Rowenta Turbo Silence Pedestal Fan

To try and cope with outrageously high So Cal Edison electricity bills during the heat of summer, I purchased a Lasko box fan. The reviews called it a quiet fan that cooled well and I have to assume these people were not really picky about what they felt was "quiet." I ended up returning that one because it was far too loud even on the lowest setting, and especially for the proportion of noise to air it moved. I'm thinking, though, that these are just inherent qualities of box fans.I then purchased the Rowenta pedestal fan based on numerous reviews citing how quiet it was, and just kept my fingers crossed that "quiet" actually meant "quiet."It did. This fan is QUIET (I guess I should have typed it in small letters to connote quietness). And it cools very well, even on the lowest setting. Even the first three settings are quieter than the box fan and the forth, turbo mode, is about as loud as the box fan on its lowest mode except the Rowenta moves way more air.The fan came very well packed to protect it from damage. All of the individual parts were nicely wrapped. The instructions were inside of the blade covers. I thought assembly was very easy. It took me less than ten minutes, taking my time. I know some reviewers complained about the instructions but for me the pictorial diagrams were clear and self-explanatory. Everything fit together and the build quality of this fan is excellent. Someone remarked that it is Chinese manufacturing but German pricing. If that was meant to be a slur on Chinese manufacturing, they don't know what they are talking about. The quality of this fan is good and while it is relatively high priced, I would say you get what you pay for. That box fan was $25 and this fan cost more than 3x as much with Amazon deal of the day pricing but it is well worth it.The fan is quiet, as I mentioned above, air flow is good on all levels and the controls/remote work like they are supposed to. The base is heavy which makes the fan cumbersome to move around, but it also makes for a solid foundation so it doesn't tip over or move easily. I don't think they intended for this fan to be moved all over the place. It also looks good - the finish is nice and so is the color.I'm very happy with this purchase.

I've had this fan in daily, sometimes constant, use during the warmer months for just over five years, which means probably 2.5 years for someone who will use it year-round. It's been too long for me to remember assembling it, which is a common complaint in the reviews. I don't remember having any problems putting it together.The fan can be fully controlled by either the remote control or by the keypad on the fan. No problems with either method, and I think I've only replaced the remote batteries once in the five years I've had it. The base is heavy, and this fan will not tip over. It has a more solid feel than less-expensive fans.I'm not a physics major, but I'd say this fan is about as quiet as a fan can be. On the lower settings you don't even know it's on unless the room is silent. Then it's just a soft sound made by the air and not the fan. Good "white noise" in a quiet bedroom to help you sleep. Turn the fan up to the turbo setting and it's more noticeable, but still just a soft sound of the air being moved, not noise from the fan.I use the fan from about early May to about mid-October (Wisconsin, USA). The grill and blades build up a little dirt like any fan will. Twice since I've owned the fan I've taken the grills and blades off, taken them in the house and washed them off in the bathtub with soap (most likely shampoo) and a scrub brush. They look like new when I'm done, and I've had no sign of rust or other wear.When I bought this fan five years ago in June 2019 it was $118. Now, in August 2024, it's $170. That's unfortunate. However, compared to the rattling, clattering, noisy box fans I grew up with, I'd buy this fan again in a heartbeat. The rattly fans we had were so loud you had to crank the TV to hear it over the fan. This fan has no such problems.TL/DR: Great fan in every respect. Very quiet. Best fan I've ever owned. Have owned it for five years and had no problems. Money well spent, in my opinion, and I'll buy the same fan again next time I need one.

I ordered this fan almost exactly 1 year ago and I wanted to write a review of our experience with this product so far.-My husband loves background noise when he sleeps and gets very hot at night. We have a ceiling fan set on high but for a while before buying this product he used a travel fan and would set up the ironing board next to the bed to clip it to. I did not have a problem with this as long as he would put them away in the morning but he is very busy and works very hard so it inevitably stayed out all the time. I bought this fan to replace his setup. It is awesome!-There are 4 settings for speed. We keep it on "high." The noise level is just right. Several reviewers said it is very quiet and I was worried it wouldn't provide the background noise we needed. I understand better now what "quiet" means. It provides only the sound of air movement. The machine itself does not hum or grumble or provide any noise of its own. It does not wobble or move. It is very sturdy.-The remote control is great! We can snuggle in and get comfortable before turning it on from the remote.-The color is pretty much just as the image shows. Our bedroom is tan and aqua so it matches well but it would work with a lot of decor choices.-My only negative is that the base unit has a glowing blue light to indicate the setting you are on. At night, with all other lights on, It GLOWS very brightly. All I needed was a small strip of electrical tape to cover it (see images) and I did no dock any points from my review since it was so easy to fix.Overall, I definitely recommend this product. Quiet in the sense that it only moves the sound of air. Great color and very classy looking. Lots of speed settings. Bright light was very easy to fix. Great product!

