We’re looking for tower fan models/brands specifically, but you can use this post to talk about whatever :)
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For BIFL you want a full metal cage & blades typically marketed to warehouses. A brushless motor will further extend the life. Buy them used.
A more effective way is a ceiling fan. Hunter isn’t a high end brand. But, if without a remote and excessive dust it’ll last at least a couple decades.
I know this sounds silly, but I once needed a cheap fan to blow away the farts in my computer corner (no air circulation there). It was ~€25 I guess (should be the same in $)
It’s a rotary fan, you can tilt the head and it’s oscillating.
I moved, but I took it with me and now it circulates the air in the living room.
7 years later this thing still rocks!
Here’s the label. It’s pretty quiet and built sturdy, despite being a plastic-bomber.
I once needed a cheap fan to blow away the farts
Dare I inquire further?
These are waters only to be challenged by those who fear nothing but god himself.
I am arrogant enough to fear no gods. Try me >:)
My computer desk was stationed in a corner under the roof. Even if all windows and doors were open, even on a stormy day, this corner was completely calm. No breeze whatsoever. Which meant that when you farted, there was nowhere for the smell to go but up your nostrils.
Understandable. Have a good day.
Every tower fan I’ve ever owned has been a piece of junk. Which is only a sample size of two but that was enough to put me off of the form factor. Pedestal fans are cheaper and more reliable but take up much more floor space. Anything bought at a big box store is almost guaranteed to have plastic gearing in the oscillator which will eventually start to make noise. No clue if there are “premium” brands that aren’t overpriced bougie bait but I am all ears if anyone has suggestions.
Dyson? Not sure how they are today but my old Dyson vacuum still runs really well so they’re doing something right. I know they make fans but I don’t know how long they last
After narrowing down the “high velocity” tower fan options on Amazon two years ago to two options that seemed to have the best reviews, I ended up going with the “Dreo Pilot Pro”, ordering two and for some reason being sent three. Anecdotal experience of course, and their use has been largely limited to the summer, but they seem to work a bit better than the Lasko fans they replaced without being distinctly louder. Specific settings probably depend on the exact model one chooses, but the ones I got have nine speed options.
Aren’t basically all fans BiFL? They’re very simple devices, without much to go wrong. I’ve never had a fan, even base-budget home-brand department store ones, ever break, unless they fell over, or got hit enough to snap parts, but even BiFL things will break if you abuse them.
At most, the pedestal fans I’ve used wilt slightly, and that’s easily fixed by tightening the screw in the neck.
I had a simple box fan break a blade from falling over due to its own power. A fan with better materials should be able to survive a short fall (and probably shouldn’t be able to blow itself over).
The problem we ran into was the oscillation rattling, or completely not working. I’m planning to try and fix it if I find a good guide for it, but I’d prefer to have bought a better one in the first place
