Vornado 530 Compact Whole Room Air Circulator Fan, White

I avoided Vornado for years because it seemed like a hype product. Expensive, and I didn't see how on earth a small Vornado could replace a much larger oscillating fan. It creates a very different kind of airflow than traditional oscillating fans, but Vornado is no hype. These things work.I live in a long, narrow 1500 sq. ft. mid-century ranch house with HVAC vents along the exterior walls, closed-off rooms, a long central hallway, and an absolutely terrible layout for airflow. I've been buying cheap fans to put on the floor in front of the HVAC vents to help push air throughout the house, but those cheap fans keep needing the bearings cleaned and oiled every few months. I decided to try a Vornado because of it's 5 year warranty, with no real expectation that it would perform any differently than my cheap fans.It does perform better. A lot better, in fact. Just one strategically placed Vornado, turned on its highest speed, pushes enough air that it can be felt throughout the entire house.The kitchen is on one end of the house with no exposed HVAC ventilation. I put this Vornado in the adjacent dining room, on the floor, next to an HVAC vent, and pointed it at the stove. When the fan is on high, nearly 20 feet away, cold air can be felt in the kitchen every time the air conditioning comes on. Even without the AC on, the kitchen feels as though a window is open and a breeze is coming through. In fact, the air circulation that Vornado advertises is so effective that I have to turn the fan off completely if I'm cooking anything that produces a lot of steam or smoke, because the stove hood can't overcome the airflow of the Vornado that's 20 feet away and the steam/smoke ends up collecting underneath my cabinets.Here's the crazy thing. If I forget to turn the fan back on, the other end of the house, where the bedrooms are, gets several degrees warmer than the front of the house, where the kitchen is.Oddly enough, in my living room—which is almost entirely closed off, but roughly the same area as the kitchen and dining room combined—this fan didn't move enough air to produce any noticeable effect. I ended up buying a slightly larger model, a Pivot 6, for the living room and liked it enough that I bought a second Pivot 6 for my bedroom. With these three Vornados running 24/7, the air conditioning comes on half as often as it use to and when it does come on, it only runs for half the time it use to. During a recent multi-week triple-digit heat wave, my electric bill was only $20 higher than it had been in the spring (before I got the Vornadoes) when the temperature stayed in the 70s.Unlike traditional oscillating table fans, this Vornado creates a single jet of air that disrupts the rest of the air in a room. I would not want a Vornado pointed at me the way I would a traditional table fan, it's not comfortable to be in front of one turned on high speed. Aside from the Vornado in my dining room, I point these Vornados at a doorway and let them push air out of the room. You can feel this air movement in the hallway and in other rooms that have no fans in them.Prior to having any fans in the house, my HVAC was set to 72 and parts of the house still felt too warm for comfort in the summer. After buying six oscillating table fans to place throughout the house, my HVAC was set to 77 and the house still felt warm in places. Adding these three Vornados let me set the HVAC to 78 and I'm contemplating setting it to 79, because I keep putting on a hoodie throughout the day. Overall, the house feels cooler now than it did when my HVAC was set to 72, and the energy bills are much lower.I've also taken this fan apart and put oil around the front bearing. The grill and blade are easy to remove. I have not taken the Pivot 6 apart to clean or oil it yet. Time will tell how long this Vornado lasts. However, I'm concerned that the motor looks like a similar bearing arrangement to the cheap fans I have to clean and oil so often. I'm hoping Vornado is built better than that, though, but at least the Vornado has a really good warranty if it does start to act up like my old fans did. The Vornado Pivot 6 seems to have a much better motor design, just from looking through the grille, and I expect it to last longer.UPDATE: April 2024, the black Vornado 530 started squeaking pretty loudly. It's been running 24/7 on speed II or III ever since I got it, so this wasn't unexpected. I took the apart, unscrewed the motor and unscrewed the bearing caps, and oiled the bearings. Other than the motor being difficult to turn by hand, the bearing caps showed no signs of wear. If you take everything apart like this, there is a tiny little washer in the front bearing cap—make sure it doesn't fall out.The motor is very simple to remove and take apart, although the retention clip for the up-down pivot was a little tricky to get back in. The two prongs go from the fan neck into the holes just above where the bottom screws go. Not terrible to get everything put back together, though. When I got it back together, it ran perfectly without making any noise. I ended up taking my white Vornado 530 apart and oiling the bearing in it as well.UPDATE: July 2024: The black Vornado started squeaking again, for about a week. Then the power went out and the black Vornado didn't turn back on. I took it apart and the blade wouldn't move at all. I took the bearings out and the back bearing was essentially locked up. The plastic washer was split in two as well. I took the bearings apart, cleaned them, and got the re-assembled fan blade spinning freely again. However, it wouldn't power on. Using a multi-meter, I checked the fuse and found that it was still good, and I could trace power through the switch. I believe the motor capacitor burned up, likely due to the bearing getting stuck. I contacted Vornado and they issued a warranty replacement within a week. The new fan is running very smoothly and putting out a lot of air. It's amazing how rooms the airflow of this one fan affects. I'm still a fan (no pun intended) and hope to have many more years of use out of my Vornados.

I am absolutely thrilled with my Vornado 530 Compact Whole Room Air Circulator Fan. This little fan packs a big punch, circulating air effortlessly throughout my entire room. Its compact size is perfect for small spaces, and its sleek design looks great on my desk or floor. The fan is also incredibly quiet and energy-efficient, making it a great value. I've noticed a significant difference in the comfort level of my room since using this fan. Highly recommend!

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!!

This fan does a great job moving air helping me keep my office cool. It runs practically all the time. I've tried other manufacturers and they just don't hold up. These fans just keep going and do a great job all along!