The best tower fan for 2025

Lasko Wind Curve T42905 Oscillating Tower Fan

I loved the sleek silhouette and wood grain accents of this Lasko tower fan. It was also the third quietest fan I tested, measuring just a few decibels noisier than the Honeywell. In addition to this, it has Bluetooth, which allows you to control the oscillating fan via an app on your phone.

The problem is that the app is all you have to do with the remote controls. This is not ideal for a shared space, as the fan can only connect to one device at a time. In other words, if someone else matches the fan, your connection is cut.

That might be forgivable if the app offered advanced features like voice controls or the ability to set a custom schedule, but it doesn’t. You can turn it on and off, turn the oscillation function on and off, adjust between three speed settings or start the sleep timer; the same controls you’ll find on the fan itself. It doesn’t ask for permissions other than Bluetooth access, the app doesn’t seem to offer a privacy policy at all. All of this makes this Lasko fan easy to splurge on at $80.

Vornado V-Flow Air Circulator Tower Fan

The Vornado V-Flow tower fan features a clean design that twists the fan grill around the cylindrical base. It’s one of the nicest tower fans I’ve tried, but it doesn’t swing like a traditional tower fan. Instead, it relies on that twisted design to move a wider field of air across the room.

It worked pretty well in my tests when I had it for myself, but the coverage varied at those side corners, where the airflow is positioned lower or higher because of that diagonal grid. The biggest problem was that the Vornado V-Flow was the noisiest fan I tested, sounding 50 decibels at the highest of its three speeds from a distance of 30 inches. On top of that, my remote doesn’t work, which echoes frustrations I’ve seen from user reviews at retailers where the V-Flow is sold. That, plus a lack of features beyond the usual sleep timer, told me no thanks to Vornado’s $70 price tag here (and I’ll probably jump on it during a sale, too). That’s a shame, since Vornado’s five-year warranty was the best of all the fans I looked at for this roundup, and more than twice as much as you get with the $550 Dyson TP04.

AmazonBasics 3-Speed ​​Oscillating Tower Fan

Amazon continues to sell a growing variety of products under its AmazonBasics brand and these days that includes a tower fan. As the name suggests, it is nothing fancy. Remote batteries are not included, but at least you get a couple of natural wind settings on top of the typical low, medium, and high speed settings.

Unfortunately, I had a disappointing experience with this fan. The remote stopped working shortly after I started testing, and the fan detached from its flimsy base after a few moves between rooms. Despite its power of 35 watts being the lowest of all the fans I tested, the airflow was weak, even at the highest setting. At $60, this tower fan is not worth the price.