At the risk of pointing out the obvious analogy, the rear fan is “drafting” behind you.
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OK, did my first workout with the Sharper Image Fly 01 last night.
Initial impressions from testing showed:
- Setting 1 is akin to a mild breeze and I could only see using it if I was ducting the coldest winter temps to it like I do with my front fans.
- Setting 2 is a bit more but still below the low setting on even my smallest Lasko (Stanely) fan.
- Setting 3 seems decent and something I can use.
- Setting 4 is close to the high setting for my smallest Lasko (Stanely) fan used at the top front. It is close to low or mid setting on the larger Lasko fan I use at the rear.
Notably with this fan, the air stream is NARROW when compared to the Lasko fans. It is maybe 1/2 or 2/3 as wide and stay very narrow even 3-4 feet away from the outlet. The flow is also not very tall. It is a bit more than the narrow width, but I’d almost call this square in shape.
I will try to get some measurements and better comparison between my Lasko’s for reference.
- TL:DR = But from these testing above and the ride below seem to place this fan as parallel to my smallest Lasko (Stanely) fan.
- Sort of disappointing if I’m honest, with the only thing I can say makes it better is the remote. But considering that I only envision using the top two settings, I can’t say it is enough of a difference to be a clear winner.
- Couple that with what I see as a sale price of around $50 USD for the Lasko (Stanely) I use at the front, the additional $40 for the FLY 01 is not worth it for a remote.
Based on that testing, I chose to use this at the top front location rather than the rear that I had originally expected prior to testing. It fit well on the same stand and got the flow aligned well. I went to the max setting only moments into my workout which parallels what I do with my small Lasko. The extra narrow flow works fine with my placement and still hits my head, face and upper chest as well as my Lasko.
I was a bit annoyed with the similarity to the old fan and that this wasn’t notably better. Perhaps I had my expectations set too high, but this is just a good blower fan, comparable to the smaller Lasko’s, and not on par with the bigger ones. I may try one more workout with it, but I think this fan is either going back or getting gifted to a local friend that could benefit from a proper blower fan over a regular one.
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Bummer @mcneese.chad - seems both of our experiments straying from Lasko were disappointing! The Pro Laskos, especially when <$70 seems like a sweetspot, no pun intended. I noticed other posts talking about a Lasko MAX Performance, which adds a wider air column and potentially more power, but seems like they are discontinued.
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