Lasko 4930 Oscillating High Velocity Tower Fan with Remote Control - Features Built-in Timer and Louvered Air Flow Control

This is an extremely powerful "blower" type fan. It is not really intended to be used in a home, but I do. It's target market are large areas such as automotive garage and such. But I have special needs and use it in my home. TLDR: Very Powerful High Velocity Fan of Totally Unique Design, Not as Noisy as Some Say, It's Powerful Air Stream When Pointed At You Has a Great "Wind Chill Effect" That Will Turn Sitting in An 80 degree Room Make You Feel Like You Are Outdoors On a Windy Autumn Day. I live in a midrise building in the Metro D.C. Area. It is constructed very well with cinder block and brick that retains heat very well, which is great in the winter but not so great in the spring. Rather than an individual heat-pump for each unit it has a central HVAC system that creates either heat or A.C, but has to be "changed over" from one to the other according to the season. While the management is pretty good about changing over from heat to A/C early, there is always at least a 3-4 week period before the heat is turned off while the temp outside during the day ranges from 70 to 80. This coming Monday it will be in the low 80's and all week will be in the hi 70's, but the heat will still be on (hot water will be running throught a large nine story building which brings heat to my unit even if with my HVAC convector unit turned off. Because of its solid construction the building will retain that heat within my unit.). The temperature in my unit is usually 10+ degrees warmer than the outside air while the heat remains on. This fan will not lower a room's temperature, but have it pointed at you and it's wind chill factor will literally act as an airconditioner within a narrowly focused degree range (Wind-chill is the perceived decrease in air temperature felt by the body on exposed skin due to the flow of air.) The fan is able to throw its airflow for long distances. My living room is only 25' long so am not able to tell you its maximum air throw ability. I sit approximately 7 feet from the fan. It is so powerful I only need to run it on low where the noise level is a surprising low level and not irritating, pleasnt white-noise. But even on high, it is not that loud, condsidering it is a high velocity fan. And the wind speed it generates at high will literally blow stuff off your table or desk, so it is unlikely you would use the fan at the high setting without the fan being relatively far from you, thus reducing the noise you hear. The fan has louvers that allow you to adjust the direction of the wind flow vertically. It also oscilates. On/off/speed/and oscilaiation all can be set via the remote. It also has a timer function. Once the A/C is turned on in my building I will use it to bring cold air nore efficiently from my living room, where the HVAC convector is located, to the adjoing dining room area and use the oscilation feature I have been using Lasko products for years and have found them to be reasonably priced and problem free and durable.

This fan will blow you away literally! I like loud and powerful fans... and if you're anything like me you'll like this one. In the past I would just have a desk fan sitting like a foot away from my face, while sleeping. But in my current place I don't have an end-table by my bed so I have to resort to a standing fan that is about 15 feet away from me. Now, I've tried out quite a few pedestal fans and most of them will give you a slight breeze that doesn't quite give you that tornado ripping through your room feeling that I was so dying for. This one definitely delivers on the airflow... and if you like a noisy fans, this one will definitely excite you. THE POSITIVES: - Extremely powerful airflow on HIGH. Feels like you have an F5 tornado in your room. (Even on LOW it has great airflow. Probably around a F2.) - Extremely LOUD... This is either a positive or a negative for you. On HIGH setting though it does sound like a JET is outside of your window. THE NEGATIVES: - Extremely LOUD... This is a negative for those that don't want to go deaf by age 40. - The remote is basic... Not like you really need an LCD screen on your fan remote or anything. ;) The remote does get the job done though. FINAL VERDICT: It's a great fan for people like me that want a powerful and loud fan that makes them feel like they're in a wind tunnel. You can also use this fan in large rooms in which you want to keep cool in the hot summer. The Lasko 4930 is definitely a home-run. P.S: You might want to sleep with earplugs if you plan on sleeping with it on HIGH setting... because I wasn't kidding about the deaf by age 40 part. :)

