Vornado 530 Compact Air Circulator Fan, 3-Speed Manual Control, Adjustable Tilt, Whole Room Cooling, Black Floor Fan for Bedroom and Office, Vortex Action, 65 ft Range

Been using this fan primarily as a bathroom fan. Don’t let the small size fool you this thing is a beast of an air mover and is quite powerful on high. Know this it’s loud on high but it packs a punch when it comes to high air volume movement. Honestly while I use it in my small bathroom it’s kinda overkill but it’s great for after a hot shower. Noise is fine on low just whispers a bit and on medium it’s still reasonably quiet but not silent at all. Then flip it to high and this sucker lets you know what it’s all about! The fan feels solidly engineered and built and doesn’t feel cheap at all. I like how Vornado designed it in such a way that there’s no cord hanging off then motor area, instead it’s on the base and it appears to be concealed and fed up to the fan. However they did it it’s clever. The fan has a standard 5 year warranty so vornado will replace it if anything goes wrong. I will say this I did notice on and off if not used for a while it’ll spin slower on power up then after after maybe a minute it reaches full RPM. Though not normal I assume it’s just a slight issue with the permanent lubrications. The manual states it’s permanently lubricated so we’ll see how it holds up. I give it a five star rating for its solid construction, powerful airflow, and ease of cleaning. Vornados cost a pretty penny but this is a great fan to introduce yourself to so you understand just what their line of fans is all about. Turn it on and stand in front of it and you’ll see exactly why they cost so much. The so called “vortex” action is no joke so if you aim it at a wall say in a small bathroom (I did not really test much in my bedroom) it’ll surround you in a current of air rushing around you so it does work as advertised. Go with bigger models for bigger rooms. It’ll move air around nicely no matter what and would be great for a kitchen too. I decided to give a few weeks of use before writing this overview review so I could test it out properly and I’m not disappointed one bit. However I’ve seen a lot of people stating this thing having a fairly high failure rate so we’ll see. Regardless it’s covered and if it fails so what it’s got a great warranty. These aren’t ten dollar “throw away” fans folks seriously. I’ve already talked to vornado personally on the phone about concerns I had on my tower fan and they didn’t ask questions they were ready to ship a new one immediately. They don’t play around with this stuff so if you got a problem tell them and they’ll take care of you. I’ve seen reviewers stating it failed after a couple years and just pitched it in the trash. Don’t do that! I would not recommend this fan for an office cubicle unless used on low and maybe medium. Because on high someone’s gonna complain about the noise for sure. I didn’t buy it for quiet I got it to move air and it does that better than any fan I’ve ever used.

OK, I haven't paid some $300+ for a Dyson, but a fan that costs $300+ better give me a ... This is my second Vornado 530L. Why pay $45 or so for a fan? Well, I run my fan CONSTANTLY 24/7, and have for 3+ years, and no problems. Why did I order a second one? Because the electric rates went up and I decided o create a cross breeze and wait longer to turn my air conditioning on. Oh yeah, I live in Chicago -- hot in the summer and radiator heat (read intermittent) in the winter. Sooo, keeping the air circulating from carpet level up to ceiling (~9 ft in my loft studio) to maintain a comfortably stable temperature is key. Also, this thing really blasts air on high, though a little noisy on max, I don't mind if I can keep the air off and save $$ on electric. An American design that literally, as their literature states, creates a column of air (I have yet to figure out how, but I guess the front frill pattern and the fan blade pitch, but that's why it's patented) that on this fan does go for the 70 ft they say. I can point this fan at the ceiling and feel the air literally bounce off the ceiling and be felt as a light would travel and bounce off a mirror. So, considering I can buy 6 of these for that Dyson that I don't know really works, I'll take this one. But BEWARE, buy the 530 model (the 530L is the beige color, the 530B is the black -- because this fan pushes so much air and I live in urban Chicago, I opt for the beige). Their 630 model does push a somewhat (I owned one and returned it) more air, it is not as directional as this one. My next fan purchase will be, of course, a Vornado, model 660. The 660 which has four, not 2, speeds (compared to the 630) is about ~$40 dollars more than the 630, maybe $50-$55 more than the 530. However it pushes TWICE as much air as the 630! and FOUR times as much as the 530! (compared literature as to CFM -- cubic feet per minute, an apples-to-apples air volume measurement). Why do I want a model 660 when I have two 530's? Because, I have a home recording studio and have acrylic insulation layers on the windows, and my actual screen opening for my whole studio is only 2' x 2'. So, I am sure I can pay for the 660 in one summer season. Oh, and I still need the 530's for cross breeze, to ventilate my kitchen which still has gas pilots (whoa talk about heat in the summer!), and on cooler days, I think the 660 will be overkill. So, about noise: yes on max, speed 3, it makes noise, but show me a fan that doesn't pushing the air in such a small unit as this. If I want massive air circulation noise is the trad-off. HOWEVER, on speed 1, the lowest, it really is very quiet, and because of the column of air being directional, it produces a very nice, gentle cool breeze (OK, not like the Caribbean, but w/o air fare) Bought from Amazon, and as a Prime Member amazingly fast shipment, and I get to watch Prime videos free!! (in the cool breeze of a 530) OK, if you have read this far, push "add to Cart" already!!

