Honeywell QuietSet Tower (8 Speed Settings, Oscillating 80°, Timer Function, Remote Control, Dimming Options) HYF290

I have been trying to survive the intermittent city heatwaves with a large floor fan, which does the job but sounds like a tornado is raging through my house. It's not compatible with things like watching movies or using Discord due to the noise, so in desperation I went looking for something else. A pedestal fan would take up too much space out of season, another normal fan would probably have a similar problem and an air conditioner would be too much effort. I ended up browsing the range of Honeywell tower fans and picked this one (more because it had the fastest delivery time than anything else).It's not completely silent - it sounds a bit like a fridge - but it's more than quiet enough to leave running in the background when it's blowing at the highest setting. My gaming buddies have no idea that I have the fan on while I'm on voice chat and I'm lovely and cool the whole time! I have no idea what the other reviews are talking about because mine doesn't rattle or click. Setting it up took a couple of minutes. It's very tall but skinny enough that it can be stowed in a cupboard once the weather cools down.I'd like it more if it integrated with HomeKit but I guess that's a way off in some future model, and the included remote control does the job well enough. It makes my room feel less hot without making too much noise. Fully satisfied.

This fitted the bill for me on having a small footprint to fit into room, portable, reasonably quiet so as not to be a distraction while working, and lots of settings to ramp up the airflow if required. However, in practice, I mostly use the fan while working in my home office, and generally only ever have it on the lowest (sleep) or 2nd setting. If I'm on phone calls, I'd tend to turn the fan down to the sleep setting so there's as little noise as possible. The actual fan motor is pretty quiet, but there is some vibration noise from the body of the unit itself that lets the product down a little. If you hold your hands round the body of the unit to stop the vibrations then more of the lower settings would be "quiet". I might experiment with some duck tape to see if that helps. Not a deal breaker, but it would have been good if Honeywell had worked a bit harder to improve the unit's design for this.When I do use the fan at night time, as per other reviewer comments, the light dimming function is cancelled if you change the fan speed via the remote, which means you have to get up to reset it.

Easy to assemble, plenty of control options, good cooling power but still quiet, can be used in bedroom on lower speeds, large blow area and wide rotation, very good value, I would recommend. I bough this as I already have a good Honeywell, so now one in each room .

Comfortable and quiet. Helps with good night sleep during summer

Works very well, multiple settings and the definite plus compared to the older model is you can switch the blue light off so it does not disrupt your sleep!

The media could not be loaded. The item was slightly bigger than I expected.The outer postage cardboard packaging was punctured through and then through to the item's own packaging. I investigated the internal item for damge non seen so far.It took me a while to figure out how to attach the base to the tower itself, as there is no leaflet or paperwork supplied in the box, not even a warrenty document. I finally discovered the assembly instructions were printed on the inside flap of the box itself.There are no supplied batteries for the remote control either, which all other devices with a remote control on the market come supplied with these days.After a quick test, I found the fan was faulty.The fan settings are in a random order and not sequential. They are not in a progressive order and do not match the order of the sequence on the tower itself.First setting - the alleged lowest night setting was ok. Then setting 1, 2 and then 3 were sequentially faster and louder. So far, so good. But the next increase to step 4 was the lowest fan speed and quieter than the sleep setting and sounded like a washing machine, with step 5 sequentially one up from 4. Next, step 6 was not sequential either, it fell between 3 and 5. I gave up trying to work out the correct sequence. Plus while testing the smell from the unit was dreadful. It smelt like burning olive oil. It is not sequential so no use at all. Going for a return and replacement.