Kitchen & Housewares Honeywell 3-Speed Digital Tower Fan with Ionizer
Digital Life Average Rating:

Rating: - Great fan, but the base needs a redesign
This is a very nice fan that runs day and night in my home office with no mechanical issues whatsoever. I've owned it for a little under a year or so and it really is a workhorse.

However, the design for the base connectors is a joke. There are six little plastic flange-like clips that interlock with the base at the center. But there is no way to lock them permanently into place and if you move the fan, the base will often slip right off and then you're forced to flip it over and fasten the thing on again. After a few moves in my office, two of the clips broke off and now it's very difficult to get things seated securely again. This is an absolutely boneheaded design, in my opinion. It detracts from an otherwise quality product.

But aside from this poor bit of engineering, I'm still inclined to give kudos where appropriate. Especially for the price, this is a good fan.

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Rating: - So many great reviews misled me
So many great reviews saying the fan "pushed a lot of air" led me to buy two. The first broke during assembly - all the little plastic "flanges" that are supposed to connect the fan to the base broke off; I'm a frail arthritic old lady; anything I can break is very flimsy. Thankfully, there was also one screw to attach the two pieces, so now I have a somewhat unstable, but useable fan. When I plugged it in, I was shocked. It pushed less air than a $12.95 20" box fan. Yes, it does oscillate a full 180 degrees. Sitting 15' directly in front of it, I can barely feel the air move about the time the fan completes the second 90 degree arc of it's oscillation.

It is quiet. So is a palm frond waved gently thru the air. They create about the same breeze.

Needless to say, the second fan was returned unopened. Since the first is broken, I can't return it.

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Rating: - broken
It arrived broken, with not only loose blades rattling around inside but the entire trunk of blades broken off from the rotating base. This made it impossible to use or fix.

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Rating: - Fan me
I like it. It looks quite modern, people think it's an ionizer (it does that too). It makes a quiet noise while blowing - but just enough noise to insulate me in my room from the ambient noise outside. I get better sleep with it.
It has a number of controls that can be a bit confusing, but I do like the remote with it's own handy little flashlight.