I needed a new floor fan as my tower fan(well known brand and expensive) just wasn't putting out enough air movement. After considerable research chose the Rowenta VU5551. I read the 1-star reviews and they seemed viable but noted that the 5 star reviews were glowing. Initially the price was a bit high for my tastes but I ordered anyway. Once received (I opted for the 1 day delivery as I was desparate), I opened the box and within a few minutes had the unit assembled. First thing I noted, and confirmed by numerous reviews, my cat could have written better and clearer assembly instructions. That said, assembly was pretty much a no brainer and I only needed a Phillips screwdriver and pliers (to help loosen the fan holding plastic nut. Had to grip the metal shaft and THEN with some force removed the nut). The base of the unit is relatively heavy (which was a surprise) and is attached to the fan post with a screw type allen wrench on the underside of the base. I adjusted the height of the unit, plugged it in and hit the on button. The unit has 4 speeds to choose from. The unit was set to turn on with the lowest speed. Noted nice air flow. I shifted to 2nd speed and immediately noted that there was more air being moved (unfortunately I could not calculate the CFM) than my older tower fan. The Third setting was even better. Then I hit TURBO! (you could tell I was really getting into the swing of things here). Very noticeable airflow noted at 8 feet away. Airflow was amazing. I have a much older home and can only use window a/c, and then only of a certain size in order to fit in the window. Also, during the afternoon, my living room gets up to 87 F while outside it is 94 with heat index of 105-6. I have a combo clock thermometer in the living room and looked at the temp: it showed 87 F. With both the fan running on turbo and the a/c, the temp dropped 1 degree within 20 minutes and dropped another 4 degrees within the hour. Now, during this little test run, there was something that I noticed to be missing but couldn't place it at first. Then I realized it was THE QUIET OF THE FAN. My older fan would require me to contact the local FAA air traffic control tower because of the jet engine sound it made when starting up. OK, not really but it was noisy enough that we had to turn up the TV to hear properly. With this fan, even at Turbo, it is amazingly quiet. So what about the CONS? After reading the 1-star reviews, I didn't find but one that concerned me, and that being the rusting of the fan grill covers. But, these complaints were only a few and I think with just regular light cleaning there should be no problem. Now, as I said earlier, my price was a bit high. Now I get to eat my words again as I always believe, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. This fan is well worth the money as it does the best job of airflow movement I've ever experienced in a pedestal fan, and although it will not cool a whole house, it does an admirable job in a 10x20 living room. Yes, I highly recommend this as a BUY if you need a fan in conjunction with use of an a/c,.....or even heating during the winter months. Now if I can just get my cat to move away from the main airflow of the fan, everything will be fine.

