Vornado 530 Compact Whole Room Air Circulator, High Velocity Floor Fan with 3 Speeds for Cooling Airflow, Signature Vortex Action, Manual Control, Adjustable Tilt, Powerful Airflow, Black

I avoided Vornado for years because it seemed like a hype product. Expensive, and I didn't see how on earth a small Vornado could replace a much larger oscillating fan. It creates a very different kind of airflow than traditional oscillating fans, but Vornado is no hype. These things work.I live in a long, narrow 1500 sq. ft. mid-century ranch house with HVAC vents along the exterior walls, closed-off rooms, a long central hallway, and an absolutely terrible layout for airflow. I've been buying cheap fans to put on the floor in front of the HVAC vents to help push air throughout the house, but those cheap fans keep needing the bearings cleaned and oiled every few months. I decided to try a Vornado because of it's 5 year warranty, with no real expectation that it would perform any differently than my cheap fans.It does perform better. A lot better, in fact. Just one strategically placed Vornado, turned on its highest speed, pushes enough air that it can be felt throughout the entire house.The kitchen is on one end of the house with no exposed HVAC ventilation. I put this Vornado in the adjacent dining room, on the floor, next to an HVAC vent, and pointed it at the stove. When the fan is on high, nearly 20 feet away, cold air can be felt in the kitchen every time the air conditioning comes on. Even without the AC on, the kitchen feels as though a window is open and a breeze is coming through. In fact, the air circulation that Vornado advertises is so effective that I have to turn the fan off completely if I'm cooking anything that produces a lot of steam or smoke, because the stove hood can't overcome the airflow of the Vornado that's 20 feet away and the steam/smoke ends up collecting underneath my cabinets.Here's the crazy thing. If I forget to turn the fan back on, the other end of the house, where the bedrooms are, gets several degrees warmer than the front of the house, where the kitchen is.Oddly enough, in my living room—which is almost entirely closed off, but roughly the same area as the kitchen and dining room combined—this fan didn't move enough air to produce any noticeable effect. I ended up buying a slightly larger model, a Pivot 6, for the living room and liked it enough that I bought a second Pivot 6 for my bedroom. With these three Vornados running 24/7, the air conditioning comes on half as often as it use to and when it does come on, it only runs for half the time it use to. During a recent multi-week triple-digit heat wave, my electric bill was only $20 higher than it had been in the spring (before I got the Vornadoes) when the temperature stayed in the 70s.Unlike traditional oscillating table fans, this Vornado creates a single jet of air that disrupts the rest of the air in a room. I would not want a Vornado pointed at me the way I would a traditional table fan, it's not comfortable to be in front of one turned on high speed. Aside from the Vornado in my dining room, I point these Vornados at a doorway and let them push air out of the room. You can feel this air movement in the hallway and in other rooms that have no fans in them.Prior to having any fans in the house, my HVAC was set to 72 and parts of the house still felt too warm for comfort in the summer. After buying six oscillating table fans to place throughout the house, my HVAC was set to 77 and the house still felt warm in places. Adding these three Vornados let me set the HVAC to 78 and I'm contemplating setting it to 79, because I keep putting on a hoodie throughout the day. Overall, the house feels cooler now than it did when my HVAC was set to 72, and the energy bills are much lower.I've also taken this fan apart and put oil around the front bearing. The grill and blade are easy to remove. I have not taken the Pivot 6 apart to clean or oil it yet. Time will tell how long this Vornado lasts. However, I'm concerned that the motor looks like a similar bearing arrangement to the cheap fans I have to clean and oil so often. I'm hoping Vornado is built better than that, though, but at least the Vornado has a really good warranty if it does start to act up like my old fans did. The Vornado Pivot 6 seems to have a much better motor design, just from looking through the grille, and I expect it to last longer.UPDATE: April 2024, the black Vornado 530 started squeaking pretty loudly. It's been running 24/7 on speed II or III ever since I got it, so this wasn't unexpected. I took the apart, unscrewed the motor and unscrewed the bearing caps, and oiled the bearings. Other than the motor being difficult to turn by hand, the bearing caps showed no signs of wear. If you take everything apart like this, there is a tiny little washer in the front bearing cap—make sure it doesn't fall out.The motor is very simple to remove and take apart, although the retention clip for the up-down pivot was a little tricky to get back in. The two prongs go from the fan neck into the holes just above where the bottom screws go. Not terrible to get everything put back together, though. When I got it back together, it ran perfectly without making any noise. I ended up taking my white Vornado 530 apart and oiling the bearing in it as well.UPDATE: July 2024: The black Vornado started squeaking again, for about a week. Then the power went out and the black Vornado didn't turn back on. I took it apart and the blade wouldn't move at all. I took the bearings out and the back bearing was essentially locked up. The plastic washer was split in two as well. I took the bearings apart, cleaned them, and got the re-assembled fan blade spinning freely again. However, it wouldn't power on. Using a multi-meter, I checked the fuse and found that it was still good, and I could trace power through the switch. I believe the motor capacitor burned up, likely due to the bearing getting stuck. I contacted Vornado and they issued a warranty replacement within a week. The new fan is running very smoothly and putting out a lot of air. It's amazing how rooms the airflow of this one fan affects. I'm still a fan (no pun intended) and hope to have many more years of use out of my Vornados.

