Lasko 3300 Wind Machine Air Circulator Portable High Velocity Floor Fans, for Indoor Home Cooling Breezes and, White Noise in Bedroom

Not a deal breaker but the control knob goes loose 3 out of 4 times we use this. Were not over turning it and are now really careful turning it slowly but it still does it. We just pull it all the way off and press it firmly back on again. Doesnt look stripped but dont want to glue it on. We can live with it. Other than that nice fan.

Heat struck quickly this summer and I needed a close-to-the-floor fan for the dog. This nice fan fit the bill nicely. Its quiet enough that she can sleep undisturbed, but delivers a good stream of air to effectively cool her in the heat of the day. Plus, it was delivered 4 days before the earliest projected delivery date. Win Win! BUT, it didnt last very long. Purchased it July 15, 2021 and by July 3, 2021, the on/off/speed knob on the back just spins freely. It will cost me more in time, money and inconvenience to ship it back for repair or replacement (of course I threw the box away) than it will to buy another, so shopping locally this time. CORRECTION: Apparently, that knob unscrews. My nephew fiddled with it and it works perfectly again. In the nick of time before I bought a new one.

So far this is a really good fan. I use it in front of my treadmill to cool me down when I run. I like that it isnt a pedestal fan and it sits on the ground, but it can be rotated up to aim directly at me instead of a traditional box fan which can only be facing forwards. It puts out a good amount of air and even on its lowest setting produces a good breeze. So why four-stars then? Two things. The location of the knob is not very convenient. It is located on the back of hte fan, so when you tilt the fan up, you actually have to reach underneath and behind the fan to get to it. Seems like they couldve put it near the handle or on the side and it wouldve been just fine. Second thing is cord length. Id read many of the reviews and questions and there was talk of cord length, and some said it was 5 feet, some said 6 feet, some said 8 feet, so there didnt seem to be a lot of agreement. I havent actually measured it, but Id guess it is closer to 5 feet, maybe even less... meaning that pretty much anyone will have to run an extension cord to use it no matter where they want it unless its right near an outlet. I get this is true of a lot of fans, but was really hoping to be able to plug it in without an extension cord.

I love this fan!! It is very sturdy and strong. The floor fans in the stores are flimsy now but this one stays in place no matter which way you angle it.

Amazon listed this package to be delivered a week late. It came on time within two days. The fan was already assembled in box. Ive fought dozens of these over the years and theres always some assembly. I think I got a used fan here. It works fine. Its clean. I thought it would be louder though, and I use it for white noise for sleep. Kinda disappointed it isnt very loud.

The air in our 1,000 sq ft apartment gets stale and I am not a fan of air conditioning. We have a/c but I prefer a fan to move the air. So I bought two of these fans. One for the living room and one for the bedroom where there is no a/c. The base of these fans is wide and sturdy. I have one fan in the living room on the floor where it can tilt up and move the air. It is handy for air drying clothes on an indoor umbrella clothes line when you cant put the clothes outdoors (like we cant) and dont want to scorch the clothes in the dryer. It moves the air around the clothes enough so they dry faster than without the fan and doesnt allow for a musty scent on humid days. The fan in the bedroom is sitting on top of an aquarium tank cover to save floor space and titled slightly downwards into the room. The cord to fan is adequate, neither too long nor too short. The control mechanism is in the back of the fan and it is easy to use. Just turn the knob. Fan blades are well protected from little hands and paws which was important with a curious cat around. I really like the power of these fans even at lowest setting. As far as noise, my hepa air filters are louder so I dont really notice if the sound is loud or not. My upstairs neighbors in the apartment are louder than anything we have in the house except for maybe the vacuum.

