Bionaire BTF4010CR-BCU Tower Fan Combo, 40" 3 Speed Tower Fan & 12 " 2 Speed Mini Fan

I was kinda skeptical about the Lakewood and Lasko fan reviews and decided to try this fan. It indeed has great airflow even the small desk fan that comes with it. On speed 1 of 3 you hardly notice its on but has great airflow - I can feel a slow steady breeze about 15 feet away - perfect for keeping near the foot of the bed. speed 3 of 3 and i can feel the air bouncing off the walls and any angled surface in my bedroom, in a large room id imagine you could feel it a good 35-40 feet away pretty easily.Even on its highest speed yes it becomes a little noisy but what fan doesn't? It kind of reminds me of someone using a hairdryer in the bathroom with the door closed kinda motor whirling sound or a laptop cooling fan on high.My only complaints is it seems a tad wobbly to me but I haven't owned any other tall tower fans before. Its base diameter is about a foot which is attached (by the buyer) with 4 phillips screws - not hard at all...The oscillate speed seems too fast for me anyways. I'm used to the old normal blade oscillating desk fan speed where at any given point has about 4-5 seconds of airflow, this seems like 2-3 seconds like someone just quickly blew air on you. BUT if you use the fan like me and leave it in one position it isn't a big deal at all.The little desk fan that comes with it puts out a surprising amount of airflow! Has the old style of manual clicking selector buttons - 2 speeds and does oscillate also. It works for what it is.So I am still very happy with my selection and i suggest giving it a try!It should be noted i bought mine about 4 days ago (May 1, 2012) and i paid $67 from amazon...I noticed it was $83 today. At $67 its a very good deal but at $83 I'm not entirely sure its the best for that price range.

These fans are great. They are great working condition. I love them both. The air moves so easily in the rooms were they sit. Thanks so much for a great item.

We bought this for a dorm room. I was familiar with the quality of the brand and bought it primarily based on that factor. It worked fine for the first month or so, it was quiet and was a great help with air flow. Then it started making a loud internal grinding noise whenever it was turned on. It didn't matter whether it was on rotation mode or still. Very frustrating. Also, shortly after purchasing the fan it re-appeared at Costco for $45.

The fan worked OK for 6 months, then quit. All functions (green indicator lights, auto swivel) worked except the one that counts: the fan.Even before, the remote was iffy--sometines failed to control the fan, and it was usually impossible to get the swivel to reverse action (you had to let the fan go all the way through the cycle and stop it when it was aimed where you wanted it).Before the fan broke, I would give it 3 stars, because it did move the air well. But even a dirt-cheap plastic fan from the corner drugstore works far longer than this.

The only previous experience I have had with oscillating tower fans was a prior model (unrelated) called WindChaser WCH3iR0 WindColumn Stand / Floor Fan. I was very pleased with this prior model but was under the false assumption that all tower fans were created equally. After doing some research and price comparisons around town and online I decided to go with the Bionaire model from Costco because you get two fans in one box. I currently like using the smaller model to circulate the air around my plants. But what I am noticing with both models is that when the oscillation feature is turned on, I hear this choppy helicopter noise which makes this fan too noisy to tolerate when I want to have peace and quiet. This is especially bothersome and annoying while trying to sleep.Also, a small slightly irritating feature that I do not like about this fan is that when you want to turn it on to high power you have to go to all three settings in order to get to the highest setting. Or say, for example, you want a medium setting but yet you're currently on the high setting you have to go through all settings plus the off setting in order to get the desired setting. It just seems like very cheaply made mechanism and I cannot believe that this costs $75 as per amazon.com's price.I was very pleased with my previous WindChaser WCH3iR0 WindColumn Stand / Floor Fan oscillating fan which I purchased online years ago. I can't find it anymore. You can even read my review on amazon.com to see how favorably I felt about this fan. I'm the only person to have left a review for it. The only reason I do not have it now is because I left it behind in my hometown after moving over a thousand miles away. But over years of use it's still going strong and is satisfactorily quiet and has many more features. It has an air ionizer feature which I thought was useless but the versatility of placing the fan horizontally or vertically was wonderful. It was a bit more money, as I recall, for just one fan but I guess I will have to simply accept that I will have to pay a lil bit more for better quality.

I purchased this fan because I used it for 8 weeks while staying at a friends house.It does a great job of moving the air throughout the house. It has an osculating functions, a remote (that I don't/haven't used) an ability to turn off after 1, 2 or 8 hours, and a function that cycles through blowing strenght -- soft a bit, medium, then high. This last one I cannot really see a use for but it's an option.

Doggone it, why did you make it so impossibly hard to get the screws into the base of the wonderful fan?? Every single friend who bought one of these had to get a relative come over to get the screws into place. I'm using it with only two screws connected but I will have to get my relative here before it gets really hot out as I can't put the fan on high or it rocks and threatens to fall over. What is the deal with that?? Otherwise, absolutely lovely. Renee-Therese