Vornado FA1-0003-13 Silver Swan Fan

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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 can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B000050APS
• Item model number: FA1-0003-13
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #132,235 in Kitchen & Dining (See Bestsellers 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

Streamlined Art Deco design / Whisper-quiet blades / Three-speed control / Oscillation-tilt control / Built-in Handle And it includes a 5-year warranty

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

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

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.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	S. A HOBBS (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Yes, it IS beautifully flawed., March 11, 2005

By	Roger Plamondon (Birmingham, Alabama) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sure it's pretty, but it's also pretty useless. Like Hobbs (another reviewer) noted, the knob to hold the fan at a particular angle DOESN'T hold. So it blows air where IT wants, not where I want. Obviously, this is a problematic product. I should have known better, given how many "factory reconditioned" ones I have seen available. Gee, wonder why the factory has so many available to recondition. Dumb me for buying it. Do yourself a favor and find a real vintage fan at a thrift store.