Lasko Wind Curve Oscillating Tower Fan, Fresh Air Ionizer, Timer, Remote Control, Portable Electric Fan for Indoor, Bedroom and Home Office Use, 42", Silverwood 2554

This is a surprisingly powerful fan. Even its lowest speed moves quite a bit of air. That said, it is *much* quieter than other fansI have used to move nearly comparable amounts of air. This guy is bigger than you might expect. I attach a couple of photos to show its size in the context of the furniture around it. I also attach photos of the control panel on top of the unit and the directional adjustment that lets you aim some of the air up or down. That adjustment only aims the output of the top fan of the three in the unit, however. I also attach a photo of the remote control, which is easy to use. The key is that the fan needs to be facing you (as opposed to oscillated away from you) in order for it to recognize the remote. In the world of remotes, this is called "line of sight" control. If the air is blowing your way, the remote works like a charm. If it is blowing away from you, you either need to contort to find line of sight, or get up and use the control panel on the fan itself. On high, this unit moves a lot of air. I am using it in a 9x10 office, so I cannot speak to how far such air reaches. That said, on high I found myself chilled, even in a almost 80 degree office, and had to turn the fan down. Even on high, this fan is pretty quiet. Some other reviewers have criticized this unit for being shaky on its base. The base seems adequate and the "shakiness" is because the fan needs to be able to oscillate. In use, the unit is stable and solid. Other reviewers have talked about finding the unit hard to assemble or screws being hard to find among the packing materials. Neither was true for me. Screws were is a separate bag and easy to find. Assembly was easy, although you need to figure out which way the base should face. I put mine on backwards at first (had a 50-50 chance of getting it right, so naturally got it wrong). Once I saw the fan oscillate, I knew I had the base on backwards, and it took less than 2 minutes to remove, reorient and reinstall the base. To help you avoid this mistake, I attach a photo of the base that shows that the broader curved side goes to the front. The instructions are pictorial, so they are minimal and not necessarily that helpful. Assembly is so straightforward, however, that the only issue is getting the base on in the right direction (which you now know how to do). Some reviewers talked about the packaging being inadequate and the unit arriving damaged. My unit's box did have a small dent in it when UPS brought it in the door, but the packaging was robust and secure, so the unit itself was well protected. If, however, the delivery service chooses to throw your box around like the Samsonite luggage gorilla in the TV ad of old, it will likely sustain damage. That said, that is not a product fault; it is a delivery fault, and Amazon has muscle to take carry of its customers when such shipping damage occurs. Disclaimer: I have only had this in my office a few weeks, so I cannot yet speak to its longevity. I will try to update this review later to confirm that for readers.

This fan was a “treat yo self” item to replace this sad oscillating fan I previously had from Food 4 Less on sale and frankly I regret nothing about this purchase! I originally purchased this due to my previous fan not being strong enough - I couldn’t feel a significant breeze when it passed by me. I didn’t buy this specifically because it had an ionizer but because I needed something more powerful and less clunky. Now my room is HUMID for so many reasons: huge old furniture in a tiny room, stale air with no circulation and even when I leave my window open for days the humidity never leaves because there is a tree right outside of it blocking any nice summer breezes. My room is UNBEARABLE. Especially when I have hot flashes, I am dying at night since I can get super easily hot and uncomfortable. With that being said this fan does THE JOB. It is powerful and helps the circulation in my room. I always kept the fan in my room on not because I was hot but to circulate the stale air in my room to avoid my allergies going insane and this fan automatically makes my room feel fresh! My room does not feel as humid and I am in love with this fan! I love that the fan comes with a remote but sadly it requires AAA batteries which is a downside to me because I never have AAA batteries handy only AA. But setting up this fan was quite easy! Funny little advice: if you are tiny please set this up with another person. I am 5’2 and I didn’t realize how tall this tower fan was until I tried to shimmy it out of the box by myself and shook it so hard I smacked myself in the face with the ridiculously tall box. Plus the tower fan is so long that setting up the base on the floor was slightly inconvenient. Setting up the fan is quite self explanatory and very easy to do. This fan is easily almost taller than me and almost defeated me due to height. Do not let my salty opinions discourage you. This fan is great! One other quirk about this is that on its lowest setting it is a bit noisy. I am used to sleeping with a tv on or the radio so be aware of this. Its not super loud but I know some people are very sensitive to noises when sleeping and do not factor this in. It is tolerable for someone like me to sleep while this is on the lowest setting because it just becomes background noise to me and if you are like me and can sleep to tv noises then this shouldn’t be a problem. It has a timer anyways in case you worry about turning it off. I hope you like it as much as I do!

