Honeywell QuietSet Whole Room Tower Fan, Oscillating Tower Fan with Remote, Black, HYF290B

To begin with, no fan is a substitute of an AC system, those that use one need to understand thermodynamics, AC units remove the heat from the room and have super-cooling methods that wouldn't be used in a fan. To get air OUT of a room, you need an exit, an open door, window, etc. I use mine in support of our AC unit, which is all the way in the living room (and struggles to reach my room). Fans are mainly intended to keep the air circulating, but by doing so also slightly (but noticeably in enclosed environments, far more than in open) increase the temperature as a byproduct. However, fans do make it more bearable, and make a significant difference when centered onto the person in question. It's a rather quiet, and tall fan, as opposed to the arguably much stronger, less efficient, and louder box fan that I used to have. This fan does rotate, has multiple settings including ones (that at the lower levels) are little more than white noise, meaning it can be used to give a slight cooling sensation, without being overwhelming, while also staying just loud enough to drown out the disturbances of the night, an owl hooting at an odd hour, birds flying around, etc. Is it perfect, no, in my case my bed happens to be too tall (which I had just set up a day prior to receiving the fan) to make the full use of the fan at night, however the white noise helps with sleeping, and it still does keep a good deal of the heat off at night. I would recommend it to someone who understood what they were looking for in a fan, and what they would be getting. If you are looking for a fan, not an AC unit, this is something that I would recommend.

First reviewed on August 19th, 2019: I purchased this Honeywell HYF290B tower fan for a hallway in my home. I have window air conditioners in my exercise room and living room, and I wanted to disperse the air a little more evenly as the exercise room stays cold while the hallway is noticeably warmer. I had been using a small box fan to blow air into the room to circulate cold air into the hallway, but it is very old, and I knew there had to be a better option somewhere on Amazon. Tower fans caught my eye because they oscillate, or rotate back and forth. This means it can alternate blowing air into my exercise room and down the hall, which should be great for circulation. In practice, the fan is ineffective because it doesn't blow very hard, even on the highest setting. The name of the fan is Quietset, and in that regard, it excels. It has 8 speeds, sleep, whisper, and calm, all the way up to "Power Cool". All of the fan modes are very quiet, but that's because they aren't blowing much air at all. I can hold my hand two-and-a-half feet in front of the fan and not feel it blowing on the highest setting. I moved the fan to the center of the hallway, away from the wall, to make sure it wasn't starved for air on the intake in the back, and it still didn't blow very much air. I set it up to test it for a few days and realized the discrepancy between the exercise room temperature and the hallway temperature was greater with this tower fan than with my old mini-box fan. I purchased this tall fan expecting a tower of air, and it simply doesn't provide it. On the positive side, the fan seems to be well built. It has a relatively small profile, and it is very quiet. It includes a remote and 7 levels of power. The light is dimmable, so it may be useful in a bedroom just to keep the air from getting stale at night in a room with no ceiling fan. I can't recommend it for any other application, and I wish I had saved the box to send it back. 2/5 stars UPDATE: June 30, 2020, I moved to a new home in November of 2019 and brought this fan with me. When setting it up, I noticed that the housing wasn’t secure, and one piece of the plastic was pushed in on the side (see updated photo). I didn’t know if this had occurred during the move or prior to it. I pushed it back together so that the sides were air tight and used the fan again. This time, there was a solid stream of air coming out of the front of the fan, which now meets my performance expectations. I have it 15 feet away in the living room and can feel a strong breeze on the highest setting, but it is still quiet enough that it is not annoying or distracting. The best part is that it comes with a remote control, so I was able to program it into my Logitech Harmony 650 and 660 remotes (purchased on Amazon) so I can control it across the room. I am able to see the lights on top to know what speed setting it is on. The oscillation works well. Overall, I am supremely satisfied with the fan now and highly recommend it. 5/5 stars

Happy with my purchase. It is still working six years later. Keeps room cool and is relatively quiet.

Nice fa that really is quiet and has many options to operate it. Love that the remote has its own slot in the back so it won’t get lost. Took off one star because the base is very cheap plastic and I’m afraid it won’t last too long if accidentally dropped or banged when moving it to another room.

