Review of Air King 20-Inch 3-Speed Deluxe Box Fan #9700

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Last summer I bought five Air King window fans and one 20" box fan for my family's summer cottage in NE PA. I gave a five-star review to the window fans last year, but I neglected to review this excellent box fan. It's built well, has full air flow, a thermostatically controlled cooling knob and three speeds, sits still and does not rattle. I know it costs three times as much as other box fans, but if you've ever tried to nap with a twitching rattling rouring low power fan in the background, you will be happy to pay the extra price. With temps in the mid-90's in early June, I will be ordering one or two more.

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With local energy prices scheduled to soar this summer, I bought this fan hoping to be able to reduce the thermostat setting and still be comfortable. The two main criteria for me, since the unit was going to sit in my living room, were that it must be quiet, and it must be efficient. The fan has lived up to all expectations. Many fan makers do not publish their noise levels, but Air King did, and I have found the specs to be accurate. The lowest setting is quieter than my PS2 or XBOX. The 20" blades move plenty of air, even on Low. High is like sitting in a tropical storm, really needed only for quick cooling after a long period of yard work.

I like this fan, I find the quality to be just fine, and I would buy another in a heartbeat if I needed one.

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The first problem I noticed with my new King 9700 20" Deluxe Box Fan was the three places on top of the fan where the paint must have been chipped and then repaired with a brush. The repair was done very poorly. This obviously happened at the factory since the paint was touched up with the same color paint.

When I turned the fan on for the first time, I heard a loud vibration noise and I noticed the fan motor seemed to be out of balance. After some investigation, I removed the back grill and noticed that one of the bolts that mount the motor to the fan's frame was jammed into the windings area of the motor instead of into the mounting hole. After fixing that, I noticed the other three mounting bolts were not tightened.

The fan is much quieter now (the vibration noise is gone), but I still think it is very noisy, even on the low and medium speed settings.

I thought that by paying more for a fan I would get better quality and less noise. I was wrong. I would have been better off buying a $19 fan.

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The motor was mounted off center, and the fan blades hit the inside of the case when they spun. This unit should never have passed quality control.

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the fan arrived on time and in good shape. it worked great right out of the box. i bought this fan to replace a standard 20" box fan of the type that cost around $20.

i paid $55.37 delivered . it feels twice as heavy as my old fan. the metal case is bigger and stronger , and the motor is a lot bigger. the plastic grills are about the same. the fans speeds work , but all 3 a fairly similar. the thermostat works at the temperature i used about 70. i'm using it as an exhaust fan and it moves a lot more air. it is noisy and might be annoying if you used it in same room . so far i think it was worth the money , but it will have to last 2 or more years. i'll try to remember to do an update. i think it could pay for itself by the end of summer by cutting down on ac bills.