Lasko Oscillating Platinum Desktop Wind Tower Fan, 3-Speeds, Compact, Portable with Handle for Office, Bedroom and Kitchen, 14", Black, 4916

Works well for table top. Work in a cubicle and it works well and has enough power. I didn't think it was loud, a neighbor said it was loud, but I think it was not loud enough as it is white noise for working. No remote and just plug and play installation.

First, I was replacing the former model of this very make/shape/design of fan from almost a decade ago. Shape = the top half can be moved left or right and blows a different direction than the bottom, where it always seems like it covers far more blow-area than you might ever imagine for my old 14" fan. My old model only difference to this 4916 model I now confirm was only old one a turnie-knob to select speed/oscillate, rather than this new one with 2 push buttons. Did I mention my old Lasko lasted 10 years? When I shopped here for a replacement, oh I looked at many brands, all cheaper really. Good stuff, reviews were good. Some big name recognizable makes, some remotes, some even had the temperature showing on them lol. I only need to know "I'm hot" or "I'm not hot" - not a number, so that one makes me laff, but I digress again... So I shopped and shopped. I found cheaper, but none had that center-swivel thing going for it. Its a manual thing - nothing fancy, it just really reeeeeally widens the blow-area covered, and in a split-second reach you can adjust it anytime. Lasko was the only one that had it in the 14" like my old 14" size, so this I paid just a smidge more for, no remote, no bells whistles, two pushbuttons, manual swivel, same space it will take up standing on the table in the room I need it in. If you have a small space to use this fan in, you won't believe how much difference that manual-twistie swivel option in the middle makes until you actually use one of these. I got model # 4916 black from this ad. It arrived identical size as the one I got rid of. That was still working fine, it just got that musty smell after 10 years is all. * Running, this new one is (the same) whisper quiet, in a tiny little echoey room. The buttons don't "beep" like my tower fans - in the middle of the night - tG. Had I got a different non-Lasko fan it might have beeped and for some reason I just don't like the ones that do that. Unnecessary really. The old one did not beep, the new one/this one does not beep. It has no remote, but in a tiny room/on tabletop, ya gotta walk by it anyway. * What else matters, I think to self? It matters that the Lasko fan I got rid of was a decade old, exact model except for knob to push button it turns out, and the old one lasted that long. I could have saved a few measly single US dollars getting any other 14-inch-ish tall fan I found - with no pivot covering less blow-area - and taken 100% chance the fan wouldn't do ** exactly what I needed it to continue doing **, or I could get this one and hope for quiet, about the same item, and get 'er done as well. And it did. I win! I am so glad I thought it out and got this model 4916 Lasko. Shipping was predictable, reliable, packing was great, arrived in new/perfect condition as ordered, to tabletop and plug 'er in and manually swiveled the center of it, and within what was it less than 2 minutes my reliable Lasko was... back. I cannot speak for the 4911 shorter one. It would have been too short for my same room area-coverage. I cannot speak for the 4910 which is 14", but I chose the 4916 instead because I was hoping for the newest model available and getting another 10 years of great Lasko operation, where I can be happy to know: In the future, save my time, just get the Lasko. And now I know I can come back to this seller and get exactly what was promised. Yay!

Works well as a breeze generator in my boat. Decent level of air movement at a low noise level and convenient form factor.

This is my second purchase of this fan. I love that it has two separate fan units, each of which can be independently adjusted in different directions. The fan has three speed settings (low, medium and high) and it can be set to oscillate or stand still. It’s hard to find good fans with these options. I gave this 4 stars as I think the price is reasonable, however, I had problems with the high setting on the first fan right from the start. It was unreasonably loud and vibrated enough that I had to put a small piece of carpet under it. I had the first fan for 3 years, the motor was dying and would only run on the highest setting which was annoyingly loud. When it began to sound like a ‘78 Buick with a bad starter & COPD, I finally relented and bought a new one. I have been somewhat disappointed with Lasko about this fan not lasting longer & the problems right out of the gate. I would’ve requested a warranty for replacement, but life got busy. I like this fan’s features and though there are a couple similar ones I’ve tried, they’re not equal to this fan’s sturdiness and options. The carrying handle on the back is a nice addition. There is no remote.

