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

We live somewhat near the beach where air conditioning is almost nonexistent but a fan in the summertime is a must. Having owned Vornado fans in the past, on a hot day and our air circulation on the low side, we ventured out and purchased the 154 Tower (32”) from a local retailer – tower fans looked like the newest thing and never having owned one I was a little hesitant but thought “what the heck”.…Unpacked it, assembled it and turned it on. The fan starts at high. It has 4 speeds so I turned it down 2 notches and let the family comment on its ability. The 2 low speeds are quiet and great at circulating air around a room (we use this fan in the bedroom so these speeds are great for sleeping). The 2 upper speeds are definitely noisier and use these when we really want to blow a lot of air – after working out I like to turn it on high and sit in front of it….it’s a windstorm.This fan does come with 4 timer settings that we haven’t found use for (yet) and a remote control that we do find has good utility. It also has its vertical ability limitations – you can’t tilt it like a standard circular blade fan. This hasn’t been a problem for us as the fan height seems to do a great job at dispersing air when placed a foot or two off the floor.So far my family loves this fan….they admired it so much, from Amazon I purchased the 143 Tower (29”) for my daughter’s room and today purchased the 173 Tower (37”) for the family room - we’re having a heat wave in California.Let me also add that the 29” fan is for small rooms and shouldn’t have the expectations of the bigger fans. The difference between the 29” and the 32” is quite noticeable.So far…….we’re a fan of this fan!

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.

After ordering 2 of these, they both started to make a noise other than the fan blade spinning that was annoying and got worse over time. We bought these for the ambient noise at night but it would start to sound like something was squeeling or loose. The noise wasn't incredibly loud but it was very noticeable for a sleeping person used to whirls of a fan. We had a vornado floor fan that spun around on itself for years and loved it until it died. No longer a fan of the product. We bought a Dreo instead and it has been very much worth the money.

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.

Horrible, cheap POS! Base does not stay on. Fan does not oscillate. Low air flow.

This stays on 24/7. What else can I say. Great product.

I bought this fan just over 3 months ago. I'm changing my first review because the fan motor has started making a terrible noise when it tries to come on. The noise won't stop when on low, so have to be on medium or high when I use it. Almost like a grinding sound, I can tell it's a mechanical issue. It's used in my bedroom for air circulation and the white noise when I sleep and there's absolutely no reason why it should be struggling so much after such a short time. If I could send it back, I would. I'm sure it won't last much longer and I've wasted my money. It had good reviews and people say they clean it a couple times a year according to Rufus. Not worth the money paid. I should've just bought a box fan from Walmart or something for $15... bad 👎

Using it in my office as I type this review. Love it