Kitchen & Housewares : Vornado 540B High-Velocity Personal Clip-On 2-Speed Air Circulator

Rating: - Great Fan
This is another example of the superior products manufactured by Vornado. The fan is a standard 2 speed vortex action which really circulates the air better than any other fan I have ever used. I have several Vornado fans for different rooms and uses. But the spring action clip is what sets this one apart. I was pleasantly surprised at the strength of the clip as well as the many different positions it can be placed in. It swivels, pivots and turns and has rubber feet so it doesn't mar any surface. It's great to clip onto a door to move air from one room to another or clip onto an outdoor chair to move the air on your deck. The high speed is a bit too fast for nighttime but the low speed is perfect!

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Rating: - Excellent cooling and air circulation!
This fan is really great! Since it's a clip on, you can fit it in spaces where you might not normally be able to fit a fan. It's relatively small for the smount of air it moves (the circulating action of the Vornado is great!), and when it's on the low setting it's barely audible. The high setting can be a little loud, but the low setting is strong enough for me. I have a window air conditioner, and since I started using this fan, the air conditioner doesn't have to work nearly as hard - the money I'm saving on that probably more than makes up for the cost of the fan! If you're looking for a fan for a fmall to medium sized room, and you don't have a lot of space to put one, I recommend this fan!

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Rating: - It really stays put.
This product is relatively heavy, but the clip held it fine. I actually clipped it to my bed rail and it stays in place even on high speed - Very cool and super quiet.
Thanks to Vornado - a super product.

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Rating: - Clip On
Excellent fan, easy to use in small areas. Very good brand to purchase.

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Rating: - Very flexible for placement, but loud and doesn't move much air
I have an old (model 280) Vornado air circulator which I love-- big air flow and minimal noise, so I automatically gravitated towards Vornado when I needed a new compact fan that could move a lot of air.

This new fan is loud for a Vornado. Despite some cushioning material in/around the clip, it has a heavy/audible vibration even at its lower (of 2) settings, and the desk it's attached to vibrates. I intended this fan to cool a hot spot created by computers in my office, but its noise (even on low) is a bit louder than the computer fans and spinning hard drives.

Disappointingly, this fan moves less air than other compact Vornado fans, but its saving grace is the big clip and multi-directional adjustable head. It can be aimed at pretty much any angle (in roughly 20 or 30-degree steps) and the clip is strong enough to hold the fan in place upside down without slipping off its mount (ie, with the closed end of the clip towards the ground, it doesn't work lose with gravity, at least not in a short test).

Vornado fans are now made in China instead of the US. This may have affected quality/quietness versus older fans...

I give it 4 stars, instead of the 3 the fan by itself rates, for its ingenious swivel-head clip design.

I think I'll just have to get a big Vornado for the computer room and find floor space for it, after unsuccessfully trying and returning several compact Vornados because they were just too noisy.