You do pay a bit more for Vornado fans but they are worth it. This fan moves air and does it quietly. On high speed, it makes some noise but nothing excessive and for the output, it is a reasonable tradeoff. I have tried many other compact fans and this is the best due to the quality of its build and the way it moves air. This fan moves air more efficiently than my larger and more expensive room fan that I find myself moving this one around to where I need it (nice that it is small and light). I thought I would give an update. After 4 years of almost daily use, the fan finally started to die. When turned on I could see the blades attempting to spin up but there was too much resistance. If I put something thin in through the vents and gave the blades a few whacks it would spin up. I checked my order on Amazon and saw it was 4 years (to the day) since I ordered this fan. As Vornado has a 5-year warranty, I completed the warranty form on their website, sent them the required picture, and now have a new fan. Easy-peasy. I don't understand why some reviewers complain when their fan stops working but don't mention taking advantage of the warranty. Manufacturing issues do happen. A five-year warranty is unheard of in the world of fans, take advantage of it if you have an issue.

Okay I bought this because my co-workers are all recommending it and I just thought heck, why not give it a try. It was extremely hot during the time I bought this fan mind you, and I’d have to say the fan really does its job. The instant you turn it on you can feel the difference between this fan and the conventional fans out there, as it’s a lot stronger than other fans I’ve had before, even large ones. It really does help bring the room temperature down, or even when it doesn’t at least keeps airflow around your room so you don’t end up feeling like you’re suffocating. The bad thing about this fan is that it’s rather loud, even on the lowest speed settings. I personally don’t mind it since I’ve got headphones on most of the time when I’m working at home, but when I’m sleeping it could get noisy if you keep it on the highest setting. Personally I keep the fan pretty far away from me at night, and keep the fan on low or medium setting. Low setting usually doesn’t bother me much and I’ve gotten used to the Medium setting noise as well, which is actually pretty loud. So for light sleepers this might be a problem. The fan itself feels pretty solid, the knob is a little scary feeling at times but it’s stayed on for me so thus far and doesn’t show signs of breaking yet. I’d say overall this is a pretty quality fan and if you got the money to spend you should get it, or even one of the bigger ones since I’ve heard those are better on the noise department, but don’t take my word for it.

I just received this fan a few hours ago. It's replacing a fan I'd bought about 2 months ago which just died. That was probably the 4th one I've had in the last year. I live in a small apartment with no central air. I have a one room portable air conditioner in a living room and that's pretty much all it cools. The bedroom gets no airflow so I buy fans. I'm in L.A. and when the fan died I went to a few stores and of course, fan's being a seasonal item, no one had any. I've seen pretty decent reviews for the Vornado line so I figured I'd give it a shot. For it's size, it's way more powerful than any of the 4 fans I've had previously, including a larger floor fan. Construction on this model feels sturdier than the desktop fans I've had and it doesn't have the rattling sounds of the metal desktop fan that just died. For it's size, price, and power, it's a pretty impressive desktop fan. Update: I've had this fan for a couple of weeks now and it's the best portable fan I've owned so far. I have my computer desk in my bedroom. Prior fans, on high speed, would barely reach where I sit, which is about 9 feet away. With this fan, I can walk by the bedroom door (about 14 feet) and I can feel the breeze. The unit is sturdy, no odd noises or rattling. In my opinion, well worth the price. Update: 10/7/2013 - The fan bit the dust (literally I think). Several months ago the fan began intermittently making a squeaking noise as though some internal parts were rubbing together. I run the fan almost non-stop 24 hours a day and it sits in front of a window. I'd cleaned it a few times due to accumulating dust from the window. It finally seized up. Because I hated having to get rid of it I dismantled it, cleaned it, and put a couple of drops of lubricating oil that I use for hair clippers on the metal rod that connects the blades to the base. This brought it back to life for a few more months. It finally froze up at the beginning of October and I couldn't revive it. So, for what it's worth, I had this unit for a little less than 3 years and during that time it was running 7 / 24 at least 90% of that time. Although I wish it still worked, given the environment and that it ran for an estimated 22,000 hours, I think I got my money's worth out of it. Update #2: Purchased first fan in 12/2010 and a second one for my bedroom in 8/2011. As noted above, they eventually died. In both cases the motor simply froze. I bought this last one in 6/2014. All of these have been the Model 530. The one I bought in 6/2014 has worked fine up until about a month ago when the motor, like it's predecessors seized up. I was able to revive it and it's running but if it follows the same pattern as the previous fans it will likely die sometime in the next 6 months. It seems that, at least in my experience, these fans have about a 3 year lifespan. I still don't know if it's the dust in the area or that it's just not designed to be run 24/7 for this long of a time. As above, I probably run the fan about 90% of the time and 100% during the summer months. I've been running two fans (one in living room and one in bedroom) for the last 5 years. When the fan I'd purchased in 2011 died I replaced it with the much less powerful Vornado 133. It's okay but it does not circulate the air in the apartment anywhere near what the 530 does. If this 530 dies I think I'm going test Vornado's 5 year warranty since I've had this one for only 2 years. I'm still a fan and I think I'm getting my money's worth from these fans but I do wish they weren't so consistent in failing in under 3 years.

