Vornado 610DC Energy Smart Air Circulator Fan with Variable Speed Control, DC Motor, Adjustable Head, Quiet Fan for Bedroom, Office, Home

I recently moved into a beautiful old house with no central air or heat. I was dreading the stifling summer heat I suffered through last year with the fan I found in the basement, but not this year. I broke down and bought myself a Vornado! Let me preface this by saying that I don't buy anything but Vornado. This fan does not disappoint. It's quiet, tough as nails, it's CLEANABLE, and it lasts for years. But beyond that, the air flow is so good, it's almost TOO MUCH AIR for me. Which is crazy, because in a house with no central air, there's no such thing as too much air. It's so good that I'm getting a standing Vornado for my screened-in porch so I can enjoy the outdoors without roasting to death. It's not a small desk fan but it's not too big either. It fits comfortably on my night table.I unboxed it and turned it on high like I usually do with every other fan, and it blasted me out of the room. Seriously, I WAS FREEZING! I had to turn it on low to find the sweet spot. It's just April, so it's wonderful to know I've got room to grow with this fan as the summer heat approaches. It's whisper quiet on the low setting. Best of all, even on low, it's bouncing air off my walls and creating a lovely cross-breeze. You feel cool circulating air everywhere in the room! All I'll need come August is a burst of cold air from the window-unit air conditioner, and combined with my blackout curtains, this fan will keep my bedroom cold. I'm SO looking forward to my lower energy bills. The fan is pricy, to be sure. It's a Vornado. But when you turn it on I guarantee, you WILL know where that money went. If you need a good fan, buy THIS ONE! Don't wait. It's worth every single penny.

This is the best fan on the Market. It cools the room in no time. I have "Vornado fans" in every room, in every size. I don't care for an air conditioner unless the temperature is over 100. Highly recomend a Vornado Fan. The best on the market. Now, I purchase the white fans, they are better on the electric bill.

I had one of these years ago, and it lasted a long time. Now with summer almost here, glad to have another one. They really do circulate the air quite well. Happy with purchase.

