Customer Reviews

Lasko 3540 Cyclone 20-Inch Pivoting Floor Fan with Remote Control

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I agree with the other reviewers that this is a great fan with a couple of annoying deficiencies, the worst being the annoying beeping sound it makes whenever you press any of the buttons on the fan or on the remote. It even emits an extra-long beep when the timer switches it off, which is exactly the opposite of perfect for sleeping!

I found that it is possible to permanently disable the beeper by cutting a wire on the circuit board. I have no way of knowing whether all of these fans are precisely identical, but you are welcome to try this at your own risk if you like.

Of course you should be sure to unplug the fan before disassembling it! The plastic fan blades don't look so dangerous to me, but there are exposed high voltage wires on the circuit board. Take note of how the parts fit together when disassembling.

There are two small screws in the back of the fan, a few inches above each hinge. Once you've unscrewed those, it's easy to unclip and remove the entire front cover of the fan. At the inside top, underneath the little pod with all the buttons and lights, you will see four screws: two larger, two smaller. Unscrew the larger pair (one on each side) to remove a bottom plastic piece and expose a green circuit board. The circuit board is held in place by four small screws, one near each corner (not quite symmetrical). After removing those screws you can unclip the top plastic piece and carefully slide the circuit board right out of its housing (note how the pieces fit), revealing all of the electronics on top.

The beeper is a round black thing with a little hole in the middle, near the upper left corner, clearly labeled "BUZZER." It looks like it's stuck on there pretty good. But there is a small upright cylindrical capacitor, clearly labeled C4, quite close to the center of the board (and not particularly close to the beeper -- go figure), whose sole purpose turns out to be to connect the microcontroller chip to the beeper. If you bend capacitor C4 back a bit, you can reach under and cut one or both of its easily bendable wire legs using small wire cutters or scissors, disconnecting it from the circuit. Make sure the remaining metal bits don't touch each other or anything else. Or you could gently bend the whole capacitor back and forth repeatedly until both wires break right off; no specialized tools needed. Keep in mind that once you have disconnected capacitor C4, there is no easy way to reconnect it and get the beeping back!

Reverse the above steps to reassemble the fan. The lights, buttons, and remote control continue to work exactly as before, but with no beeping whatsoever.

As a less destructive alternative, you could try muffling the beeper itself by covering the little hole in the middle of the beeper with electrical tape or something. I haven't tried this, but I imagine it would make the beeping a bit quieter.

I am not sure what fan some of the other folks here received but let me state my opinion.

3 speeds, high speed is perfect, not too noisy, adequate air flow, definitely not too strong, I would have even liked it a bit more powerful on high.

Remote control is sweet, allows power on and off, and to change the speed and set the timer.

Yes, the fan does emit a beep when using the remote for any function, no it is not that loud or annoying. How many times are you really going to change settings in an hour or 2?

Overall, for the money, this fits the bill nicely. I will most likely purchase a second one.

Too powerful? Give me a break!It "BEEPS" to loudly? Whatta pansy!This sucker is a great deal - My 2nd (and last!) old fan died yesterday morning - I had been not using my AC yet - THURSDAY July 2nd - I researched fans quickly and spotted this available with Amazon PRIME shipping at only an extra $3.99 for 1-DAY SHIPPING - Clicked it just about noon - and like my FRIGIDAIRE 8000-BTU AC from Amazon I got it ovenight and am sitting here enjoying the SPEED CHANNEL with a fresh cuppa hot coffee with my front door open and my new LASKO 20-Inch blasting in the cooler outside air on me - Wearing cargo shorts and sandals I also got on Amazon helps a tad too!----One tiperoo - Order or get a 4-PAK of AAA batteries for the handy little 2-AA battery REMOTE--Settings for LOW - MEDIUM - HIGH - and AUTO SHUTOFF at 2 - 4 - 8 HOURS ----This LASKO 20-INCH FAN will make your AC more efficient and save you MUCHO PESOS on your electic bills----Use it in colder weather to pump the hot air from electic or steam or hot water heating stips or radiators or to move the heated air from ceiling to the lower areas where you are relaxing or working----Point it up and it works like a more expensive ceiling fan--

I bought this fan for the bedroom. I thought the remote control would be useful for controlling the fan without getting out of bed. But unless you sleep along, it won't do you much good for this purpose... Every time you press a button on the fan or the remote, the fan emits a loud beep. If I were to turn the fan on/off, or adjust the speed, the beep would probably wake up my wife (or if she used it, she would wake me up).

If you don't plan on using this fan in the bedroom, at night, it seems like it would be a good fan. It is very powerful. It seems sturdy and well built. I would certainly keep it if it wasn't for the beeping, but that's a deal breaker for me. So, it's going back.

This seems to be a nice powerful fan and it would be perfect except for these issues:

- It's too damn strong, even at it's lowest setting it's too strong. They should have had 4 power settings, or just make the middle and lowest ones lower.

- THE BEEP - this fan must have been designed by a def person, every time you hit the remote it beeps SO very loudly. This is a major problem.

- Too noisy, even at it's lowest setting

- Does not pivot down - I put this thing on top of my closet but it only pivots down about 5 degrees, it would have been really nice if it pivot down at least 20-30 degrees.

I own 2 of these fans, one I bought in 2008 and one last year. The newer fan no longer beeps when you change any of the modes. I disabled the beeping on the other one by opening it up and cutting the wires that connect the beeper/speaker...which was my only complaint about the old one.

Love the remote. I use the fan at night it is wonderful that I don't have to get up to change the speed, just reach over and get the remote, its done. The beep isn't that bad don't think it would wake anybody up.

I bought this fan because they were out of the version w/o the remote control. I already have one of the others and I liked it so I wanted another. I never thought I'd find good use for the remote control but was I ever wrong. Now I wish they both had it. I get hot easily and I have this fan next to my bed. The problem is, sometimes in Portland the night time temperature can fall quickly in the winter. In the middle of the night I can just reach over to my bedstand and grab the remote and the fan is off. It's an excellent fan. It's just perfect for my needs.

This is a great fan. My wife uses it mainly for white noise while she sleeps, so it's out in our bedroom. It looks great and works great. The price on Amazon is the best I found.

I have been using this fan for over a year, and it's been on, 24-hours for most of that time. I live in a small apartment, and this fan really helps to circulate air through my windows. The low speed works well enough for me on most days, and the high speed is very powerful. I also use the fan as white noise - the high setting helps to block out neighborhood parties, while the low setting emits a gentle hum. The low setting is quiet for the volume of air flow. The beeping is mildly off-putting, but has never bothered me. The remote requires just the right angle (from the front of the fan) to work, but I prefer to push the buttons. The fan can tip up past 90 degrees from forward, which is nice when I want to direct air flow to circulate around me without a direct stream.

I <3 this fan.