First off, my friends know me as the "Crazy Fan Lady". I need to sleep with a fan and have a very narrow threshold of temperatures I can deal with. Living in Seattle, we have no air-conditioning and considering that we live in a townhouse, the upstairs gets extremely warm as the internal air-circulation is really poor. I have tried all kinds and all brands of fans and currently own three Vornados (including the 660) and the Lasko 20" Cyclone Fan. I've had fans cheap and expensive, box fans, table fans, pedestal fans and clip-on fans. The problem with most fans I've come across is two-fold: (a) They're usually pretty damn loud (b) They don't move enough air if it's not pointed directly at you.While I love the Vornado 660, I don't think it's quiet powerful enough for a 15 x 15 living room. Also, I need to put it on a stool so that it sits by the sliding door and pulls air in. I wanted a stand-alone pedestal fan that looked nice, wasn't loud (I mean, who can play video games with the sound of wind blowing in their ears; how would you ever detect the Clickers from the Last of Us?) and could blow up a storm for those especially hot days that are becoming the norm. Initially I wanted one of those vintage-y Hunter fans, but I read that they were loud and didn't really generate or circulate much air. The Rowenta was my second choice and though INSANELY over-priced (for which I docked a star), I think it was a really good buy. It's definitely very quiet on the first and second setting. The third and turbo setting gets pretty loud but not as terrible as the Lasko Cyclone and is comparable to the Vornado 660 at the highest speed. The fan is definitely more powerful than the Vornado 660 in terms of air circulation - if I place the Rowenta in front of the sliding door pointing inwards and have another fan at the end of the room redirecting the air outwards, the room gets cool pretty fast. I think the trick is the five really thin blades that seem to just slice through air and spit it out. The one other gripe I have though is that the color is actually a dark brown and not the nice silvery color shown in the picture. I'm not docking another star though, mainly because it blends in nicely with my wood furniture but it is pretty misleading. The fan otherwise has a very sleek modern look to it, and the base is EXTREMELY heavy, so it means no rickety squeaky sounds even on carpet.All in all, a really good purchase, lives up to it's Shhh-Silence name and produces good circulation.UPDATE (17 September 2013)Two months in, and I've finally concluded that this is the best fan EVER. It beats the Vornado 660 hands down in terms of silence and air circulation. I am not generally a lazy person, but I also just realized that the remote control is really useful for times when you're sitting on the couch watching a movie and suddenly it gets too cold and you don't realize that it's because there's a fan blowing because it's so quiet! I've used it almost everyday throughout summer - it doesn't get too hot in Seattle but for the days when it was about 90 degrees, the fan on the highest (not turbo) setting did a great job keeping the temperatures comfortable and did not create a sound any louder than a low hum.UPDATE (17 May 2014)The fan still going strong. I love being able to remove the grill and the blades and just running it under the tap to get it clean. I've noticed that when the blades on any fan gets gunky, performance is slowed down and you don't get as much wind power. Haven't been able to do that with my three other Vornados (didn't I say I'm the crazy fan lady?) Everyone that comes over to the house wants to know where I bought the fan, so at least we know it looks good.UPDATE (7 Oct. 2017)The fan has been going strong for 4 summers. I haven't encountered any of the rusting issues that other reviewers have even though I've washed the grills multiple times. I wonder if it's an issue of humidity/salinity. Seattle has pretty dry summers so we've managed to escape the humidity monster unscathed. I love this fan every bit as much as when I first got it, so much so that I bought the table version of this my baby's room.

EDIT #2: It is now August 2019. I still use it daily, and it's still going strong. Don't forget that, like any fan, you will need to periodically wipe the dust off the blades.EDIT: I bought this in August 2015. It is now late-January 2018. I have used this fan nearly every day, and most days I turn it on when I go to bed, and it runs all night long. After 2 1/2 years, I can say that it runs just as well, just as quietly, as the day I got it. I am absolutely satisfied with this purchase.I am very much pleased with this fan. I own a Lasko tower fan, which I love, and I needed another fan for another room. The tower fan is 3-4 years old and works perfectly fine and costs ~$50-$60. Is this thing worth twice the cost? Maybe. Does it generate twice the air? No. Is it twice as quiet/half as loud? No. Does it look twice as good? No. Will it last twice as long? I have no idea.So why buy this one? It looks nice, it's very sturdy, it moves a good bit of air, and it really is very quiet. On the low setting, I can forget that it is on (it is about as quiet as my floor vent/register). It has a good remote, and it also has aTurbo mode. What is that? It's like turning the volume up to '11'. I think turbo is best for short bursts - quickly cooling a hot room, or clearing a room of smoke, for example, It's nice, but I have not really used the Turbo button yet; just tested it once or twice.This is a nice piece of machinery. Fit and finish is excellent, assembly is easy, and it just feels like a high-quality product.Is it worth the ratings? Yes it is! Is it worth the price? Maybe. It is to me, and I expect to have this for many years. In fact, the other night I turned off the overhead ceiling fan and opted to use this fan instead. It was whisper-quiet on Low yet moved plenty of air - made for good sleeping.

