Vornado 633 DC Fan $182 + $9 Delivery ($0 C&C) @ The Good Guys Commercial (Membership Required)

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Was looking for a deal on the Vornado DC fans and checked some of the old expired deals.

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Marketing blurb from Vornado

The Vornado 633DC Energy Smart™ circulator gives you up to 80% energy efficiency with its powerful DC motor that moves air up to 24 square metres. The simple variable speed control gives you precise control of the signature “Vortex Action” creating whole-room circulation, keeping the entire room cool and comfortable.

The Vornado 633DC comes with a variable speed control knob to adjust airflow from whisper quiet to a powerful high setting for quick room circulation, multi-directional airflow and a 5 Year Replacement Warranty. This Air Circulator can be placed on the floor or tabletop. Maintaining the 633DC is simple with a detachable grill that provides easy access to the blades for cleaning.

Unlike typical fans, a Vornado creates whole-room circulation using an airflow phenomenon called “Vortex Action”. An inlet guide cone directs air to the most efficient portion of the blades. In turn, the wide, heavily contoured blades churn the air into motion. The air then travels through a duct which sculpts the air into a column shape. As the air exits the Air Circulator, Vornado’s AirTensity™ Grill straightens the airflow to ensure the air travels long distances. The airflow column will spin and twirl to the opposite corner hitting the wall where it will split off and recirculate to the centre of the room.

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Comments

  • +3

    Great little unit

    • +2

      Whish we could get Dreo fans in Australia. Reviews seem to suggest they are better than Vornado. And before anyone asks, I already searched Only Fans. No dice!

      • Haha reach out to them and see if they need an Australian agent/reseller.

  • -7

    A little Cheaper On Amazon With Free Delivery For Prime Members $164.50

    https://www.amazon.com.au/Vornado-633-Fan-Circulator-Black/d…

    • +16

      That's a different item. Non-DC.

    • +7

      You definitely want the DC version of this fan — quieter.

    • Non-DC

      • So Marvel then???

    • lol

  • +7

    Can someone please explain what makes this fan worth $191?

    • +18

      It’s used more like an air circulator than a traditional fan that blows at you to keep cool. In that sense think of it as a portable ceiling fan (cheaper to buy and run than to get a ceiling fan installed)

      Can also be used to push air con cool air down a hallway to areas without air con to provide a bit more relief

    • You mean $182. The other $9 is for delivery.

    • -4

      "explain what makes this fan worth"

      Sh… Reading the previous posts… This is a forbidden question and the only answer is that it "moves" air. No idea which functioning fan won't "move" air.

      Feel free to neg, but moving air is basically what any fan would do.

      For the same money, this moves more air. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16256601/redir

      • +3

        Every fan move air - True

        Different fans move air differently, and serve different functions.
        How much air it moves, how far it moves, how wide is the beam of air, how large is the whole system, how much noise it makes, how it looks. These are all factors that influence the most suitable choice and is very situational dependent.

        While the air extractor moves a lot more air, it's also much larger, louder, and uglier for a home use.

        If you just want a fan directed at you, then you don't need a air circulator.

        • -7

          Thanks for explaining how a fan works. Not some ignorant uneducated rubbish that Vornado "moves" air. The only ones that don't move/circulate air are the broken ones. Air not circulated is basically stagnated. Any fan will make it move/circulate. Different fans will circulate the air in different volume and pressure.

          Yes. Volume and static pressure. Same volume would have a higher static pressure if forced through a more narrow passage. Static pressure is more relevant to how far the air will "travel".

          Think of it as garden hose. Same amount/volume of water will move further is the pressure if higher via a higher nozzle. It does "move" any more water than a nozzle less hose.

          https://www.dimplex.com.au/en-au/cooling-range/fans/50cm-hig…

          150 cubic metres of air per minute.

          • +2

            @Flutterby: Indeed. The noise/vibration and the air vortex the fan makes to circulate a large room matter. With that said, someone compared a vornado with a much cheaper vortex fan and found that they performed about the same.

