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I need a powerful and quiet fan that can be wall mounted and be removeable during the winter. So I want to use it to redirect cold AC air into my living room. But during the winter, I can remove it and then just hang a picture to hide the holes. Is there a fan that can be clipped to a plate mounted to the wall?

I've used a Honeywell Turboforce ht-908 as my bedroom fan for the last 10 years but it finally died. It was the best fan I've ever owned. I would have just bought a replacement, but they have discontinued the model and no longer offer anything of comparable size. Does anyone here have experience with some alternatives that they'd suggest?

The ht-908 has a box that is roughly 13" in diameter with blades that span about 9" in diameter from tip to tip. It is remarkably quiet for its size and the volume of air it pushes. Every bedroom fan I had before, I had to run on the highest setting. But I always ran the ht-908 on the lowest setting because it simply pushed that much more air than anything else I've had.

I'd prefer something I can put on a night stand. It's fine if it's large (the ht-908 takes up ~7"x14"). I don't care if it oscillates. I don't mind some noise, but my wife and I sleep with it so I'd prefer something relatively quiet. And I don't want to spend more than $100 (the ht-908 was only $27.49).

I can find things that meet most of these criteria easily enough on my own. But it's hard to evaluate how loud a fan is and how much air it will push based on packaging and online item descriptions. I only discovered the ht-908 because my friend had one and I was blown away by its strength and quietness.

My open-back headphones and KEF LSX II LT sound quality is suffering because my desk fan is too too loud. I have severe hyperhidrosis so I must always have the desk fan on pointed at my hands, or else my keyboard would drown in sweat. The fan I'm using is too loud and it masks a lot of the small details of my open-back headphones and my desktop speakers. I'm looking for a desk fan quiet enough so it won't interfere with my sound system.

I’ve been installing ceiling fans for about 8 years. Most fans advertising that they are “quiet” sound honestly like a fridge..I happened to be scrolling through Youtube and started noticing all of these diy’ers taking stock blades and changing them out for wider/angled from old ceiling fans - Can’t believe the difference in the air that moved. Also ordered vibration damping mounts off alibaba, no complaints yet. But my question goes back to balancing and blade pitch - Why do manufacturers hide the specifications from potential customers? Have any of you used a phone accelerometer app and not used those little clip on weights to balance fans? Would love to hear what works!

As title says my 660 has a bent glide bar so if it goes to far it makes the blades hit the cover, and tips on to bend it back or get a new one cause ive been lookin

Hey guys, after extensive searching, I've narrowed down my list to two options for this summer:
Dreo TurboPoly 508S and Dreo PolyFan 513S.

I understand that the major differences are the higher air velocity on the 513S, the fact that the 513S has 105-degree vertical oscillation as opposed to 120-degrees on the 508S, and that the 508S has an LED ring.

It's really confusing. What I'm looking for is to hear from someone who has used both to know if there's a reason they think I should choose one over the other... Thanks!

Looking for the horizontal bed fan experience and there's only so many options out there. I get the idea is circulation, but I really just want a stiff breeze, horizontally, over a full-size bed. The other horizontal ones are very small, or the bedjet-style ones are exceptionally expensive. I see the Vornado Airbar and it might work, but I'm just exploring options.

I live in the middle east in a country that uses European voltage/plugs. I need an air circulator like Vornado or Dreo etc but they aren't sold in my country and I would need a serious converter to use with an American one.

Can anyone please suggest an air circulator I can buy in the eastern hemisphere that uses EU voltage and will do a great job?

Hello everyone, I’m looking for a tower fan to buy before prices go up even further in the summer. I’m looking for something with strong airflow to cool my home in combination with my portable air conditioner, and at the same time something that can be quiet when used at night at lower speeds. I was comparing different DREO models with the help of ChatGPT to compare the various specs, but at some point I realized that it wasn’t reporting the correct data. Do you have any suggestions on which model to choose?

I've had the Spin360 Fan for about 2 weeks now and have been using it daily. I had some thoughts about it but didn't put it into words until Spin360 sent an email to have me write a review. When I tried to submit the review, the button does not work and instead just directs me to the product page. So, since I spent some time writing I wanted to have my review somewhere.

Rating 1/5: Does not deliver on what it was advertised to do. (IT'S NOT A NICE BREEZE LIKE SATURN'S RINGS)

I bought the Spin360 Fan after seeing the advertisements and I was intrigued by the main things it claimed to do: being virtually dead silent while still being able to create a wonderful breeze in the entire room that mimics a refreshing breeze from outdoors and instantly changing the scent in the room by use of scent pods/essential oils. Virtually dead silent is greatly over exaggerated. It is technically very quiet on the lowest speed F1 but you also don't feel any breeze unless you're sitting less than 4 feet away from it. Speeds F3-F5 is as audible as my overclocked PC fans. Speeds F6 and above sounds like a small wind turbine in the room, louder than my current fans. When you actually feel the breeze, it is a very weak breeze even at max settings. I wanted my guests to feel cooler with the breeze that goes out like Saturn's rings, but it was just too noisy to have in the middle of the room when we were all trying to have conversations and it didn't make anyone feel refreshed with a nice breeze. I expect fans to cool down an area with strong air movement. Because this Spin360 Fan is advertised to have the perfect flow of air in all directions instead of having air spinning and twisting at you, the weak air breeze it creates is not cooling at all. The movement of air helps prevent air from being stagnant and stuffy in a enclosed space, but does not offer any cooling that fans should have. Also, I'm not sure where scent pods can be purchased for this fan, but I used the included cotton swab and some essential oils to freshen up the room, however the scent was barely noticeable. I even saturated the cotton swab with a strong scented essential oil and it still didn't spread throughout my room instantly or noticeable enough. Very disappointed in the product because it didn't deliver on the main things it advertised. I give it 1 star for being good at moving air and preventing stale air, but everything else is so disappointing. I'd return it, but there's the hassle of paying for shipping and possibly not getting a full refund. It's just sitting the garage now.

I keep seeing fans with Wi-Fi, apps, proprietary remotes, and built-in LED/control boards. The convenience is nice, but I’m wondering if that just adds more failure points over time.

My instinct is that a simple fan + a good wall control/smart switch is probably easier to live with long term, but maybe I’m overthinking it.

Curious what people here have actually had better luck with.