Update: Rowenta repairs my fan.I got an email from Rowenta stating my fan is still under warranty. They issued a postage paid shipping label.They wanted me to ship the entire fan. I decided to only ship the top portion. (fan, motor, housing, etc). I cost me about $35 for the packaging alone. I used UPS and they destroyed my fan.Scratches, cracked housing bent fins, ect. etc. The service center went ahead and replaced the housing and repaired the oscillating motor. I then received a call to pick up the fan from the center because they don't want to ship it back.I drove about 1hr to get there and pick up the fan. Everything works fine BUT there are scratches all over the fan now. It looks like a used unit. Not sure if they replaced or repaired the fan. The serial number is gone so I don't know.All I know is the fan still works and is still quiet. So I'm happy with that. Not happy that I had to go through all this for a fan I bought for $100.-----------------------Update: Purchased on June 29, 2013.Today, May 11, 2014 the fan is no longer oscillating. Can't believe it's already broken for a fan at this price range. I had fans barely 25% of the cost of this last longer.I have contacted Rowenta to see if they will fix it. I will update this review when I receive a reply.-----------------------I was surprise to see how heavy this thing is. The base it metal unlike all of the previous fans we had purchased. The installation was a breeze. I manage to put it all together in about 10 minutes w/o reading the instructions.The first thing I noticed was the bright blue led. This fan is for our bedroom so it's way too bright. I will put some small decals over the led. First tuned it on and yes, on the lowest settings, the fan is fairly quiet. Great for the bedroom, and perfect to leave on at night. I have tried many fans and returned most of them. The only one I have kept are the window mounted fans that has two fans which allows you to bring in fresh air and take out room air. These however, lack any air flow. They are loud for the amount of air it pushes.The only major flaw for such an expensiveness fan is that there is no timer! Unless I am missing something or not reading the instruction right, I do not see an option to set a timer.Adjusting the tilt of the fan is a breeze. All you do is just tilt it to the angle you wish it to be. Unlike my previous fans where you have to turn a knob to adjust the angle. Which was useless as the fan would point down no matter how tight you turned the knob. This fan just clicks into place.It's a bit overpriced for what we get, but the build quality seems very good. The only thing plastics are the blades, the motor cover, the control panels and a few knobs. This thing is heavy BTW. So moving it up and down the stairs could be a bit of work for some. At the lowest setting, it's is great for sleep mode. You can hear some noise at the higher settings but it's mostly air noise and not the fan or mechanical sound.The remote is a bit bulky for something that only has 3 buttons. We're talking "approximately" 6 x 2 x .5".Compared to another fan I purchased at WalMart, it sounded like a Jet Engine at the lowest settings. One last thing, the design looks a little different than your typical pedestal fans. Almost sleek looking. I like it.

I have just put mine together and am completely thrilled with it. I had been using a cheap pedestal fan with very a cheap, sheet metal base. No reason to compare them -- one sold for a cheap price and was a junky fan that did work (if it didn't fall over or trip you). I would not have hesitated for a second to buy this one (I got the VU551, older model, no sleep timer) if I had believed how beautifully it is engineered, how stable it is, how quiet it is, and how much air it pushes. I do wish that I had paid better attention and gotten the newer model, which is priced the same. Still, I am so thrilled with this fan that I don't fret over a sleep timer. In fact, I might get another one and get my sleep timer this time and throw out all the miscellaneous fans I have lying around except for the box fan that works in the window. One of the engineering features of the fan is that it is very easy to aim it where you want it. Admittedly, it is not quite as easy to carry from one place to another as with a lighter, non-pedestal fan. But when you get it where you want it, it is ready to go. No fretting around for something to sit it on...just put it right where you want it. I read a lot of concern with difficulty in some fans of getting the cage apart to clean the blade. I don't see that as a problem. Oh, and it is very attractive.Edit after only 24 hours of use: Although I mentioned the power and high air flow from this fan, I was really thinking only of cooling power. There is another aspect of this that is very important in the home: The high power makes placement of the fan much less critical; you can locate it further away -- in a convenient spot -- and still get all the air you need. I had been using a cheaper pedestal fan and created an obstacle course for myself because I had found it necessary to partially block a doorway with it. No problem now, because the fan can be further away.