I've owned a Vornado space heater for about 5 years now and have loved it! I've owned other space heaters in the past which just weren't as good the Vornado. Yea, I know - 1500 watts is 1500 watts, but since the Vornados heat the air and circulate it evenly around the room instead of just using radiant heat, the difference is very noticeable. I live on the central west coast area of Florida in a 1 BR apt, and have found that I only very rarely need any supplemental heating during the winter when using the Vornado space heater I own. The overnight temps here rarely fall below mid-high 30's, and 40's to 50's is average during winter. Of course, being that it's a subtropical climate here, we have many more months of hot temps here during the year than cold. I sometimes joke that we have only two seasons here. Summer for 8 months and Fall/Spring for 4. With that in mind, I've been wanting to get one of the Vornado air circulators for awhile now, so I finally sprung for this one a couple of months ago. I'm glad I did.After doing a bit of research on their various models, I settled on the 610DC Energy Smart model. It was about $40 more than the comparable sized AC motor model, but I figured it would more than make up the difference in energy savings in the long run. Plus I really like the variable speed motor and the warranty was double the 5 yrs. of the AC version. Really, who else guarantees any of their products for 10 years anymore? Only a company that makes a superior product and has confidence that they will last that long. In just the first full month of usage, it has already paid about 20% of its cost in my lower electric bill. My normal electric bill has consistently been $61-63 during July and Aug keeping the thermostat at 80 during the day, 76-77 while I'm home and awake, and 75 while I'm sleeping. With the Vornado I now keep the thermostat about 82 during the day, and about 78-79 the rest of the time, and I'm actually MORE comfortable than I was before I bought the fan. I had expected my electric bill after the first full month of using this fan (July) to be maybe $10 less than normal. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was right at $20 less this past month at $43 and the fan stays on 24/7. Nothing else changed in my normal electricity usage pattern during this time other than using the Vornado and keeping my thermostat higher. My electric bill has NEVER been that low in the summer and is only that low during seasons when no heat or A/C is needed, and even then, usually only when I've been out of town for a week of vacation with the hot water heater turned off.I keep the speed up around med-high while awake and keep the fan in my hallway outside my bedroom facing the living room and my couch (10-12 ft. away) and just shift it a couple of feet to the doorway facing the bed and turn it to med-low when sleeping. This placement in a central hallway location means I don't have to unplug it and move it to a different outlet for waking and sleeping hours. As others have stated, the fan isn't exactly silent (except maybe on the very lowest settings,) but the sound levels are very low compared to other fans especially on low to medium settings and even on higher settings, it isn't obtrusive enough to interfere with hearing TV, music or conversations. For the amount of air it pushes it is relatively quiet compared to other fans so the sound levels have not been a problem for me.Yesterday the fan got a real life test to see just how much air it could move and how quickly. I was searing a beef roast covered with spices on high heat in olive oil in a cast iron skillet on my stove and it was smoking up the apt like crazy in no time flat. The smoke alarms all started going off and the place looked like it was on fire and I was coughing my head off from all the smoke. (The fan in the hood on my stove doesn't exhaust to the outside, but just blows the smoke around inside instead, making it completely useless.) I opened my sliding glass door halfway and put the Vornado in front of it on max speed, exhausting the smoke to the outside. Within 10 min the apartment (~780 Sq. Ft.) was clear of smoke. I was highly impressed with how quickly it did this.The bottom line? Vornado products rock! Don't settle for less. They're worth the extra expense compared to inferior products. You really do get what you pay for, and it won't take you long to forget all about how much more you paid vs. a cheapo fan.Oh and by the way, the roast turned out excellent. Yum!P.S. This was NOT a paid review nor was I given the product free of charge or at a reduced charge to review. It is 100% my own honest unbiased review on this product which I paid full price for.Update - 10/6/17. I have loved this air circulator since I bought it but after using it for only about 3 months, the circulator started producing a loud and annoying knocking sound within the motor which was intermittent, yet persistent, and most pronounced on med to lower speeds and was much louder than the fan noise itself, although the fan itself still worked fine. The knocking sound frequency corresponded exactly with the RPMs of the motor, leaving no doubt as to the source of the problem. Taking off the cover and blade and cleaning it did not produce any improvement. I could also grab the motor spindle and it would move from side to side around 1-2 mm. when I wiggled it. My suspicion was that there was defective bearing(s) within the motor, although I could definitely be wrong on this point. I will update this review after receiving my repaired fan or replacement unit from the company. I may have just gotten a rare bad apple in the bunch, and am willing to give the company the benefit of the doubt at this point, but I am very pleased that the company is standing behind their product without any hassle whatsoever.I contacted customer service at the company earlier this week, and they promptly sent me a pre-paid UPS label to return the fan to their Kansas headquarters for repair. (Fortunately, I kept the original shipping box.) They actually assemble this model there in Andover, KS at their U.S. headquarters instead of China, so they say they have replacement parts on hand. So far so good, although I must say that I was a bit disappointed that a top-of-the-line $100 fan started giving me problems after such a short period of time after buying it (even though I admit it stays on 24/7 since I bought it.) Customer service was very prompt and very professional in their response, so I have no fault with them on that point. I just hope they are able to fix my problem. Will post a later update to let you know how effectively they did.In the meantime, I feel it is only fair and honest to downgrade my review from 5 to 4 stars, due to this unexpected problem which occurred far too soon after purchasing it. If I get a prompt and satisfactory resolution to my problem, I will likely move it back to 5 stars.Update 11/3/17 - I must say that my customer service/warranty experience with Vornado was excellent. As noted above, I had to send the fan back to the company for service after owning it only a few months. They shipped the repaired fan (same serial #) back out to me the very next business day after they received it! They had to replace the motor. No problems since then. Thanks Vornado! I'm still keeping my rating at 4 stars instead of moving it back to 5, only because the motor proved to be defective within such a short period of time since its purchase, and I expected far better longevity than that.I know this review has become much longer than I originally intended, and thanks for hanging in there for all my ramblings, but allow me one last closing comment. The cheapo 20" diameter box fan backup I had to use as a temporary replacement (normally use only outside on my patio in summer when I'm out there, as I often am) while the Vornado was being repaired was VASTLY inferior in performance to the 9" diameter Vornado 610DC. There is absolutely no comparison between them as the Vornado's performance blows away (pun intended) the performance of the much larger size cheapo fan. Vornado has gained another customer for life with me.

Powerful little fan. Said was medium, I guess. Very happy airs out a 12/12 room. A little loud, control is good can just your level air flow. Well see if it is really energy efficient.

In our area it can get quite warm in the summer, so I bought this fan (the "610DC - Energy Smart" version) for our bedroom to give us a breeze at night. I am very sensitive to noise, even the continuous hum of a fan, so having a low-noise fan in the bedroom is very important to me and I am happy to say that this fan doe not disappoint.Yes, on the highest setting it is louder than I could tolerate, but the fan has a completely variable speed control, so I can dial the speed and noise in to exactly the level that works for me.The fan uses a DC motor and thus it is much more energy-efficient than my old Vornado fan with an AC motor.Overall I am very pleased with this fan. I wish it was less expensive, but I suppose you get what you pay for, at least in this case.