Customer Reviews

Air King 3-Speed Pivoting Utility Blower with Grounded Outlets #9550/9552

5 star:		(27)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I was looking for an average fan with directional ability. Boy, was I surprised when this baby arrived! For its size and price, I could not ask for a better fan. If you want a general stream of moving air, this is NOT the fan for you. This product if for those of us who want and need POWER!

Compact and moves serious air. Low noise. Very directional air flow, great for venting a room quickly. The cord is massive and good length, almost half the weight of the unit. So you can run 2 power tools off the 2, 3 prong outlets on the main unit, assuming the wall outlet can take the power drain without tripping a fuse.

Nice large handle.

Okay, your wife says you can have one room to smoke cigars, but the smoke better get exhausted, because she doesn't want the "fragrance" to permeate the rest of the castle. You try an open window...phew, doesn't work; then an air purifier; no where near enough clean air. So you call an air exchange specialist who gives you a dollar estimate that you think could buy you a Palm Springs condo. Hmm, what to do, what to do....
Get yourself an Air King 9550. This little powerhouse, on full blast, will exhaust 2181 cubic feet of air a minute, with enough force, that you don't have to worry about cold air intrusion. A room full of cigars and a lively poker game may take two 9550s, but by morning the smoke is gone. Turn the fan around for half an hour and all traces of cigar aroma are vanished as the 9550 pulls in fresh air. I tried professional model ozone generating air purifiers that cost hundreds of dollars and my cigar den remained odorous, but one 9550 did an incredible job. I bought two, thinking that one might not do the job, but the second one is now my emergency and poker night back-up.

This fan is small in size but moves tons of air. The one feature you don't see in the photos is that the fan pivots all the way around to turn into a floor dryer. The picture just shows half of its movement. Great little fan to have, you won't be disappointed.

A friend of mine had the black & yellow Stanley version of this blower out on his dock during a Summer party. I was impressed by the quietness and volume of air it moved, so I bought one at Wal-Mart. The motor burned out within a couple of weeks. They didn't have any to exchange, so I got a refund and purchased the Air King version from Amazon. It has survived over a year now with no problems. This same fan seems to be sold under several brands with the only difference being the color scheme: Air King (gray/black), Stanley (yellow/black), and Lasko (navy/black). There were two versions sold under the Air King brand. The 9550 had a removable, "computer-style" power cord. The Air King 9552 (like the Stanley and Lasko) has a permanently-attached power cord. I wouldn't be surprised to see this unit sold under other brands as well, but they all appear identical except for color.

This thing frick'en rocks! I'm using this blower as a regular room/office fan because its quiet and circulates tons of fresh air even when it's running on the low speed. As far as durability -it is to early to say but it appears to be pretty stout. I like it so much I'm probably going to get a second one so I don't have to bring one back and forth from work to home. (I got the free shipping and it still arrived in two days to Tennessee so that was a plus as well.)

Update Feb 19th 2010:

This thing is still going strong!
I use it almost every night to sleep to the sound of it.

We bought two of these about 4 months ago to use in the bedroom. We like the noise of a fan, but we also like lots of air movement. These fans DO move the air. For that, I give the fan 5 stars!!

However, over the last 2 weeks, the fans now put off an odor ... almost a chemical smell. My husband goes to bed hours before me, and shuts the bedroom door. When I go back the bedroom, there is a VERY strong chemical smell. The side vents are regularly vacuumed, so it is not a dust build up. I have no clue what it is, and I'm doing my best to find out.

If the smell was more of an electrical smell, I would be concerned and quit using them. But it's not, it is more of a chemical smell. I will try and update this review if we figure out what the smell is.

The Air King 3-Speed Utility Blower 9550 is a great product! I use it to cool myself while I exercise on an elliptical trainer. I sat it in a corner...it's quite compact...turned it to low, and wow! Now I set it at medium, and it shoots a jetstream of air right at my head and upper body, from a distance of about eight feet. The head pivots higher than shown in the picture, by the way. The Air King will outblow anything in its price range and also many larger, costlier, and noisier competitors. Furthermore, it is not overly noisy, considering the volume of air involved.

My only complaint is the tick-grey plastic casing, but if I were to deduct a star, I would just have to start with six in order to still have five. You could make a lot of money if you took these insides, had the shell designed by Ralph Lauren, had the ad copy written by Vornado, and then doubled the price.

I would not have found this product without Amazon...thanks.

This is a nice and powerful fan and does what the description says but a week after I purchased it on Amazon I saw the exact unit in a different color made by Stanley for MUCH less in a local hardware store.

I live in a one bedroomed apartment. I have one air conditioner in the living room - i placed my air king fan in the hallway and it blows cool air into my bedroom. If you are looking for a fan that actually cools the air, and is relatively noiseless - i highly recommend this product. You won't be disappointed