Which Tower Fan Brand Wins?
In our test we compared 13 tower fan options head to head. Levoit came out on top. See the measured results, the runner-up, the budget pick, and a link to the full test video.
Levoit
Price shown in test: $75
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Dreo
Price shown in test: $80
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OmniBreeze
Price shown in test: $48
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The quick take
The short version of why each pick lands where it does, built straight from the measured results.
“the Levoit came out on top with the best average finish of second place. It scored well in every category and would definitely be my choice if the budget allows.”
Placed top three in 2 of 9 measurements.
Best in 2 of 8 measurements, including Air speed recap and 10ft test final ranking.
Placed top three in 2 of 8 measurements.
The measured results
Every number below is read straight from the test. Products are listed in the order they finished.
Specs
- 1Levoit8.68 lb
claims 28 dB noise, claims 25 ft per second wind speed and 1,062 CFM, claims 90 degrees oscillation, remote with storage pocket, 12 hour timer, made in China
- 2Dreo7.72 lb
claims 25 ft per second air velocity, claims 28 dB, claims a supercharged electric motor, claims 90 degrees oscillation, 4 speeds, up to 8 hour timer
- 3Vornado11.15 lb
(by far the heaviest of all 13), claims powerful AC motor and higher air volume, 70 degrees oscillation, 4 modes (normal, natural, sleep, auto), 4 speeds, designed and supported in Andover, Kansas, made in China
- 4OmniBreeze7.1 lb
4 modes (normal, natural, sleep, auto), remote with about 20ft range and LED display, made in China
- 5Comfort Zone
least expensive fan tested, 5.18 lb, 32in fan, 3 speeds, claims 90 degrees oscillation, claims whisper quiet, made in China
- 6Amazon Basics40in
fan, 70 degrees oscillation, claims 50 W of power, 7.28 lb, 4 speeds, 3 modes (standard, breeze, nature), timer up to 15 hours, made in China
- 7Senville42in
tower fan with customizable height (32 to 42in), LED display, remote control, 3 modes, 7 hour timer, 8.65 lb (heaviest of the fans introduced up to that point), made in China
- 8Honeywell
oscillating fan, automatic shutoff, 5 fan speeds, 5 lighting levels (100 percent, 75, 50, 25, off), remote control, 6.62 lb, made in China
- 9VAGKRI42in
oscillating tower fan, claims 90 degrees oscillation and 135 degrees vertical tilt, 4 modes, 4 wind speeds, remote control, 15 hour timer, claims air speed of 24 ft per second, 6.84 lb, made in China
- 10Holmes42in
digital tower fan with accent light, clear reading display, high/low brightness, claims 90 degrees oscillation, claims 19.7 ft per second air speed, claims 1,070 CFM, 5 speeds, 4 modes, 8 hour timer, remote storage built into the back, 7.19 lb, made in China
- 11Pelonis42in
tower fan, 6 fan speeds, claims whisper cool comfort and a high quality AC motor, 4 modes, 24 hour timer, 7.95 lb, made in China
- 12Lasko42in
tower fan, 7.5 hour timer, 3 fan speeds, remote control, claims oscillation and quiet operation, 9.19 lb, by far the heaviest fan introduced up to that point, made in China
- 13Dyson
most expensive fan tested by far, claims automatic air quality detection, claims 77 gallons of air per second, oscillates 45 to 350 degrees, includes a HEPA filter and real time PM2.5/PM10/VOC/NO2 air monitoring, just over 10 lb, the only fan made in Malaysia (all others made in China)
Close range low speed
- 1Levoit17 W
at 6.6 mph
- 2Dreojust over23 W
at 8.3 mph
- 3Vornadoalmost43 W
at 5.3 mph
- 4OmniBreezeclose to28 W
at 10 mph
- 5Comfort Zonearound33 W
at 7.8 mph
