Camair Aerospeed 20-Inch 3-Speed Premium Box Fan with Energy Efficient Design and Carrying Handle, Light Gray

I know you may think that this is just a fan. But I don't think of this fan -- * MY FAN * -- like that. Each day, when I get home beaten down by the heat and humidity, the first thing I want to do is get close to this slim-caged fan and turn it on. For even at its lowest speed setting, it can deliver a cool, refreshing breeze that revivifies me in a matter of minutes. It's lightweight, and quiet, and has been the fan that keeps on giving me relief all throughout this summer of record heat waves. Whenever I'm home on a sizzling hot summer day, we have been inseparable! (Note: this fan comes with "feet" that need to be manually attached to the base of the cage to keep it from falling over. I have not had "stability" problems with this fan, as some reviewers had reported. In reading some of those reviews, however, I got the impression that some reviewers might have simply forgotten that this fan comes with "feet" that need to be attached if the fan is to be used as a standing fan rather than a window unit, as some reviewers had initially done so.)

The air this thing puts out on the highest speed is what my last fan put out on the lowest. I read some review about how this one is so powerful they thought it was going to fly away. I turned it on high and thought "... That's it?" There's also scuff marks on it. Not a huge deal, but.. come on, really? And what other reviews praised as "lightweight" I call flimsy and cheap. It falls over without the pegs, and the pegs are poorly designed. They don't even click into place, you just have to sort of slide them under. I'm normally pretty easily pleased, and really not one to leave poor reviews, but this is just cheap junk and if you don't like it there's no free return sticker. You'll pay at least $10 shipping to send it back, so I leave this as fair warning.

What everyone else says about the fan I basically concur with. I bought the fan to mitigate my neighbor's intense cooking odors...the fan does this on high speed in pretty good and quick fashion. The medium and low speeds are good to keep the air circulating. The one questionable thing about the fan are the pegs they include to stabilize the fan. They are absolutely necessary if you run the fan on anything higher than low speed. The fan will fall over without them. However, the pegs are of a poor design. They do not "click" into place. They slide in place and if you move the fan, they fall out and you have to keep reinserting them. I've taped mine to the bottom of the fan. Problem solved. All-in-all the fan at the price I got it for, 19.99, was a good deal and I am relatively happy with mine.

I bought this fan a week ago after buying (and returning) some window fans that didn't work out so well. I chose this fan specifically because it's supposed to be one of the quietest box fans you can buy and was recommended on a lot of "best" lists. It IS pretty quiet for a box fan. It's loud on High (as loud as my sleep machine Marpac Dohm Classic White Noise Sound Machine, White , so it's perfect if you like white noise) but you could still easily carry on a conversation or watch TV with it on medium or low. It also generated a strong enough airflow to satisfy me and it's stable enough to use on the ground even without the feet (carpet or otherwise). I really loved it until I woke up in the middle of the night to the smell of burning plastic. I didn't see it smoking or anything but it was pretty alarming so I turned it off. I tested it out again the next day (I was hoping I had imagined the smell or something) but after a few hours it started making weird rattling noises and smelling like burned plastic again so I had to return it. I don't see anyone complaining about anything similar happening to them with this fan though (other stuff maybe, but not fire hazards or burning plastic), so I definitely got one of the lemons. I still liked this fan so much that I would have gotten another of the same model to replace it if I had been able to find it being sold anywhere nearby. No such luck though. This occurred during a bad heatwave so I had to run out and buy one of those horrible $16 Lasko box fans (this is seriously the ONLY box fan I could find being sold nearby and I think it must be one of the worst ones). I kinda wish I'd just waited a few days and ordered another Aerospeed. The Lasko blows a tad stronger on high but it's way less stable (can't use it without the feet which I will no doubt lose within days) and it's incredibly loud! It sounds like a freaking lawnmower at every speed--:(

I needed something to stave off the heat and found this thing, for $20 you dont expect too much but this thing delivered more than I expected. It has decent airflow, more than enough to keep you decently comfortable when its hot, but I doubt it will be enough if its very humid as well. The bad thing about the fan is the plastic foot pegs that come with it. They are a joke, I tried to put them on and had them snap in the process... though its not like its necessary for the fan in the first place, even on high, it wont produce enough force to fall over, unless you have it on an uneven surface. For $20, its the best box fan I know of and will keep you comfortable on a hot day as long as it is not super humid.