I bought this fan on the way to my dads house, Spring 2012, because I live in WA state and he lives in GA and he needed me to stay with him a while. I bought it from a local retailer, but its the exact same fan. From day one Ive referred to it as my man-made cyclone - funny as the company now calls the new model the Cyclone. This fan is the only reason Ive been able to exist here in the deep south. I wound up having to stay with my dad - both :) and :( - and this fan has run nearly every day since purchase and is still going strong. I do take it apart every spring and clean it good. It isnt hard and all I do is use the brush attachment of the vacuum cleaner on the motor section. I even wash the fan without the motor with soap and water in the bath tub and semi do the same to the back without getting the motor wet. I think the annual cleaning has kept the bearings from wearing out. This fan is the best air mover Ive ever owned - so, I have to wonder what people are comparing this fan too when they say it barely moves air - an industrial warehouse fan? From 10 feet, on low, it blows enough air to blow a dress hanging from the frame of my closet door to the floor. On high it blows my long hair sideways while sitting at my desk which is about 10 feet away. On low I have to have paperweights on my desk or documents become wallpaper. I hope that paints a clear picture of how much air this sucker (er blower) moves. I also think it blows much cooler than oscillating fans because oscillators heat up and usually are on higher posts that move warmer air. This moves the air from the floor (cooler) upward or outward across the room. My dads friends and our family chuckle at me because everywhere I go around this house and even on the patio I have two things... my beloved four-legged bestie and my man-made cyclone. Im thinking of stocking up because I have never owned a fan that works this well.

I use a fan to sleep with. My current fan, a Lasko box 20 fan, has developed a whine that comes from the motor after several years of nightly use. The whine comes and goes (more so now than before) and keeps me awake or wakes me up. Its a very penetrating whine. I have bought - and returned - six fans so far from local stores in my search for a decent replacement. Everything from a replacement 20 Lasko all the way up to construction-grade floor fans. Every one had some major flaw which, although they all moved air, would probably have shattered glass with their whines. While getting less and less sleep (I live on a busy street, across from a convenience store, near a very loud dog, do not have double-paned windows, take two sleeping aids and still cant sleep) due to the intolerable whines the fans I get all seem to have, I decided to do some research into the best fans for sleeping. I found this 3300 Wind Machine Floor Fan on several sites which said it has a good sound for sleepers, and moves air well. Although its NOT my first choice (the first one was unavailable), I decided to give it a try since it was rated number two by sleepers who use one. The reason it wasnt my first choice is that its a Lasko, and two of the Lasko fans I bought to replace the one I had were painfully messed up for sleeping. I was leery about the brand by now. It arrived very quickly (for which I was grateful), and set-up was all of pulling it out of a box, plugging it in and turning it on. On the bright side, it doesnt seem to have a whine (after listening to it for all of five minutes). But what it has is a distinct rattle or crackle - like somethings loose or rubbing in the motor - that makes it useless for the job I need it to do. Many said it was loud, but it isnt. Its no louder than the Lasko I used to have (A standard $15.00 box fan) and might be a bit quieter because the fan runs at a somewhat lower pitch. It does move air, but Im not sure its any more than the standard box fan. The fan itself is entirely plastic, with the only metal being the motor and the screws that hold it together. It doesnt seem terribly sturdy, but it doesnt seem to be falling apart, either. The reason I gave it a poor construction rating is the flimsy feel to it and the fact the motor (like all motors these days, it seems) has issues. As a fan for NOT sleeping, Im sure its fine. But as a fan for sleeping, stay away from Lasko products. This is the third different Lasko model Ive gotten (out of seven fans Ive tried in the last few months) and all of them were flawed - if a consistent low fan-like hum is what you need to drown out the sounds of the world outside. To be fair, I literally got the thing half an hour ago. I took it apart to make sure the blade wasnt rattling against the motor housing like another Lasko fan I got (in this case, it wasnt), but the motor, when manually turned, doesnt turn quietly at all, so the sound comes from there. Its possible, I suppose, that running it for some time may work that rattle sound out, but my experience with fans is that if you have a sound coming from the motor, it only gets worse with time. Considering the price and the cost of shipping, I wont be returning it. I will follow up on this review if it turns out that the fan is actually better than the first impression gave me. In the meantime, does anyone know of a fan you can buy today whose manufacturer isnt cutting corners (as they seem to be doing these days) and selling fans with substandard, noisy motors?

Good noise level and very high air flow. Noise level at highest speed is much better than the metal high velocity fans that sounds like an airport. Noise at lowest speed is excellent. Sends the air clear across to the other side of a large room at highest speed and still feel it at medium speed. Low speed is very quiet. The circuit fuse inside the plug is NOT replaceable.

Use in greenhouse, constant use. Well made - in America Been using these for years. Order a extra !