          • +2

            @Flutterby: While I too am interested in the original question, what makes this Vornado worth $180 (let alone the full $260-ish price), I do think you are overlooking that this seems to be marketed on a balance of performance (for a medium 24m² room), power efficiency, and quietness.

            The extractor fan and floor fan you have suggested seem to be chosen on performance (volume of air circulated) and initial price.

            The extractor fan draws 560W, the Dimplex floor fan draws 200W, the Vornado draws 40W.

            Am I missing something, or is that not a significant factor?

            • @sam buster: Overall I like the Xiaomi DC fans for optimal balance. Very quite and cheap.

              23 cubic metres is 1/6 of 150 cubic metres, and draws roughly 1/6 the electricity. So air volume per kWh is indifferent.

              The Dimplex is probably better value per $ spent if "moving" air is the purpose - which many Vornado punter seems to claim that other fans can't do.

              Almost every single Vornado deals got throw away comments that Vornados move air. (Which fan doesn't?)

              All I can say is that the 633 is far from "quite" based on an uncontrolled random hearing judgement.

              Maybe someone can explain the relationship between vibration/noise with volume and pressure of air being moved. (As well the motor itself.).

      • For the same money, this moves more air. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/16256601/redir

        Not sure how serious or tongue in cheek you were being, but those industrial units are so loud that you can't use them in a normal residential setting.

        Overall I like the Xiaomi DC fans for optimal balance. Very quite and cheap.

        FWIW I am using Xiaomi DC air circulators. I haven't seen them for sale in Australia though- don't think they really exist here.

        • -4

          "tongue in cheek"

          Well. I won't use that personally, because that will be real funny. Can't speak for those chasing to "move" air though. Might be a new discovery to that particular group of audience.

          Used to have a lot of good deals during COVID lock down for under $100.

          • +1

            @Flutterby: At home I've run pedestal fans, floor box fans, a residential version of those industrial tube fans, squirrel cage tower fans, dysons and dyson clones. The only type of fan I've not tried at home are those floor-drying ones because they're noisy AF and only useful for drying wet carpet.

            I've ditched everything except for the air circulator style ones. Most of them are DC, I've got one AC one. Vornado does seem to be overly expensive for what they are though. Properly aero designed DC ceiling fans are great too because they are so quiet, but my current place doesn't have any.

            • -2

              @rumblytangara: I have tested many fans in various ways. Even those jumping castle blowers - some serious volume in rather high pressure.

              Conclusion is that there is no superior fan nor one is more efficient than another - something that the marketing clowns try to hide. All comes down to the relationship of air volume, static pressure, vibration/noise, aesthetic, and cost.

              DC motor is advantageous, allowing various level of input, which determines the noise level and amount of air being moved.

              Found the optimal way to beat Sydney weather whilst keeping electricity bill low - aircond dry move + low speed pedestal fan circulating air. .2kwh for a small room or upto .4kwh for a 10x10m living room (very high ceiling).

              • @Flutterby: One thing I've noticed is that box fans tend to go out of balance easily over time or develop noise in the oscillation mechanism, something that hasn't happened yet with the Xiaomi circulators (which I've been running around 4 years). Previous box fans were KDK/Panasonic, so should have been built to decent levels of quality.

                I'm pretty much sold on the DC air circulator approach- at night we just place one down a hallway to get airflow throughout bedrooms. But this might not be the case if my only option was the very expensive Vornados here.

                Conclusion is that there is no superior fan nor one is more efficient than another - something that the marketing clowns try to hide.

                I'd say that there are some fans that are definitely worse than others. Squirrel cage tower fans and Dysons are very poor general purpose fans. The Dyson approach is kinda okay if it's sitting really close to you.

                • -1

                  @rumblytangara: Totally. The assembled of the fan varies. Goods are manufactured to a high level of precision these days.

                  Dyson fans. We have used them as purifiers and not fans. Very average as a fan. Innovative though.

                  Ultimately, the basics of a fan hasn't changed for many years now and there little room for improvement.

                  https://www.stiebel-eltron.com.au/air-purifiers-vs-hrv we are looking at this for house wide filtration and air movement.

                  • @Flutterby:

                    Ultimately, the basics of a fan hasn't changed for many years now and there little room for improvement.