Use this in my home which does not have Central Heating and Air. We have a window unit and then fans set up around the house to circulate it. Sadly, if it isn't Winter, it's Summer (and almost no inbetween) so this gets used quite often. It has been quite the blessing. It is a high powered fan which has no problem moving air from one end of my living room to the other and has been instrumental in getting our home to a good temperature. If you enjoy white noise, it's a dream come true. It is loud, there is no doubt. Not quite jet engine (though I've joked about it a few times) however it is noticeable and you will be raising the TV volume a few extra levels or opting for headsets. Power wise, very few other tower fans come close, and if there were only one single tower fan that I could continue to use, it would be this one. The two grates on the bottom do a great job of capturing dust/cat hair and unscrewing them to clean further has not been an issue. It's loud, and it's proud, and it does it's job. So far it's been a year and still roaring strong. All I can ask. Hope this helps.

Are you tired of fans that make more noise than wind? Have you been troubled in the past by air that just won't move? Check out the Lasko 4930! It'll blow you away! Seriously, this thing is a beast. It blows as much as a large, outdoor box fan but is relatively good looking ... for a fan. It stands about waist high and takes up less floor space than a shoebox. The controls are simple - on/off, oscillation on/off, speed (3 speeds) and timer (1hr, 2hr, 4hr). The oscillator swings through about 45 degrees about every 10 seconds. The timer is easy to program, but doesn't give any indication as to how much time is left (i.e., you set it for an hour, it runs an hour, but if you don't know what time you started it, you won't know when it's going to stop). The remote is nice, too, and has exactly the same controls as the top of the unit, itself. There's a small tab in the grill that allows you to "influence" whether the air is blowing "up" or "down." Mostly, I find that the air comes straight out ... the tab is more like a placebo, methinks. That's all fine and good ... but, let's talk about why we're here - to move air, and, oh mama, does this thing move air. At level 1, it provides more airflow than every other comparably sized fan I've tried does at full speed. At level 3, I can clean my entire desk of receipts, notes and other small things not attached in only moments; if I take it outside, I can clean up lawn clippings and, if I aim it just right, I can make a cloudy skies clear up. In other words, the full-speed airflow is AWESOME! Probably too much to use full-speed as a personal fan, but if you need to direct a large amount of airflow or are trying to provide circulation in a large room, this thing does the trick. I use it on low, unless I'm playing Superman with the kids, and it As others have said, it's loud on high. It's a bit loud on low ... much louder than a ceiling fan (which is nearly silent), slightly louder than a standard desk fan; I'm on the phone ALOT in my home office and usually turn the fan off so that I can hear better on calls. If you want a silent fan, don't buy this one. If you want a fan that'll move ALOT of air, expect noise ... it's physics. So, in that regard, this is an outstanding high-output fan.

Best Fan ever purchased. Little loud but well worth it. A+++++ HAVE PURCHASED 4 SO FAR.

#1 they are not joking when they say 'high velocity'. My room is pretty large and the wind hits the back wall, and back through the room. Talk about a nice cool down. #2 No moving parts that my 15 month old can get into. He has stuck his fingers in the slots with no initial worry from me he would get them chopped off like with a standard circular fan. He knows now not to stick his fingers in there, even though he wouldn't get hurt. #3 remote control of the fan is a plus. #1 con- the other reviews shared about the oscillation turning no more than 45 degrees. Well that's true, and it kind of sucks. I feel the room could be better cooled if the fan had better oscillating range. This is my only mechanical complaint. The fan came Fully assembled, as it states on the box. So it was easy plug- in- play. I recommend this fan if you don't like moving parts for safety reasons (small children) and you like a fast cooled room. UPDATE 25 Apr 2017 This fan is still going strong after 3 years! It was worth what I paid for, as we use this off and on all year long; to cool or to circulate the air. You do have to clean the dust bunnies every now and then, just like any other fan, but I put this up there as a best Buy! UPDATE 2019: Still have this fan. It’s taken a beating all these years. The only thing that has happened is the oscillation now has a ‘thunk’ sound when it comes back from the left. It’s not too loud but loud enough to notice. It still going strong though. We clean it (use compressed air) to get the dust bunnies out, when needed. No other complaints. We also bought an updated version of this fan for another room. Best fans out there imo. We will only by this brand. 🙂 Update 2021 This fan is still going strong. The oscillation knocks, but other than that, it still works. We clean it on a regular basis with canned air. I bought other for another room 2 yrs ago and today I’m buying another. I will not buy another brand.

