Overall and Final Verdict
When looking at fans in the past, I have only really been concerned with if I need a tower fan, a podium fan, a box fan, or a floor fan. Before seeing the Dreo PolyFan I hadn’t really ever considered that having both vertical oscillation and horizontal oscillation was an option. But it does open up a few other possibilities. Namely, where most fans are about pushing a lot of air in one direction or at best with horizontal oscillation you can move the air around some, but being able to blow down and up as well circulates air a lot more like you would get from a ceiling fan without having to have the correct box to hang one and installing it. Of course that is only one aspect of the PolyFan 513S, it has its app and with that some new functionality that you can't get with a remote like schedules and also mapping out fan speeds depending on the air temperature. For me though, I use a fan when sleeping to keep comfortable, and as a fat guy that can be a challenge but the PolyFan accomplished that better than the traditional pedestal fan I was using previously did. Being able to adjust fan speeds and even change the direction of the fan remotely helped with that as well. You don’t have to get up and adjust things, you can get it dialed in perfectly while feeling it.
Being a DC-powered fan the power usage was significantly different as well, especially with some of the lower fan speeds, but even at the highest setting with all of the oscillation turned on the PolyFan only matched the lowest settings on the traditional fan that I normally use. Assuming 8 hours of use a day the difference at what our power in Ohio costs is $16.48 vs $3.74 for the year. Truthfully I am a lot more likely to leave the fan on all day long and that would be $49.47 vs $11.21. Hopefully, I consider that next time I leave the fan on lol, but if I stick with the PolyFan that isn’t much of a concern.
The Dreo PolyFan did have a few downsides, it wasn’t perfect. Its CFM rating in the specifications was higher than what I saw in testing being one. At full speed, it was a touch louder than the traditional fan at full speed, but at lower speeds, it was quieter. The base slides around on hard floors because it doesn’t have any grips. I also found the horizontal turning point to be a little loose, letting the fan head wobble around a little if you are handling it which has me could break if the fan gets knocked over or banged around. It has a default 12-month warranty which is exactly what you get with most fans and it can be expanded to 18 months if you register it. But I do wish it had a more durable construction like the all-metal fan that I compared it with in my testing.
Overall though I really like what the Dreo PolyFan has to offer, it isn’t perfect but its smart features were a lot more useful than I expected. It has been great to use for sleeping but it is equally as useful in any room that could use better air circulation. You do pay for the smart features however, it has an MSRP of $139.99 and at least up until now, the price hasn’t gone on sale at all. That isn’t far off from the standard price for the all-metal pedestal fan that I compared it with which was $130 for a long time but that same fan is also currently on sale for $80. Is it worth the extra costs? Well if you are lazy like me and don’t want to get up and adjust the fan then it is. The cost difference can also be made up in power savings depending on how you use it as well.
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