Vornado 683DC

Save you're money, you can get a much better fan with a quick trip to your local Bunnings – This is an ok fan and fairly quiet on the lower settings. However it is only effective when used in a room already reasonably cool to begin with. Remember this is an air multiplier and not really a fan. It is certainly not going to have any cooling effect or noticeable impact in a room that gets even a little bit of sun or has already become a bit stuffy. The base is also huge and very cumbersome to have in a smaller space.

The other big limitation of this fan is Vornado don't provide instructions to remove the front grill release the clips and you feel it may break being left to figure that out yourself. This makes it impossible to clean properly and it's a unit that traps a lot of dust that is impossible to get to without removing that front cage. When I contacted Vordando customer support explaining that I could find videos and instructions for other fans, but not specifically to remove the cage for this pedestal model, they sent links to videos with a caveat that was it was for their different model floor fans that are not at all the same fittings. hmmm... Ok thanks Vordando for confirming my original issue that there are no instructions for this model and you can't otherwise provide any.... 4 years later between requests.

Unfortunately due to not being able to properly clean the dust and constantly tripping over the huge base this was quickly relegated to the garage. It's a very good unit in that area being a dark cool space with room to spare, but at this price point not exactly what I had in mind.

I'd strongly suggest a trip to your local Bunnings, and if you're a homeowner at this price point I can promise you won't regret putting in proper ceiling fans that are a far superior solution.

Great fan – Instead of having a ceiling fan installed in our bedroom, we decided to buy a Vornado 683 DC fan. We are very happy with it. The DC motor is silent and the only noise is from the airflow if we turn the fan onto its highest setting. Set half-way, the fan creates a breeze to flow over us as we sleep.The adjustment for airflow is a dial, not numbered settings so we can adjust it as we wish. We are delighted with it. A couple of weeks ago our daughter bought the same model fan and she is very happy with it. She also bought a larger fan, the floor model Vornado 660 and she is very happy with it also.