Honeywell QuietSet Whole Room Oscillating Tower filter Fan with Remote, White, HYF260

We discovered this in the condo we rented on St. Thomas and were impressed. I looked it up and read some not glowing reviews. The discovered a friend had one and she liked it. So we bought one. It replaced an oscillating pedestal fan. While there was nothing wrong with the pedestal, this one is much quieter and does a good job cooling us down and takes less floor space. I have no regrets.

Works extremely good, cools better than most other fans. Something about the air is cooler. It has several wind speeds and is pretty quiet. I love the fact it has a remote control. The size is perfect for any room, and fan can even be used on a timer.

Lots of words have been written regarding the different types of fans: the newer tower fans, like this Honeywell HYF260 or the traditional round multi-blade fans we grew up with. As much as I prefer a traditional large floor fan, there are plenty of times when that's not an option because of limited space or noise. This Honeywell Tower is a great solution for this type of situation. The white version allows it to blend with most corners and included remote control allows for convenient setting adjustments to suit your needs. It's pretty quiet for the first couple of settings but definitely lets its presence be known when you're at maximum speed. Not horribly so to where you can't hear yourself think - but definitely it can be heard in the room. Depending on the ambient temperature, the tower definitely keeps our un air-conditioned social area comfortable with 10 people in the room. Like most reviews, things are relative depending on your expectations: it's not an AC unit so we did not expect some mystic transformation. However, it's a compact and unobtrusive fan that definitely makes most rooms more comfortable when it's on. A good value and worth considering.

I don't think I'll ever be able to sleep without this fan again. First of all, its sleek design makes it easy to fit anywhere in your room without it looking bulky or out of place. It has different settings from low to high, including a white noise setting so not only does it keep you cool but drowns out any other noises. It's oscillating feature makes it easy to access every inch of the room it's in. I keep it pretty close to my bed so typically the low setting is enough to keep me cool throughout the night. I was surprised at the exceptional quality received for the price I paid. I never used to sleep with a fan and now I don't think I'll be able to sleep without it.

Very nice tower fan with several settings. Priced a little higher than some, but has the nice quality of Honeywell products. Can be easily moved to any part of your home. Great for bedroom. Very soft white noise to sleep yet so quiet that you may forget that it is on. Has 5 air spreads and rotates or can stay stationary in one direction. Nice size, not too towering big. Would buy again.

This fan works well and is quiet for the most part. When I have it rotating there is an occasional noise but not too loud. I had one of these fans before (in black) and that is why I ordered another only in white.

