HOLMES 16 Stand Fan With Remote Control, Black

It’s a good and reliable fan

Good solid fan. Makes a nice humming noise to sleep to

Creates wind

In summary -- nice shell with a PoS motor... Fan wasnt cheap -- expected it would be built to last given the price and its metal construction. Instead the motor windings shorted because the manufacturer was super cheap and skimped on insulation between them. When it did work, it moved air well. Its certainly a little louder than plastic fans (this should not come as a surprise from a metal fan). I wasnt particularly thrilled that low speed was equivalent to high speed on any other fan model. If you turned up the fan all the way up to actually be on high speed you could probably power an air boat or hovercraft (and yes its just as loud as you might imagine one of those being). Contacted this company 8 days again to see about a replacement motor... yet to hear back. Will update review either in a week or when I hear from them.

Disliked assembling it Used to keep bedroom cool

This is the fan I use for gray noise at night. I purchased it to replace the 8yo fan that was showing signs of motor failure. To my delight the same unit was still available. Funny how that works, a great product still available nearly a decade later. This fan is a heavyweight with plenty of power. The motor and metal blades have consistent sound dB that my brain likes at night. I left the old fan on all the time, except for dusting. After replacing I disassembled the old one and found oil packed dust surrounded the motor bushings, cleaned them up and now it has been recycled to one of the kids’ room. Slightly less torque provided from the motor but still operational.

Very good

The style fit well in our bedroom.

This is the second of these fans I have bought. The first one burned out after over a year of almost continual use. Nothing against the fan for that, I did not clean it often enough. This construction of this fan seems to be different. The bolt that connects this fans base to the tower tube stripped out the nut in the base the first time I tightened it. The tower then flopped around uselessly. The tube that connects the tower to the base should have a longer collar inside of the base. Luckily I had not thrown out the old fan and I swapped out the tower tube, everything works correctly now. The construction is solid on the fan body but the bolts used to attach the motor cover to the motor is a special bolt head Ive never seen, you need a triangular shaped bit to open it up, that stopped me from being able to clean out the motor.

Purchased March 2020 and died May 2022. Motor burnt out. Was used daily pretty much all the time year round.