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Was recently gifted this. Works. Anybody know anything about when it was made or how much it might be worth?

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for the most powerful fan or air circulator for a bedroom. Budget isn't really a concern—I'm mainly after maximum airflow.

My priorities are:

• Extremely strong airflow (I like feeling the wind even from across the room)
• Good air circulation for the entire bedroom
• Reasonably quiet, especially on lower or medium speeds (I understand max power will naturally be louder)
• Reliability and build quality

I'm open to:

• Air circulators
• Pedestal fans
• Floor fans
• Anything else that moves a serious amount of air

I've heard names like Vornado, Dreo, Shark, and even commercial air movers, but I'm not sure which actually delivers the strongest airflow while still being practical for bedroom use.

For those of you who've owned multiple fans, what would you recommend if the goal is the absolute best airflow, with noise being the secondary consideration?

Thanks!

Future will tell what mysteries of the universe we can untangle from this new data.

Just finished up my first ever restoration of a vintage General Electric Vortalex fan - Cat. No. F11V163 from circa 1951. Was a heck of a learning experience for sure and took some trial and error and ended up making a couple mistakes along the way but overall I’m pretty happy with the finished product! Runs absolutely great too, I am using it as my bedroom fan - really love the sound of it. Has the typical GE hum to it but I don’t mind it at all!

Hi all, I have a vintage GE Vortalex fan that I have just finished a restoration on. I have just replaced the headwire and have noticed that one of the crimps has about 2-3 millimeters of bare copper sticking out. This copper is coming directly from one of the leads of the fan and I am worried about it shorting out against the stator or the motor housing.

It appears to have been like this from the factory as it was like this upon opening it up. My main concern with this is it moving around during oscillation and touching either the stator or motor housing causing a short.

Attached are pictures below, any advice on what to do would be appreciated!

Recently, my Lasko T48310 has been giving me a lot of issues. Sometimes it refuses to turn on and very recently, it has been shutting off in the middle of the night. This is an issue because I live in a crappy apartment with no air circulation and it's yet another record-breaking summer.

I have a portable A/C Unit but it's expensive to run and without a fan to circulate it's cool air, it's kinda useless.

I gave my Lasko fan a deep clean and that only caused mild improvement. The lights on it flicker so that leads me to believe that the issue has to be the control board or capacitor. My problem is that the T48310 line was released in 2015 and I got my mine in 2024. As of this year, the line has been discontinued and Lasko no longer manufactures or sells parts to repair it.

This fan cost me $120 and it's only lasted me 2 years, I am unemployed and I don't have any money to spend on a new fan. I'm at a point where every non-bill related purchase can break me.

Is there any way I can fix this fan? Or will I be forced to buy a new fan?

This is the same motor that it uses. The story goes like this. I took out an old laptop for my brother to play a game on. I put the box fan underneath to cool it and had something supporting the grille so it did not stall out the motor. Well he removed it and left it on. Now it won't turn on. I took the motor apart and everything looked fine but it still does not work even after hours of cooling. I have had this fan forever and I am extremely pissed off. Because he does this careless shit all the time.
Anyone have any ideas what I can do? Or is it dead.

I bought this fan in Santiago, Chile two years ago for around $35. This is the first time I opened it trying to "restore" it to its glory days... In fact, this is my first time ever opening and disassembling a fan by myself.

Ok, here is the problem: I washed every plastic piece and re-applied grease to three plastic gears that allow the fan to oscillate from left to right. When I reassembled it and turned it on, I immediately noticed that at the lowest speed the thing didn't spin as fast as it should, so I wonder if the grease I used was too dense for the motor.

Could you give me some advice regarding what grease to use on the gears? Also, is there a special oil I can use to lubricate the rotor without opening the motor housing? I don't want to break the rivets that seal the copper coils' compartment.

Also, when I turn on the fan, I notice a strange noise coming from it. It's hard to describe, but it sounds like a heavy electric humming mixed with mechanical friction. Here is a link to the video:

https://imgur.com/K6EB04k

I attached a photo of the fan itself, the before and after and finally the specs of the grease I found in my storage room.

Please guys, help me clean this dirty little fan without killing it in the process. Thank U!!

I have a large minisplit in my living room but I simply cannot feel it's cooling power during summer.

My ceiling fan doesn't do much, so I'm looking to get a floor fan but as always, the more you look into, the more complicated the decision gets. I was looking to get a Dreo Nomad One, but then found out about the Woozoo "globe/pedestal" fans, which opened the door to these 360° oscillating fans (such as Dreo's Polyfans) that in picture and videos it makes them look like they move air all around, much much more than a simple tower limited to horizontal oscillating fan.

Should I stick to a tower, or get a 360*-ish* pedestal fan?

Budget is 70-80 USD$

Thank you.

The air conditioning in my house is weak and I didn't want to buy a new air conditioner, so I bought a window fan for my bedroom. It worked good these last two weeks. However, today was the hottest day yet, 98⁰ Fahrenheit. I tried to blow all the hot air out but my room is currently 87⁰, and I've tried everything I can think of. I have the window next to it open to let the cool air in but I don't think these fans are blowing the hot air out. It's currently 83⁰ outside which isn't much cooler than 87⁰. Can someone help and explain how I should set these for days like this.

Hello! I'm in the process of buying myself a desk fan. A regular 30 or 35 cm in diameter.

I'm kind of torn between just buying a simple cheap white plastic fan or going for something more stylish. My roommates own a plastic fan (with 3 blades) and a metal one (4 narrower blades) both 40W. After comparing both, the metal one is expectedly a little bit louder. 

I wanted to know if there's a noticeable difference in sound and effectiveness between modern fans and the old vintage ones e.g. parasonic? I'd love to own one of those with color blades but if it would cause me having to speak louder in the room or make movies and music less pleasant I will go for other options.

I don't have a local place where I could buy such a fan so I can't compare it first-hand. I'm looking at those online, they are used and usually sold at a good price (which also makes it questionable). Most models I'm seeing are Crown Super Deluxe and Predom

I know these things are very subjective but I'd like to read some insight

Thanks

I've casually thought about buying an old fan for a long time but u/maxxnas post on the pencil forum last week finally pushed me to buy one. I chose Emerson as they seem to be the one to buy and I think this one is from the mid-1920s. The wiring seems like it may have been replaced, except for the wiring that goes from the switch to the motor which doesn't look as nice. It runs fine and oscillates. My question is do I need to think about re-wiring it? What oil do I use? Do I need to mess with the grease for the oscillator at all? The only thing I've done is wipe down the black paint with Singer oil, blades are untouched. This is my first fan so any help is appreciated.

Good day. I have this fan that was not working about a month ago. It was cleaned out with WD-40 to get it working again and I applied sewing machine oil in the shaft to it. I know I should be using 3-in-1 electric motor oil, but all I have right now is singer sewing machine/cycle oil and I can't get the right oil. The fan sounds very very loud and makes a lot of noise like metal brushing against metal. Do I need to apply oil somewhere else?

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I am in the UK and behind the curve on buying fans and now everything is sold out!

The next heatwave is due and in desperation i found this. Anyone any experience of Cendre Home? Some research suggets it is effectively a Dreo turbocool 765s but rebadged.

Its on sale and available and i am so close to pressing buy but know nothing about the company. Any thoughts appreciated!