- 6Amazon Basics34.5 W
at 10.8 mph, most air speed on low fan speed at that point in the video
- 7Senvillearound24.2 W
at 8.8 mph
- 8Honeywellclose to20 W
struggling with air speed at less than 4 mph
- 9VAGKRIclose to30 W
air speed only 6 mph
- 10Holmesclose to30 W
at 7 mph
- 11Pelonis
very energy efficient at under 13 W, 5.6 mph
- 12Lasko
uses a lot of power at 42.6 W, 11 mph
- 13Dyson
by far the most energy efficient at only 4 W, but produces less than 1 mph of air speed
Close range high speed
- 1Levoit34.6 W
at just over 17.1 mph (moved into the lead on air speed at that point in the video)
- 2Dreo37.8 W
at 17.15 mph, moved into the lead over Levoit
- 3Vornadojust over89 W
(the most of any fan tested) at 15 mph, described as better than average
- 4OmniBreezeclose to56 W
at 15.7 mph
- 5Comfort Zoneclose to41 W
at 9.8 mph
- 6Amazon Basics56.4 W
at 14.7 mph
- 7Senvillearound34 W
at 13 mph
- 8Honeywell
only 29.2 W at close to 9 mph
- 9VAGKRIaround44 W4th
at 12.6 mph, moved into 4th place behind Senville at that point in the video
- 10Holmesclose to47.8 W2nd
moved into 2nd place at close to 15 mph at that point in the video
- 11Pelonis37 W
at 13.7 mph
- 12Laskojust over55 W
at around 14.5 mph
- 13Dyson40.6 W
at 7.6 mph
Noise (36in, low/medium/high)
- 1Levoit37.8 dB
/ 46.7 dB / 56 dB
- 2Dreo37.8 dB
/ 42.2 dB / 54.5 dB
- 3Vornado37.8 dB
/ 45.6 dB / 62.1 dB (loudest of all 13 on high speed)
- 4OmniBreeze43 dB
/ 51 dB / 58.3 dB
- 5Comfort Zone46.1 dB
/ 51.2 dB / 57.6 dB (loud on low speed despite the whisper quiet claim)
- 6Amazon Basics50 dB
/ 55.6 dB / 59.6 dB (loudest yet on low and medium fan speed at that point in the video)
- 7Senville37.8 dB
/ 48.4 dB / 52.6 dB (quietest yet on low at that point in the video)
- 8Honeywell37.8 dB
/ 50.1 dB / 54.1 dB
- 9VAGKRI37.8 dB
/ 43.6 dB / 57.5 dB
- 10Holmes37.7 dB
/ 50 dB / 58.5 dB (quietest yet on low at that point in the video)
- 11Pelonis37.1 dB
/ 37.7 dB / 54.5 dB (quietest yet on low at that point in the video, tied with Dyson for quietest overall on low speed)
- 12Lasko49.3 dB
(described as a humming or drone sound) / 51.3 dB / 51.7 dB
- 13Dyson37.1 dB
/ 45.9 dB / 60.1 dB
CFM at highest speed
- 1Levoit855 CFM
tied for 3rd in the final CFM ranking (with Pelonis)
- 2Dreoaround925 CFM2nd
2nd place in the final CFM ranking
- 3Vornadoaround1,170 CFM1st
by far the highest of any fan tested, described as very impressive; 1st place in the final CFM ranking
- 4OmniBreeze
average of 750 CFM
- 5Comfort Zone
range of 160 to 174 CFM, midpoint 167 CFM
- 6Amazon Basics704 CFM2nd
2nd place at that point in the video
- 7Senville
average of 608 CFM
- 8Honeywell522 CFM
- 9VAGKRI637 CFM3rd
moved into 3rd place at that point in the video
- 10Holmesaround525 CFM
about the same as Honeywell
- 11Pelonis720 CFM2nd
moved into 2nd place behind OmniBreeze at that point in the video
- 12Laskoaround855 CFM
described as very close to Levoit's figure
- 13Dyson
struggled badly, around 105 CFM on average, by far the lowest of all 13 fans
Tip-over angle
- 1Levoit
base close to 12in, tipped at 16.8 degrees, tied for 2nd overall with Comfort Zone
- 2Dreo
base pretty narrow at 11.8in, tipped over pretty easily at 13.7 degrees
- 3Vornado
base right at 12in, tipped at 16.3 degrees, better than average
- 4OmniBreeze
base 11.5in, tipped at 17.5 degrees, the best (highest) tip-over angle of all 13 fans tested
- 5Comfort Zone
base only 10.75in, tipped at 16.8 degrees, tied for 2nd overall with Levoit
- 6Amazon Basics
base 11.5in, but top heavy, tipped at only 13.9 degrees
- 7Senville
base 13in, but described as very top heavy, tipped at 13.7 degrees
- 8Honeywell
