Vornado 460 Small Desk Fan with 3 Speed Settings, Adjustable Tilt Chrome Glide Bar, for Bedroom, Office, Home, Air Circulation up to 70 Feet, Quiet Table Fan, Black

Background: Purchased this product in 2020 during Covid, when we were camping and staying in an apartment. Wanted a fan that was easy to carry, didn't take too much power and had decent speed and moved good volume of air. After doing some research, this one fit the bill. Pros: 1. Good quality and good material used. Decent heft and not too cheap plastic. 2. Though not too small, it is tiny enough to be put in a suitcase or a small tote. 3. Good power and really moves the air around. We can be up to 10 feet away and still feel the cool air. 4. The handle is well placed, making it easy to carry and place. 5. It does not get too hot after running for a long time. Cons: 1. Vornado products while priced competitively are almost at higher end of spectrum. But value wise I think they aren't bad. 2. Assembly and disassembly can take some efforts (see below). 3. Can be a little noisy at highest speed. Customer Support: The fan started residing on the master bedroom counter after the plan-demic. One day, my beautiful half accidentally bumped it and the fan had a 3 feet hard fall onto the stone tile. There were no dings or dents or cracks, but one of the fan blade completely broke causing the fan to be imbalanced. Called customer support, which is US based and explained the condition. The customer service agent checked the warranty information and sent us the replacement part without any charge, despite of being our fault. It took some time to put it back, once the part arrived, as the disassembly and assembly are a little cumbersome. Now it is running as good as new. Bottomline: The product and the customer service of this company deserves 4.7 out of 5.0. I will be buying several of Vornado products in the future, when need comes. So what if they are little expensive, but if they have good US based customer support, then so be it.

This little guy has a kick. I like how it rotates up to the ceiling. My room gets stuffy with all my fur babies so this helps keep the air flowing nicely. It’s made really well and feels sturdy and durable. It’s small enough to fit on a night stand or small table. It does have noise but for me that is a plus.

I love this fan and would recommend it! Even though it's small it blows MUCH more air than our other two fans combined. It is pricey but well made and far more functional than a cheapo fan. For instance, with our cheap 20in fan on a stand from Walmart you can barely feel the breeze standing 5 ft away. With this Vornado fan, you can feel the air blowing all the way down the hall or across the room. It REALLY moves air. What I also like is how directional it is with the air movement, namely that you can point it up the stairs, or down the hall (or even straight up if you want to circulate a room), and it will create a wide air current whichever way you point it. It does not have a stand but is so compact that you can put it in a doorway (and step over it easily) or the bottom of the stairs, or on a windowsill, etc. It's very easy to move because of its size. The slider that allows you to adjust the angle is solid metal, and smoothly adjusts to any angle; there are no wobbly "clicks" in angle like typical stand fans have. Cons: - It's pricey. Worth it, I think! High quality. But not for everyone due to price. - I do wish it had a stand option, for when we want it to blow 3'-6' above the ground, but in such cases we've been able to just put the fan on a chair or table to get the desired height. - On its highest setting it's a tad noisy, though in a nice white-noise kind of way. On medium or low it's quiet, and on ANY setting it still blows plenty of air.

