The whole ‘East to clean’ is a scam. It’s downright impossible to open the front grill, over it gets dusty you’re better off tossing this a buy a new fan from a different company
This is a great fan. It's compact and quiet but puts out a large volume of air for its size. It replaced a larger fan that didn't move nearly as much air.
My stepdad told me twenty years ago that Vernado was the only fan to buy, and he was right: That's the only brand of fan I buy. I have a couple of small fans, a couple of large fans, and a fan on a stand. They're very reliable, and very quiet, and they do the job very effectively. Plus, who knows, maybe I'll win the sweepstakes, but this is a true statement of my experience in any case.
This fan died after 8 months of continuous use... I have three other Vornado fans and have no issues with continuous use of the Larger models. I've had one failure with small unit... But I purchase these fans because I've come to expect that they will last. This is disappointing at the price they sell for. I disassembled the unit to see if I could pop in a new motor. :(
The packaging for this fan says "easy to clean." It is NOT. You must have a narrow long magnetic phillips head screw driver to remove three deeply recessed tiny screws from the plastic frame in order to reach the blade for cleaning.