Vornado 143 Whole Room Air Circulator Tower Fan with Timer and Remote Control, 29", Black

Spent so much money on fans over the last few years. All kinds- box fans, rotating fans, ceiling fans- weird window fans from china with controls that don't make any sense (no offense, China! I love you, but you know how it goes). The box fans all rusted after a year (salt air on the pacific coast), and only blow in a straight line. These are great when you first get them then they get old and noisy. Rotating fans but we have tall ceilings where the heat just festers- and you are cool for 2 seconds while you melt waiting for the rotation to come back around. Ceiling fans are good- but they are only in certain areas. So basically, I did this multi-year experiment where I threw some money down the drain and was constantly irritated with the cheap products I was mostly buying. And then this. So happy with this- actually moves all the air, all the time- not very loud (compared to what I'm used to). The remote- eh- it's kinda cheap but we won't use that anyway and it wasn't a selling point for us. Just another thing that needs batteries. It does work adequately- about what you would expect- line of sight- not too far away, but it does work. I was convinced by the reviews and so took a chance- spent a little more money and now, this is my brand. I also bought the most powerful Vornado fan for another area- and also was not disappointed at all with that. Great purchase(s)! It's cool air is on me right now, as I write this- had it a couple months now.

I keep it on low mostly, its quiet but moves plenty of air at that speed. When I want to drown out sounds of the house or world going on around me I kick it up to medium or high, it definitely makes noise on high. love the remote, it seems to work not even pointing at the fan. Easy to put base on it. The little thing does its job.

I needed a fan like this, spent hours and hours looking for one NOT made in China. I chose this one because the info on it said it was made in America. I was really unhappy while attaching the base plate to see the 'Made in China" sticker on the bottom. Other than that, the fan is great, exactly what I need. My wood stove's fan failed, can't find anyone to repair it, so I needed a smallish tower fan to put next to it to circulate the heat. It's unobtrusive and quiet. I need another, large tower fan, but I will not buy another one from this company. And after so much research, it looks like I won't be buying a fan from anybody--they all appear to be made in China. Sad.

For starts it was smaller than what i expected but with that i did feel it had some good amount of power for wind strength. I will say the design of the fan is interesting and takes some understanding and adjustments to fully get where the wind is blowing towards. At mid and low setting its really hard to feel the wind blowing and might also feel like its now blowing at all. But be assured it is doing its job i have noticed the room the fan is in just feels cooler than other parts of the apartment so its doing something there. The reason it doesnt get 5 stars is for the size of the fan i feel like an there should be an easier way with putting on the base I had some issue with trying to fit it on correctly and trying to make sure the screw would catch properly. Also for the fan being a such unique design would have been helpful to get a suggestion of how to place it and angle it because having to do it trial and error can take a lot of time. Also jus know that it is not tall or big at all it is short and small.

It looked cool and sounded unique, so I took a chance and bought the 143 29inch model. It is super tiny! It doesn't seem like 29inches at all. Very weak air flow even when it's right in front of you. Looks nice, but the performance is very poor!!!! Low noise, but that's not important to me.

I love this fan, I have it in two sizes. It does not take up a lot of space, it's very quiet and multiple speeds make it usable. I don't use the remote or the timer because I am mobile but if I did use it, it would be a great addition for me.

Let me start by saying I LOVE Vornado fans, but the 143 just didn't do what I needed. I needed air directed to a specific area, figuring how to place the 143 taxed what little patience I possess. I guess I didn't need an air circulator for a room, I just needed a straight up tower fan.

Finally some air circulation in my apartment!!! Now I can save money on my A/C bill! Easy assembly and small footprint. After just 1 year it started making noises and we cleaned it then still same issue. Not so bad but also when we turn it off it stays ON!???? Then i said hey it was cheap lets just buy another but price was like 3x the original cost so we went and purchased a different brand & model on ebay instead.