Editorial Review:Product Description:20', Gray, Compact Box Fan, 3 Speed Motor, Convenient Carrying Handle, Durable Steel Body, No Assembly Required, 1 Year Warranty, Assembled In USA.
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A fine fan but not really what they describe
This is a fine, basic box fan. I don't want the fan to be too quiet, and this one isn't. The low is low, and the high blocks out other noises. I use the fan both to move air into the house and to block out white noise, and this one does the trick.
But it's a basic box fan. There is no thermostat. The three modes are not particularly 'whisper quiet', as I've heard other box fans quieter and less powerful.
There's a knob on the top with three speeds and two plastic feet to help keep it from falling over.
That's all.
Which is exactly what I needed, for about the cheapest price I could find here on Amazon.
It's just not really what the description notes.
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Great Kitchen Exaust Fan
With no range hood in my city apartment, I've run these [at Mid Speed] pritty much 24/7 in my kitchen window for decades, sucking fresh air thru the rest of the apartment while expelling stove heat & air-borne greece, etc.
I'm comfortable with this because it's relativly easy to take the motor apart for a simple cleaning about once every 9 months [or so]. I've also added 2 circular layers of the old, cheap, black, 'washable' air-conditioner filter material between the back of the motor and the interior protective grill to lessen the amoung of gunk sucked into the motor.
What with the cooking, this filter and, for esthetics, the inside grill are also removed & cleaned in the bath tub 3 or 4 times a year. The grills are a pain as soaps are only partly effective & brushes don't quite serve for the tiny grill opening.
With all this beating, the fans have all lasted an astonishing 5yrs++ !
BTW: To deaden vibration noise, etc. I hang the fan from 2 springs at the top of the window. I noted that with the fan running I could feel air being sucked in from outside around the sides of the fan so I've made a clear plastic shroud to block these areas for greater efficiency. I've also taped bits of this plastic on the 4 corners of the inside grill wher some more air circled in & out.
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Moves enough air without becoming super-loud
This fan works as advertised, and like any box fan makes some noise when running. I do think it's quieter than the cheap Sears fan I bought 5 years ago, but it probably moves a little less air. Airflow is sufficient to cool a large bedroom pretty well though. I'd recommend giving this fan a try...anything with more airflow will become exponentially louder. I'm not sure though that the Amazon fan at this price is much different than the Lasko fans at some large brick and motar stores for somewhat less.
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very nice fan!
This fan is very quiet and blows a nice breeze. It is not as good as the preimium box fan but I still like this fan. Some people are saying that this fan is loud but I don't see how loud it is. It realy has a nice quiet sound to it and it moves a nice amount of air. GREAT FAN!
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Don't believe the hype, buy it local and try it out yourself.
I went out to my local Lowe's today and bought a few fan to test out. They had this exact same model and contrary to what people are saying here, it DOES NOT move a large volume of air.
I'm not saying that people here are lying or work for Lasko, but maybe they have just never had 3 diff models to test side by side. At the local store, they had the CFM ratings of each fan but this model wasn't listed, nor was any CFM rating found on the box. It's CFM rating is probably low so the Lasko probably doesn't want to advertise it.
Of the 3 models I tested, I kept the Feature Comforts model which moves about 3000 CFM of air. I live in a 4000 sq ft home and bought these to flush out the hot air when I get home from work so I can cool the house w/AC faster. I tested the fans by setting them up in the windows on the same wall and stepped back from the windows as far as I could till I could no longer feel the air being moved by each fan.
The Lasko model pushed air about 7ft till I could no longer feel anything. The Feature Comforts model pushed the air 29ft. The Feature Comforts model also had the most uniform airflow w/o any "dead spots" near the center of the airstream.
I would advise anyone to goto your local store and try the same, it costed me less than $70 to try the models I was interested in. The only problem is the hassle of boxing up the ones that didn't perform well and the cost of gas for returning it.
The Feature Comforts model number is 184705 and is an 18" fan. It's amazing that it can push 4x more air than the 20" Lasko model. Unfortunately, it's not on their website but it is available locally for only $24.
Hopefully, Lasko will read this review and improve their fans and have an indepedent lab rate its CFM and put it on the box for educated consumers.