Lasko Oscillating Platinum Desktop Wind Tower Fan, 3-Speeds, Compact, Portable with Handle for Office, Bedroom and Kitchen, 14", Black, 4916

I rated it as 5-star because it meets my requirements. The only negative feature is the noise generated but this does not bother me. Great wind-speed, portable for a senior to carry to different places in a room, or to different rooms. Just plug into an electrical socket, touch the button & viola! the strongest setting of "wind motion" is on. It has the revolving option too, as depicted on Amz's website. I can also place books underneath the fan so that I can feel the moving air on the face - height adjustabiity, manual style. It's sturdy, quite good value for money, and being a Lakso, I believe it's going to last me awhile.

First, I was replacing the former model of this very make/shape/design of fan from almost a decade ago. Shape = the top half can be moved left or right and blows a different direction than the bottom, where it always seems like it covers far more blow-area than you might ever imagine for my old 14" fan. My old model only difference to this 4916 model I now confirm was only old one a turnie-knob to select speed/oscillate, rather than this new one with 2 push buttons. Did I mention my old Lasko lasted 10 years? When I shopped here for a replacement, oh I looked at many brands, all cheaper really. Good stuff, reviews were good. Some big name recognizable makes, some remotes, some even had the temperature showing on them lol. I only need to know "I'm hot" or "I'm not hot" - not a number, so that one makes me laff, but I digress again... So I shopped and shopped. I found cheaper, but none had that center-swivel thing going for it. Its a manual thing - nothing fancy, it just really reeeeeally widens the blow-area covered, and in a split-second reach you can adjust it anytime. Lasko was the only one that had it in the 14" like my old 14" size, so this I paid just a smidge more for, no remote, no bells whistles, two pushbuttons, manual swivel, same space it will take up standing on the table in the room I need it in. If you have a small space to use this fan in, you won't believe how much difference that manual-twistie swivel option in the middle makes until you actually use one of these. I got model # 4916 black from this ad. It arrived identical size as the one I got rid of. That was still working fine, it just got that musty smell after 10 years is all. * Running, this new one is (the same) whisper quiet, in a tiny little echoey room. The buttons don't "beep" like my tower fans - in the middle of the night - tG. Had I got a different non-Lasko fan it might have beeped and for some reason I just don't like the ones that do that. Unnecessary really. The old one did not beep, the new one/this one does not beep. It has no remote, but in a tiny room/on tabletop, ya gotta walk by it anyway. * What else matters, I think to self? It matters that the Lasko fan I got rid of was a decade old, exact model except for knob to push button it turns out, and the old one lasted that long. I could have saved a few measly single US dollars getting any other 14-inch-ish tall fan I found - with no pivot covering less blow-area - and taken 100% chance the fan wouldn't do ** exactly what I needed it to continue doing **, or I could get this one and hope for quiet, about the same item, and get 'er done as well. And it did. I win! I am so glad I thought it out and got this model 4916 Lasko. Shipping was predictable, reliable, packing was great, arrived in new/perfect condition as ordered, to tabletop and plug 'er in and manually swiveled the center of it, and within what was it less than 2 minutes my reliable Lasko was... back. I cannot speak for the 4911 shorter one. It would have been too short for my same room area-coverage. I cannot speak for the 4910 which is 14", but I chose the 4916 instead because I was hoping for the newest model available and getting another 10 years of great Lasko operation, where I can be happy to know: In the future, save my time, just get the Lasko. And now I know I can come back to this seller and get exactly what was promised. Yay!

I've been trying to find the perfect desk fan and I FINALLY found it! I've tried fans that were way too loud and then those that were quiet enough, but didn't move any air. Some of them even spattered a little oil from time to time - not good, especially when you're using the fan on your desk and you have papers lying about. I didn't like handing my boss paperwork spattered with oil. But this fan is perfect in my mind. It has three speeds - the highest setting is a little loud for my office space, but the lowest setting is quiet and still moves a good amount of air. The oscillating component just makes it all the better - although, because you can point the top and bottom parts in different directions, it covers most of my cube without oscillating. I haven't seen a hint of oil either. I haven't had the fan that long yet, but from what I've seen so far, I would highly recommend it!!

Well, it's as other reviewers have written: on high, this is one noisy little fan. I am keeping it, however, because it works really well. The medium and low settings are nearly noiseless, but high sounds a bit like someone is mowing outside your window...that sort of muffled but still-loud sound? Other than that, it's great--I LOVE that you can adjust the top to blow in another direction than what the bottom is doing. The oscillating option combined with the ability to swivel the top means it's possible to circulate the air in my otherwise deadly-still office and still keep a nice breeze on myself at all times. My office was stifling before, perfect temp now. Worth $27.99 any day! Just keep in mind that if you are expecting a larger fan based upon the way this looks, it's a "mini" tower fan--vaguely the height of a legal-size notebook and about that same width. Perfect for tucking into the corner of a desk, not perfect for sitting on the floor (unless you're trying to cool just your feet, which I would think odd...).

This is a nice little fan. I have it on a table about six feet from my desk and on low it generates a nice little breeze so that I don't have to crank up the AC. It oscillates effectively over a limited range and creates little background noise. The top and bottom are slightly offset from each other, to increase the area being cooled. I even leave it on when I am in Zoom meetings because it doesn't add much ambient noise. It's way quieter than the fan in my computer. It's small, so it's not going to cool a room, but if it's just you in a reasonably sized space, it works.

This one is replacing a ten year old one very much like it that died this year.We tried a different brand first then returned it and hunted harder for this Lasko. We are very happy we did. This one is slightly improved over the last one. It has 2 sections you can aim in different directions which cools both me and my Boston Terrier. It also can oscilate. Puts out plenty of air! Well worth the money.

Noisey unit....compared to previous purchase

Love the Lasko wind tower! It keeps us cool and it's not noisy. It actually rocks us to sleep.😴

Excelente equipo, en diseño y operatividad Gracias

Muy recomendable. Un buen tamaño por el precio, buena calidad y silencioso. El aire ventila muy bien. Valió la pena la compra!

El producto es exactamente lo que describe Un poco más ruidoso de lo que esperaba Pero en general es un buen producto

Es un buen ventilador, el diseño es estético y muy práctico pues ocupa muy poco espacio. No le pongo 5 estrellas porque siento que el ángulo en que gira la parte de arriba podría ser mas amplio y la oscilación no me convence del todo. Me gustó mucho que no es muy ruidoso. Lo recomiendo para cuartos pequeños y

Súper la verdad que para ser chiquito si echa buen aire