I read many of the reviews on this Lasko 42-inch Wind Curve Fan on Amazon; the reviews by verified purchasers. So, I had a good idea of the pros and cons based on other users experiences before purchasing. I purchased this fan to replace an early model Hitachi tower fan that we used in our bedroom at our ranch house, which is in the Rocky Mountain west. We used the fan year around to circulate air. Our Hitachi fan was probably 20 years old and was making retirement sounds the past year or so. Although it still worked ok it was becoming a little noisy. I was not able to find a new Hitachi-brand tower fan, so I guess they no longer make fans for the USA market? We also have a few Vornado-brand fans and have had good experiences with them. But, I decided to try the Lasko tower fan based on the features it has. It is much taller than my old Hitachi fan, which is a key feature I like. It is also much more quiet at any speed than the Hitachi (even when new). The Lasko fan came well packaged. It was easy to install the base; no problems with instructions or screws provided. The slim-line style of the fan and the dark color tones allow it to blend into our bedroom décor. It is pleasing to the eye, and is generally not noticeable. Our bedroom is about 300 square feet, so is not a large space, and as such we use the Lasko fan on the lowest speed at night when we sleep. The "on" light is quite dim and is a white light. The "ion" light is brighter and is a blue light. I generally run the fan with the "ion" feature active and find that neither light is (nor both together are) bright enough to bother me (or my wife). My wife prefers the fan running with the "ion" feature on. She says she sleeps better with it ionizing. We both like the handy dandy remote control that comes with the fan. We leave it on the night stand next to the bed and can use it to turn the fan on/off and control the other features from our bed. Typically, we forget to turn the fan on until we are in bed - and the old Hitachi fan did not have a remote. Our thanks to the Lasko folks for providing this creature comfort with the Model 2554 42-inch Wind Curve tower fan! We have had the new Lasko fan going steady every night, and often during the day also, for about 2 months with absolutely no issues or problems. Hopefully, it will be reliable for the longer term ahead. For the price, the features, and the style, I am very please with this purchase to date, and so is my wife. This is a cost-effective fan. It was significantly less expensive than our Hitachi fan, so even if it lasts half as long, it will be very cost-effective. We are off to a good start! Stay Tuned!