[UPDATE] – I bought one of the first of this model when it was introduced, before there were any reviews for me to read to see if it was any good or not. Since that time, after living with it for a while, I have some different feelings about it, enough to move it from a 5-star to a 4-star item. It seems the company is having a hard time selling them (duh, at that price?) and they have been giving them away. It’s easy to love when the sting of $57 doesn't come out of your own pocket (they’ve dropped the price since then). I felt then and I feel now that it is overpriced. I left my original review unedited below and here are some new thoughts: 1. The rear switch has become a pain. Hard to reach and impossible to see. 2. The area around the switch gathers a lot of greasy dust very quickly, which is way too easy to get on your hands when you’re groping for the hard to find switch. 3. The up/down tilt slider takes two hands to operate. You have to hold the base while you wiggle the fan into position. For the price I would have expected better fit. 4. The noise frequency changes depending on how the fan is tilted. In some positions it vibrates, which makes more noise. 5. I’m not as excited about it as when I first bought it. I hope this update has been helpful to you. [ORIGINAL REVIEW] One of the first electric home gadgets was the electric fan, and for good reason. Unlike most small appliances a fan is bought not out of convenience but out of necessity. And fans have changed very little over the years other than cosmetically … the two most popular current styles perform the same basic function as they have since Philip Diehl invented the first electric fan in 1882. For all the differences in size, shape and price when we shop for an electric fan we are choosing based on three factors: 1. How much air does it move? 2. How much noise does it make? 3. How does it look? There are hundreds of brands of electric fans, most of them not brands at all but just nameplates affixed to a generic item. Of the brand names Vornado has a commanding share of the market share despite selling for many times more money than a generic fan you can buy at the local discount department store. Most Vornado fans feature a complex air flow design that differs from most other brands in both how it looks and how it works. The Vornado 460 is one of the newest models, designed as a “personal” model to be used in smaller rooms or offices. I recently went on an epic two week hunt for the “best” fan for my bedroom. This review is presented to share some of what I learned. Some of it is pure infodata and some of it is based on my personal preference. I hope it is helpful to you. DESIGN Before even getting in to how much air it moves and how much noise it makes my fan shopping trip proved one thing to me – most fans are just plain unattractive. Table fans, no matter how large they are, seem to all share the same basic DNA. Most are either an open metal cage or formed from plastic and most would earn a grade of “utilitarian” in terms how they look as opposed to being even moderately attractive. Open metal cage fans generally move more air because there is little to obstruct the air flow but direct the air least in a particular direction because the air is scattered randomly in the general area toward the front of the device rather than being concentrated. Open metal cage fans (and plastic ones that mimic their design) are well suited to offer an oscillating feature because the air flow is more generalized than pinpointed and it needs to be spread around. Plastic fans often feature a cage design that harnesses the air flow better and localizes it more than metal cage fans. The Vornado models (which were the last models I researched because frankly I didn’t like their somewhat weird design) use a very specifically tuned flow design to maximize air movement in a very pinpointed direction (which makes them better when used as fixed rather than as an oscillating fan). The Model 460 is, in my opinion, one of the first fans I would call attractive, if not beautiful. More on that subject later. AIR FLOW Comparing how much air a fan moves is a very inexact science. While there are standardized measurements (CFM) that offer a good reference for the total volume of air that passes through the fan, how it is dispersed is actually much more important in practical terms when choosing which model to buy and dispersion is a function of the design of the blades and fan housing. The shape of both the rear intake fins and the front output fins on a Vornado fan are meant to in a sense accelerate the sensation of air flow directly in front of the unit, which allows a physically smaller fan like the 460 to feel like it is blowing more air than a fan twice its size. In real-life use in my home I sensed a volume of airflow about 10’ directly in front of the Vornado fan to be equal to, if not a little more than, a 16” traditional metal cage table fan that I was replacing. NOISE If you’ve read the reviews of electric fans from several brands sold here at Amazon you may feel a bit frustrated that some people will claim that one model is very quiet and other people will claim that same model is noisy. That’s because fans are unique in that it’s not so much how loud they are but the frequency/pitch of the sound the blades make as they blow the air. One brand of fan can make relatively little noise but the frequency of the sound can be irritating and annoying which another brand can technically be louder but the sound frequency is more soothing and much more pleasant to listen to. How “pleasant” a fan sounds is 100% a personal decision that can only be decided by actually listening to it. That said, after much comparison shopping, I found the Model 460 to be virtually silent on its lowest speed when the fan was placed on the opposite end of my bedroom. At the highest speed the fan was still bearable to allow me to sleep comfortably. I attribute this to the fact that the sound frequency is of a lower pitch and there is no disturbing vibration or blade rattling which results in the sound being very consistent. While I haven’t compared “tower” fans here because they are not the same as traditional desk fans my experience with them is they tend to do better moving air around the room rather than concentrating it in one direction. I have several of them and none of them are what I would call “quiet” when set to their lowest speed so to me they are not well suited as a bedroom fan. CONTROLS By their nature fans gather dust and tend to get grimy after a while. Yet most fans place their controls right in front of the blades where they have the flow of the air blown right at them. For that reason I have found push-button fans to be more unreliable than those with rotary knobs The least dependable (after owning many fans with them) are electronic controls. The Vornado 460 takes a bit of a different design approach by mounting the rotary on/off/speed control on the rear of the motor housing on the back of the fan. While slightly less convenience to reach (and even harder to see at a glance what speed you are on) the control placement is smart and dependable and requires less internal wiring and less to go wrong. The knob is large and easy to turn (important for elders) and less inviting for toddlers to play with. One appreciated feature is that the first position after "off" is the high speed, which is exactly the same as my ceiling fans, my range hood fan and my car fan. It makes sense that when you turn the fan on you might want a fast cool-down first before changing the speed to a lower level. The body casing molding earns and “excellent” rating in terms of safety for use around children or pets. It would be very difficult-to-impossible to get fingers, paws or objects anywhere near the rotating blades. COSMETICS While the Model 460 rated highest in my test for forward air flow and quietest operation when used in my bedroom, the design was what put me over the edge in choosing it. Simply, it is the most attractive table fan I’ve yet to see. It has none of the weird garish look that most plastic fans have and runs circles cosmetically around any traditional table fan I’ve seen. The case is understated and in a way almost elegant in its simplicity. From a small but secure base rises a bright chrome arc to which the fan is mounted. By sliding the fan up and down the arc you can change the vertical angle of the air flow, from down at the floor to up at the ceiling. Remember, the vortex shaped design of Vornado fans do not lend themselves to using oscillating mechanisms (which suits me fine, much less to break, jam or cause uneven air flow). So the horizontal direction this fan blows is determined by rotating the entire unit. The case is constructed of a mixture of high gloss and matte plastics that make it look almost like a piece in a museum of modern art. And best of all (for me) is that the identical unit is available in either black or white, with the white one being PURE white, not the typical yellowed ivory white that most fans have.

