Product: Sharper Image by Vornado AXIS 12 Desktop Airbar Tower Fan
Model: FA1-0111-06
Condition: New
Versatile Design: In mere seconds, AXIS 12 cleverly converts from a low-profile “Airbar” to a space saving tower fan without a single tool.
Control Your Comfort: 3 speed settings with soft touch button controls and a 360-degree pivoting head with full-range tilt allow for personalized airflow.
Modern Accessibility: Plug the fan into a USB adapter with it’s 6’ cord or use the provided AC converter to plug into an outlet for convenient cooling anywhere.
Optimum Performance: Energy efficient DC motor delivers powerful yet quiet operation and produces a higher volume of air movement.
Item Weight:
.90 lbs.
Item Height:
13.03 in.
Item Depth:
4.5 in.
Item Width:
3.76 in.
Hertz:
60 HZ
Volts:
120
Watts:
2.6
PowerCord Length:
6 ft.
PowerCord Plug Type:
USB/AC ADAPTOR
Number of Speed Settings:
3
High Speed CFM:
296
Low Speed CFM:
169
What’s Included?
1x Sharper Image by Vornado AXIS 12 Desktop USB Airbar Tower Fan
@agnesnutter I am not a shill for vornado, I swear, but this fan is so quiet that my husband often forgets to turn if off because he’s forgotten it’s on. I was offended at spending so much, but it’s really nice: https://a.co/d/a2wzq4x
(But if vornado wants to pay me in fans, I live in a hot climate and don’t have AC and would happily stress test anything)
This looks pretty cool. A nice modern looking blower fan that could sit on my desk. I watched one of the videos on the Amazon reviews and when they turned it on it sounded like turning on one of the old 1U rackmount servers I used to manage. I don’t miss working in the server room so I’m going to pass.
@djslack Eek yeah super-tiny fans can be surprisingly annoying. I had a home security NVR that was basically a 1U size, and same thing, sounded like a very small propeller plane taking off, 24 hours a day. Put it in a closet but ended up only using it when I was NOT there (seasonal stay).
Im still reeling on the John diatribe…WTH? Who reads all this? They actually paid someone to write that? Asking “Rufus” over on the jungle if an ironing board can make a margarita is so much more humorous.
@KSchweitz@lehigh Question for our English language scholars (aka Grammar Police) out there: If something that is annoying can be an annoyance, can something that is harrowing become a harrowance? Seems like it should be. Fix that in our language, please.
@macromeh@theycallmemrmoo Damn, don’t normally read the long write-ups but I did just now because of the comments. Who was watching me the last 40 years? I like to at least tell myself that the work/life/whatever was changing and stimulating and educational and explorational. But some of the time it wasn’t. There was “harrowance” (new word we made up; search forums for details). And then you wonder how long you have to keep doing this. 40 years was the answer I guess.
Reminds me of one of my favorite Far Side sketches (sorry internetz can’t find it). Two scenes one guy is lounging on a desert island under a coconut tree, and one guy is working in a windowless office with a clock clearly visible on the wall so you know when you will be allowed to leave and come back and be at your desk the next morning. For 40 F’in years. Yup. It seemed to be asking which was a “wasted life.”
@Mandamm Translates to warehouse full of failed stuff from closed stores in failing shopping malls, bought for pennies on the dollar and liquidated here for 15 pennies on the dollar.
Looks like this is smaller than I’d imagined… as opposed to the last Sharper Image fan I got here which ended up being TWICE as large and probably three times heavier than it looked on the site.
@Perfect_Timing it’s not the first time in history something has been touted as being twelve inches and once in hand been reported to be smaller than expected.
@djslack@Perfect_Timing Of course. What else might people have been thinking? Also the Subway bread=cake controversy where the British government tested the bread for sugar content and it exceeded what would be considered “bread” and so said it should be taxed as “cake” instead which has a higher tax rate.
Like the small footprint option. Using at work as alternative to floor fan. Like the two fan speeds. Powerful enough to do the job without blowing papers everywhere. Perfect for this application.
Specs
Product: Sharper Image by Vornado AXIS 12 Desktop Airbar Tower Fan
Model: FA1-0111-06
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$39.99 at Amazon
Warranty
1 Year Warranty
Estimated Delivery
Friday, Sep 6 - Monday, Sep 9
Sharper Image became so trashy that a fan company was able to buy them out?
