Vornado 6803DC Energy Smart Medium Pedestal Air Circulator Fan with Variable Speed Control, Ice White, CR1-0259-43

Smaller than my original free-standing Vornado, but works just as well. I very much appreciate the stable floor stand; my last Vornado had this 'twisted tube' thing going on, and it was pretty easy to tip over (and break!). This one is rock solid, with an attractive look. The remote control is a nice feature, but the remote is tiny; I can foresee the day when that thing gets lost down the sofa cushions.The unit came with the stand disassembled, but putting it together was a snap-and-a-half; I didn't even have to refer to the directions, it was that intuitive.The fan uses a DC motor. It's a bit different than other fans in that it fires up more quickly and efficiently to the last speed you set, and when you turn it off it's OFF and spins down almost immediately; almost like it's got brakes. I'm not overly crazy about the big transformer (inverter? converter?) box that's inline on the power cord - seems like that could have been easily hidden in the lower section of the base. Vornado is a premium-priced fan, and this heavy, clunky black box in the middle of the cord doesn't look premium.I'm not sure what that rear fin is either. It says it's an 'air accelerator', but think I'd need someone to explain the science behind that claim to know if it actually does accelerate air flow. At any rate, it's a handy place to wrap the cord. The range of movement is vertical to just south of horizontal, so it won't point downward.All-in-all, the fan's performance exceeded my expectations by quite a margin. It moves a huge volume of air for it's size, and it's less noisy than my previous model. I'm able to use my AC less, but still have a comfortable temperature range in the (large) room where the fan is located .As always, no 'free or reduced price in exchange for my review' here. I paid the full list price for it, and my views and opinions are my own, based on my own experiences. I hope you'll find something helpful here as you shop for a good fan.Dean Buzzell

This fan is a beast machine. By that I mean it is like a wind tunnel in my large studio apartment. It really does throw out air 85 feet. I can hardly wait for the monster heat that California can have in the summer. I have always loved the Varnado product – all my fans have been Varnado. The only real downside is the remote. It is incredibly tiny and is going to get lost in a matter of days and the worst of it is it cannot be activated unless you have a #1 Phillips head screwdriver which I believe very few people have on hand. Because I cannot open the battery door without the screwdriver I have had to toss the remote in a tool cabinet and forget it. Varnado designers really need to work on this -perhaps throw in a #1 Phillips screwdriver with the product. At $150+ this one thing is a super flaw in an otherwise perfect product. During coronavirus lockdown I can’t exactly go to a hardware store just to get a #1 Phillips head screwdriver. Vornado please think about this. Finally, I had reason to call Vornado customer service when unpacking. And in the middle of this “coronavirus no customer service” I was amazed to have immediate response. And the person was actually an American! No offshore monkey business for this USA company.(Update) in use approximately two months and have found the power cord to be very frustrating. An extremely weak design - it keeps disconnecting under the pedestal every time I move the fan. This is a bad design for a fan of this price. It is like a high school science project design – definitely needs to go back to the drawing board please.June: : it is now in the hot summer with some 91° days and no breezes.This fan is amazing. It aerates an otherwise stuffy studio apartment in an old building. Have had this stuffy apartment for a few years but now for the first time it is very tolerable. Definitely fresh air. Best fan I have had so far.UPDATE October 2020: this fan has made it through the gauntlet of insane weather conditions. It moves up to 5⭐️ Because it functioned nonstop in that orange sky you see in the photo above which was the San Francisco Bay area at 11:00 AM where California wildfire smoke obstructed the sun and turned the landscape into Mars. A few days of 100° and the fan just kept cranking. Whisper quiet. Motor tolerating the unthinkable.

Great "little" circulation fan but note to self and every buyer. There is no remote storage placement on the fan and don't try to store it in the spot where you and stick your fingers for the hand carry. The remote will drop inside the shield area and you'll have to remove the front grill. Other than that is a great fan. I love that you can tilt it up at virtually any angle and set the fan speed in single increments. I also wish you could position the fan left and right without having to loosen what I'll call the "shaft nut" that is used to raise or lower the fan.

Excellent fan, love the granular control the DC motor offers. We use this fan in our workout room which has a bike trainer setup that we use. This makes a difference for us because the kids like a small amount of air when doing a training session during warm up then more air flow as the difficulty ramps up and intervals begin. The remote is small, works very well and is easy to use. This fan looks great, runs great and is built well. Yes it has plastic but this is Tesla plastic, not Chevy plastic. Kids love it when they are training on the bike and say that they like that the air flow because it covers all of them, not just say, their head. Guess this is due to the circular motion of the air flow as it is not a directional blast like with a regular fan. This thing moves a lot of air. Noise is unnoticeable at low levels. Nitpicks - This fan does not rotate, no big deal for us, we do not need it to rotate for our uses. For the price however, the thing should rotate around the Sun. Also, wish it would raise a bit higher than it does. Does not negatively affect what we use it for, and the height works fine for us as it is. Last nitpick, wife gave me the stink eye when she found how how much it cost. Unpleasant.