Tornado 20 Inch High Velocity Metal Oscillating Pedestal Fan Commercial, Industrial Use 3 Speed 5000 CFM 1/6 HP 6.6 FT Cord UL Safety Listed

Ordered this fan and it arrived the next day well packaged and without any damage that I could see. Once assembled it works nicely, moving plenty of air and yet not too loud, with a sturdy, mostly metal construction that seems well engineered. The only complaints I'd mention have to do with the instructions, which are pretty minimal. There's a single image showing all the parts lined up the way you should assemble them. It's mostly intuitive enough to follow, although there were a couple of steps that required some thought. The first figure-it-out moment happened to me during assembly of the base and pole. There's a heavy base piece, a pole, and a plastic cover. The pole fits into the base and on the bottom of the base is a hole that you thread a combined screw + torque bar piece into. The screw goes up through the base and screws into the pole to hold it in place and the plastic cover goes around the pole and rests on top of the base to hide the assembly components of the base. It might be just me but I kept trying to rest the cover on the base and pass the pole through it. This doesn't work, the screw won't reach the pole properly if you do it that way. Instead you are supposed to just slide the pole into the base, turn everything upside down so that the pole is on the floor and the base is balancing on top of it and thread the screw through the bottom and tighten it up. After that flip it right side up and unscrew the plastic tension handle on the pole (this is the piece that allows you to adjust the height of the telescoping pole) and pull it off, then drop the plastic base cover down over the pole and reattach the handle. The other gotcha moment happened to me during the assembly of the fan cage. All of the screws you need during assembly except one are screwed into the locations where you'll use them, which is convenient because all you need to do is unscrew them during assembly, no need to worry about which screws go where. But there is one screw that is loose in the box with the fan cage that doesn't show up anywhere in the instruction pictures. I guess they figured it was something people would just realize, but at least for me it took a little thought. When you thread the fan onto the motor rod, one side of the fan has a little cylinder that sticks out half an inch or so. That cylinder should be on the inside, between the fan blades and the motor. On the side of the cylinder you'll see a little hole. The loose screw goes into that hole and you use it to hold the fan blades at a certain distance from the motor. If you don't screw it down the motor rod will spin but won't grip the blades so they mostly won't turn. Also, if the blades slide down the motor rod too far they will hit the cage when they spin, so you need to set the fan to the right distance on the rod, thread the loose screw through the hole in the cylinder and screw it in to lock it into place. Apart from that I found everything pretty easy to setup. I'm definitely not very handy with stuff like this and it only took me about 30 minutes from opening the box to cleanup after assembly, so not too bad at all and, as I said, I'm pretty happy with the way it runs.

This fan is awesome! For anyone saying this does not blow any air, you probably have the fan blades on backwards. I realized that the first time I put it together and switched the blades around and it worked perfectly and blows a LOT of cool air. So anyone saying this fan is a waste of money please try switching turning blades around, they are curved a certain direction for a reason!

Is great. Low setting set off tornado horn in my town. Is pretty quiet for how much air it pushes, but it’s not quiet. It’s like these fans they have in the gym. The ones I see in gyms are usually bigger, but this is the small one, and it’s a great fan for the price. Super high quality. No plastic. All metal. GG.

Excellent fan. Blows great, a little loud but it's worth it. I've had it for 3 yrs and no issues.

This fan really moves and circulates a ton of air. It's easy to assemble but does NOT come with any instructions, I had to download them from the manufacturer website. Hopefully it lasts a long time considering its a $180 purchase normally. I did find it on Amazon for $129 which was a major selling point for me. The fan motor itself is pretty heavy, the blades are very thin metal, possibly either aluminum or very thin steel. I also noticed a small/very mild high pitch type of sound when it's not oscillating. It definitely has a loud "fan" sound when it's on any level so placing it next to a TV or somewhere you want some quiet could be a problem. Only have used it for an hour but so far it really works well.

Some assembly. Need a screw driver and patience. Small screws balancing act to start the screws. The rest is a snap. Operations of fan is great 3 speed, really great breeze. Better that expected.

Got frustrated over time with a lesser fan, as I live in subtropical Florida climate and even with max AC it is still hot in certain rooms, particularly for me as a hot sleeper, so I wanted to get this bad boy. Extremely loud at first, but you do get used to it as some others point out. This thing is huge, sturdy and probably could blow over a small child if on full blast. Love it.

This fan was difficult to assemble. The head of the fan would not stay in place, no matter how much I tightened it, and I eventually had to get an electrician to fix it. After it was set up, I used it the first night and noticed a clicking sound. By the next morning, the fan stopped rotating. Currently, it only works if I keep it fixed in one position. I do not want to return it because I would prefer not to go through the hassle of dismantling it