We have only had this fan now for about a week. I will come back and update my review as time passes, but I wanted to get some info out there. I have a toddler and an infant. Why I was not looking for a fan with blades: Fans with blades can be a danger, but so can the heat, so I decided on a tower style fan for our rather small apartment. Standing fans we have had in the past were easily tipped and the front metal plate or sometimes plastic was quick to pop off as it hit the floor blade still going strong. Very scary when your child is just 2 and has tipped the fan. My experience so far: *auto shut off The first day I was quite worried as the fan had tipped (my husband the larger child in the home was playing with it) and it would not turn back on. I became very worried. I unplugged it and plugged it back in. Sure enough this fan has a safety so that if it is tipped it will turn off. *durability So far the baby has tackled it with his 26lb body and it has held up. It is just tall enough that my toddler can't yet push the buttons. *noise I didn't really care if the fan was quiet or not, but it was an added bonus that it is very quiet compared to our Lasko box fan. If you aren't looking at the fan you would never know that it is rotating. Also make sure you get the screws in the right place. The diagram is poorly labeled. That may be the problem with some of the fans people are having noise with. There are more holes than there are screws and the diagram suggests that they go into holes that they really don't belong in. I will include a picture of the base so you can see. *cooling factor I was disappointed with the amount of air that it moved, and had I reviewed it on day 1 I would have only given it a 3 stars for that, but I have come to realize that while the air it moves isn't much, the air always blows out cool. I find that on hot humid summer days some fans are just blowing around the hot air. I was surprised to find that this fan seems to always have cool air. No idea how but it does. It also does a much better job cooling a room if you always have it on rotate. If not the air just kind of stagnates. *packaging I was very worried when it arrived as it was in the thin box the fan comes in rather than amazon packaging. It already had holes in it. I will be reviewing in my order the packaging as well and I suggest others do the same so they start packing it better. *ion thing Tried it doesn't seem to change anything other than a blue light comes on. I have no idea what it actually does. Again bought this fan for safety reasons. *overall I am pleased and hope to buy another when funds allow. Update: It has been about a month now and while my toddler has tackled this fan with his full body weight it is still fully functioning. It has only actually crashed once of the many times hitting wood laminate floors. Now that the weather is warmer it is still blowing cooler air than any other fan in our home. Update: One year later; it is still running great and quietly. The toddler has finally stopped tackling it, but it has survived several falls over the year. Update: It is now June 2014 and we own two of these fans and both are going strong despite a toddler and autistic 6 year old who can now reach the buttons. They also survived a trip in a moving truck to our new home. We have more of an open floor plan now, so two doesn't really cut it for the kitchen/dining room/living room space. The air kind of gets lost, so what I do to help them better cool a room is put them on opposite corners and face them at each other. I plan to buy one more so I can have one in every room in the open space. It also doesn't help that our new home has very old crank windows that only open at an angle and only so far. Update 2018: nothing new to report. They all still work as before.

I'll admit that I read the reviews and thought they were too good to be true. But I bought this fan and figured I could just return it if it was terrible. What I was looking for was a sleek looking fan that could cool a fairly big room and not sound like a World War II battleship was revving it's engines right next to me. I have a large living room in my apartment that is the one room without a ceiling fan or air conditioner. It also happens to have 6 giant windows that let the sun shine in and warm that room up from sun up til sundown. My TV is also in this room and using previous fans or even an internal air conditioner (the kind that sit in the room instead of the window) didn't cool this room down much and made so much noise that most of the neighborhood could keep up with my favorite shows with me because the TV had to be so loud. I thought this fan would be a perfect fit and after about a month of using it, it has performed better than I ever would have imagined. The fan makes almost no noise. The loudest part is that occasionally the base vibrates but just picking up the fan for a sec seems to fix this. Power usage is way down in my house and whereas the room hovered in the mid 80's on a warm day, it's now down to the mid 70's. This fan moves an impressive amount of air and even blowing right on you at full speed makes less noise than a small breeze outside. It's also very sleek and unobtrusive considering it's size. I have it sitting just off the doorway and if I didn't love what it did so much I wouldn't even realize it's there. The controls and display are well sized and easy to figure out without reading the instructions and the fan can rotate if desired and still remains very quiet (if not the same). Fair warning, I have not used the remote control or ionizer on this fan. I'm not sure how you clean the fan if you choose to use the ionizer and can't comment on how well it works, but if you just want a way to cool a room off quietly and lower your electricity bills from your air conditioner then this is the best I've found.

We have only had the fan 2 days so far, but it’s AWESOME! I will definitely do a durability update in 2-3 months and if anything goes wrong, but so far this fan is perfect! Very impressed with the design and power, has 3 fan speeds, oscillation, ionization and timer functions. Aesthetically pleasing, the wood paneling makes it look more expensive. Very easy assembly, just put the base together and it snaps/locks in place. Very impressed with the oscillation, it rotates about 180 degrees to get the full room. Almost purchased the similar looking Honeywell model in White that is a little less expensive, but when I did the math the 4 & 5 star reviews on the Honeywell accounted for about 75% of the reviews, but for this one they make up closer to 90%, and more of them were 5 than 4. Not as many stated that this one konked out after a few months as they did on the other one, and there were several reviewers on the Honeywell that mentioned problems with the base breaking. Those were all reasons I went with this one and I’m really glad because the base is much sturdier and differently designed, we have a cat so the sturdiness was important to me. We have another Lasko brand regular fan that we have had for over a year now in an un-air conditioned apartment in Long Beach CA that has pretty much been turned on 24/7 since we bought it and it has never slowed down or had any problems so I’m hopeful that this fancier model will be as reliable. Could not believe the difference in cooling power from this tower model compared to our regular standing one...my fiancé said it was like sleeping in a calming meadow, haha. Super quiet, too.

