I never thought much about room fans until my husband and I experienced a weeklong power outage in the middle of summer…right after we moved into our house and before we’d learned that our generator was not powering our air-conditioning. It was unbearably stuffy, and opening our windows made things even muggier. In a moment of desperation, we went to the nearest Home Depot and grabbed the first fan we saw—or rather, the only one that was left on the shelves, because our neighbors were quicker at the draw than we were.
Cut to a few years later, and I’m surrounded by fans of about every style and budget as I research and test room fans and air circulators for the latest edition of Best of the Test—and just in time for the warm weather that’s heading our way. I’m still no cooling expert after weeks of windburn, but at least I’ll know which fan we should buy if we lose power again.
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