Lasko 4930 Oscillating High Velocity Tower Fan with Remote Control - Features Built-in Timer and Louvered Air Flow Control

This is an extremely powerful "blower" type fan. It is not really intended to be used in a home, but I do. It's target market are large areas such as automotive garage and such. But I have special needs and use it in my home.TLDR: Very Powerful High Velocity Fan of Totally Unique Design, Not as Noisy as Some Say, It's Powerful Air Stream When Pointed At You Has a Great "Wind Chill Effect" That Will Turn Sitting in An 80 degree Room Make You Feel Like You Are Outdoors On a Windy Autumn Day.I live in a midrise building in the Metro D.C. Area. It is constructed very well with cinder block and brick that retains heat very well, which is great in the winter but not so great in the spring. Rather than an individual heat-pump for each unit it has a central HVAC system that creates either heat or A.C, but has to be "changed over" from one to the other according to the season.While the management is pretty good about changing over from heat to A/C early, there is always at least a 3-4 week period before the heat is turned off while the temp outside during the day ranges from 70 to 80. This coming Monday it will be in the low 80's and all week will be in the hi 70's, but the heat will still be on (hot water will be running throught a large nine story building which brings heat to my unit even if with my HVAC convector unit turned off. Because of its solid construction the building will retain that heat within my unit.). The temperature in my unit is usually 10+ degrees warmer than the outside air while the heat remains on.This fan will not lower a room's temperature, but have it pointed at you and it's wind chill factor will literally act as an airconditioner within a narrowly focused degree range (Wind-chill is the perceived decrease in air temperature felt by the body on exposed skin due to the flow of air.) The fan is able to throw its airflow for long distances. My living room is only 25' long so am not able to tell you its maximum air throw ability.I sit approximately 7 feet from the fan. It is so powerful I only need to run it on low where the noise level is a surprising low level and not irritating, pleasnt white-noise. But even on high, it is not that loud, condsidering it is a high velocity fan. And the wind speed it generates at high will literally blow stuff off your table or desk, so it is unlikely you would use the fan at the high setting without the fan being relatively far from you, thus reducing the noise you hear.The fan has louvers that allow you to adjust the direction of the wind flow vertically. It also oscilates. On/off/speed/and oscilaiation all can be set via the remote. It also has a timer function. Once the A/C is turned on in my building I will use it to bring cold air nore efficiently from my living room, where the HVAC convector is located, to the adjoing dining room area and use the oscilation featureI have been using Lasko products for years and have found them to be reasonably priced and problem free and durable.

Long story lol...We decided to buy this type of fan and the lasko brand after seeing a similar model at the inlaws house. Theirs is still working after having it for a few years now. We were always fascinated about how a fan can blow cool air. During this recent September Jersey heat wave, we proscrastinated (end of the summer mind you), and couldn't find any decent fan to buy in person. Every store was sold out or had the traditional fans that we needed to avoid. We became so hot and desperate we order this fan for the price. We are very particular with spending money since we are on a tight budget. After a couple of days realizing the standard free shipping was two weeks and we were melting we upgraded the shipping to expedite $19.99 (not a prime item).the shipping company It was definitely worth it when it arrived the next day. Now of course the heatwave had passed for the most part but once we plugged it in it we were refreshed by the cooler air. The temperature was 72 with 79% humidity. We have AC in the living room but it doesn't reach the bedroom on most days. We had a regular old school standard fan that blew hot air on us. Now as I'm writing this under the covers because the fan is blowing cool air, I put the timer for 4hours because I can sense that we will not need it running the full time. Also we are only needed level 1 at the moment and it has 3 levels. It has a remote control which if we don't lose it will come in handy when being lazy. The oscillating is about 40 degrees by looking at it so it can reach a lot of the room depending how you place the fan. The noise on level 1 is not bad at all. Its white noise. It is a high velocity fan so level 2 and 3 will have noticable wind noise that may battle the TV for your ears attention. The blue light on the fan is noticeable. Its not really bad but having eclipse type curtains it's like moon light atmosphere. But I'll keep it uncovered for our daughter as a night light.

#1 they are not joking when they say 'high velocity'. My room is pretty large and the wind hits the back wall, and back through the room. Talk about a nice cool down.#2 No moving parts that my 15 month old can get into. He has stuck his fingers in the slots with no initial worry from me he would get them chopped off like with a standard circular fan. He knows now not to stick his fingers in there, even though he wouldn't get hurt.#3 remote control of the fan is a plus.#1 con- the other reviews shared about the oscillation turning no more than 45 degrees. Well that's true, and it kind of sucks. I feel the room could be better cooled if the fan had better oscillating range. This is my only mechanical complaint.The fan came Fully assembled, as it states on the box. So it was easy plug- in- play.I recommend this fan if you don't like moving parts for safety reasons (small children) and you like a fast cooled room.UPDATE 25 Apr 2017 This fan is still going strong after 3 years! It was worth what I paid for, as we use this off and on all year long; to cool or to circulate the air. You do have to clean the dust bunnies every now and then, just like any other fan, but I put this up there as a best Buy!UPDATE 2019: Still have this fan. It’s taken a beating all these years. The only thing that has happened is the oscillation now has a ‘thunk’ sound when it comes back from the left. It’s not too loud but loud enough to notice.It still going strong though. We clean it (use compressed air) to get the dust bunnies out, when needed. No other complaints. We also bought an updated version of this fan for another room. Best fans out there imo. We will only by this brand. 🙂Update 2021This fan is still going strong. The oscillation knocks, but other than that, it still works. We clean it on a regular basis with canned air. I bought other for another room 2 yrs ago and today I’m buying another. I will not buy another brand.