I have fans everywhere because I suffer from hourly hot flashes and need to be able to cool myself at any given moment. This is my favorite fan of all now. It takes up very little space, it looks nice with the neutral gray color and the woodgrain or burl touch in front. It's relatively very quiet, and it pumps out a lot of air. Best of all I love the remote! As I sit here at the PC, if I feel the heat coming on, I just press one button and the fan, which is about 10 feet away and pre-pointed in my direction, keeps me from having to get up or otherwise interrupt what I'm doing. I can lie down for a nap on the sofa with this fan pointed at me and if I wake up in the middle of a personal heat wave, I just push the button and a nice big wave of air comes at me. Ahhhh!!! Obviously this fan is useful to the rest of the world and not just us sweaty babes. It has 3 speeds and the oscillation feature, which is all controllable via remote. It's just wonderful! Pricier than my previous fans but well worth it. Also, it has a timer feature which I haven't used but may come in handy for some. Timer is controllable via remote. I have no opinion on the ionizer--I don't know whether it makes a difference or not. For me it's not a noticeable difference so I would not factor that into a buying decision. Just thought I'd mention that it has ionization in case anyone is looking for that. Ionizer can turned on/off via remote but only operates with the fan on. Everything is controllable both by remote and on the fan itself so if you lose the remote it's not the end of the world. There is a little remote storage cubby on the back of the fan that may help prevent loss. Try it, you'll like it!