Long story lol...We decided to buy this type of fan and the lasko brand after seeing a similar model at the inlaws house. Theirs is still working after having it for a few years now. We were always fascinated about how a fan can blow cool air. During this recent September Jersey heat wave, we proscrastinated (end of the summer mind you), and couldn't find any decent fan to buy in person. Every store was sold out or had the traditional fans that we needed to avoid. We became so hot and desperate we order this fan for the price. We are very particular with spending money since we are on a tight budget. After a couple of days realizing the standard free shipping was two weeks and we were melting we upgraded the shipping to expedite $19.99 (not a prime item).the shipping company It was definitely worth it when it arrived the next day. Now of course the heatwave had passed for the most part but once we plugged it in it we were refreshed by the cooler air. The temperature was 72 with 79% humidity. We have AC in the living room but it doesn't reach the bedroom on most days. We had a regular old school standard fan that blew hot air on us. Now as I'm writing this under the covers because the fan is blowing cool air, I put the timer for 4hours because I can sense that we will not need it running the full time. Also we are only needed level 1 at the moment and it has 3 levels. It has a remote control which if we don't lose it will come in handy when being lazy. The oscillating is about 40 degrees by looking at it so it can reach a lot of the room depending how you place the fan. The noise on level 1 is not bad at all. Its white noise. It is a high velocity fan so level 2 and 3 will have noticable wind noise that may battle the TV for your ears attention. The blue light on the fan is noticeable. Its not really bad but having eclipse type curtains it's like moon light atmosphere. But I'll keep it uncovered for our daughter as a night light.

I just received this fan today. It's my first time using a tower fan and all can say is, "Eh". I was hoping it would be comparable to my 18 inch "super fan" regarding the amount of air it pushes, but quieter. The air distribution is very good, the unit is notably quieter than my old fan and it's a great space saver, but it has a couple of major flaws. First, no air comes out below around 14 inches (even with the lever pointed down). While sitting on a futon in the couch position I could only feel air on my upper body. It worked better when sitting in a recliner with the legs up, but that's when I noticed another problem...The air coming from this(?) tower fan doesn't expand as it does with a regular fan. It comes out in a straight line and was only hitting me dead center, in line with my face/torso. I had to turn from side to side for my arms to feel anything (and I'm a small person)! The fan was fairly close to me so I had it on the lowest setting, though I did try moving it further away to see if it helped (nope). Likewise, turning the power up might help but I was happy with the amount of air I was getting at the lowest setting. HAVING to turn it up is really not a solution. I also set it to oscillate (even though I'm not a fan - pun intended, lol) but, as expected, it took so long for it to rotate back to me it just wasn't cutting it. The verdict: I'm going to stick with traditional fans in the future. I'm usually very careful about ordering something I've never tried before on the internet but I was in shopping mode and got carried away on this one. It will cost too much to return so if I can't make it work in our bedroom tonight (not sure how the air is going to hit 2 people), it looks like my son will get the new fan for his bedroom or his hangout in the basement.

High powered fan. Has 3 speeds, lowest is quiet, but the other 2 settings are loud. However this fan does a great job of cooling the room down, & with its higher settings you can have it blow from far away, this helps with the noise & covering a larger space. The box it came in was crushed & in bad shape, due to the very thin cardboard, I felt lucky the fan wasnt damaged.

OJO ESTE VENTILADOR NO CUENTA CON SUFICIENTE ANGULO DE GIRO , LO CUAL LO HACE ALGO DIFICIL CUBRIR ESPACIOS CON AIRE. Potencia excelente , silencioso , elegante y buen tamaño

Muy bueno

Excellent fan, almost like Air conditioning without a radiator/coolant 😁, its however very loud like a jet engine, despite the noise I love this fan and cooling breeze, Welcome to my family Lasko your here to stay 🙂

Very happy with the product. Box was damaged but the fan was ok. Works well. Sure moves a lot of air and that’s what we bought it for. I recommend it.