Recommendations for small fan to circulate air

[NH_Wood]

Hi all,

For those of you who use small fans to move cool air toward the stove room, have you found a particular fan that you really like? I was on Amazon looking at fans, and I liked the Honeywell small 'turbo' fans - the reviews indicated that they were very quite on low setting (the setting I'd be using), BUT, the fan did not point downward - only horizontal or upwards (from what I gathered). I'm looking for 3 fans - 2 will be pointing straight ahead, blowing air from a rear hallway and from the living room toward the stove room - the 3rd will be at the top of our upstairs, pointing downward. So...I'm looking for a fan that is 1) quiet (really important), 2) can angle downward (45* or so), and 3) not too powerful. Any suggestions on fans you like would be appreciated. Cheers!

 

[begreen]

A simple 10-12" table fan works very well and on low speed, it's almost silent. Some folks also have tried this fan:

http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-655702-...ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1288879509&sr=1-4

 

[agartner]

I've got that honeywell turbo fan. It's noisy even on low speed, and now is "rattling" a bit when it fires up. It's garbage.

 

[firefighterjake]

I use a cheap table fan (like BeGreen mentioned) that my wife had when we got together all the way back in 1994 . . . I think the "high" button doesn't work . . . but it's hard to complain since it works fine on "medium" and keeps the whole house warm in the winter by circulating the heat and keeps me cool in the summer by providing a cool breeze.

 

[NH_Wood]

Thanks guys - I have one of the small table fans blowing in the hall now - I'll just pick up a couple more - they are cheap and do work well/last long. Cheers!

 

[CarbonNeutral]

My Honeywell Turbo rattles and constantly tips skyward, which is nice

 

[branchburner]

I use the cheapest closeout I could find at Lowe's (maybe nine bucks?). Could be my best investment ever.

 

[greenie]

An 120 volt muffin fan uses 16 watts and moves a lot of air.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

We have one of the really small Vornado fans that works very well.

 

[ecocavalier02]

heading over to bed bath and beyond tomorrow to get one of those vornado fans. look slike that'll do the job. ive notice a differences already in puttin the fan pushing the cool air down my stairs to my finished basement already.feels nice to as it gets quite warm in here fast now that i have everything fully insulated. Now i have my basement then my first floor and my bedrooms are on my second floor 2 full floors above my basement do you guys think maybe putting a fan on my 2nd floor would do anything as well or no? it acutally usualy stays in the 60's up there so its just to my liking but we have a kid on the way and am wondering some better ways to get some more heat up there. probably going to add an electric heater in the baby room.