Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Executive summary: In this review I compare 3 fans, including this one. With the prospect of the coming summer and living in an apartment not suitable for window A/C units and a deficient central A/C which the landlord refuses to fix, I geared up by buying an array of fans. In the following paragraphs I compare them in terms of power usage, perceived noise, perceived air circulation and overall functionality. All of them were tested on a 150sq ft living room on a 30c/85f degree day. Overall: Lasko 1827 - pedestal with 18 in blades: This is a big and powerful fan. The swivel function does a great job at circulating air from the only window in the apartment. 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. Unfortunately it feels cheaply made and is very noisy, unable to sleep. Vornado 683 - pedestal with 11 in blades: This fan is well built and surprisingly powerful for its size. Even though, you could feel a good breeze if you stood in front of it, we could not replicate the claim of "whole room air circulation". Since it doesn't swivel, if you are outside of the range of direct air, we couldn't feel anything. Additionally, it was a little shorter than anticipated and would not fit well in front of the window. The worst part was that it was really noisy and we couldn't keep it on overnight. Honeywell HT-900 - floor with 9 in blades: This fan was a very pleasant surprise. 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. Best setup for sleeping. Details (the 3 numbers for each fan and metric correspond to the 3 power settings). 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)