You couldn't ask for a more incredible, quiet, powerful fan! Other than the price being WAY too much, I would recommend this to anyone that wants to save on their central air bill. Once I got this fan, my central air has been off most of the time :) My cat was a little freaked out about it at first not knowing what it was but now even she sits right in front of it in the living room enjoying the breeze.
We have a single room on the second floor of our home in Florida that we recently redecorated and turned into a media room. The room's AC vents are part of an air conditioning system on the first floor of the house. We had the entire room reinsulated with foam insulation in our efforts to keep the room at a comfortable temperature, but the laws of physics haven't changed, heat still rises and the room can get pretty warm. Hence the need for a fan. After trying a typical inexpensive fan, we didn't like the look, the quality or the amount of noise. I had seen a Dyson at Costco, but investigation made me realize it was an older model and the newer ones are supposed to be 60% more quiet. We decided to think of the fan not only as a way to make us more comfortable, but also as an art object. That made the cost a little more justifiable. Well, we really do like the fan. It does a fine job of moving air around. When I started the fan for the first time on speed 10, I actually was surprised at the amount of noise that it did make. My expectations may have been unrealistic, but I expected it to be almost silent, and it is not. However, I seldom keep the speed that high, and whatever whooshing sounds it does make are covered by the sounds of the TV. It is lovely to look at, and is almost a piece of art standing regally in the corner of the room. It is a very unique and functional fan, and I would make the same decision again as well as recommend it to others. That, of course, is assuming the fan continues to operate for a long perior of time. So if you can handle the expense, I would recommend it.
the fan is wonderful…better than that - terrific! the color is a bit shocking -- it makes u look at it before anything else in the room. I'll probably get used to it ……well, I always know where the fan is this way (because you sure can't hear it!).