I bought this fan in Nov. of 2017. I use it in my rv in which I live in for work 2 weeks out if every month. So I've only used it 3 full months.I have had and still have problems with this fan. It doesn't want to start when you put it on 1st setting. You can hear the motor hum but won't start. I put it to highest setting and eventually the blades turn. The blade has come off several times during operation. I eventually super glued the screw to the shaft. This fan is not worth the money. I would not recommend this fan to anyone. Super disappointed. I figured if I spent more money on a nice fan, I would get a good quality fan.

I ordered a pair of these fans. One failed the second time I flipped the switch and the second failed about a month later. The failure wasn't the motor or the fan. It was power switch. Luckily I was able to replace the switches with a $5 part from my local automotive supply store. Considering the price of this unit, I am displeased with the low quality of the power switch.]

If you're considering buying one of these, just expect to replace the power switch, and if you're not comfortable with that, look elsewhere.

This review is for the 18" High Velocity Oscillating Pedestal Fan in Chrome. This is my second one. The first one I put together in about 30 minutes did not run "“ Motor was dead on arrival, it had a big dent in the plastic housing from shipping. I returned it and got another one. Was pleased with the excellent job getting the replacement to me 2 days after I reported the failure. They did not wait for the return before shipping the replacement "“ BRAVO.
Overall, I am happy with the fan and recommend it. It is workhorse, putting out more air than my 22-inch box fan. The aluminum blades are superior to plastic blades. The small diameter wire metal grille provides far less air movement resistance than the bulky plastic louvers on many fans for two reasons "“ one, the surface area is less and two, the round bar material is more aerodynamic than the square bars used on plastic grilles. Below are my pros and cons plus some tips on assembly.
Pros:
This fan blasts air "“ definitely high performance on the volume of air delivered. Stick your head out of your car at 20 mph to get a similar effect. This is not a personal fan for your desk or office. This thing is good for a 15 x 25 foot large room even then it is a bit of overkill.
The fan is simple to operate.
The 100 watt motor is about 1/8 horsepower and gets warm during use as expected but not that hot. There is an ETL label on motor.
Height adjustment works well though at full up the center off the fan is only 46.5 inches off the floor. (The description misled me as I expected it to be taller. The description says it adjusts from 44 to 57.5 inches "“ those dimensions must be for the top of the fan. Actually the top only goes up to 56.5 ".)
There are three speeds but they are very close to each other, the difference between low and high is marginal. Not near as much variation as my old box fan.
There is a FUSE in the power cord. Never saw this before on any other tools. If your fan does not work, you will need to remember to check the fuse "“ I hope I remember.
Overall all, the fan looks good. I like the metal blades and chrome grille. The chrome plastic motor cover is ok so long as the chrome stays on it. In addition, the amount of air it puts out is fantastic.

CONS:
Low speed needs to be much slower. I cannot use the fan unless I move it far away or tie down everything that can move "“ it will blow pencils off the table.
No cord storage as described but who cares the 6' cord is too short to require storage "“ it needs a 12' cord minimum.
No vertical tilt as claimed in description. You can only blow horizontal. Vertical tilt would be nice "“ I have already put the fan on top of a box to get it to blow higher. Since the base is round, it does not work well to try to shim the base to vary the angle, I am afraid it would fall over.
No adjustment to sweep angle. The fan oscillation is very wide, its sweep measures in the 68 to 70 degree range, short of the 90 degrees claimed in the description but still very wide. It would be nice if the sweep could be adjusted to a smaller angle in the 30-degree range. 70 degrees is good coverage for a barn but in my home, it blows papers and other stuff around so I usually have to turn off the oscillation.

Not Whisper quiet, Measured in the mid 80 dB range, a quiet library is 40 dB, an office is 70 dB and a noisy street is 80dB so the fan is about as loud and a city street. The main frequency is in the 200 Hz range so it is not an obnoxious noise, it sounds like a prop airplane ready for take-off. Since the three speeds are so close together, the noise level only changed 1 or 2 dB from low to high. This is too loud to use while watching TV.

ASSEMBLY Experience:

Pretty easy to assembly: attach base with 4 bolts "“ mount motor to base with 1 screw, attach blade assembly to motor shaft with 1 screw, attach back half of grille to motor, 4 screws, clip front half of guard in place with attached latches.

Recommendations:

"¢ Test the motor before you assembly the fan "“ plug it into your wall outlet and turn it on, make sure it runs before you waste time, like I did, putting it all together to find out it doesn't work and then have to take it apart to send back.
"¢ Do not bother trying to get the four bolts very tight that hold the main support tube to the base. There is so much flex in the plastic base that it does not matter if the bolts are very tight. The whole assembly is wobbly when finished. The motor wobbles on the support tube too.
"¢ The blade assemble hub that sticks out goes towards the motor.
"¢ Align the blades for a better balance; mine vibrated straight out of the box. I mounted the blades positioning the fan so it faces my countertop in a manner that I could measure the distance between the countertop and the blade face. I rotated the blades by hand to tweak them so the edges of the blades were all the same distance from the countertop. It made a noticeable improvement in reducing the vibration and reduced the noise level a little too.
"¢ Remove the burrs off the edges of the blades especially the tips. These create drag reducing efficiency and causing more noise.
"¢ Put the guard on correctly so the carrying handle is at the top "“ I did not read the directions and mine ended up on the side.
"¢ Use needle nose pliers to bend the grille latches so they clip on. Do not try to change the opening "“ Slightly bend the latch around its pivot point towards the front grille so when it closes it is forced against the back grille and over the front grille edge.

I read the reviews, seemed like this fan would be adequate for my needs. The box showed up in good condition. The fan however, did not. The 3 rivets that hold the fan blades on failed on one of the blades. This of course with the fan having no load on it being it was never turned on and used. I'm just glad it came detached, as opposed to having it happen after running it for some time.

I'm sending it back to amazon for a refund (Thank you Amazon you are great!) but wanted to provide this review so that people can "watch" the fans they have in case their rivets are fatigued.

Please do not waste your money. You barely feel a breeze, even when standing directly in front of the fan. Maybe I misread something in the description, but the blades of the fan (the most important part, to me) are not even real metal; they're aluminum. I was just expecting so much more for a $50 fan. Honestly, you'd do better going to Family Dollar, or any big box store, and purchasing one of their $20 fans. At least then, you'd be able to get 2 mediocre fans for the price of this 1. Nothing personal Amazon; I love you guys, but this product was such a disappointment.

Also, please note that the chord on this fan is extremely short.