When considering a purchase on Amazon, I always read the negative reviews (assuming they exist) because I don't know of a reason someone would write a false bad review. I understand there might be favorable reviews that are absolutely fake. Anyway, in reading reviews, I've come to notice that some people writing the reviews are not paying attention to the product's instructions which means their bad rating isn't a good example of any type of rating. Case in point, someone reviewed a microwave I was thinking about ordering. They said it was turquoise and not stainless which was odd since the manufacturer doesn't make anything in turquoise. I saw the item in person at Target and noticed there was a thin plastic film protecting the shell of the unit - and of course, it was turquoise. Someone had peeled it at the corner to reveal the stainless housing as stated on the box. I mention this because I was at fault of thinking this fan was defective on arrival. It was not - it would just appear so if one didn't read the directions. Like many people, I tend to skip reading directions for simple items such as a fan. First off, I put in two batteries and then turned the fan on - nothing. I immediately remembered the many reviews noting the fan worked great with the plug, but it didn't work with batteries. Then I noticed a small strip of plastic in the battery compartment and could not figure out what it was for. Finally after pulling at it a bit, the whole battery cage dropped out of the fan! OK - it takes four batteries..duh! I insert two more batteries, put cage back into fan and turn the fan on - no go. All the batteries were brand new and I knew they worked. Finally, I looked at the instructions and it turns out that the adapter cord can NOT be inserted into the fan in order for it to work with batteries! Removing the cord allowed the fan to work with the batteries. And the plug allows the fan to work without batteries (the batteries can remain in the cage, of course). The fan was bought for travelling, but I like it so much that I also use it at home in the bathroom when it's hot. It's provides just enough flow to cool off when getting ready, keeping the a/c unit from being cranked up. When travelling, it works as a cooling system as well as a sound machine...love it! Read more
First, in case color matters to anyone else—I took a risk and ordered, hoping the “Honeywell” on mine would be white and not red. Thankfully, it was white. (Red would have been an eyesore in the small space where this landed.) I love this fan. It’s perfect for a tiny nook and feels very solid. I’m probably going to travel with it because I like it so much. Excellent product. Read more
This little fan is what I use almost daily at my job because in the winter it's like an inferno, and in the spring, the ancient HVAC system can not adjust quickly to the changes in temperature, so the heat stays on until like June. (No, seriously. Ugh. ) This fan has only one speed, which was a bit of a disappointment (I should have read more carefully). I wish it had a higher speed. It's definitely more of a "strong breeze" fan than a "steady wind" fan. It's not going to blow papers around on your desk. It's also a little noisy, but in a "white noise" kind of way -- you don't really notice the noise until you turn it off, and then you're like, Wow, it's suddenly so quiet. It's made entirely of plastic, except for the wires and motor. That makes it light. And it is quite small. When folded flat, you can set it on top of an 8.5" x 11" spiral notebook and it fits within the boundaries of the notebook cover. Quite small! But that makes it very portable. I can bring it with me from unit to unit at work, and it's not heavy at all. BUT what is GREAT about this little fan is it is incredibly DURABLE. My locker at work is over my head (a tiny locker, like 1.5' x 1.5' x 2') and I lost count of how many times it fell out of my locker over my head and plunged to the floor... and it still keeps working!! This is a repeated fall of nearly 6 feet -- or more. (I'm 5'7" and have to reach over my head to get into my locker, and I have to stand on tip-toe to get things in the back of my locker.) But it keeps working. Each time it falls or I drop it accidentally, I'm afraid I've broken it -- but, nope! It still works. I can't really speak to the battery life because the second time the fan fell from my locker, the cover of the battery compartment broke off, and slid somewhere on the floor, and I was never able to find it again. I have used it exclusively with the USB cable ever since -- connected to whatever computer I'm using at work. But, in the short period of time that I used it with batteries, I got about a day and a half out of one set of batteries. But that was with the fan running my entire 8.5 hour work shift. So that's about 12-13 hours on one set of batteries. But, again, I only used the batteries for a short time -- no more than a few days. Since I've dropped this fan countless times and it continues to run great, plus its incredible durability and portability/lightness, for what it is, I think it's great for the price! I would love if it had a higher speed, but you can't have everything, not at this price. Read more
First of all the form factor is very good. Having the collapsible stand makes it easy for using it as a table fan or for hanging it around. For first time users, just a quick info, there are 4 AA batteries that are required and it needs to be put in but removing the battery compartment (this part is really hard to remove). I initially thought it was just 2 AA batteries and it didn't work with that. I thought it to be a toast and then forcefully pulled the battery compartment out and there was a two additional battery slots in the bottom. Once all 4 batteries are installed it worked like a charm. Also one key thing that I observed, if there are batteries loaded already and USB power supply is connected the fan used only the usb power and disconnected the battery power. I tried by simply plugging in the wire at the back and not connecting to USB power and it still didn't trigger the fan. Kudos to the team for designing the power routing function perfectly. Once power cord is disconnected (removed out) the fan works on battery power (so you can use a power bank + 4 AA batteries) Cons: Fan is not that quiet but not annoyingly loud. When connected on usb power fan run at a lower RPM compared to the RPM on AA batteries. Overall, this is a perfect desk fan, camping fan, kitchen fan and so on... I have even used it in the car to circulate air faster under hot sun. Read more