                    I'd have to disagree with this… I know they're just 'spinning blades' in the end, but the air circulator concept really does work well, imo. Comparing them side by side with box fans, I really prefer the narrow cone of air that projects further, and the noise profile.

                    Dyson fans. We have used them as purifiers and not fans. Very average as a fan. Innovative though.

                    The idea of Dysons as air purifiers are a pet peeve of mine. Something like 95% of the air moved by a dyson does not go through the HEPA filter, so that giant mass of air doesn't get purified. And the size of the base is too small to fit in a large volume HEPA filter.

                    I've done a fair bit of testing of air purifiers with particle counters, but never bothered to test Dyson as I disagreed so strongly with the fundamental concept.

                    I've got a mix of purifiers which I no longer use as Oz is much cleaner than where I used to live, but settled on a mix of Xiaomi for cheap and cheerful bedroom units, Sharp for decent airflow at acceptable noise levels, and and IQAir 250 (high energy consumption but extremely effective filtration and good noise profile at high speed).

        • Where did you get your Xiaomi fan? Doesn't seem like any stores here sell them, most only have the normal standing model. Only site I found is Aliexpress but they have $50 shipping cost on top of the price. Vornado kinda dominated the Australia market because there is no better alternative for circulator fan…

          • @longxa762: Yeah, you have to buy them in Asia unfortunately. Or wrangle reshipping from Taobao. I've not looked on Ali- too many confusingly named stores with slightly different names.

            Honestly don't know why the selection in Oz is so limited- there are a zillion options in Asia and I don't think there's any IP to worry about.

      • +1

        Yes, moving air but not the same.

        Specific example at my place, in the winter.

        My home has a high ceiling (6m). That ceiling accumulates and has a lot of worm air in the winter. I have a ceiling fan but that fan is useless because it is not a fan that's designed to move air but only to spread the air and push it a bit below. Think it as a folding, paper hand fan.

        I've placed a Vornado in the corner of the ceiling and it is pushing the hot air in the room, all in all around 10m, on speed 2 which I don't hear.. The ceiling fan does jack s*** with respect of actually pushing the air down.

        I do have another fan which pushes the air on a hallway in the other part of the house.

        I also use the fan to push the air out of the house using Bernoulli's principle, from the middle of the house, when it is really hot during the day and the evening brought a cool change or I burned a food on the hot plate.

        There aren't a lot of fans that do that.

      • +1

        I used to think it was pure marketing BS too, but I purchased the Vornado 633 for the bedroom out of pure desperation a few months ago.

        With most fans, even my cheap $50 pedestal fan or my $700 Dyson purifying fan, you can only feel the air when it's blowing directly towards you. With this Vornado unit, the air is more subtle but you can somehow feel everywhere around you, wherever you are in the room. It makes the air feel lighter and more fresh, like opening the window on a cool breezy day. It helps me sleep on those warm humid nights. I can't even explain how it all works, but for me it seems like this time the hype matches the performance.

      • That fan is (profanity) huge. The use case is completely different.

    • +1

      I used to use mine to blow cold A/C air down my hallway into bedrooms etc. I now use it in an apartment to blow food smells out the balcony door, and blow cool air in from outside. It's just a small footprint, but powerful fan that moves a lot of air, in a more controlled dispersion.

    • +1

      I own one. My honest opinion:

      • Yes it can blow alot of air at high setting - so can my $19 Kmart fan at high setting
      • Yes it is super quiet at low setting - this is something my $19 kmart fan can't do, i cant get my kmart fan to go low enough to be quiet.
      • Energy Conumption - probably saves you 5 cents a day. Might break even in my life time, who knows.
    • +1

      Well the main reason I purchased a infinite variable speed Vornado DC pedestal it was I was going through fans like they were Free.
      7 years on and with a yearly clean, it runs perfectly after running 16-18 hrs a day in Queensland sticky summer. It does exactly what it promises.
      I do recommend as I use it as below

    • bought a Vornado 683 recently, liked it a lot.

      quality is pretty well built, very sturdy despite being light.

      the design is interesting, air pressure is a lot stronger than a normal pedestal fan and blows like a wind tunnel/vortex so it pushes air a lot harder. i aim it at the corner of the room and feel the air move noticeably. it's like a cooler gentle breeze in the room.

      would split the value between quality, design and brand name, i guess.

