Vornado BXR Horizontal and Tower Fan, Multi-Position and Multidirectional High Velocity Fan, Pivoting Carry Handles, 20 Inch, Directs Cool Air Upward, Powerful Cooling, 3 Speed Settings, Black

We needed a window fan, but our double hung windows have an opening of 22.75" which is too narrow for most conventional window fans. We purchased a Vornado free standing fan many decades ago, and it is easily the best fan we have ever owned.. So when I saw this Vornado fan that just fits inside our window opening, I order it without hesitation. There is some required assembly to attach the handles. It took some effort to snap the handles into place, but once installed the entire assembly is very solid -- you would never know the fan wasn't fully assembled at the factory. The slow speed is very very quiet yet moves a significant amount of air, perfect for overnight use in a bedroom. Medium speed can easily be heard but is not what I would call loud. The high speed is really powerful and can freshen a room with outdoor air quickly. While the sound level on high is significant, it is still a pleasant white noise. How I assign stars in a review. The star ratings are always in relation to the item's intended purpose, type, and durability. 5 stars - The item is perfect with no room for meaningful improvement. The item performs its intended function consistently, and without fail. It also appears to be durable in its manufacture and materials. 4 stars - While not perfect, any imperfections are likely to go unnoticed in normal use. The item should be durable given normal care and handling. 3 stars - The item has significant shortcomings or limitations, but these do not significantly degrade performance. And/or the item may not be durable if not handled with some degree of care. 2 stars - The item has defects or shortcomings that compromise performance. And/or the item may be likely to fail prematurely even with careful use. 1 star - The item does not function correctly in any meaningful way or is very difficult or even hazardous to use. And/or the item failed completely with very little use.

Not too much to say about this fan but I will try to make it informative. I bought it to use in my living room on the floor under the tv so it would give us some comfort in the summer and not take up too much room or look unsightly. So far it has performed perfectly. I love the low profile. Only negative thing I would say about it is the location of the switches is a bit hard to locate in a not well lit area and I don’t like the fact that they are flush with the unit. If the switches protruded a bit they would be easier to find. This is a personal issue and it’s not enough to keep me from recommending the fan to anyone. As for the amount of air it pushes out it’s not designed to be a wind tunnel type of fan it puts out a very nice amount of air for the size. It’s very quiet and it puts out a nice gentle air flow. If you want a nice low profile fan that can also be used as a mini tower this would work very nicely.

Unfortunately, my fan was missing parts. Two screws and the little plastic pieces that are for wrapping the cord around when not in use. There is a 'Part Replacement' sheet and an instruction manual included. The parts sheet has an email address and a phone number to call. I will do so and update this review to reflect my experience with Vornado's customer service department. As far as the fan itself goes, it moves a lot of air; it claims it can move just under 1,300 cu. ft./min. I have no way to measure it, but it is deceptive in its quiet operation, as it uses a blower-style fan rather than a normal bladed fan. I am very pleased with the fan. It may be set vertically or horizontally to move air in just about any direction. It is extremely quiet considering the airflow it creates. I am currently using it to blow air-conditioned air some 25ft down a relatively narrow hallway to a small room at the end. It works fantastically. It seems to be built sturdily and should last a long time. I will update this review when I am done contacting their parts/customer service department for the missing parts. It is sleek and has a relatively small footprint, no matter how it is set up. This product is reasonably priced, and I highly recommend it; I may end up getting a second one for my basement.

Works great!

Ok, I have only had this thing for a few days so hopefully I don't end up changing my opinion on anything here. But as a female going through a certain stage of life and getting those pesky hot flashes, I am always warm and have a hard time sleeping at night these days without a fan on me. Box fans are inconvenient and I have had to buy smaller desk-type fans and use them near/on my bed. While they did help, many of them are vertical fans and I needed air more width-wide. Turning them horizontal seemed to help for a while but over time it's damaging to a fan that is not created for that, and as a result I already ruined one and a second one is not sounding good now either. Enter this Vornado. Air width-wide, just like I need! I saw the design and I thought I could possibly place it on one end of my futon bed, and hopefully it would fit right, and hopefully the air would come out nice, and I'd finally have my solution. Well, I set it up, turned it on and was immediately impressed. It fits nice, the breeze is a comfortable cool and there are three settings. My small complaint is that I actually wish there was a fourth setting between the highest and the second highest, OR in place of the lowest setting which I think is way too low but maybe that's all some people want. The only other issue for me is that I like it set up in such a way that the power options wind up on the bottom, and I have to lift it to turn it on/change settings but I guess that's on me for wanting it set up that way, as I doubt they would design it to have the power options on both sides (that would really be nice!). It does work the other way, but I feel like the way I have it gets better airflow on me. Anyway, perfect, I love it, and should probably buy another one as a backup because I haven't seen anything that does exactly what this one does. Noise level is also reasonable for the settings. Thank you!!

It's quiet, but not very powerful compared to even smaller sized vornado models. Also in horizontal position, the angle adjustment for airflow direction doesn't hold unless you tie the two bars together. Though the fan is good for small window openings which is what I needed it for. Just very unimpressed with the strength of the higher settings. Best for a smallish room.

This fan is perfect and provided a solution to circulate the heat generated by my gas fireplace. The builders didn’t install a fan and there’s no way to add one. I placed it on the mantel where my center speaker was. I will have to make some adjustments for the speaker later. It quickly dispersed warmth throughout the room; it has three speeds and isn’t overly noisy. I’m very happy with this fan but a remote would be nice.

I purchased this for in front of my Fisher fireplace insert because they no longer make the fan for my fireplace. This works perfect. It blows the air into the intake ducks underneath, and the air comes out around the top of the insert. Air flowing around and warming up my house. Thank you.

Didn't work, had to be returned straight away.

I love that the air intake is in the bottom of the fan. I use this to circulate air in my kid's room so the temperature is even. The kid's room air vent is in the corner, blocked by furniture. This fan is on 24/7 placed directly next to the air vent to circulate the air in the room so the temperature is even throughout. It is not the quietest but not invasive. We only use the lowest setting and the white noise helps the kids sleep.

funciona bien, supongo que en espacios grandes no tanto, pero a mí me funciona bien para un espacio de hasta 4x5, la estética fue la razón por la que lo escogí y se ve bastante bien, sólido y resistente, espero no falle.

We love this fan. My bf need air on his fave while he sleeps, so he used to have a fan on the night stand and sleep on his side. Now, this fan can lay on our headboard and cool his head/ face in any position. We did originally use it in a window and that worked well too. Only down side is high, is powerful. Medium and low and very very weak. Wish the medium was more powerful. But it 100% is worth it in our house

Es una buena opción como ventilador, recircula el aire y refresca, el nivel mas bajo es muy cómodo no hace mucho ruido y refresca bastante bien