Dreo Cooling Fans That Blow Cold Air, 40" Evaporative Air Cooler, 2023 Upgrade Tower Fan for Bedroom with 80° Oscillating, Ice Packs, Remote Control, 3 Modes 4-Speed Quiet Floor Fan Home/Office

Best investment over the summer. This thing packs a punch and makes an instant difference for me right now as my AC is broken at the moment. This thing can cool me down completely in under a minute and if I turn it off I'm already sweating a minute later. The last tower fan I got was a Honeywell and that thing was junk so I was skeptical of this thing. Glad I got the warranty because I definitely plan on using this a bunch for years to come.

Works good but will collect dirt and hard water you have to clean it

I have a small covered patio that faces the hot afternoon sun for 3 hours, so I wanted to get something to make the porch usable during sunny days. I have floor to ceiling sheer curtains to take the edge off the sun, but it blocks whatever breeze there might be, so I wanted something to circulate air and maybe a little extra. I tested this fan out today (86 degrees and sunny) and am pretty satisfied with the results. You do need to be sitting right in front of it in order to feel any kind of benefit in the direct sun, even with the reservoir topped up and icy, but this isn't too surprising. It still offers cooler air than a traditional fan, and it makes the porch at least more usable. I am enjoying it now in the shadier part of the day (84 and no sun), and it makes the porch really pleasant rather than just tolerable, so I got my money's worth. I don't think I accomplished my goal of having a usable porch in the direct sun (it'll get well into the 90s here soon, so if it was tolerable at 86, it'll be uncomfortable at 90), but again, it does make the porch much nicer in the shade and tolerable in the sun if you're sitting right next to it. I'd say keep expectations low: remember it isn't an AC. It's not going to cool a big space. Get it to take the edge off, but not much more. Cool idea and overall I'm happy.

I wanted to leave a review since I had read reviews of this fan before I made my purchase and wanted to share my experience with it after using it for two weeks. It arrived in the Dreo box with full description so if you live in an area with a lot of porch pirates you may want to make sure you're home when it's delivered. It was easy to assemble. My old eyes didn't line up the slots from the base to the fan but it wasn't difficult to move it around until it clicked. It is a little wobbly with an empty tank and even when the water tank is full it does wobble a little, but if there is no chance of people running into it then it isn't a big deal. I think you would have to hit it kind of hard to make it tip over. There was a plastic/electrical smell like you get with many electronics but after the first week that pretty much went away. I am a light sleeper so the noise level was a concern for me. It is louder than a regular fan of the same make and I think that is due to the evaporation method it uses. I sleep with it on level 1 and it isn't too bad but I don't think I'd sleep well on the max level. The remote functions well and also works on my Rowenta fan, interestingly enough. I have used both regular ice and the cold packs that came with the fan with water and I think the water and ice works a little better for cooling. With me keeping fresh ice in it and after 4 or more hours I have brought the temperature down just over 4 degrees. I can see if you lived in a humid area this fan may not work as well. It is bigger than it appears in the picture but not too huge. The instructions say that you can unclip the pump from the reservoir and fill it at the sink, which I tried, but there is no way to clip the pump back in without reaching you hand through the water and getting wet. I just fill a pitcher with water and ice and fill the tank with that. Overall it is a good product and works as decribed.

The fan itself was actually good. It was super cold even from far away, it is still way more quiet than my old fan even at top speed, however some people have said it lowers the room temperature and that is false, my room is very small and it does not lower it. However it still is very cold. The water evaporation part I'm not really sure if it does much to the fan (I didn't feel much difference with or without) I used ice packs and ice still nothing much, however it is a cool way to make your room smell nice (I put essential oils in the water) however to the reason I had to return this... they somehow forgot to give me the base? I'm not sure how you could ship a fan without the base of it but they did indeed manage to do so, and the dreo support staff werent very helpful and all theyll say is to go through amazon, meanwhile amazon tells you to go through dreo.. Overall it's a great fan but the fact they didn't ship the base really annoyed me which is the reasoning for my low rating. So if you actually manage to get what you ordered than I'd say the fan is a good 4/5.