    • It's like, being struck outside on a really hot day where there's no breeze, and then suddenly a bit of breeze hits you and you realise how desperately hot it is because there's no breeze.

      An air circulator makes your room breezy. It makes the whole room feel cooler which is much more comfortable than needing to have a fan blowing air right at your face.

      And it also has the effect of actually moving a larger volume of air than a simple fan, which as some people have pointed out, is great for distributing air conditioning to other rooms.

      Also, I've had the same Vornado for at least 7 years. I've used some of the knock offs from ALDI and Kmart at Airbnb's, they were not comparable.

      The price would probably be lower if there was more real competition in the niche, but I don't think we have that here.

  • +10

    I have this and it's great at moving air. Had just one split system in the old house and it would cool the lounge but the rest of the house would be hot. Putting this fan on the floor by the door and pointing it down the hall moves enough air to bring down the temp of the house by a good few degrees, like from 28 to 22 on a hot day. It is loud when turned up high, but better than being hot.

    • +2

      this is how i use mine. Crank the AC Fan up to max, turn this on and place it strategically to move the cold air into the bedroom, then turn the AC fan back down when everything is nice and cool.

      its also quite good and giving you a subtle breeze or indirect cool air feeling vs. a pedestal fan or ceiling fan that can be a bit distracting or irritating on higher settings.

      they are louder, however.

  • have anyone tried this one from k mart https://www.kmart.com.au/product/vortex-circulator-fan-43387…? how does it compare?

    • +3

      We have both. The kmart one is a lot less powerful even at the highest setting

      • How does the noise level compare when both are run at a similar airflow rate?

        • Interested in this as well. Wanting see if I can get one these types of fans to blow some air into a hot stuffy bedroom but sitting far away enough to be equal to the quiet DC fan that we are using at the moment (but in the same room so not bringing in cooler air)

    • It looks like the Kmart fan is not using a DC motor, so it will consume more electricity.

      It also uses buttons with discrete fan power settings, rather than the adjustable knob that the Vornado DC series uses. This means that it can't be turned on and off with a smart plug, whereas the Vornado DC series can.

      • A DC motor does not automatically use more/less electricity.

        Two same rated DC and AC motors will consume similar amount of electricity at full load.

        The DC motor allows for more variation in input.

    • It's a third of the price, so probably offers a third of the performance/quality.

      • Or more likely, offers 75% the performance for 33% the price. I have this DC Vornado.. and it's just a fan, gets very loud when going fast

        • Buy two and have over 150% the performance.

        • I too have this fan, and the comment above relating it to a ceiling fan (which are also loud on full speed) is spot on.

          The fan can be loud because it's moving a lot of air, and less air being moved = less sound = less effective.

          • -1

            @magic8ballgag: Yes, that's how a fan works.

            Vornado is rated at 23m².

            Similar priced but moves ALOT more air at 56m³/min

            https://sydneytools.com.au/product/bayer-bvf520-560w-305mm-1…

            • @Flutterby:

              Similar priced but moves ALOT more air at 56m³/min

              …which would probably equal A LOT more noise.

              Not everything is about price, and sometimes it's okay to spend extra on a product that is more suitable/efficient, etc.

              • -2

                @magic8ballgag: So the $180 Vornado is no more or less than a $20 Kmart fan. Except that it "moves" more air at a much higher noise level.

                At least the extractor can be placed outside next to your neighbours window.

                • +1

                  @Flutterby:

                  So the $180 Vornado is no more or less than a $20 Kmart fan. Except that it "moves" more air at a much higher noise level.

                  I'm not sure how you took that away from what I said.

                  I actually own the fan and don't believe it's any louder than a ceiling fan on full speed.

                  And I have no doubt that it's far better than a $20 Kmart fan, but feel free to purchase both and compare for yourself.