I have central AC, but my home office is typically a few degrees warmer than the rest of the house. I decided to add a fan to help cool the area off, but I wanted the quietest fan that did the job. I ended up ordering the following three fans through Amazon for comparison: - Lasko 4924 Space-Saving High-Velocity 3-Speed Oscillating Blower Fan (HVB) - Honeywell Digital Tower Fan with Remote and Ionizer - Lasko 42 In. Wind Curve Tower Fan I'll start with the quick summary for the TL;DR crowd. In terms of air flow, from highest to lowest, the ranking is: HVB >> Wind Curve > Honeywell. In terms of noise, from loudest to quietest: HVB > Honeywell > Wind Curve. Thus, the fan with the best air flow for the noise generated, and the one I picked, was the Lasko Wind Curve. And now for the details, for those that don't suffer from ADD. Wall of text inc. Power Usage I was able to measure power usage for each fan using a Kill-A-Watt meter. All 3 fans had 3 output settings (low/med/high), and I measured their power usage to be: HVB - 95/103/111 watts Honeywell - 32/36/40 watts Wind Curve - 37/41/47 watts Noise I used an SPL meter app on my iPhone to measure how loud each fan was at each of those settings. All of the fans were tested in the same spot and the iPhone was placed on a stand about 5 ft away, in front and slightly to the side of each fan, so that wind noise didn't factor into the measurements: HVB - 59/61/64 db Honeywell - 50/53/55 db Wind Curve - 46/49/51 db Air Flow I don't have a way to measure each fan's output objectively, so these are my impressions: HVB - Lasko wasn't kidding when they labeled the 4924 with the acronym HVB for High Velocity Blower. When I first got it and ran it on *low*, I was thinking that this would be really good air flow for a quality fan on its *high* setting. It's by far the highest output fan here. They also described it as having a quiet motor; while this might be true, it's still the loudest of the bunch. Having the smallest vent opening of the bunch might have contributed to the noise level. Another user review I read of this fan said it feels like AC with this fan running, and that's true. If you're partially deaf, or plan on placing the fan 20 ft or more away from you, this is a good choice. Honeywell and Wind Curve - The output of these two fans are more comparable. I still feel the Wind Curve puts out a little more air flow than the Honeywell at the equivalent setting though. For some reason, even the Wind Curve feels like AC is running, if only on low. There's an uncanny cooling effect the Lasko fans have that the Honeywell doesn't. Maybe it's just better airflow at a lower noise level. If you look at the measurements above, the Wind Curve on high is only slightly louder than the Honeywell on low. I mostly ran these fans on low--as I was looking for the quietest solution--and at times, I still felt warm with the Honeywell, but the Wind Curve delivers. The Honeywell does have a filter on the back intake side, which probably hurts its air flow a bit. You can hear a *very* slight ticking sound from the Wind Curve at times, sort of like fast crickets. I haven't found it annoying and it doesn't sound like something's wearing out. It's probably only noticeable because of its low noise level. Size / Weight / Appearance Exact dimensions and weight can be found on their Amazon product pages, so I won't provide specific numbers. All of them were delivered in their product boxes, which were all somewhat beatened up from being delivered by UPS. The HVB is the shortest, but also the heaviest. Both the Honeywell and the Wind Curve are noticeably lighter than the HVB. It's shipped as a single piece and there's nothing to assemble. You take it out of the box and it's ready to go. It has a low center of gravity and stands up stably. All tower fans should be designed this way. It has horizontal flaps that can be adjusted to direct airflow up. The flaps are really small, but they seem to work decently. The Honeywell is about a foot taller than the HVB. It's shipped in 5 pcs that have to be assembled--the main body, 2 pieces that join together to form the circular base, and another 2 pcs that join together to form an "optional" pedestal that sits between the base and the body. I wouldn't really call the pedestal optional, as without it the vent opening starts about 5-6" off the ground and there are no flaps to adjust the airflow up. I found assembling the unit difficult to do by myself. It's just not easy holding these pieces so they line up while you screw them together. In fact, little plastic fragments broke off while I was assembling it. I assume they were all internal and non-essential, as the product looks fine once assembled. The manual cautions that using the pedestal makes the unit less stable, and that is true. It's the wobbliest of the bunch, but it won't tip over easily. A sturdier base and pedestal would have made this a lot less wobbly. The black plastic in the product pictures looks really nice and shiny, but not as good in person. The Wind Curve is a few inches taller than the Honeywell, making it the tallest of the bunch. It's shipped in 3 pcs--the main body and 2 pcs that join together to form its circular base. Assembling this unit still wasn't easy to do solo, but it was easier than dealing with the Honeywell and its body-pedestal-base. The base on this feels a little sturdier than the Honeywell's, and the assembled unit is less wobbly, though still not perfect. There are some horizontal flaps to direct the airflow up, but these only cover the top third of the vent. None of the online pictures I've seen for this fan do it any justice. The wood accent makes the unit look really nice in person. Controls The HVB only has physical controls. There's a knob that controls the fan speed, from left to right: low-mid-high-off. There's a separate push button that turns the oscillation on/off. There's no remote, no timer, and no ionization function. The Honeywell has digital controls and comes with a remote. There's an LCD window that shows the air temperature, fan speed, and timer. It has one nice ability that neither of the Laskos have, and that's the ability to turn on/off at a preset temperature, just like the HVAC system in a home. Although the controls are all digital, half of the six buttons have shared functions. There's a single button that controls the fan speed and turning the unit on/off and it cycles from: high-med-low-off. So if you want to turn the fan on and run it on low, that's 3 clicks. There's also a single button that controls oscillation and ionization, and it cycles between: oscillate only-oscillate & ionize-ionize only-neither. The third shared function button controls how the unit turns off, either by timer or temperature. The timer can be set in 1 hr increments, from 1-12 hrs I believe. Two buttons are labeled up/down, which can only be used for setting the timer or temperature. The last button is for a "breeze" feature that is unique to this fan, which essentially just varies the fan speed. There's two breeze modes, one varies the speed between the current speed and the next setting below it (high-med, med-low, low-off), and the other just varies the speed between high-med-low. I found the noise level changes from this feature to be too distracting. The remote has five of the six buttons that the unit has, lacking the button to enable the timer/temp mode. Oddly, up/down arrows exist on the remote, but are only useful if you're already in the timer/temp mode. However, if you're using the remote, chances are you can't read the display to see what the timer/temp setting is anyways. The other side of the remote has a button which controls an LED flashlight. The Wind Curve also has digital controls and comes with a remote. There are a total of 8 leds displaying the status of the fan, from left to right: 4 red leds indicate that the timer is enabled and how much time is left--representing 30 mins, 1 hr, 2 hrs, 4 hr (you add them up to get the total); 3 green leds indicating the fan speed--low, med, high; and 1 blue led indicating whether ionization is on/off. There's 5 buttons controlling the fan, the same on the unit as on the remote--power, oscillate, timer (adds 30 mins to the timer with every click), ionization, and fan speed (cycles between high-med-low). I like that there's a separate control to turn the fan on/off and the fan speed is remembered. The timer setting is a little primitive compared to the Honeywell's though, as it does take 15 clicks if you want the full duration of 7.5 hrs. All of the controls are confirmed with a beep. I think I read a review where someone complained it was too loud, but I found it really faint, even compared to the fan on low. The click of the button on the remote is louder. Although, the confirmation beep for turning the fan off is a little long--lasting about a second--and that could be shorter. Oscillation All of the fans have this feature and were quiet enough that I can't hear the difference whether on or off. The Laskos oscillation range appeared to be a little under 90 degrees. When placed in a corner, I don't think anyone would complain about the coverage. The honeywell's oscillation range was a little wider, but it oscillates in one direction a little faster than the other. Sort of like how some sprinklers operate, but the difference in speeds isn't as drastic. Ionization The HVB lacked this feature, but I consider it a gimmick anyways. From what I've read, ionized air doesn't freshen up the air, it just impairs your sense of smell. Ionizing air cleaners also operate by charging the air and dust with one charge, and having an oppositely charged plate or filter in front of the air flow to catch the charged dust. Neither of the fans with ionization features have this plate/filter.