I've been through many floor standing fans (living in Phoenix) and I can tell you with certainty, this is the best at any price! Fans from Lasko, Sierra and others are too loud and fail too often. I purchased my first Honeywell floor fan at a national brick and mortar retailer many years ago and I still use it today. I have since realized I can save money and have it delivered to me by getting it here at Amazon. It is super easy to assemble (just push together two halves of the base, place the fan on top and put on and tighten the plastic 'nut' that holds it on the base). That's it. You will need two AAA batteries if you want to use the included remote that has a holder on the top back side of the fan. This fan has many fan speeds, a wind option (where the speed changes randomly, more like wind), a timer and an oscillation mode. It is whisper quiet and perfect for the side of the bed or in a room where it won't drown out conversation or the TV. Furthermore, I've never seen one of these go bad. Living in a dusty environment like Phoenix, fans typically don't last too long. Dust gets in the motor, they start getting loud and then they fail. I probably had to replace 4 fans (that were much cheaper) in the same time period that I owned my Honeywell fan. Even though the Honeywell fan was more money for a single fan I had previously purchased, trust me when I say purchasing FOUR cheaper fans as they kept failing after about a year or 18 months, is way more expensive. Not to mention the time and effort involved in throwing out the old and getting and setting up another one. So, now I have three of these and I won't buy any other floor standing fan. If anything changes, I'll update this review.

Having a little trouble with assembly, and will post as to how I like the fan once it's up a running. Just wanted to tell all folks here, that it is listed here at Amazon as a 31" fan, but the box says it is 40". I believe that with the base it becomes 40". Just in case anyone needed to know this. I am ok with that. I can't wait until hubby is awake so he can help me to insert the fan into the base, I'm having trouble with that part. 😨. I can already tell by its many varied features that I am going to love it. Especially after the old rickety fan that I've been using. The on off switch is broken and it barely works. This will be heaven, I love the whisper setting. I am returning. We love the fan and all the different settings. The timer is still a bit confusing to me, and the fact that they label the settings with calm, relax, whisper is annoying. Tell me what the speeds DO, high flow, low flow, etc... low med and high has always worked. The display is very nice and can be dimmed. Making words for settings is almost as dumb as when they started giving colors names, like periwinkle, emerald etc. What was wrong with just shades of color. But I'm figuring out what settings I like. I see they have now sold out of these fans, that's too bad. Hope they get more in stock at the same price.

I bought this fan because it has 8 speeds. The 2 lowest settings on this fan are even lower than the "low" setting on other fans of this size. Think of them as extra low settings. The lowest setting is like a very slight gentle breeze and I mean very slight. The 2nd setting is just ever so slightly more powerful than the first. I love it. As it goes up by about the 5th setting you're at medium. It's so much better than just low, medium, & high on other fans. It solved a problem I was having because I'm super picky about temperature and air flow. I live in So Cal so during winter I like to sleep with the window open to make my room cold to where I can sleep comfortably with a blanket. The problem I have in spring and fall is that I'm too warm even with the window open so I put a fan by the window to blow the cool outside air on me. The problem is some nights it's too cold with the fan even on low. At times I'm too warm or to cold I just can't get right. But now having these extra low settings on this new fan is perfect. I have a couple problems with it. I would give it 4.5 stars if I could but it gets 5 because of the extra low settings that I love. Reasons for 4.5 stars is the price. This fan is kind of light in weight and seems a little cheaply made. Don't get me wrong its not that cheaply made, I just expected a little more for the price. I would say this fan should be more like $45- $50 instead of $67 which is what I paid. Not a huge difference but still. Maybe its the different settings and the control panel that lights up thats driving the price up a little. I also wished the high setting was a little more powerful. This fan is definitely for a small to medium room. Otherwise keep it somewhat close to you. If you have a large room and the fan is at the furthest possible point away from you this fan won't be powerful enough.