narrow base at only 10.5in, described mid-video as 'the most tip happy yet' at 12.2 degrees
- 9VAGKRI
base about the same as Amazon Basics, tipped at 15.6 degrees
- 10Holmes
narrow base at 10.2in, tipped at only 12 degrees, the lowest tip-over angle of any fan measured in the video
- 11Pelonis
base 12.5in, tipped at 15.5 degrees, better than most
- 12Lasko
base 13in, described as a little top heavy, tipped at 16.7 degrees
- 13Dyson
narrow base at only 8in despite being bottom heavy, tipped at 13.8 degrees
Durability after tip-over impact
- 1Levoit
seems well constructed and handled the impact just fine, no damage noted
- 2Dreo
held up fine, no visible damage
- 3Vornado
held up fine, no visible damage
- 4OmniBreeze
no noticeable damage from direct impact
- 5Comfort Zone
no noticeable damage from direct impact
- 6Amazon Basics
no noticeable damage from direct impact
- 7Senville
no noticeable damage from direct impact
- 8Honeywell
damaged: the snap fit clip holding the plastic leg together broke from the direct impact
- 9VAGKRI
held up fine from the impact
- 10Holmes
held up fine from the impact
- 11Pelonis
damaged: several plastic pieces on the top of the fan that snap into place are now out of position
- 12Lasko
damaged: the base came loose and the top plastic housing began to separate
- 13Dyson
held up fine, no visible damage
10ft tissue air speed test
- 1Levoitaround1.76 m/s
almost 4 mph, held the tissue steady
- 2Dreoaround1.92
to 2.51 m/s, almost 5 mph, most air speed yet at that point
- 3Vornadoclose to3 mph
has a very large grill that moves a large volume of air at a lower air speed
- 4OmniBreezearound1.7 m/s
3.8 mph, almost twice the Comfort Zone's speed
- 5Comfort Zonearound0.85 m/s
1.9 mph
- 6Amazon Basics1.48
to 1.6 m/s, average around 3.65 mph
- 7Senville1.183rd
to 1.46 m/s, approximate average just under 3 mph, 3rd place behind Amazon Basics at that point in the video
- 9VAGKRIaround1.4 m/s
works out to around 3.1 mph, less consistent than Honeywell but blows harder
- 10Holmesaround1.2 m/s
2.64 mph
- 11Pelonisaround1.39 m/s
3.1 mph, a little better than Holmes
- 12Lasko1.1
to 1.37 m/s, average of 2.7 mph, less consistent and slower than Levoit
- 13Dysonaround0.65 m/s
average speed of 1.45 mph, does not produce much movement despite looking sporty
- 8Honeywellnot tested
All measurements (5 more)+
Energy efficiency recap (high speed)
- 1Levoit3rd
most efficient at 34.6 W
- 7Senville2nd
most efficient at 34 W
- 8Honeywell
named most energy efficient on high speed at 27.9 W (note: this figure differs slightly from the 29.2 W stated during its own segment; both kept as stated)
- 2Dreonot tested
- 3Vornadonot tested
- 4OmniBreezenot tested
- 5Comfort Zonenot tested
- 6Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 9VAGKRInot tested
- 10Holmesnot tested
- 11Pelonisnot tested
- 12Laskonot tested
- 13Dysonnot tested
Air speed recap (close range, high speed)
- 1Levoit
very close 2nd place at 17.12 mph, behind Dreo's 17.15 mph
- 2Dreo1st place
at 17.15 mph
- 4OmniBreeze3rd place
at 15.7 mph
- 3Vornadonot tested
- 5Comfort Zonenot tested
- 6Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 7Senvillenot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9VAGKRInot tested
- 10Holmesnot tested
- 11Pelonisnot tested
- 12Laskonot tested
- 13Dysonnot tested
10ft test final ranking
- 1Levoit2nd place
at 3.95 mph, behind Dreo's 4.94 mph
- 2Dreo1st place
at approximately 4.94 mph
- 4OmniBreeze3rd place
at 3.8 mph
- 3Vornadonot tested
- 5Comfort Zonenot tested
- 6Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 7Senvillenot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9VAGKRInot tested
- 10Holmesnot tested