                  • @magic8ballgag: I have. When they first came out and a ceiling to be comparable to a Vornado is a very noisy ceiling fan.

                    Went back to JB Hi-fi as a return the following day.

                    Alot of "high velocity" fans can "move" just as much air (if not more) at the same noise level.

                    Can't believe the marketing gimmick caught so many fools.

                    The design of a basic pedestal fan is very simple and very mature with minimal room for improvement/improve efficiency.

                    • @Flutterby:

                      Alot of "high velocity" fans can "move" just as much air (if not more) at the same noise level.

                      Any recommendations? I'm in the market for a new fan for my bedroom.

                      I don't think the Vornado is a replacement for a pedestal or ceiling fan, nor is it trying to be, but it definitely has it's place in my home.

                      • @magic8ballgag: For bedrooms, we use a cheap $20 pedestal fan pointed to the ceiling at low setting and AC on dry mode at 26 degree Celcius - pulls app 0.25kwh, oppose to setting aircond at 22 degree Celcius will pull at least twice the amount of electricity.

                        If we need to "move" a lot of air, then metal high velocity fan for $80-100 at low (bearable) - high speed (very loud).

                      • @magic8ballgag: This one. It's $79. And a DC fan as well. Looks like it has a higher total flow rate than the vornado. There's also the desk fan on sale for $59 that has a battery and is quieter but is only rated at 7.5m3/min. Where the vornado is 12.5m3/min.

                        Fans might not use that much electricity but you run them like 12 hours per day for six months. A DC fan uses about 1/2 to 1/3 the electricity. So you'd save $25-50 per year in electricity. Absolutely a no brainer.

                        https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/kogan-premium-dc-motor-pedestal…

        • +1

          Ok I just received the $79 Kogan DC pedestal fan mentioned by @Team America, and it is great. It's much bigger space wise than the Vornado so they're not directly comparable, but it is definitely quieter for the same volume of air moved, simply because the blades are twice the diameter so there's less turbulence. Plus oscillating left to right is a bonus. I am just about to buy a second one to replace a cheapo kmart pedestal fan that's dying. Wish I had not been through three of those instead of buying one of these..

  • +1

    The Good Guys Commercial

    here

  • Is this the same? It doesn’t say DC though.
    https://www.bigw.com.au/product/vornado-633-fan-air-circulat…

    • The BigW model has 3 speed settings rather than the variable knob of the DC. So I'd say they were different models.

      • Yes the DC is completely variable speed. The one here at big W has about 50% flow rate on low. You can set the DC fan to 5% or less.

        If a fan is three speeds it's generally not DC and uses twice or three times the electricity

  • got this lil guy and its been a godsend

  • +4

    I have several of the Vornado 660 fans. Great air circulators. But you know what beats them? Dreo CF714S https://www.dreo.com/products/dreo-falcon-s-air-circulator-f… . But you can't get these in Australia. Importing from overseas and the cost kills it - $500 or so delivered. I wish there was a Dreo distributor in Australia. Until then I will keep using Vornado.

    • +1

      I'll get this if it comes to Australia for a reasonable price

  • +2

    Bought one of these 15 months ago.

    The dial started to become faulty (fan would reduce speed the moment you touched the dial, then speed up to its selected speed).

    Took it back to the Good Guys and it was replaced with a brand new one on the spot. 5 year warranty is brilliant!

    • +2

      Did you mount this on your aeroplane ✈️?

  • +3

    I have this. It's good, but for basically the same money I reckon the Shark Flexbreeze which I also recently got is a better option.
    Basically same function as this, but more…

    Just one man's opinion though.

    • I don't understand the difference between a vornado 'air circulator' and the Shark fan… but i'm going to trust you on this since I want something with a pedastal

      • +2

        No idea… to me all fans are 'air circulators' so it's just marketing. The Shark is basically the same form factor when not on it's pedestal, but adds battery and pedestal to the mix.

        • Which one runs quieter, for sleeping?

          • @Mahogany Granger: I wouldn't sleep with either of them up high and close to your head (but not sure why you'd want that anyway).
            On low-med speed they are both very quite and still move decent air.