Tint with a PUNCH! I think of the line, "though she but little, she is FIERCE.." MAN oh man... if you're looking to cool off a room, she's it. I have a relatively small room, and on the middle setting, it keeps the air flowing and a lovely push of air through the night. The high setting is just not necessary because the middle is perfect. It keeps me consistently cool. When used in my living room which is open to my kitchen, the ENTIRE front of the house was full of moving air. It cooled the rooms immediately and that was on the high setting. I HIGHLY recommend this fan. It is small, it is very convenient in size honestly.. making it easy to place in just about any room or what have you. But it's power is tremendous. I spent nearly a week, daily, looking through reviews and researching fans before I was going to spend good money on one. This was well worth the money. Well worth it. Best money spent honestly because I can tell, if you care for it, clean it up from dust and the common sense things - it'll last a long time. I STAY hot, I live in North Florida and the humidity is enough to suffocate you.. but this fan saved my life so to speak 🤣 10/10 GET THIS. Don't wait. You've found the one. Get it. You're welcome 😊

This fan is great. I've had this fan for about 10 days now, in 80F+ weather, and it moves a lot of air. This fan puts out more force than my box fan that's 5x larger. It costs more than a cheap box fan, but it's worth the money I spent on it. The low setting is quiet, the medium setting is the sweet spot for noise and air flow. The high setting is really loud, but moves a lot more air. It looks nice, it's about the size of a basketball, I am thinking of buying a 2nd one.

I needed a small fan to circulate air around as this particular room had no airflow. It’s roughly a 10’x15’ room and this fan works perfectly for what I need it to do. I have it set up to a timer so it turns on/off automatically to my desired times. Very simply to use as it has dials to control the fan speed. Seems to be very durable and stable, plus the covers comes apart for cleaning if pet hair/dust accumulates. Very good fan! 5/5 worth the money.

The VORNADO 530 is very similar to the older, US made 180 circulators. The build quality isn’t quite as good as the original (The plastic is a bit stiffer, and motor bearings smaller) but it’s still top notch considering the garbage fans other manufacturers are producing, and expected when moving production overseas. The performance is great on all speeds, and low speed is super quiet. It’s great for a bedroom. High speed moves a lot of air and isn’t overly noisy. It performs just about as well as my 1992 VORNADO 180s, which is the older version of this fan with variable speed. The 530’s fan blade is also very well balanced, and runs with little to no vibration, which is rare nowadays. I’ve read reports of people having these fans seize after a few years of heavy use, I don’t think that will be an issue since I oil my fans when I disassemble them. (It’s not difficult, manufacturers say motor is perma-lubed but it’s not, it’s a wick bearing like almost every fan ever.) This fan being so easy to disassemble for cleaning and servicing for those of us who fix not throw away is a main reason it’s a favourite of mine, even in my assortment of over 10 Vornado fans. I also just had to do a warranty claim on a 4 year old vornado 633 with a defective motor, and the process was very easy. Vornado is helping me out without me even having to ship the defective fan back. Wonderful customer service if needed. Good company with good fans! I paid full price, btw. And more because Canada. So Not a shill review.

It might be great but unfortunately we'll never know because it can't be used in the UK due to the difference in voltage, which was never made clear.

Update 2019-02-03 Have had this fan just over a year now. We have had it running 24/7 since we received it (only being "off" about 6 hours total during 3 power outages and twice for dusting this past year) and it is still running as great as the day we purchased it. Vornado 530 Compact Whole Room Air Circulator, Black Love this!!! Bought this to replace a large floor fan...this actually pushes out more power than that fan ever did. Nice and compact and does the job. It is used in our bedroom on low and does the job. Can't wait for summer to test med and high. Will be buying these from now on, no hesitation!!

Excelente producto. Si ventila rápidamente la habitación sin sentir el golpe del aire en la nariz. Ayuda en las temporadas de calor.

This fan is little but mighty! It really makes a difference even on the lowest setting. Wish I didn’t choose the open box price because there’s something that makes a noise so I can’t comment accurately on the noise level of the fan. Good purchase overall. Much better than other fans from Home Sense.