What is the best floor fan to move cold air?

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Nimrod1911

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Nov 13, 2012
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I have a basement stove and use a fan to move cold air from the bottom of my stairs toward my stove. Currently I'm using a large box fan but wonder if a lower profile fan, like a Vornado would be better.
 
I use an 8" desk fan, doesn't over power things like a big box fan, stays more out of the way as well.
 
Small, inexpensive and low pro with low air flow. You want to develop a circulating convection not a wind tunnel. I think more people have problems from too much air flow than not enough. Patience is the key - leave it on low and let the cool displacing warm develop a convection to get your even distribution. JMO

The small fan on my hearth has been replaced with an even smaller one that is tower in design and black with low air flow. That one pictured is at the end of the hall sending cool air towards the stove room. On low you can barely feel the air flow in the house but my thermometers tell me it is circulating well.
 

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I use it on the floor and blow from cold area to stove.
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