VornadoVornado VFAN Jr. Vintage Air Circulator Fan, Green

We live in a 1950's ranch house in Northern California. We don't have air conditioning, and there are only about 3-4 times a year when it gets too hot for comfort. Rather than install central air, we have decided to invest in some decent fans. The last fan we purchased was the Rowenta stand fan. It's whisper quiet so we use it in the bedroom. We are pretty happy with it but it doesn't move a lot of air. Once the house heats up during the day, even after it gets cooler outside, the fan can't easily pull the air into the house and it takes hours to cool down the house, even when it's cooled down outside. This Vornado is a floor fan, aka "air circulator." After we purchased it, we used it in a living room about 20' by 14'. It's ability to move air is impressive on high speed. On a particularly hot night, we moved it to the bedroom to use with the Rowenta. Using these together really cooled the room quickly. This fan can push a lot of air and the Rowenta was tall enough to pull in air from the window. In the living room we have sliding doors, so the floor fan works fine.NOISE LEVELS: The fan is powerful on high speed, and you can hear it. It sounds kinda nice but is not "whisper quiet" on the high power setting. On the lowest setting it's very quiet...I had to turn the light on to see if it was turned on one night. You can adjust as needed...blast it to get the bedroom air moving for awhile, and then lower for sleep if you don't like white noise.FUNCTION: This thing is powerful...it moves air. Three easy settings...high, med., low. Very high quality, all metal construction (except fan blades...which are plastic for better engineering).FORM: The retro styling and the green color with gold accents is really gorgeous. This is something that you are happy to have sit in the room all summer...it's a beautiful little object. Great retro styling with safe electrical and grate openings (the vintage ones were much too wide for safety) But, be warned, you will be spoiled and will never want a white plastic fan again.SIZE MATTERS: I wasn't sure if I should go with the regular size or the "Sr" size. I didn't want it to be too big in the space. But since we were staring down a heatwave and I wanted to see it at its most powerful, I went for the largest size. So glad I did. It's really not large at all, but even a small increase in diameter greatly impacts air movement. Unless you want to put this on a table, go for the large size.WOULD I BUY AGAIN? I loved this fan so much I bought a second one a week later. Considering a third one.

I actually own three of these fans: the mini, the Sr., and the Sr. Pedestal. All of them are in the off-white color, and they're all great!I have the mini in my office at work, on my desk. It's a little noisy for a *small* room, but not overly so; no one can hear it in the background on my Zoom calls. It's very powerful for the size, though, and works so much better than other desktop fans--especially the USB ones. I have the Sr. in my guest bedroom at home, and it works perfectly for summertime. It circulates the air well for a medium-sized room. Finally, I have the Sr. Pedestal in my living room/kitchen area. With the pedestal fan, I don't need to run my PTAC machine except during heatwaves. It was lighter weight than expected, but not cheap-feeling at all; it was very easy to assemble.It's hard to find a fault with these fans, to be honest. They're all very attractive-looking and all work exceptionally well to circulate air! They're all fairly quiet for a mid- or large-sized room, and they're all very well-built. I have left them running for days (weeks!) at a time before without issue. Even though they're significantly more expensive than the "regular", plastic Vornado circulators, I prefer these because they're so much sturdier. They really feel like investment pieces that will last me a long time.If I had to nit-pick, I'd say that I wish the cords on these were a lighter color instead of black, since the fans, themselves are white. However, that seems like a small thing for a fan I otherwise really enjoy.

I really like how it works with my AC & ceiling fan to cool down my family room. It fits right in front of the AC vent and really moves the air. I can feel the breeze when I am almost opposite of it, so I know that it is really circulating the air. It is quiet and the retro design is very nice and a big reason why I bought it. It is sturdy and well made. Vornado seems to stand by their products and I had an older one that they replaced under warranty with no problem. I bought the white one and the color will go with decor in more than one room, although it is pretty heavy to move up and down stairs. More colors would be nice, but I am very happy with the white one. I may have to purchase another one for my bedroom! I have had this for a month or two because I didn't want to wait around and was afraid it might become out of stock. Now that we are in a heatwave I am so happy that I have it.

It’s a great looking fan and it does a really nice job of moving air around. It’s really solid, and I love the retro look and how it allows you to tilt and rotate to whatever direction you want the air blown.I’m one of those who runs a fan when I sleep not only for the air, but also for the noise. So if you’re looking for a silent fan, I wouldn’t recommend this one (especially on the higher settings).Overall, great fan for the price.