Editorial Product Review:Item Description:Manufacturers Description: The Vornado 510 Compact Air Circulator is small enough for a desk or table top, but powerful enough for whole-room air circulation. Vortex design provides quiet, complete air circulation for year-round comfort and energy savings; directable air flow; 5-year warranty. Color: Whitestone Speeds: 3-speed control, variable from 1,000 to 2,000 rpm Current Draw: 1.2 amps max. 120 VAC 60 Hz Watts: 72 Dimensions: 9.75 L x 9.25 W x 12.75 H Weight: 5 lbs. (Dimensional Weight) Item No.: CR1-0005-01
Amazon.com Review:Quiet and built of durable plastic, this device circulates air throughout a room at home, at the office, or in a college dorm. Use it alone or with an air conditioner to cool down in the summer and to circulate heat evenly throughout a room in winter. Its 72-watt motor combines with a deep-pitch propeller and a cunning grill design to move air in a tight beam. The head pivots from horizontal to straight up. It has a three-speed control, stands 12 inches high, has a 9-1/2-inch-diameter head, and weighs 5 pounds.
--Fred Brack
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Buyer Reviews
Average Buyer Rating:
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A little loud on the highest setting
This fan is great -- really powerful, I pointed it up towards the ceiling and it kept the air moving in the room. This is my first Vornado, and I'm convinced they are a superior product to regular fans.
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Very durable little fan
I purchased one of these little Vornado fans back in 1992, and it still works as well today as it did when I bought it. It's quiet, powerful, and very easy to clean. What I especially like is that it directs a strong, single current of air across the room. I prefer to have a fan's breeze blowing directly on me, instead of diffusing throughout the room. The Vornado's vortex action is perfectly suited to this kind of use. I can set up the fan several feet away from my desk, aim it directly at my chair, and enjoy its cooling breeze. If this is the sort of fan you're looking for, you can't go wrong with the Vornado 510.
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Excellent Fan
Excellent Fan (Per Vornado, "air circulator")
But not great for other than a small room. I also got a Premium series, 5 setting fan directly from Vornado, as they do not seem to offer this product through regular retailers. Much more positively, both fans are virtually silent on low settings, but the Premium (with a premium price about twice the cost) is clearly superior--if you need to cool a larger area. Either product is definately a cut above the norm. As they say, you get what you pay for. The seeming hype about how a five degree increase in comfort for a device that uses little power yields a comprable level of comfort, surprising, lives up to its claim. Small area? Five stars.
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Not really a 510
I ordered this 510 model but received a 530. The 510 is no longer available and the 530 is the newer version that this seller is sending in its place. It was quiet on the lowest setting but deafening on the middle and high setting. They look the same however the 530 is not the quality that earned the 510 those great reviews. I returned it and received a refund however I never would have placed the order and had to go through the hassle if I knew which item they were really selling.