I've been trying to find the perfect desk fan and I FINALLY found it! I've tried fans that were way too loud and then those that were quiet enough, but didn't move any air. Some of them even spattered a little oil from time to time - not good, especially when you're using the fan on your desk and you have papers lying about. I didn't like handing my boss paperwork spattered with oil. But this fan is perfect in my mind. It has three speeds - the highest setting is a little loud for my office space, but the lowest setting is quiet and still moves a good amount of air. The oscillating component just makes it all the better - although, because you can point the top and bottom parts in different directions, it covers most of my cube without oscillating. I haven't seen a hint of oil either. I haven't had the fan that long yet, but from what I've seen so far, I would highly recommend it!!

Update #3: It's September now and this fan has gotten worse and worse and worse. Since it was too hot to return it - a terrible, noisy fan is better than none at all when it's 107F - I decided to see how long it would last. I leave it running for days at a time, and it does run and the air it blows is fairly consistent. It oscillates with no trouble. But it's grown louder and louder, it grinds and vibrates even when not oscillating, and my entire desk thrums. I work with A/V and even with my studio cans on at full blast I can hear this fan on low from two feet away. There is zero excuse for this. Lasko should be ashamed of themselves for this garbage. I'm furious. Update #2: It's 17 July and it's hotter than Hades in NYC, and I have had this fan running now since I the day I unpacked it and placed it on my desk. I am sad to say that this item is going to have to be returned, because it's gotten louder and louder and louder with each passing day. It rattles and thumps and vibrates and makes so much noise I can hardly hear myself think. There is no excuse for this. None at all. I am extremely disappointed in Lasko. UPDATE: I got the new fan yesterday (Sunday 30 June 2019) and it's much, much, much more quiet than the first one. As soon as I plugged the new one in and turned it on, I did a couple minutes' comparing the airflow (identical) and the noise (radically different) and put the first one in the box the second one came in, ready for return. I'm not even going to keep that first one for use elsewhere; the rattling and banging is not normal. That said, the fan is still noisy, just not as noisy as a jet engine being bounced round a room with metal walls. And it does not have a uniform noise quality, either - sometimes it thumps and bumps, sometimes it rattles, sometimes it vibrates heavily, and sometimes it operates smoothly. All of that is not ideal and should not be happening in a well made, quality fan, but here we are. Welcome to the state of the world in 2019. Still, since it's much quieter and the airflow is very good at the close range for which I will be using it (barely two feet from my body), I'm keeping it because it's too hot to futz around. But when it comes time to replace it, I'll be spending just a little bit more and I'll order two or three different kinds to see which one works the best and doesnt make you deaf in the process. Do better, Lasko. You are aware of these issues. There is zero reason for them to persist. One star removed for ignoring known issues and very poor quality control. I generally like Lasko fans. So when the big heat hit this week and my health took a big nosedive, I decided that this summer I would have a desktop fan. After much comparing and contrasting, I chose this little guy, and for only the second time in my life took advantage of same-day delivery. If the heat wasnt making me quite ill, I'd have simply used Prime. First, let me tell you about the fan. Then I will tell you about the fiasco that ensued after I placed the order. The fan itself is a nice little sturdy unit, feels good and solid, well-made, and a small footprint. The cord is long enough without being a nightmare. The airflow on the top bit is good and strong on all three speeds, though it blows a very, very narrow column of air - much more narrow than the grates are, so that it has to be carefully aimed if kept stationary. Even a couple inches to one side or the other and you feel no airflow at all. The bottom portion is a much weaker airflow for some reason, which is a bit annoying. The top and bottom portions can be individually adjusted to whichever direction you choose. This is ideal for a hot desk: I can the upper portion of the fan blowing at my face, and the lower portion blowing at my hands on the keyboard as I work. It works out beautifully, and though it could be better, I am extremely pleased with the arrangement. The real downside is the NOISE. I'm not usually bothered by fan noise very much; I understand that fans cannot be entirely silent and the white noise can be very soothing and help with focus and