16 Inch Hurricane Classic Wall Mount Oscillating Fan - High Velocity Cooling Fan for Home, Office, Garage & Patio - Quiet Operation with Adjustable Tilt & Speed Settings

Pros:- PLENTY of air, even on Low!!! (I barely need to use Med/High modes except to possibly air out my hot room somewhat faster at night during a California heat wave.)- Nice, quality feel overall- The floor base is heavy which provides sturdy support (but almost too heavy)- Easy enough to put together with or without manual- Remote works well- Fan design is decent to look at, but nothing super fancy (could be a pro or con)Cons:- The cord is easily too short. Maybe 2-3 ft shorter than our 10-yr-old cheaper Lasko pedestal fan. (Expect the short cord to be dangling in the air if you don’t put the fan right next to the AC outlet without an extension cord.)- Low speed is a bit loud/powerful for the lowest setting, at least from what I am used to. All the speed modes have this constant propeller plane type of noise to them. But again, it pushes A LOT of air even on Low mode, and that I am used to a bit cheaper fans that are hardly noisy at all on Low. When setting this fan to its maximum height, the fan pushes back a bit even on Low. Also, the Low speed is between a quieter fans’ Medium & High mode. Honestly! (Either from blade noise or the motor noise, or both.)- The fan and remote buttons give off a high-frequency sound and can be irritating to hear all the time. It can’t just be me! (I wish there was a way to turn the beep mode off!)- I can tell this fan is going to be quite a bit heavier than previous models, especially due to the heavy base. Not a big deal for the average person like me, but the weight difference vs other pedestal fans is quite noticeable.- The plastic, removable remote holder is a bit flimsy, especially when you want to lower the fan, since the plastic remote holder attaches to the pole beneath the controls. It just feels cheap and unnecessary. (Might I suggest a DIY velcro job for this remote and set it on top next to the oscillation switch?! Hint hint!)- The all metal grills, when put together, can sometimes cause an annoying metal rubbing sound even on Low mode. It happened when I first put the fan together in June, and again September after rinsing off the dust. Hurricane should have put some sort of dampener(s) on the contact points to prevent this. The rubbing/flaming sound usually will go away if you take off the front grill and replace it slightly. I am sure one could install some dampeners, but I haven’t tried any myself.- Unless you are a small child/person, the fan controls on the unit itself will be blocked by the bottom portion of the blade grill; especially if fan is low to the ground. Just a minor annoyance really, but our cheaper Lasko fan didn’t have this design flaw! (Something I noticed after use this summer.)Installation:So, upon first setting up the fan out of the box and using it the first time, I had no issues. The only thing that kind of annoyed me was that the 2 metal grills would clearly be vibrating on one another when the fan would start up, but the vibrating grills would quickly quiet down after a second or two. I just had to realign the front metal grill a couple times to stop the vibration noise. Again, the fan worked fine, and it’s such a minor thing, but I am glad the minor grill noise stopped. I am used to fans with plastic grills, or a metal front that connects to a plastic back side grill. Since it’s a new fan, I just wanted it to be perfect haha. I guess if the metal grills make noise in the future, I could always put some sort of dampener between the two metal grills. I am guessing here that it’s a common thing with all metal fan grills, and not a knock on quality toward this specific brand or model.I just wish it was available in Black color. It says it has the color on this page on the last photo to scroll through up top. Although White color looked clean, and I wanted to try this brand for a change. I guess I am used to darker colored fans, so the White color stood out to me too much. It looks great, make no mistake, but that was how I felt.This would be the near perfect fan (for the price) if it had:- a longer cord (2-ft longer at least)- no button beeps (or ability to turn the beeps off)- a five blade design instead of the common three- a 5-speed selection where the lowest speed wouldn’t be quite as loud- a less heavy ground base that still provided good support so not to feel cheap or fall over- a less flimsy remote holder design choice- the Black color available as well!!!(Updated/Edited on Sept 5th 2022.)NOTE: This fan has held up really well in a near 90°F room during the summer in Southern California as a heat dome boils the area. This fan is an awesome alternative to using AC all the time, as well as being a great help to cooling down/airing out the 85-90°F room I sleep in before getting to bed later at night. It has been on maybe 20 hrs of the day if I am there and has held up wonderfully. It’s still pretty new, so I don’t expect it to break yet, but thank you Hurricane for this great fan for the summer months!)Bought a pair of these for a couple rooms in the house. Installation was easy; made sure the center hole on the wall bracket was on a stud, and angled the other two screws to hit the stud as well.Pros:-Super easy to install... once I had the proper hardware-The pull strings are nice, and work well.