Vornado TRANSOM Window Fan with 4 Speeds, Remote Control, Reversible Exhaust Mode, Weather Resistant Case, Black, Whole Room

Foam pieces to block on either side don’t stay in place

I installed this window fan in under 5 minutes! No tools needed! I purchased the Alexa Enabled model and it took about 10 minutes to get it connected. If you will use the Alexa app, connect the device to your app PRIOR to installing the unit in the window. There is a Barcode on the bottom of your unit. If it does not connect the first time follow the directions on your Alexa app! (You must press the power button until the unit blinks.) My review: First we live in Southern California. Our house was built in 1943. Most of the houses in our neighborhood do not have AC. Needless to say it gets hot but not compared to other areas. Second, I wanted a horizontal fan to sit on top of my armoire. I was NOT looking for a window fan. (We have shutters and I thought the shutters would not accommodate a window fan.) Then I came across the Vornado Transom and I am so happy I purchased this fan! FIRST I installed the fan (as it is meant to be) in the window. - It fit in my window perfectly (ignore the other review of the person showing the modular foam does not fit. Look at her pics the fan itself is not installed in her window correctly.) - my shutters with large slates ALMOST closed completely. If you have shutters with the smaller slates I am confident your shutters will close. - note, the fan works best if you select a window that does NOT get direct sun. It worked like a champ in my window facing north. The window facing west, not so good. SECOND. I put the fan on top of my armoire. OMG! it is keeping my room cool. Yes I know this is NOT how the fan is supposed to be used but the fan will stay on top of the armoire! The fan itself is light weight, quiet, sleek and works like a charm! I love this fan! In fact I’m buying another unit for my Sunroom/Office. 100% would recommend this fan!

For the price its not worth it. If it wad 30,40 bucks sure.

This works great. Good privacy, decent air flow, not fugly. Only issue I have is that it doesnt have any flex in its temp control. This means if youre right on the edge itll turn itself on and off constantly unless you shut it down or turn off the temp control. Annoying if youre actually in the room, but not insurmountable.

Easy to install and operate. I would buy for each window in room rather than run A/C all day.

I really like this fan overall, but there are a couple of questionable design choices. The Good: - This thing is quiet. Even at the highest setting, it doesnt sounds like a typical fan on high. - Moves a surprising amount of air. Its basically a really long scroll fan. - The fan only moves in one direction. There is a physical diverter that rotates inside to switch between intake and exhaust. The best part is that this diverter closes when you turn the fan off, which somewhat seals off the outdoors. - For a fan, this thing is pretty stylish and low-profile. It doesnt take a lot of vertical space up in your window so a lot of light can still flow through. The Bad: - The foam blocks to seal off the sides are just stupid. I couldnt get them to fit around the fan in my 27 window, which is an exceedingly common window width. I had to buy separate weather stripping to seal it off (pictured in attached photos). I again want to stress that the foam blocks didnt work in my brand new, modern window. - In auto mode (where it blows until you reach a set temperature) the fan tends to cycle on and off a lot, as in every 30 seconds. It seems like this could be easily solved by reprogramming the fan to allow slightly more temperature swing - The thermostat seems somewhat inaccurate, because it senses the temperature in the windowsill and not the room itself. Overall, I still like this fan a lot. If you just want to use it in dumb mode where it blows and blows and blows, its a great fan. If you want to use the Auto feature to try and set an exact temperature in the room, it could be a little better.

I had been looking for a replacement for the Lakewood LPRW03 for about 10 years now. Lakewood had been bought out by Honeywell and then the fan was discontinued. The TRANSOM appears to be a modernized model of the LPRW03. The TRANSOM performs very similarly to the LPRW03 as far as noise to air movement ratio. This is very good, being completely below the noise floor of my area at 1, whisper quiet at 2, audible at 3 and somewhat loud at 4. Enough air is moved at speed 2 for me, so this is very appealing. The foam blocks work with my window extremely well. I installed the left foam block first, put the fan in, then slid the right foam block in from above the fan on the right side. The fit was a little on the tight side, but for sealing, thats a good thing. The temperature control leaves a lot to be desired. It is significantly impacted by the outside atmosphere, so you cannot really use it reliably to control the interior temperature. The remote is also oddly short range, which I didnt expect for an IR device. I have to be within about 10 feet for it to work.

This fan is very quiet. Probably the quietest fan I have had. The fan is not very powerful, but it is exactly what I was looking for. I wanted a fan that was more on the quiet side that provided sufficient air flow and this does. If you are looking for a fan to blow you away with air, this is not for you.

The fan is quiet and fairly good at generating an exhaust while it is superior at an intake of air. The remote works adequately well and is certainly not to large. I prefer to use the control on the console. The device can fit well, though it would be better if the blocks intended for use in filling out the window size were a bit more clear in the directions for their configuration. My suspicion is that those who report that there is a bad fit of these blocks have inserted them upside down or backwards, which is easy to do. A top arrow on the inner aspect (or the outer if people do not want to see an arrow) would be an assist so long as the package was clear on which side that arrow should face relative to the fan front. Beyond that, there is a consideration of use for these devices in a more temperate climate. The only thing near as bad that I can imagine for use of a fan such as this beyond a failed function altogether is the need to remove and replace the fan on a seasonal basis. The work involved in replacement and removal and the possible damage in storage are less than seasonal placement of a window air conditioner, but is still bad. I might have hoped that the company could have a fit face-plate available to act to cut any passive flow of cold air to the interior when the weather was inclement. If fitted with some foam and arranged to clip to the front as an add on accessory, this could allow the device to sit in place during colder periods without a need to remove and reinsert. I have made a rubber sheet shade to fit the front of the device with a cloth backing and fixed it to serve this function myself and the seal is very acceptable to make the device more appropriate for when a temperature plunge might occur. Given the nature of the volatility of weather fronts lately, a device like this could be useful to allow the device to be more serviceable, even if a temperature in South Carolina or Texas might plunge for a few days in an area unaccustomed to the alteration. Such events are far from unknown and the device left in place could make its locale in the house uncomfortably cold for a few days or require removal and replacement in a matter of a few days with marked inconvenience. Thought could be made for this simple fix.