This is the best vornado fan. Its his different in terms of airflow in a good way. i’ve bought these things consecutively for like 15 years maybe more and it helps me fall asleep better than all the rest of them.

I have had very good luck with Vornado brand fans. This is no exception. It is compact and perfect for my kitchen, but has a strong air flow. I bought it because my other Vornado fans run almost non-stop all summer and, so far, continue to operate smoothly.

This fan is 10/10. I’ve had it on for 5 minutes and I’m already cooler. It’s a whirlwind of air and the 2nd fan speed setting is plenty. The third is like a hurricane and I love it. The power is great, it looks great, and it sits on a small desk very well. I immediately ordered one for my apartment after having this on my desk at work. 10/10 no notes.

This fan work great in the heat. Cool air coming out

I just received this fan a few hours ago. It's replacing a fan I'd bought about 2 months ago which just died. That was probably the 4th one I've had in the last year. I live in a small apartment with no central air. I have a one room portable air conditioner in a living room and that's pretty much all it cools. The bedroom gets no airflow so I buy fans. I'm in L.A. and when the fan died I went to a few stores and of course, fan's being a seasonal item, no one had any. I've seen pretty decent reviews for the Vornado line so I figured I'd give it a shot. For it's size, it's way more powerful than any of the 4 fans I've had previously, including a larger floor fan. Construction on this model feels sturdier than the desktop fans I've had and it doesn't have the rattling sounds of the metal desktop fan that just died. For it's size, price, and power, it's a pretty impressive desktop fan.Update: I've had this fan for a couple of weeks now and it's the best portable fan I've owned so far. I have my computer desk in my bedroom. Prior fans, on high speed, would barely reach where I sit, which is about 9 feet away. With this fan, I can walk by the bedroom door (about 14 feet) and I can feel the breeze. The unit is sturdy, no odd noises or rattling. In my opinion, well worth the price.Update: 10/7/2013 - The fan bit the dust (literally I think). Several months ago the fan began intermittently making a squeaking noise as though some internal parts were rubbing together. I run the fan almost non-stop 24 hours a day and it sits in front of a window. I'd cleaned it a few times due to accumulating dust from the window. It finally seized up. Because I hated having to get rid of it I dismantled it, cleaned it, and put a couple of drops of lubricating oil that I use for hair clippers on the metal rod that connects the blades to the base. This brought it back to life for a few more months. It finally froze up at the beginning of October and I couldn't revive it. So, for what it's worth, I had this unit for a little less than 3 years and during that time it was running 7 / 24 at least 90% of that time. Although I wish it still worked, given the environment and that it ran for an estimated 22,000 hours, I think I got my money's worth out of it.Update #2: Purchased first fan in 12/2010 and a second one for my bedroom in 8/2011. As noted above, they eventually died. In both cases the motor simply froze. I bought this last one in 6/2014. All of these have been the Model 530. The one I bought in 6/2014 has worked fine up until about a month ago when the motor, like it's predecessors seized up. I was able to revive it and it's running but if it follows the same pattern as the previous fans it will likely die sometime in the next 6 months. It seems that, at least in my experience, these fans have about a 3 year lifespan. I still don't know if it's the dust in the area or that it's just not designed to be run 24/7 for this long of a time. As above, I probably run the fan about 90% of the time and 100% during the summer months. I've been running two fans (one in living room and one in bedroom) for the last 5 years. When the fan I'd purchased in 2011 died I replaced it with the much less powerful Vornado 133. It's okay but it does not circulate the air in the apartment anywhere near what the 530 does. If this 530 dies I think I'm going test Vornado's 5 year warranty since I've had this one for only 2 years. I'm still a fan and I think I'm getting my money's worth from these fans but I do wish they weren't so consistent in failing in under 3 years.

I bought this fan on April 16,2020. Today is May 8, 2025. The fan has a 5 year warranty which just expired April 2025. Today, the fan stopped working. :( It was pretty good for its size up until today.

Best fans around. I love them. Compact size, huge air movement.