concentration. But this little guy isnt a shop fan and there's no reason for it to be as loud as it is. This thing sounds like the love child of a lawnmower on bath salts and a crop-duster with engine trouble trying to escape after just having pulled a bank heist. Holy bananas, this thing is LOUD. And to make matters worse, it's not even just a steady loud hum like a fan. It's a buzzy, high-pitched, whiny loud that varies and oscillates, sometimes higher, sometimes lower, sometimes not present at all. And then there's the rattling and the thumping and the vibrating the desk so that the pencils rattle. What on earth is the deal with this thing? It really is very, very loud. Loud. LOUD. So I'm going to see what the other one I ordered sounds like when it arrives tomorrow, and depending on which one is less strident, I will return the other. Which leads me to an explanation as to why my single same-day Friday order magically turned into two fans by Sunday night: A little while after I placed the order, I went to check status to see if it had been processed. That's when I noticed that the final shipper was Lasership, a company I'd never heard of. A quick google revealed that they are a horrible, horrible company who is continually in trouble for outright stealing packages right from pickup with no intention at all of delivering them, and marking them as delivered and insisting that it is the customer's fault they never got their package. A number of very major online businesses use these guys. My friend told me the story of what she repeatedly went through when she ordered her cat supplies through a major online pet retailer that uses/used Lasership and that she never got her deliveries from them and they always insisted the deliveries had been made when they had not. Sure enough, 9pm rolled around (the "will be delivered by" time) and no fan. 10:30 pm rolls around and I call Amazon. The dude on the phone was very pleasant and completely unsurprised that Lasership never sent me my package. At one point, his exact words were, "I would be shocked if it actually ever showed up." So he patiently went through the process - he tried calling Lasership but it was "after their business hours" and nobody picked up. He talked to his management. He checked this and that. Long story short, Amazon made good and at around 10:55pm, we hung up. I had a credit for a new fan which I used immediately and placed the order again for the same fan, to be delivered via Prime for Sunday (tomorrow), and my same-day shipping fee was refunded. Thank you, Logan! At 11:01 pm, I get a notification on my phone from Amazon: My package has been delivered. Mysteriously at 59 minutes before midnight, six minutes after I get off a 20-minute complaint call to Amazon. Suddenly, this box appears in my building's lobby. I dont think so. Why is Amazon doing business with this company? Why? Why are they contracting their package delivery services to a company that has worse customer satisfaction ratings that Somali pirates? What is wrong with you, Jeff Bezos? Stop using these nasty tactics and treat your employees better! If I were the kind of people Amazon execs and Lasership are, I'd have remained completely silent about all of this and simply claimed that I never received the first fan at all. But I'm not like that. So I'll check to see which fan is better and return the other. Heck, I might even keep 'em both just to use the other in another location where the noise won't matter quite as much. I do work with A/V so I can't have a lot of extra noise while I'm at my desk trying to get my job done. Stay away from same-day delivery from Amazon unless you are absolutely sure that their last-stage delivery is covered by a reputable company. Or Somali pirates. Because otherwise, you'll be chasing your package from here to eternity, and you'll be hot while you do it.

Good quiet fan. I have purchased several of this brand and they have all been good. My only complaint is after a long time of use they get quite dusty and are very hard to clean.

I own two of these fans. I purchased both in 2011 a couple of weeks apart. I loved the first one so much that I purchased the second one. I don't like the heat very much, so I use both of these 6-8 months steadily throughout the year. That means we're talking A LOT of use over the past 6 years (I am writing this in July 2017). I am buying a third one right now so I can have one in my office. The two I currently own have been going strong with absolutely no issues. I've never heard them creak, but then I don't use the oscillating function very often. On the occasion that I do use it, no movement noise. I use one while sleeping which is steadily aimed right on me, so no oscillating, and it's quiet enough to get a good night's sleep. Just regular fan noise but not too loud. It has three settings on it for how strong you want it to blow. It's not very large but it sure does do the job! I highly recommend this product!