Customer Reviews

Honeywell HT-900C Tabletop Air-Circulator Fan, Black

5 star:		(38)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(14)
1 star:		(22)

 

 

There used to be a model of this fan that was near perfect. It was the HT-800 and I have three of them because I love having them in multiple rooms in the summer. That awesome model seems to have been replaced with this model which is less powerful. The less powerful part is OK, I can just turn the speed up on it (I always used the first setting on the HT-800--that sucker was strong!l). The part they really screwed up, though, is the base. They inexplicably cut away parts of it in the front and the back so now, instead of being solid and sturdy feeling, it's flimsy feeling and top heavy and falls over or points upward every time you touch it. Why oh why do so many companies take a product that's fantastic just the way it is and then change it so it sucks?

By the way, I put this same review on the manufacturer's website (Kaz) and noticed that they change all customer reviews to 5 stars, no matter how many you choose. Real honest of them. After years of buying this brand, I guess I'll be looking for a different one the next time I need a new fan.

Pros:
1. nice cool breeze
2. quieter than HT800 [Honeywell HT800 Super Turbo High Performance Fan, Black]
Cons:
1.not as powerful as HT800
2. Costlier than HT800
3. Do not remain in lowest position.. flipping upwards again and again

I am very impressed with this extra small desk sized fan. It creates a nice strong breeze that can be felt from several feet away. Even the lowest setting creates quite a breeze, so if you have papers around or need an extra quiet fan this is probably not a good choice. For me though, I like the white noise it creates and in the hot, humid Florida summers, this is a nice way to cool off without having astronomical power bills.

I purchased one fan for each of the bedrooms and can now raise the temp on my A/C by two degrees and yet it feels cooler than it did before.

The fan can also be wall-mounted and the fan's angle clicks into secure settings so you don't have to worry about it rotating up or down. The power cord appears to be around six feet long.

I highly recommend these little fans for portability, space, and effectiveness. Those wanting an oscillating fan rather than a fan that only blows in one direction should consider Honeywell HFT114B Oscillating Super-Turbo High-Performance 3-Speed Fan.

It moves air quite well and is not too noisy considering how powerful it is, but the angle adjustment on it is quite frustrating sometimes. I try to set it on my desk and blow it straight horizontal, and it naturally is most stable when blowing upward, so sometimes it will suddenly slip. There should be some kind of angle locking mechanism or something on it. Other than that, it was cheap, free shipping, and generally gets the job done.

The name Honeywell has a certain cachet, given their reputation for thermostats, home alarm systems, and many other products. But this is just a fan made by Kaz, Inc., with Honeywell's trademark on it. The box screams "25% quieter", but IMHO it's a bit noisy, about what you'd expect from a small tabletop fan.

Pro: I have had multiple tabletop fans with largish plastic push button switches for selecting the speed. Those switches inevitably jam or refuse to stay selected, due to their Rube Goldberg manufacture. This fan instead has a conventional electrical rotary switch, which makes me expect the switch (i.e. the fan) will last much longer.

The warranty deserves some ridicule. I recall the HT-800 series has a 5 year warranty. The HT-900 has only a 1 year warranty, but I thought "25% quieter" was worth chancing the shorter warranty.

But wait - there's more! If you have a problem, you must prepay shipping to return your defective fan to Kaz, Incorporated in Memphis, TN, including proof of purchase and a $10 check ($15.50 Canadian). So by the time you've found a box, and paid the return shipping, you've already spent . . . the cost of just buying a new fan. This is why your municipality must constantly search for another landfill site.

The fan just works great! I had it in my bedroom. The first piece that I got had a start-up problem within a couple of days - I had to manually rotate the blades with a hairbrush. I got it replaced by Amazon (awesome customer service!). The second one has been working pretty good and I have it for over a month without any problems. Works great when placed closer to you. Have not tried using it as an air circulator in combination with the air conditioner.

I bought this model (HT900) yesterday in CVS. I bought one last week (or so I thought) and it was so powerful that I went to get another one yesterday. I plugged the HT900 in to check it out and it's "high" setting was equal to the "low" setting of the one I bought last week. I thought it was defective and then I noticed the model numbers. The one I bought yesterday was the HT900 (the one for sale on this page). The one I bought last week was the HT800. I'm bringing the HT900 back tomorrow. I highly recommend the HT800 if you're looking for real power. Oddly, the HT900 cost more than the HT800 in CVS. Can't figure that one out.

We purchased these two of these for home use. The AC is undersized and the fans augment the cooling in areas where there are no ceiling fans. These fans are adjustable and can tilt at any angle. Ours are pointed straight up so that they don't blow on us but do move the air.

I took one into work and used it two different offices. It runs for 24 hours a day and has been on for almost a year. It is only turned off for cleaning or moves to another office. It has three speeds and works very well.

These fans have proven to be "work horses".

Nice fan, Nice design but awful motor. If you want to move air twelve hours a day I suggest you look on. For 15 dollars might be worth it , I paid close to 25 and it burnt out after less than a year.

Please do not buy this product, I bought many of these and they are dying one at a time. They all show the same problem after some time. They create a humming noise and the fan does not rotate when turned on.

This is clearly a systematic problem that the manufacturer has not bothered to fix.