Another Edit: I have since got another fan from another company called "Dreo", which are right here on Amazon. Now that fan was quiet. Way more quiet then any of these Quietset fans I got.. the first or the replacements. So my suggestion, skip honeywell and go look at the Dreo tower fans. Much better. **Update to My Original Review that is below** So I changed my star Rating for the fan from 2 Stars Down to 1. Honeywell, as a company, has been good at sending replacements and working with me, however, they can't seem to get me a model of this fan that actually works as it should. The first replacement had a loud buzz to it, the second replacent had a bad rumble to it, and now the third replacement, which I received today, is quieter, however in 3 out of the 8 modes available, there is this big vibrating rumble you can feel in the floor, and hear. Very Annoying. The motor is still loud even in sleep mode, although this is the first one I can almost deal with the noise the motor makes. Do yourself a favor -- skip this fan. A good warranty is good, but its useless if the model sucks so bad that everytime they send you one it has a problem with it. ** End of Edit ** Short / Quick version: Pros: Looks great, Slim, lightweight, Remote Control responds well, a decent amount of air, easy to put together, Honeywell has awesome (if not slow) customer service! Cons: -- Dealbreaker for me: Annoying motor noise cancels out any quietness you get -- the questionable build quality of base you put together Long Version: I ordered this fan due to recommendations for it on almost every page I looked up fans on. I was looking for a quiet and cool setting to watch tv with it and to sleep with a quieter fan. I had an older Honeywell tower fan which is awesome, minus the top panel stopped working and you have to use the remote, it's still useful to this day. It was just noisy, and I lost a lot of features with that top panel of buttons not working. So I figured it's time for an upgrade, and with all those recommendations and the luck I had with this other Honeywell I have had for many many years, I got this fan. - The initial hookup and impression - After receiving one fan that was broken, I got this one and it seemed in good shape. I set it up, which was easy. The base is a little worrisome on build quality, but if you are careful snapping it together, it shouldn't be an issue. Then I plugged it in and turned it on. This was when the disappointment started. - Quiet (Or not?) - The sleep mode had very little air noise. Great. However, there is this annoying vibration motor buzzing noise that makes up for it. All I heard was BUUUZUUZUZUUZUZUZUZUZUUUUZUZUZUZUZUZU (yeah, like that). It drove me nuts. I'd rather have a noisy tower fan with lots of air noise. I turned it up to level 5, (which is called Relax), which is what I consider the first "power setting" and it sounded more like a normal fan then. However, after a few seconds, it starts this weird vibration noise again. THUMTHUMTHUMTHUMTHUM but make it like x100 faster than how you can say it with your mouth. Not as annoying, but still annoying. If I were to squeeze the fan with my hands, the noise would stop, which to me suggests a problem with something loose or a design issue with handling vibrations from the motor. I contacted Amazon, being annoyed because this was my second fan, and was graciously given a refund. - Feedback to Honeywell - Being very disappointed, I contacted Honeywell and conveyed my disappointment with this product. They responded by asking me a few questions and then to my surprise sent me a new one, no charge or anything. I have now received yet another one of these Fans, and guess what. IT STILL DOES THE SAME THING! So this has to be a design issue, or I'm the unluckiest person in the world when it comes to fans. Is it useful? Sure. Is it worthy of being called a Quietset? Not in my eyes. It may make less air noise than many other fans, but that motor vibration buzz sound is just too much for me. I can't say if this would be as annoying to you other customers or not, but it's definitely not as quiet as I was led to believe. - Performance and Design - The power is pretty good. People say it's weak, but in my moderate-sized bedroom, I think it does pretty well. If it wasn't for that noise, it would be perfect for me. The design itself though is pretty well done. It looks nice, and it's very skinny and lightweight. The LED on top isn't that bad, you can turn it way down via the button on the control panel and I didn't find it intrusive at night at all. So overall, if I could do it again, I wouldn't purchase this fan. It's just not worth it, especially for the price. The annoying vibration motor noise is just too much. So since I have it, I will make use of it in the noisy times of my residence in the noisiest of areas or at least with a lot of traffice, but for what I was looking for in my bedroom, it looks like I will have to look elsewhere.

Der Honeywell Turmventilator verfügte weder über einen deutschen Netzstecker, noch war ein CE-Kennzeichen zu finden. Erstaunlich, dass so etwas in der EU überhaupt verkauft wird.

Looks very stylish in a room, cools well and is super quiet compared to a normal fan. Can easily watch tv at normal volume and it doesn't distract from the tv.

This was my 1st purchase of the newer style fan (older style being the caged, rotating 3-plastic-blades with base controls). I wasn't disappointed, & subsequently bought a 2nd one. The fan does its job very well & because of the height, provides a wider area of coverage than the older style. It also lives up very well to its claim for being quiet. The Sleep mode is extremely quiet, but at a price -- the airflow is so minimal that it doesn't help much unless it's almost right in your face. The remote is a nice addition & works well. My only real beef is with the base. It's awkward & clunky & there's just a TINY space at the very bottom to run the cord through. Whenever I move the unit, the base just doesn't feel stable (it's never come off though), & the cord seems to hate being confined to that tiny hole. That aside, though, generally I'm very happy with this fan & have no regrets for "changing over" to this style. Very good product which I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Lo he estado usando y funciona muy bien, los primeros 4 niveles son muy silenciosos y me encanta que se puede temporizar, gran opción y más con su respectivo descuento