The 13 Best Fans, Editor Tested & Reviewed (2025)

Honorable Mentions

Shark FlexBreeze Hydro Go for $130: I emotion nan original Shark FlexBreeze (above), truthful I was very excited to spot Shark had released a rechargeable portable instrumentality successful 7 colors, including ones not usually seen successful fans for illustration Lilac and Honeydew. Shark says it tin tally 30 minutes pinch nan mister consistently connected aliases 60 minutes pinch it successful (interval mode?), and aft testing it astatine my son’s shot practices, I was impressed that these estimates were much aliases little accurate. However, nan mist that comes retired of nan mediate is truthful good and successful specified a mini watercourse that it blew distant quickly earlier it had a chance to cool anyone, unless they were sitting conscionable inches from it.

Vornado Transom Window Fan for $110: I was impressed pinch nan features of this fan—it's sewage a distant control, aerial tin spell successful aliases out, and it's comparatively quiet. It's decidedly a measurement up from little costly versions. However, nan foam blocks didn’t supply arsenic tight a fresh arsenic I'd prefer, nan instrumentality tin only beryllium installed horizontally, and nan thermostat is located connected nan wrong of nan fan—a problem that plagues abstraction heaters arsenic well—so it struggled to cool a south-facing chamber during our tests.

Vornado Strata for $130: Though astir Vornado fans are roundly—and justifiably—beloved, nan Strata seems to person engendered mixed feelings among online commenters. After utilizing it successful my husband's agency for an full summer, I person to work together it's a puzzling design. Shaped for illustration a boxy, high-tech hair-dryer, nan 18-inch-tall Strata pulls aerial and pushes it upward done an astir 1-by-14-inch slot successful nan front, a maneuver that’s designed to mimic a taller building fan. This alternatively constrictive and very nonstop watercourse of aerial feels somewhat jarring erstwhile you're successful its path, but nan Strata is still an aerial circulator, meant to beryllium connected nan level and not needfully rustle aerial straight onto a user. If you want to consciousness nan breeze, you’d beryllium amended disconnected pinch a building fan.

Honeywell QuietSet Whole Room Oscillating Tower Fan for $68: This eight-speed instrumentality is very coagulated for nan price—it's sewage a distant power that neatly slots into nan backmost of nan unit, and nan guidelines is very sturdy moreover connected carpet. It wasn't overmuch quieter than immoderate of nan different fans connected low, though, which is its trading point, and nan lightweight assemblage feels cheaper than akin fans, though for nan value this whitethorn not beryllium a woody breaker.

Pelonis 40-Inch Oscillating Tower Fan for $70: This instrumentality is rather wobbly connected carpet and has a cheap-feeling distant power that must beryllium pointed exactly astatine nan fan’s sensor to operate. However, it puts retired 1 of nan stronger breezes I've seen for a building instrumentality and has been operating softly and reliably successful nan inheritance of my location agency for months now. The distant besides helpfully comes loaded pinch batteries, dissimilar different fans successful this value range.

Dyson Cool AM07 Tower Fan for $370: Our erstwhile prime for Best Tower Fan earlier being bested by Dreo's MC706, Dyson’s iconic ellipse is still worthy a look. It's a beautiful, high-tech-looking connection portion that fits into immoderate decor, pinch a mini footprint of astir 8 inches. Its deficiency of blades makes it easy to support spotlessly cleanable and is safe for kids and pets, and nan assembly instructions are refreshingly intuitive. That said, it is 1 of nan loudest fans tested erstwhile group connected precocious and I don't for illustration that it tin only beryllium controlled pinch a remote, which is mini and tin easy beryllium lost. It's a coagulated building fan, but location are higher-performing options for less.

Vornado Refresh 8 Table Fan for $60: This aromatherapy instrumentality is astir nan size of nan 660, above, but pinch a taller pedestal and without a carrying handle. It comes successful a benignant of clinical-looking off-white, and astatine 40 decibels connected low, it’s louder than I would person expected. The aromatherapy nickname comes from nan truth that you tin use basal oils to included pads that gaffe nether nan beforehand headdress of nan fan. This worked for a small while arsenic agelong arsenic I wholly saturated nan pad, not conscionable added a fewer drops per nan instructions. However, location was a flimsy rattling successful my trial unit—just noticeable capable to beryllium irritating—and removing nan beforehand grill required a screwdriver longer than a modular size, which I did not have.

Not Recommended

Dreo Smart Air Circulator PolyFan 704S for $150: There are truthful galore glowing reviews of this charismatic smart pedestal fan, but nan first 1 I ordered died while I was updating nan firmware to link it to nan Dreo app. To get nan replacement, I had to return video of myself attempting to run nan instrumentality and past battalion and nonstop nan surgery instrumentality backmost to Dreo via FedEx. In nan process, I besides received aggregate incorrect search numbers for nan caller portion and was implored to time off an Amazon reappraisal containing circumstantial keywords. This instrumentality has awesome features for nan money, but pinch its short one-year warranty (though it tin beryllium extended to 2 and a half years if you create a Dreo relationship and registry your device) and less-than-helpful customer service, it's conscionable not worthy nan risk. The replacement portion has proven reliable, but unwieldy.

O2Cool Neck Fan for $10: I liked that this instrumentality could either beryllium freestanding pinch a small kickstand successful nan backmost aliases worn astir nan cervix pinch a lanyard, but it was excessively anemic to supply immoderate noticeable cool air.

Comlife Rechargeable Camping Fan for $40: This is simply a celebrated action connected Amazon that I had precocious hopes for utilizing during some wide recreation and camping trips. I loved that it had a ray and was rechargeable, and nan bendable octopus legs were appealing for their expertise to grasp a shelter pole, hang, aliases let nan instrumentality to beryllium tripod-style connected a bedside table. However, they collapsed disconnected aft a mates of months, and a mates of months aft that nan fan’s expertise to clasp a complaint dwindled down to respective hours. It is now successful nan trash.

Allen + Roth Valdosta Outdoor Ceiling Fan for $120: Purchased successful hopes of cooling nan aerial wrong my backyard's metal-roofed gazebo, this 20-inch instrumentality hangs from a hook and has a stylish, retro vibe that perfectly matches my gazebo's oil-rubbed bronze frame. I had hoped nan instrumentality would make it much pleasant to eat extracurricular connected basking days, but it does not noticeably summation airflow—especially successful comparison to nan Shark FlexBreeze—and nan cord is truthful short it necessitates utilizing a imperishable hold cord, which detracts from nan wide look.

Lasko Duo Comfort High-Velocity Fan and Ceramic Space Heater for $98: This sleek double building has a heater connected nan near broadside and a instrumentality pinch 4 velocity settings and its ain power buttons connected nan correct side. Unfortunately, nan instrumentality capacity is abysmal, pinch upwind velocity struggling to apical 450 ft/m. It’s besides louder than galore building fans astatine astir 70 dB connected high. Upon opening nan box, it had immoderate alternatively utmost off-gassing—our trial portion gave disconnected a unspeakable integrative smell for astir a month, moreover during nan times it was turned off. Worse yet, though, is nan truth location is nary tip-over protection usability for nan heater—I knocked it complete to test, and it ran face-down into nan carpet for a afloat 30 seconds earlier I yet picked it up.

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