Although it comes in a few pieces, the Pilot Max tower fan is simple to put together. You’re really just attaching the base and plugging it in.
It’s a bladeless fan, standing 110cm/ 43in high, with a 30cm/ 12in base diameter. It comes with a remote control (and battery), so you can switch it off and on and change settings from the comfort of your sofa.
Its height is a huge advantage as the air outlet takes up a significant portion of this length (50cm), so it’s able to move a lot of air around.
The fan oscillates and you can change the angle from 30-120°, in 30° increments. It has 12 speeds, which go from a perfectly silent, light current of air to an audible (but still far from noisy) blast. At any setting, it’s impressively quiet. There’s a timer as well, which you can set for up to 12 hours.
It has four modes: normal, natural (changing airflow), sleep (it slows every 30 minutes) and auto, which adapts to the room’s ambient temperature.
The control panel is on the curved top of the fan and there’s an inset digital screen that displays settings and fan speed.
As it’s slim with a small footprint, when it’s not in use, you can push it into a corner and forget about it – the next best thing to having a combined heater/ fan.
Dreo’s tower fan comes in two models: the smart version is just $20 more and it’s compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Home, so you can switch it on and off with voice commands.