Powerful, relatively quiet, compact. I actually took it off the stand, and MacGuyver-ed it into a hole in my office door to exchange air with the rest of the house, while keeping my (very cute, very needy) cats at bay while I'm trying to work. It moves so much air that there's a lovely sheet of cool, fresh air rushing under the gap under the door (a little over an inch, hard floors) as the air rushes in to replace the output of this little beast.

Not only does this thing crank out some air but you can tell just by picking it up that it's built well. And that goes a long way with me. Now it is a little early to be calling a winner on this fight, but I think this one's going to go the distance. It's got a quiet little hum not too loud just like some background noise type on any speed. It's not very loud at all. This compact size allows you to put it in various places and it's adjustable You can put it on the floor and aim it straight up in the air. I really like this fan I'm going to pick up another one I think I'm going to go ahead and get that $100 when it has Alexa on it I was going to get that one in the first place but I didn't know anything about this brand. I believe I'll go back and get another one though. Get you one now have have it for next summer!!!

This is a great fan! It is the fourth one that I have purchased for my home. I now have one in my bedroom, both my children’s rooms, and our guest room. It is quite powerful - comes with several settings and really moves air well. I appreciate how easy it is to turn on and off, and move from room to room, if needed. The durability is fantastic! My family and I sleep with fans on, overnight, every night of the year. The first Vornado I purchased was over ten years ago and it still works like a charm! The price is definitely up there, but it is most certainly worth it based on how it is built. The only downside is that they are a bit on the louder side. As I use it for white noise to sleep, I love that, but others may not. Overall, would highly recommend Vornado products!

Ordered this model since we have one already that has been in use for years, and has worked well. Very quiet running.