- 11Pelonisnot tested
- 12Laskonot tested
- 13Dysonnot tested
Noise recap (high speed)
- 7Senville2nd quietest
on high at 52.6 dB
- 8Honeywell3rd quietest
on high at 54.1 dB
- 12Lasko
quietest of all 13 on high fan speed at 51.7 dB
- 1Levoitnot tested
- 2Dreonot tested
- 3Vornadonot tested
- 4OmniBreezenot tested
- 5Comfort Zonenot tested
- 6Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 9VAGKRInot tested
- 10Holmesnot tested
- 11Pelonisnot tested
- 13Dysonnot tested
Noise recap (low speed)
- 13Dyson
tied with Pelonis for the least noise on lowest fan speed at 37.1 dB
- 1Levoitnot tested
- 2Dreonot tested
- 3Vornadonot tested
- 4OmniBreezenot tested
- 5Comfort Zonenot tested
- 6Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 7Senvillenot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9VAGKRInot tested
- 10Holmesnot tested
- 11Pelonisnot tested
- 12Laskonot tested
How it was tested
- close range air speed and power draw on low and high fan speed settings
- air speed measured 10 feet away using a tissue with paperclips and an air speed meter (m/s and mph)
- noise level measured from 36 inches on low, medium, and high fan speed (dB)
- air volume (CFM) at highest fan speed
- tip-over angle test (base width and degrees of tilt before falling)
- build quality and durability assessment after the direct tip-over impact
- overall average finish computed by converting each graded test's raw data into a 1st-through-13th ranking per category
“the Levoit came out on top with the best average finish of second place. It scored well in every category and would definitely be my choice if the budget allows.”
Data notes and caveats
13 tower fans tested (Comfort Zone, OmniBreeze, Amazon Basics, Senville, Honeywell, VAGKRI, Holmes, Pelonis, Levoit, Lasko, Dreo, Vornado, Dyson), no meta chapters provided. Three brand names show consistent phonetic caption drift, resolved against the description's product list: 'Seville' to Senville, 'Valkyrie' to VAGKRI, and 'Polonis' to Pelonis. The narrator explicitly excludes noise level from the graded/scored categories used to compute each fan's average finish ranking ('I decided not to include noise levels'); only a partial average-finish ranking is stated in the transcript (Levoit 2nd average, Dreo 3rd average), not a full 1st-through-13th list for all 13 products, so the order of products in this file beyond the winner/runner-up/budget pick reflects test performance and introduction order, not a disclosed full ranking. All fans are made in China except Dyson, made in Malaysia. Three fans sustained visible damage in the tip-over impact test: Honeywell (broken snap-fit leg clip), Pelonis (top plastic pieces knocked out of position), and Lasko (base came loose, top housing began separating); the other ten showed no noticeable damage. Two brands (Holmes and Levoit) show a meaningful gap between their own marketed CFM claim and the video's measured CFM (Holmes claimed 1,070 CFM vs measured about 525; Levoit claimed 1,062 CFM vs measured 855); both are genuine claim-versus-test discrepancies from the transcript, not caption errors. Honeywell's high-speed wattage is given as 29.2 W in its own segment but recapped later as 27.9 W in the efficiency ranking; both kept as stated. Lasko measured 855 CFM (matching Levoit and Pelonis) but the closing CFM recap names only Pelonis and Levoit as tied for 3rd place, omitting Lasko despite the same figure; kept as stated rather than merged. Honeywell is called 'the most tip happy yet' at 12.2 degrees mid-video, but Holmes (tested later in the sequence) tipped at an even lower 12 degrees without the narrator revisiting that claim.
