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What You Need to Know About Tower Fans

Author: Sol Ami Patria
by Sol Ami Patria
Posted: Mar 18, 2015

Tower fans look smart and high-tech but there are a few points you need to know if you are planning to get one of these. This article briefly discusses the weaknesses of tower fans.

The first thing you need to keep in mind before you set out to purchase a tower fan is about wind-making ability. Just like all types of household fans, tower fans come at a variety of sizes and a wide range of power. So there is always the possibility that a particular tower fan model has more potential to make you feel cooler than a particularly weak pedestal fan. However, when you are talking about average power, tower fans are always the loser. No matter how sleek it looks and how promising the ads are, that little box with tiny blades inside will never compete with the massive blowing ability of a large stand fan or a high-velocity floor fan. The purpose of those types of fans are simply to max out the cooling effect but the tower fan is more about good-looks and not occupying a lot of space in the room. In short, if you plan to replace a pedestal fan with a tower fan, know that it will move less air.

Next, many tower fans can be a pain to keep clean. Sometimes the case that keeps the blades is inaccessible and you find out about that only after you have used the device for months. That is pretty bad news if the inside of your unit is filled with dust and you really want to clean it with a vacuum or tissue. Needless to say that you should do research beforehands to make sure that the blade compartment of the product is serviceable at home.

All this does not mean tower fans are a bad choice. There are several points about tower fans that make them so popular such as the ability to fit into smaller spaces and obvious fact that they much less likely to fall down when compared to an ordinary fan with a large head part standing on a fragile base. There are tower fan reviews on the internet that are quite reliable and they can provide you with further information on the advantages of specific tower fan models. Finding out about these advantages, there is a good chance that you will be buying a good tower fan instead of a table or stand fan.

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I am freelance writer interested in home design and product related reviews.

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Author: Sol Ami Patria

Sol Ami Patria

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