Having read so many good reviews (but not ignoring the not so good), I decided to take a chance and lean toward the good ones. After all, Honeywell has been in business for decades, and is (or at least used to be) generally known as a manufacturer of quality items. Nice box! Not such a great impression on opening it: 3 lightweight snap-together plastic pieces much like a cheap kid's toy. Legos are sturdier. OK, I've got nothing against plastic; that's how it's advertised and whatever else can one expect these days? BUT! Try to get the cheap plastic base and cheap plastic housing aligned...using incomplete, teeny tiny, not even fully accurate directions...they might as well not even be included. Not to mention that although they mention multiple times to align the BACK of the housing with the BACK of the base, they don't tell you WHICH side of the IDENTICAL pieces is supposed to be the back of the base! Nothing printed or embossed on the pieces, nothing shown or stated in the directions...not a clue on either of the two different sets of English directions enclosed [one booklet, one tag]. Why is that? They realized something wasn't clear? So they went back and repeated the same thing, changing a word here and there? And if you happen to need directions in a second language, forget it. There are none. Since the pieces look exactly alike and are clearly SUPPOSED to fit onto the housing exactly the same way, HOW is one supposed to know which one is the back? MUST be important, right? Oherwise, why would it be mentioned multiple times? Must be some secret reason for including useless directions. Apparently it's really supposed to be assembled by guess and by golly.. (Anyone else's mother ever say that?) No other choice, so that's what I did. Doesn't matter. Both ways, it's nearly impossible to get the base to fit on the housing The directions describe and show a supposed " tab." OK. Except there IS no tab! I fished around and stood on my head looking for any piece that might be intended to fit into a hidden empty space. Nada. Now, lest you think I’m some not-too-bright-not-too-inclined-toward-logic.-mechanics,-or-spatial-relationships, I'm no dummy. No. Previously owned / operated successfully a small home-repair business single-handedly. Installed/repaired/fashioned, hundreds of typical home what-nots including plumbing, electrical stuff roofing, drywall, DIY assembly…you name it, I did it. Advanced college degree; I assure you I'm no ain't-bright when it comes to this kind of stuff. Although the English so-called "directions" are far better than directions typically written by those whose first language is not English, it makes no difference. They are inaccurate, unclear, and make no sense. Saving grace: At least they're spelled right. If one is persistent enough, patient beyond mother Theresa, and not prone to anger-management issues, the goal can eventually be accomplished. After many creative attempts, I finally counted the moulded-in plastic doo-dads, did some geometric eyeballing, and repeatedly tried the "if at first, you don't succeed" method. Push it together this way… slide it together that way, jam it back the other way, turn it upside down, turn it down-side up, roll it on the floor, fervently pray to the assembly gods...you get the picture. Mind you, you can't be too pushy with this flimsy plastic because it will easily crack…and then you can't return it (which is all it deserves). The illustration (yes, that's singular) doesn't help because it does not clearly picture the pieces, the arrow is in the wrong place, and it is so small that one has use a magnifying glass to see it. Nor do the text directions describe it adequately or completely. Basically, it's far from evident that the so-called "tabs" and the whatever-you-want to–call-the-unnamed-"alleys" are supposed to fit together. Unless, perhaps, you can somehow climb inside this stretched-out tunnel the diameter of a coffee can. Call me a quitter if you'd like; I simply was not willing. Don't expect the base and housing to fit together snuggly as would normally be expected. There is no such thing as snug here. The problem is that they don't tell you that! It's not at all evident in either picture or text that the non-snuggly parts are supposed to rotate against each other. Nor is there any mention of occasional WD-40 to prevent the non-snugglers from wearing themselves out with friction. The one--and only one--piece that is supposed to hold the whole thing upright is a large plastic screw nut. Looks fairly sturdy; just pray that it neither cracks nor loosens. (Wouldn’t something that constantly rotates back and forth, after hour, day after day, be expected to eventually create a bit of friction slowing the thing down. Or God forbid, causing a fire? Guess not. No mention of any kind of lubrication at all, even under the cleaning and maintenance section. Truly not a terribly safe appliance. Perhaps because they don't expect it to last long enough for such friction to develop. One positive point: At least they do tell you to where the fuse is located and to slide it forward. Rather unusual for an appliance like this, but don't forget! If you plug it in and it does nothing, go back and check the fuse. The so--called cord "guides"? Ha! IF you can find the two intended tiny blobs of plastic. I honestly thought mine was an alternate model because nothing inside the housing looks anything even close to guide for a cord. After much consternation and failure, I tried fitting the cord into a tiny little sticky-outy thing about the size of a ladybug...no wider than the cord itself. Wiggle it around it a bit, and yes, the thing wedges in. But don't expect it to stay in because the cord is about 1/4" wide, and the lady bug is about 1/8" wide…and never the twain shall hug. Get out the duct tape or let it fall and drag, hoping you don't trip over it. Honestly, this would be an EXCEPTIONALLY EASY assembly... IF. Just three pieces, nothing more. IF only the "fit-together what-nots" were either a tad bigger, marked, described and/or pictured, or just plain easily visible to the eye--trained or untrained--it would be a cinch!!! Certainly not the most intuitive controls, though admittedly, I did not read that section of the directions. (Honestly, anyone with half a brain shouldn't need directions at all for this thing.) Haven't tried the remote yet; I'm too worn out with exhaustion. As for operation, today is the perfect central-Ohio day to test it. I hate air conditioning, but this thing was such a trial to put together, I was sweating profusely long before I succeeded…had to turn the AC on. I was looking forward to a cool breeze after all this. Turned it on full blast, sat 5 feet in front of it in a very small room… not one iota better than my tiny little desktop fan. Even my parents’ old 1950s floor fan circulated air better than this! It has taken me a ridiculous amount of time to write this silly review. I am STILL sitting 5 feet in front of the thing, STILL sweating, and now must turn the air conditioner on again. Guess it's that old saw: You get what you pay for. No wonder it's half the price of the other tower fans on Amazon. No wonder it's supposedly "19% off." (Yeah, off the SUGGESTED RETAIL price, which only the hoity-toitiest of retailers expect consumers to pay.) Enough drivel. Time to liberally fill a glass with wine, box up one more Amazon product, and haul it to the UPS store. Not necessarily in that order.

I have had a lifelong obsession with fans. I've always been hot-natured, plus the airflow and white noise are soothing for my anxiety. I have used this fan at least 8 hours every day for 5-1/2 years, and it is still blowing strong! I have used all kinds of box and oscillating fans, which can move a lot of air, but are bulky and usually loud. This tower fan is great for small spaces, and the sound is very pleasing and consistent for sleep with no rattles or whining. My only small complaint is that it is really hard to take it apart for cleaning - so this may not be a good fan for someone with severe allergies, especially if they have reduced mobility or dexterity. Wikihow has some decent directions, but not entirely accurate, and it is a real booger to get the casing apart! There are 7 screws in the back - 4 Phillips and 3 star-shaped. The back half of the casing clips into the front half (which is probably why the fan is so quiet - it doesn't depend on just the screws to stay together). Someone with large hands might be able to squeeze the back half to release the clips, but I couldn't. The only way I could separate the two parts was to lay the fan on its side with the seam facing up and gently press with my knee from the back half toward the front half. I did this 2-3 times down each side to pop the clips individually. Then there are 3 Phillips screws inside holding the blade cylinder in place. I gave the cylinder a good scrub in the sink with a skinny brush intended for cleaning drinking straws. I put a towel on the floor under the fan itself and cleaned it with Dawn Powerwash and a 1" brush, taking care not to get the motor wet. It turned out great and was easy to put back together. I'm sure at some point I will break those clips during disassembly, but I'm fully prepared to buy another one of these fans when the time comes!