's be realistic: when you buy a fan, you want it to move the air. Even on low, it is still pushing quite a bit of air and does so relatively quietly. If I lay with my back to it (like I normally would) there is enough wind going past my ears that IT MAKE A SOUND - yes, literally the wind rushing past my ear."
"BUT..I cannot talk into the fan and distort my voice which really let down my inner 6 year old self."
Best Pedestal Fans
Extended-range remote control and fan controls easily engage automatic dual oscillation (up/down & left/right), horizontal oscillation (left/right), the 4-hour timer and all air speed settings.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"1. remote controlled. 2. oscillates up and down. 3. oscillates left and right. 4. has 4 different levels of fan speed. 5. everything is adjusted through the pressing of the remote control buttons or the control panel of the fan. (Do not manually adjust the fan). 6. has a modern appeal. 7. priced at a nice target. Con: as with the other Ozeri fan I owned it developed a noise."
"This fan did not angle down enough, so I opened it up and modified the cranking system slightly, then sanded the front edge of the fan so it wouldn't hit the base and I'm all set."
"I purchased this fan in April 2015 and it worked great until the summer of 2017, At that time, the side-to-side oscillating feature suddenly stopped working."
"It is comparable to the expensive wall-mounted figure-8 fans that are popular in agriculture, although those fans do a tighter/preset figure, this fan doesn't move in a steady pattern as the vertical and horizontal motion are not equal speeds so it will blow in every direction at one time or another, spreading air flow all around."
"bigger than expected but i like that."
"Other than this, the fan does what I want and am very happy with my purchase."
"Great idea, poor execution. It got two stars because It moves the air well."
"Had a lone screw rattling around inside."
Best Table Fans
To use as a table-top fan, simply loosen the butterfly screw on the fan head, then attach the base to the fan head ad tighten the butterfly screw. To use as a Clip-On fan, loosen the butterfly screw on the fan head, then attach the clip to the fan head ad tighten the butterfly screw. Dual features: this fan conveniently converts from a clip on fan to a table top fan so you can enjoy its features at your desk or from any other preferred angle in your space.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This little fan has just saved the day."
"If there is anything I am disappointed with it would be that the fan can only be turned to face 8 directions, you can not adjust the rotation gradually which may mean the fan points at the top of your head or at your desk in my type of situation where the fan is mounted to an upper cabinet."
"I put it on the pipe that runs around the top of the bike (by the control panel) and at its widest, the clip is open 1½ inches and the grip is so firm that this fan isn't going anywhere (see the picture)!"
"These fans are quiet and move about as much air as you'd expect."
"They're quite, sturdy, and obviously work well enough on the higher of the two fan speeds to keep a 40-gallon aquarium a couple of degrees cooler."
"I use this fan inside my chicken coop to keep mosquitoes from biting my hens during the brutal hot summer months."
"we use it to clip onto our high spin top loading washing machine to blow into the unit to dry out the inside since they seem to hold a little water after use."
"I originally bought this to put in my bedroom since I like it to be cold when I sleep but I ended up putting it in our playroom since that is where I workout and there is no overhead fan in that room."
Best Personal Fans
Create a Blizzard of coolness with specially-designed motor and blade combination to propel powerful airflow and generate cooling comfort. Enter your model number to make sure this fits. This fan only runs off a standard 120 volt AC outlet.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Air rotation across room is perfect due to the front rotating grill and adjustable speed settings."
"I've only had it a few days and for the past couple of nights sleeping with it on, I've slept so good. The item arrived in the original retail box...no other packaging. I wrote to Holmes in case anyone is wondering and the only difference between this newer model and the prior model is that this model has cord storage on the back."
"What a great fan. It even circulates more powerfully than my ceiling fan in my room."
"I would say it is a medium size and works great; has 3 speeds and a timer shut off you can set if you choose to for up to 8 hours later."
"it's a good little fan - a bit bigger than I was hoping for but still ok to set on the floor."
"We bought one for our bedroom window and after using just a few weeks, liked it so well and thought it was very good for price, we bought another for our family room."
"I have used this fan for a year now through winter and summer and found the selection of speed settings, quality of product, and durability outstanding."
"it also has two settings that make it more like a rolling breeze or a breeze you'd naturally feel from the wind. like it only falls over if i move it and don't make sure it's securely stable."
Best Wall-Mounted Fans
Durable steel neck support and 60 inch power cord.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The mounting bracket isn't shaped very well to mount to a single stud (you might catch 2 out of 3 screws in a stud), so I just cut a 2x4 to mount the bracket to, and screwed the 2x4 to the stud.. At full left turn mine rattles for 1-2 seconds straight out of the box."
"It is a great product , excellent air flow, easy to assemble and isn't too loud but gives a perfect "white noise" effect."
"Over the past 5 years, I've purchased online (from Amazon and elsewhere) several such fans branded as HomeBasix, AirKing, and another brand whose name I forget -these three brands seemed to be selling the identical fan under different labels so really there's only been ONE wall fan with remote that's readily available until I came across this Hurricane fan which is clearly a different fan altogether). I really wouldn't bother purchasing the other brands available even if they're cheaper (tho' I've actually seen them sold at highers prices than this Hurricane wall fan is currently selling for) as this one is WAY better quality and better-designed."
"The only negative thing i can say is that its a bit noisier than other fans ive owned but it seems to put out much more air."
"The AC unit is large, but because the room is L-shaped and the AC's fan is not forceful enough to properly circulate the air throughout the entire room, this 12 inch fan solved the problem instantly. As a matter of fact, we may not need to use the AC as much, because the fan is actually hitting every corner of the room and cooling it down, with the AC unit off."
"It produces a bit of white noise (which is why I wish it could be turned down a notch on the speed) which is fine for summer."