Hunter 90021 12-Inch Oscillating Table Fan, Brushed Nickel
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Hunter 90021 12-Inch Oscillating Table Fan, Brushed Nickel
Customer Review: Noisy even at low speed, and leaves stains on varnished wood
Summary: 2 Stars
The fan has eight black vinyl or rubber feet, and they have left black stains on an (expensive) varnished cherry wood furniture. Pretty much ruined the piece. It almost looks like a chemical reaction since the furniture surface is still good to the touch, but the marks are very visible. I think the plasticizer and carbon black in the vinyl feet has leached out. I contacted Hunter and they said the feet are designed to support the fan, and I should contact the furniture maker. Duh. Make sure you put a mat between the fan and good furniture.
The fan is too noisy at its lowest speed and it could use a lower setting.
Addendum: After serveral months of limited use the fan now creaks and squeaks while it is oscillating. It really is a poor quality, noisy fan.
Customer Review: Yep, Whisper quiet since it doesn't work any longer!
Summary: 1 Stars
Got this the week of Thanksgiving. It died today. Of course we had to endure months of noise coming off the fan and constantly adjusting it. I really am disgusted that a $60 fan won't even last ONE YEAR. Yes, it is attractive. Now it is a nice big retro paperweight.
I will be seeking a replacement from the manufacturer after googling online I see that this happens to well over 50% of these. If your is quiet it is only a matter of time... and NINE MONTHS is NOT acceptable.
****Hunter IMMEDIATELY sent out a replacement fan FREE of cost to me, which I received the week after Labor Day. It was the BEST customer service I have EVER had. HOWEVER, now it is December 18 and guess what?? The replacement fan is dying! Good God! Seriously! Ugh!
Customer Review: Not made in the USA
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a nice looking fan and it moves volumes of air no problem. It is however, quite noisy. Had I researched the product more and realized that the Hunter name adds on some $25 for a product made in China I would have saved the $25 and bought the Soleus. I didn't mind paying more for a product made in the USA, I do mind paying more for a Chinese product with an American name stamped on it. I'm not anti-Chinese products or anything I just thought I was buying something made in the U.S. I realize it's my own fault I relied on the reviews left here and didn't check it out myself until the fan got here.
All in all it's a good fan I'd spend less and get the Soleus as I'm sure it's made in the same plant in China as this Hunter.
Customer Review: My 3rd one just died...junk!
Summary: 1 Stars
I have had three of these desk fans that have lasted me, in total, three years. Once every year or so, they die. The low speed setting barely turns the blades (that was the first fan's fate). Then the gear (a cheap plastic disc) that controls the oscillation died (the fate of fan number two) which made it ratchet noisily at the terminal ends of each pass of the fan.
This fan has the appearance of quality, but the reality of junk. Why build a fan that looks like a well-made machine, when they could have just as easily gone ahead and built a well-made machine?! Curious.
Will NOT be buying another from Hunter. I've heard their quality control has gone steeply downhill over the last few years anyway.
Customer Review: It blows -- in a good way
Summary: 5 Stars
This fan is amazing. It is my favorite fan ever, in fact. It's heavy, it looks awesome, and it blows in a good way. A previous reviewer has commented on how, when on oscillating mode, it can "click" rather loudly -- and I noticed that mine does this sometimes as well -- but it is not annoying enough to return it for another one. Yet if it was that annoying, the point is that I *would* return it for another of the same fan, rather than look at a different brand or model.
It's made in the USA, and if anyone reading this is as sick as I am with certain overseas products that were only meant to last a year, maybe two, this fan will technically pay for itself in a year, maybe two -- and keep on producing.