I have this fan and a slightly older model which is virtually identical. It works quite well as a fan and can push out a prodigious amount of air. Just recently, the older one seemed to develop a problem and the blades no longer turned. When I examined it carefully, I noticed that the fan blade assembly had become detached from the fan motor. I was able to repair it using an electric screw driver but this necessitated taking off the front grill (one screw refused to come out) and then reattaching the fan blade assembly which is held by only one set screw. In my opinion, this is not a great way to secure the fan blades and I am assuming that this may well happen some time in the future.
If you are a little handy and have the proper tools, this is not the worst thing in the world, but reattaching the fan grill was not so easy given the essentially cheap machining of the whole thing. Again, not the worst thing in the world and I have no idea as to whether this has happened to others here, but if you purchase one, you may run into the same problem so be prepared. Again, when the fan is working, it does a great job!
Good fan but.
I have this fan and a slightly older model which is virtually identical. It works quite well as a fan and can push out a prodigious amount of air. Just recently, the older one seemed to develop a problem and the blades no longer turned. When I examined it carefully, I noticed that the fan blade assembly had become detached from the fan motor. I was able to repair it using an electric screw driver but this necessitated taking off the front grill (one screw refused to come out) and then reattaching the fan blade assembly which is held by only one set screw. In my opinion, this is not a great way to secure the fan blades and I am assuming that this may well happen some time in the future. If you are a little handy and have the proper tools, this is not the worst thing in the world, but reattaching the fan grill was not so easy given the essentially cheap machining of the whole thing. Again, not the worst thing in the world and I have no idea as to whether this has happened to others here, but if you purchase one, you may run into the same problem so be prepared. Again, when the fan is working, it does a great job!