BILT HARD 4650 CFM 20" High Velocity Floor Fan, 3-Speed Heavy Duty Metal Fan with Wall-Mounting System, Industrial Shop Fan for Commercial, Garage, and Greenhouse

I'm essentially a polar bear; lots a flubber and I love fridgid temps. My perfect sleep ambient temp is at or below 60. So as a renter in an apartment with no central AC, an old landlady that only turns the heat off June, July, and August, and a written rule in my lease that prohibits window AC units, I consider myself a fan afficinado. I'm also cheap. For the last week, I've been waking up covered in sweat. So, I decide it's time to pick up a box fan because my current one is nearing the end of its life. It had a good run, got about two years out of it but it's just not pushing air like it used to. No big. It was 20 bucks. I'm making more now. Maybe I'll buy two. To my digusted HORROR, they've nearly doubled in price. Lasko box fans $40?! I left walmart clutching my pearls. Head to amazon because I know that there's gotta be a $20 Basics box fan, right? RIGHT?? NOPE. $30 dollars. At this point, I'm livid. I work in a shop and am familiar with heavy-duty fans. Summer work in a shop is a sweaty business. I find this fan and it looks a lot like the one we have in our shop to sit on the floor and blow at our legs. Double that with a standing fan and you got yourself a wind tunnel that also works to keep bugs away from you when that one coworker insists on having the bay doors open "for the breeze" that doesn't exist. I digress. I do the math. I know what to expect as far as velocity with a fan like this, so couple that with the fact that I'm just spiteful at this point, I could justify the extra $10-$20. So I buy it. Putting it together was slightly aggrivating. It comes in two pieces, the fan and the little support bar to let it sit on the floor or whatever. I snap that piece into place and go to remove the plastic only to find they've put the plastic on and then screwed in the rubber nubs, essentially screwing the plastic onto the bar. I could've just ripped the plastic off but I'm not a savage animal, so I removed the nubs and then took off the plastic, replaced the nubs. Annoying but not a deal breaker. I did knock off one star on assembly for that because why. Sturdiness, well the metal supports are hollow, and I feel like if I wanted to bend them, I probably could, if not altogether snap them in half. So I knocked a star off for that. But the whole thing is made of metal and me likey. Noise. Any fan user knows that the noise level raises with velocity; if you want a quiet fan, you're going to suffer on air flow. If you want air flow, you're gonna have to deal with noise. I would akin this fan's lowest setting to being as loud as a standard box fan on high if not *slightly* louder. I'm half deaf in one ear so take that with a grain of salt. As far as air flow/velocity/blowing power, twenty stars out of ten, considering this is only slightly more expensive than a standing fan or box fan. This baby is WORKING and I'm pleased as punch. I have it blowing on me right now. It's moderately warm in my room, 75ish, and I'm pleasently chilly on medium setting. As a hot sleeper, take it from me, you need this fan. Spend the money. This thing is probably going to live a long time and end up saving money in the long run. I wonder if they make smaller varients I can put in a window, get a good hurricane effect going in my bedroom....that would be lovely.

I've purchased from Bilt Hard before, it was a 24 inch drum fan that performed well for what it is. Eventually I gave it away to a neighbor and decided to get a replacement for the fan I'd had before the drum fan, a lasko 20 inch metal fan, and wanted to be sure it could match the power and maybe sound I remember from the lasko. At first I tried to get the same or a similar model from lasko at home depot but the image advertised did not match the model number and little did I know I'd got a weaker powered model. I returned it and remembered browsing high cfm fans and had to note the difference between cfm and velocity as this kind of fan is meant to blow hard in a shorter space rather than move a lot of air like a drum fan. Long story short, I got this fan, it did not disappoint me unlike the would be lasko replacement, it blows hard, at or harder than I remember my original metal lasko fan to blow, and as the much needed bonus for white noise it's quite loud but not obnoxiously loud for those who might find that annoying, just right for it's power. No squeaking, knocking, or otherwise weird artifacts or faults of design or assembly thus far after a few weeks with it, it does its job well. The ("sale"?) at 55ish dollars was nice, and originally I'd thought about taking up the two for one deal at around 100 dollars, but I decided not right now, but soon I'll gladly get the same model to double up at opposite ends of the house. I would generally recommend Bilt Hard as a budget friendly yet reliably working brand.

I got this Fan for my garage where I do my workouts, and it’s been amazing! The airflow is super strong, it really keeps the space cool even during intense exercise. The metal build feels sturdy and well-made, and I like that it can also be mounted on the wall if needed. It has three speed settings, and even the lowest one moves plenty of air. Perfect for keeping cool in a hot garage or workshop. Definitely a great buy for anyone who needs a reliable, heavy-duty fan for exercise or work areas!