Waste product. Not working even used travel adaptor for 120 V as US plug. Kindly while marketing in amazon site mention that it requires 120V as in UAE we use 240V. I get to know when it aas delivered and opened from box

Nice looking ventilator, stylish. Very efficient, steady rolling of the fan, a bit noisy on first speed, with rattles, but OK on 2nd and 3rd speeds. Quite big and high, uneasy to hide in decor. Unsteady on base. Will not fall, but wiggles when touching the buttons at top of tower. Overall, pleased but not as much as I expected. Good price on sale ($89 CAD), would not buy at regular price.

This is the iPhone of fans, handsome looking and worth the money spent. It is very quiet, and the air flow is smooth and strong. One of my buying criteria was getting one with least number of LED lights, none if possible, as they are irritating to me in the night, and not good for the eyes either. This fan still has some LED lights but are small in size and not too bright. Its only been a few months, but over the short term so far, it has been an excellent buy (so far).

Just got this fan, plugged it in and am very pleased with it. I do need to point something out because I read a few reviews concerning the remote ION feature. Guys!! If you look at the pics of all three remote models, you will see that ONLY the *Contemporary/retro fan* has the ION feature, NON of the other two models has it. So, for the critics that only gave this fan a 1 or 2 star and marked *remote not as advertised*, check again. In all fairness to LASKO - YOU got exactly what you ordered, so be more diligent in your search and LOOK CAREFULLY before you buy! Thanks LASKO.

This fan works well. It is stylish and does not beep when you push the buttons, which I love. The remote is good too. The airflow is good and the fan is fairly quite. My only complaint is a slight buzz you can hear on the lowest setting. It seems to go away on the 2 higher settings. I might try and put it on a piece of foam as right now it is sitting on hardwood floor.