Vornado FA1-0003-13 Silver Swan Fan

by Vornado

Product Features

• Deep pitch whisper quiet blade
• Oscillation control and built In handle
• 3 Speed Control and Complete Tilt Adjustment
• Adjustable Fan Head Tilt
• Exclusive Vornado Design

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.4 x 12.4 inches ; 14 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 14 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000050APS
• Item model number: FA1-0003-13
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,303 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

With its shiny body and blades and its black fan cage, this portable fan is as retro-hot as it is room-cooling. The blades' striking bullet-nose hub is based on a 1934 Art Deco design, the 72-watt motor's cooling vents resemble an old-time microphone's, and the brushed-chrome base is sculpted into a beautiful form. Contemporary features include deep-pitch, quiet blades, three-speed control, oscillation control, tilt adjustment, and a built-in handle for moving from room to room. Made of die-cast metal, the fan is heavy and sturdy, stands 18 inches high, and has a 14-inch-diameter head. --Fred Brack

Product Description

The Vornado Silver Swan 15in. chrome fan features a classic design inspired by the glamorous 1930s Art Deco era. It moves massive amounts of air in style! Fan Diameter (in.): 15, Volts: 110, Speeds (qty.): 3, Dimensions L x W x H (in.): 10 x 15 x 17

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, not great.., December 29, 2004

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Dallas Electronics Fan (Dallas,TX.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vornado FA1-0003-13 Silver Swan Fan (Kitchen)

Pros: moves a lot of air, cool retro look is appealing, nice low frequency sound for those that like the white noise of a fan while they sleep, modestly priced for a product with a lot of steel content.

Cons: cheap plastic switch that feels destined to break before long, a little difficult to clean but this isn't much different from every other fan I've owned. One of the two I own has something loose in the motor housing that results in a metal to metal bell tone when it's oscillating. Probably something I can fix but at only about three months old, something I shouldn't have to deal with.

Bottom line: a good fan with a great look but a little pricey relative to comparable plastic fans (so is everything with high steel content lately). Long term reliability is a question mark. If all you want is a fan to move some air, this isn't the fan for you.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Flawed Pt. 2, July 27, 2004

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S. A HOBBS (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vornado FA1-0003-13 Silver Swan Fan (Kitchen)

I agree with another reviewer in that the fan is very nicely designed [something I place a lot of importance in] however, practically everything about this fan is aggravating. From having to disassemble it to clean the blades to the fact that on the low speed it rattles to the fact that the side knob to hold angle doesn't actually hold. This product *looks* like it's rock solid but it's a flimsy item.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Silent but flimsy - 4 stars is not what I would like to rate it., July 22, 2005

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Felter32 (Philly burbs) - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Vornado FA1-0003-13 Silver Swan Fan (Kitchen)

This fan is extremely solid looking, and powerful, as well as attractive, but behaves strangely. The base and the fan seem to be assembled with some sort of floating mechanism that makes the fan seem like it just wobbles around sometimes. You can tell the second you take it out of the box. In spite of the wobbly assembly, the thing really pushes air around really well, and my air conditioning no longer seems 'stale'. I'm sure there are other fans that are more powerful, solid, inexpensive and definitely lightweight, but none are as cool looking as this one.

(Later on, after a customer inquiry to Vornados web site)
As it turns out, the fan is not supposed to be wobbly, but instead should be very sturdy. The rep told me to pack it up and send it back to the factory. That's pretty inconvenient, because this thing is going to cost me about 20 bucks to ship, let along the packaging that is going to have to be carefully engineered. Dont buy this. The situation now stinks, and by the time I get the new one, I will have paid way more than it is worth. As a matter of fact, I am sending it back to Amazon, and they can pay for the shipping label. Thanks, Amazon, for a great message board for me to vent on.