-Quiet, for the breeze it delivers.Cons:-Included hardware is a joke, and only suitable for mounting to a solid wood wall or bare post. I used 3" construction screws, through the sheetrock into a stud.-There is a threaded hole on the wall plate, and a matching hole near the top of the fan, clearly meant for a locking screw, which is bizarrely not included. I didn't want to rely on gravity alone to keep the fan in place, so I grabbed a couple M5 x 20mm (coarse 0.8 pitch) socket cap screws, and they worked a treat.-The power cord is only 5 feet long, and it exits at the top of the fan for some reason, instead of at the bottom, so accounting for this, the power cord is really only about 4'4" (52 inches) in usable reach. For a fan meant to be wall mounted (and, likely above people's heads), this really should be longer, to reach standard-height outlets near the floor, and it should exit from the bottom of the fan, for a neater appearance. I'm using an extension cord for now, but I will likely make my own custom-length power cords and re-wire both fans soon.I bought this fan for my dogs. 2 of my dogs are old (10+ and 14yo) and I get worried about them being out in the heat. So I was bringing them inside all the time, but apparently sitting on the porch watching cars drive by isn't just for older people (all they needed were some rocking chairs). And after about 10mins inside they'd be barking to go back outside. So I bought the fan to sit out on the porch for them to lay in front of when they get warm outside. They enjoy it quite a bit and when I go outside I often find 1 or both of them asleep in front of it. It's been working great so far and sometimes I have to look at it directly to make sure it's still running bc it's really quiet.I'm using this fan in conjunction with a mirv 13 filter to try and mitigate some of the wildfire smoke we're having out here. I have an air quality meter that helps me test if this thing is really working. So far it has dropped one point in a day which is significant. Normally anything under 2 is considered good - today it's at 7 - dropped to 6 after using the fan+filter combo. Will continue to monitor and make sure it's not just a fluke. As far as a powerful affordable fan - this is the one to get. Only drawback - very minor - no handle.The first one they sent me was used, scratched, the box clearly re-taped several times, and didn't have a remote. I immediately sent it back and the second one they sent was brand new with remote. The first thing I noticed was the loud "BEEP" when it's plugged in, when it's turned on, and every time you press a button. Annoying. And then the motor and air flow is LOUD, even on the lowest level and especially on the "baby" setting which to me is counter productive (shouldn't the "baby" setting be super quiet?!?). I have another fan that I thought was loud, but that's now my "quiet" fan. But I gave this one a chance and found that this thing circulates air like a beast, even at the lowest level, and it's COLD air like an AC. Immediately the room feels cooler and I'm finding I can use less AC throughout the day. So for these reasons I kept it and decided just to put in in a far corner of the room where it's not so loud from where I'm sitting or sleeping.I bought this to clean the air in my townhouse. I attached four furnace filters to it and leave it at the front door. The wildfire smoke is coming in thicker all the time and this fan does wonders filtering incoming air. Top speed is a little noisy but worth the circulation in the heat.I bought this fan a couple months ago for our grow tent. Works well and the tilt functions are great. I came on to buy a second one, but price has gone from $21.99 to almost $45!! Worth $22, definitely not worth $45. Will look elsewhere for a second one.I brought 2! Both fans burnt out, went up in smoke within a minute of turning on for the first time.Way too loud for the performance, sounds like a mini prop plane. Any standard old 12" desk fan, the kind you'd get for virtually free at a junk sale, pushes air faster and quieter. (Though the 20" box fan obviously wins on total air flow.)I do like how light the box fan is, and the form factor is great. Can't comment on durability as I just got it.If you're looking to slowly move large volumes of air without paying for a commercial fan, and don't care about noise at all (outdoor, attic solution, or a room you're never in)... this fan could work for you.However, box fans seem generally overpriced on Amazon.ca atm... I paid $65 CDN, the current is $70 CDN, and off Amazon it would've cost $30-40 CDN.So if you do have the luxury of time, I'd consider purchasing something else.