      • kogan sells a dc pedestal fan too, under 150

    • from costco you can get the cordless misting version for not much more.

    • I definitely don't feel this is true at all. I have used both and the Shark Flexbreeze on maximum speed is nowhere near the air circulation as the Vornado. Can you elaborate further if possible on your opinion?

      • I just did a very scientific experiment and turned them both to full and put my face in front of them.
        I'd say that full on the Shark is probably equivalent to like 80% on the Vornado. So I agree.
        But that 80% is plenty for most circumstances, and I think the added benefits of pedestal, battery, occilation, and remote certainly makeup for that 20% that I'm not likely to need very often.
        Again, just one man's opinion.

        • I must have been using a dud, because I definitely felt about only 60% of the Vornado max vs the flexbreeze.

          • @Tuttorix: The Shark has a 'turbo' mode that's above it's max by just hitting the fan bottom. Maybe you weren't at max.

            • @NigelTufnel: You may be absolutely correct.

              • @Tuttorix: And by Bottom I mean button. Hitting the fan in the bottom doesn't do anything that I'm aware of.

                • @NigelTufnel: I had a look again today, it is only turbo mode by holding down the power level button for 3 seconds. Then it flashes and indicates that it is in turbo mode. I genuinely do not think it is anywhere near as powerful as the vornado 633dc. The features are great don't get me wrong, but it just isn't a good enough air circulator compared to vornado. Best I give it 70% of the vornado max air flow.

  • +1

    I bought the pedestal one that comes with a remote. Lets you control the fan speed and timer without having to get out of bed or off the couch depending where you set it up. Been a life saver with the summer heat and sleeping comfortably.

  • +1

    Can I mount this on my Intel CPU heatsink to call it down

    • Pair it with a gigantic passive heatsink. Unmatchable performance.

  • This looks good. If used together with the air conditioner's heating, it can help distribute warm air evenly throughout the room. However, if your air conditioner has a feature like Daikin's Coanda Airflow, this may not be necessary.

  • -2

    $180 @Costco for model 660, though one would require membership. https://www.costco.com.au/Home-Kitchen/Heating-Cooling/Fans/…

    • Costco model does not have a DC motor. Not comparable.

  • +1

    Found it hard to figure out whether they are worth it compared to normal fans from reading conflicting opinions, but this video does a good comparison between different fans - Dreo, Vornado, cheap pedestal and box fan

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3FH3boEu04

    • Airflow is very "analogue" a thing to assess. You can't just go by numbers. There are lots of happy Vornado users, all of whom are adults that know how a fan works and have experienced other fans before buying a Vornado. The happy users may not be able to articulate why they like their Vornados, but they do. Myself included. I have four around the house, automated with Wemo timers and Alexa. I like them for the looks, the size, and the strong turbulent air movement. No amount of quoting numbers from the naysayers can encapsulate the overall quality "feel" of the product. It wouldn't say it's cheap. But during sales like this, they aren't all that expensive (to me).

      There really is no substitue other than to go try one out at the store or buy one to try at home for this sort of thing.

      • The review I posted is hardly a naysayer.

    • +1

      worth it for the adjust ability as opposed to the 3 speed, i wasn't sure if i overpaid on a promise of quality but i want to a friends house and they had the non dc model. since I use mine in my room the adjustable knob has been very nice, but you can find other dc motor fans to offer similar feature

  • -1

    He a fan, he a fan, he a fan mmm

  • Has anyone bought these and now used them instead of ceiling fans?

    • A good quality ceiling fan would be better unless you're trying to push AC into another room.

      • +1

        I have a ceiling fan in my bedroom. I choose to run the Vornado instead. Every single time.

        • Yeah, that's not a bad point. I don't like air blowing on my face when sleeping, so I would never have a ceiling fan in a bedroom anyway unless it was a DC fan that could run in reverse (i.e. blows air up into the ceiling and then down the walls).

    • +1

      ceiling fan would be bit less in the way, i wouldnt remove a ceiling fan for this, but if u dont have a ceiling fan then this is pretty nice

  • Does this DC model has the mobile app that you can turn on/off remotely?
    Thanks

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