With the weather so hot recently, I guess most people will be using fans. What are you using, if like we, you don't have air/con? Each year, two of these come out, one for the lounge and the other for the front room. They are three speed, have a timer and can be set to oscillate. I bought them in Wilco, it must be over fifteen years ago and they were quite cheap. But you can hear them the moment you walk into the room. But they have quite a good "range." But I wouldn't want one that noisy going in the bedroom during the night. Three years ago, my wife talked me into buying this. It's all "singing and dancing" it even has a remote control. It's set here for 12c which it will never reach, as we want it on continuously. It's that quiet, you have to walk up to it to know it's on. They are a ridiculous price now, nearly twice what it cost back then, but I can recommend them..