Lasko 3900 Performance Air Cleaner
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Our Price: $42.99 Availability: Usually ships in 3 to 6 weeks Category: Kitchen See more product details |
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Lasko 3900 Performance Air Cleaner
Customer Review: Great white noise fan!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this fan for our bedroom, as we like white noise while we sleep. We live on a somewhat busy road. I thought this fan would be good at cleaning the dirty air that the cars driving by stir up. I read all the other reviews for this fan on Amazon. Some other people said the fan was too noisy. I set ours on speed 2 and it's the perfect sound. It is very sturdy too, unlike other box fans that fall over easily. The Lasko sticker on the front of the fan was crooked, but I was able to easily fix that. I really like this fan and would recommend it to anyone. Customer Review: Lasko Model 3900 Filter Fan
Summary: 5 Stars
I am pleased with the Lasko 3900 Filter fan. Unit is well made. The Front and Back grills as well as the anti-tip feet are sturdier than lower priced Lasko models.
The supplied filter removes odors (since it is a baking soda type), and has a life of 90 days. This unit takes filters that are 20x20x1 which you can find anywhere. Unit has adequate airflow when using the filter. The filter can be removed in 10 seconds (and replaced just as fast) to convert to a high flow conventional fan that can be used to dry carpeting after it is shampooed.
Guess what - the fan is assembled in the USA, hard to believe that it is not made elsewhere!
The fan can sell for as high as $55 with shipping on top. The best deal is to get it from Amazon which cost me $35 total delivered cost.
Customer Review: Pretty good, but not quiet enough for me
Summary: 4 Stars
I was surprised to find this air cleaner. I had thought of the design years ago and was happy to find that someone has one on the market.
Pros:
- You can buy a Filtrete Ultra filter for about $14 and it becomes an extremely effective filter
- Economical considering replacement costs of other air cleaners
Cons:
- A little too noisy
At the Lasko's price I gave it a shot. Turns out it's a little too noisy even on low for me.
I ended up buying a 3M Filtrete Ultra Clean Room Air Purifier, FAP03-RS, Large Unit at the same time. I bought one of those for mom because she had, I emphasize had, a dust problem in her house. It's wonderfully quiet on the low setting and works extremely well. I use it to combat tobacco smoke and it does a good job of that. It has a filter replacement indicator too.
I still have the Lasko, but I don't think I'll be using it as a filter because the 3M is that much better and the filters for it aren't that much more. It's basically a decent quality box fan without the filter, or if noise isn't a problem and extremely economical dust filter.
Customer Review: Horrible, horrible, horrible quality.
Summary: 1 Stars
I ordered this fan last week for our bedroom, as we like the "white noise" of a fan while we sleep. Our current fan is seconds away from burning out, and I loved the idea of the added air-filter on this model. UPS just delivered it. Within 5 minutes of opening the box, I was back on Amazon, requesting a Return Authorization. Upon opening the box, I noticed that one of the clips that holds the filter to the fan was at the bottom of the box, in two pieces (broken right in half, at the hinge-point where it couldn't be super-glued back together). I went a bit further, and decided to plug it in. The noise that came out of this fan was beyond "white noise". It was more of a horrible, annoying, very loud scraping noise, on all speeds. After further review, I noted that it was the front of the blade-section of the fan (the plastic section that covers the motor) rubbing up against the front grill. Just imagine the sound of two hard pieces of plastic smashing against each other at high speeds. Needless to say, I immediately logged onto Amazon, and requested a return authorization. What took me a week to finally receive, took 5 minutes to determine this product is what I like to call, WEAK SAUCE. Customer Review: Good idea
Summary: 5 Stars
The first thing to happen to me after taking this unit out of the box was the "Lasko" name plate instantly falling off, I would think if Lasko cuts corners on the adhesive that holds their company logo to the front of the fan then where else have they cut corners?!
Oh well, This is a simple inexpensive solution to a dust or allergy problem I suppose...
Its just a regular box fan with a filter slot attached to the back. Once you have it up and running you'll notice its kinda loud even on the low setting, It doesn't bother me in fact it helps me sleep by drowning out other noise but the second setting is so loud that I can't hear my room mates when they knock on my door.
This is definitely not a fan... Don't buy this for a hot summers day, the air out put is very low compared to a regular box fan and the air that does come out is not cool. But its very good at sucking in dust and thats why I purchased it.
I can't help but feel it won't last very long... I've had lasko box fans before that have died or the fan motor starts making a nerve wracking never ending squeaky shrill, so what chance will this unit have considering it's motor will work much harder pulling the air through a air-filter that will eventually clog with dust.
You might want to invest money in a reuseable/washable air filter rather than buy the throw away types.20x20x1 EZ-2000 Electrostatic Washable Air Filter
I've noticed a much better air flow with the electrostatic filter.
Time will tell, but as of right now its doing a good job and I recommend it...
**UPDATE**
I've been using them every day for 4 months straight and I'm very happy with the purchase. Both air cleaners are performing really well, they've cut my dusting/vacuuming down to once a month and I just love that!