Very quiet fan on the lowest settings. Price may be more than some are willing to spend. I deducted one star for three reasons. First, although well-built in my opinion and easy to assemble, I should think the Rowenta table fan should be around fifty or sixty bucks and this floor fan around eighty or ninety-ish. However, after having read the reviews and having had personal experience with the usual cheap floor fans on discount, I decided to spend more and hope for better results.Quiet is very important to me, so much so when I built my computer, I used ultra-quiet components and sound-insulated the case. I hate loud fans. For example, I have an older model Vornado circulator fan (280SS, which isn't made any more...a real shame), bought back when they still had the (almost) infinitely variable speed dial; it's a good fan, has lasted forever, and I like how much air it can move, but I don't like how noisy it is. In this respect, the Rowenta is clearly the most quiet I've owned, particularly on the lowest two speed settings. On the highest or on Turbo-mode, yes, it's going to be loud, but that's to be expected.The second reason I deducted a star is because the assembly instructions were very difficult to locate. I finally found them wedged between the two halves of the wire fan-cage, which was in a semi-opaque plastic bag which made the instructions even less obvious to find. The assembly instructions should be the first thing you see when you open the box.A remaining reason for the one star deduction was their not bothering to include a couple of AAA batteries for the remote. C'mon, a fan like this at a premium price ought to come with the batteries.Pros:- Well-packaged and arrived undamaged -- product box inside another sturdy brown cardboard box (probably would've sufficed for shipping, but Amazon went ahead and put this inside yet another box, along with a couple other items I'd ordered).- Really heavy and sturdy pancake-shaped base, unlikely for the fan to tip over unless you plow into it.- Good construction quality in general, although the fan blades seem flimsy...but I'm sure that's part of what helps make it more quiet than other fans. Other than that though, nothing about the fan looks cheap.- I like the goose-neck design, so that you can see the controls from any angle, even standing at the fan. Too many fans I've owned either put them on the front (meaning you'll have to crouch or bend over to see them) or else on top, in which case you can't see them unless you're looking down right at the fan.- Remote control (alas, the remote doesn't turn the swivel on/off, which would've been really nice).- Significantly less expensive than a Dyson (which, to be honest, I actually found rather loud the last time I checked them out).Cons:- Expensive. A bit more expensive, in my opinion, than the fan is worth, but I needed a quiet, decent quality pedestal fan and there weren't any others which I felt met my needs and required quality standards.- Probably doesn't move as much air as other fans, due to the attempts to make it more quiet.- For obvious reasons, I wouldn't recommend this or any other pedestal fan for homes with small children or large unruly pets, although in terms of being 'tippy', this fan is far less so than most.- Some might not like the beep the fan makes when changing settings, and there's a blue LED which could bother some (but this latter could be taken care of with some electrical tape easily enough, or even just some colored plastic).Observations & hints:- Ultra-quiet on the lowest setting (just the air movement and a little bit of a hum), pretty quiet on the 2nd (louder whoosh, and the sound I refer to as 'plane prop' just barely evident). Significantly louder at high and turbo, but not quite as noisy as most fans I've heard; still I doubt I'll be using those settings often, except maybe for a minute or two if I need an urgent cool-down after working outside.- To maximize the quietness, don't put the fan too near objects or walls which can interfere with the airflow (thus making it uneven because turbulence = noise). Also, it's not going to seem super quiet if you're right up next to it. Halfway across a room though, on low, I can barely hear it; the refrigerator is actually significantly louder.- The fan base does not have wheels, meaning it's not really intended to be portable. It sits flat on the floor on three rubber feet, under the heavy circular base. If on a hardwood or fancy stone floor, I'd recommend putting a rug or something like that under it to avoid marks or scratching due to the fan vibration.- The instructions say not to engage/disengage the swivel motion while the fan is on. Makes sense. Also makes sense never to try to move the fan or adjust the fan positioning while it is running. That's just asking for trouble. My suggestion is if planning to move the fan to another room would be to (1) unplug the fan, (2) loosen the knob attaching the fan head and assembly to the base and remove it entirely, (3) carry the base and fan head ass'y to the other room separately, and (4) reassemble in place, then plug it in.- The knob that holds the fan blade assembly to the motor shaft is reverse threaded (meaning lefty-tighty, righty-loosey, opposite the normal directions). Just something to keep in mind when assembling or disassembling the unit.Summary: If you want a good quality and nice-looking pedestal fan, one which is really rather quiet compared to its competitors, the Rowenta VU5551 is a good choice. On the other hand, if quiet isn't important to you and you want to save some money, some of the less expensive fans may suit better, but the 'you get what you pay for' maxim comes into play.

I’m really happy with my purchase! The product arrived in perfect condition, exactly as described. The quality is great, and it works exactly as I expected. The seller was prompt with shipping, and the packaging was secure, ensuring everything arrived in excellent shape. Highly recommend this seller for their excellent service and quality products! I would definitely buy from them again.