Don’t suppose anyone can speak to noise level? I like my fans to be nearly silent.
@agnesnutter Update: sounds from Amazon reviews like it’s lacking (or, the opposite, rather) on the noise front. Oh well.
@agnesnutter I am not a shill for vornado, I swear, but this fan is so quiet that my husband often forgets to turn if off because he’s forgotten it’s on. I was offended at spending so much, but it’s really nice: https://a.co/d/a2wzq4x
(But if vornado wants to pay me in fans, I live in a hot climate and don’t have AC and would happily stress test anything)
@agnesnutter came looking for the same thing. I’m not a …um… fan of noise.
@agnesnutter I bought 2, one has a waning hum, it goes up and down, extremely noticeable. The other does not.
ooooooOOOOOOOOOoooooooo
@agnesnutter @user15902477 any concerns should be related to meh.com/support
@agnesnutter @werehatrack fully intended to
/buy
@uvassassin It worked! Your order number is: wicked-confusing-lavender
/showme wicked confusing lavender
@mediocrebot Well, getting to like the A.I. Art
/buy
@Xtoff It worked! Your order number is: knightly-yappy-nutmeg
/showme knightly yappy nutmeg
@mediocrebot just said this above for completely different image, but
Well, getting to like the A.I. Art
At first I thought it was a bug zapper, then 2nd, a speaker
@somf69 Then you realized it was pocket knives?
@somf69 @xobzoo When I saw the first image, I thought Meh was selling sex toys again.
/buy
@koraner It worked! Your order number is: dependable-cardiac-possum
/showme dependable cardiac possum
@mediocrebot I think every cardiologist should have this on the wall next to the medical school diplomas.
@pmarin You mean yours doesn’t?
This looks pretty cool. A nice modern looking blower fan that could sit on my desk. I watched one of the videos on the Amazon reviews and when they turned it on it sounded like turning on one of the old 1U rackmount servers I used to manage. I don’t miss working in the server room so I’m going to pass.
@djslack Eek yeah super-tiny fans can be surprisingly annoying. I had a home security NVR that was basically a 1U size, and same thing, sounded like a very small propeller plane taking off, 24 hours a day. Put it in a closet but ended up only using it when I was NOT there (seasonal stay).
I refer to those small loud fans as “angry bees”, since there’s usually many in each server for redundancy, and to make up for the size.
This costs the same as the real Honeywell tower fan that sits behind my desk.
/buy
@jrv451 It worked! Your order number is: morose-hospitable-metal
/showme morose hospitable metal
@mediocrebot Steel marshmallow?
@blaineg It should have been the traditional Marvin.
@werehatrack
There… is that better?
@chienfou
Im still reeling on the John diatribe…WTH? Who reads all this? They actually paid someone to write that? Asking “Rufus” over on the jungle if an ironing board can make a margarita is so much more humorous.
@KSchweitz As an AARP-eligible mehmber I thought John’s diatribe was brilliant, funny, and yes a little bit harrowing.
@KSchweitz part of the enjoyment of meh is reading the write-ups . . . Just saying
@KSchweitz @lehigh Question for our English language scholars (aka Grammar Police) out there: If something that is annoying can be an annoyance, can something that is harrowing become a harrowance? Seems like it should be. Fix that in our language, please.
@KSchweitz @lehigh @pmarin I think you can fix it yourself. “The People” have literally destroyed literal, according to Webster.
@blaineg @KSchweitz @lehigh Like, Srsly?
@blaineg @KSchweitz @lehigh I’m working on “harrowance;” trying to use it in as many places as possible.
The joke picture was excellent.
/giphy Great Job!
Summer isn’t over yet.
/buy
@narfcake It worked! Your order number is: worthy-chivalrous-watch
/showme worthy chivalrous watch
/buy
@LordRegent It worked! Your order number is: zesty-straight-history
/showme zesty straight history
Good lord that advice about stagnation in life was depressing
@theycallmemrmoo
But not entirely inaccurate. sigh
@macromeh @theycallmemrmoo Damn, don’t normally read the long write-ups but I did just now because of the comments. Who was watching me the last 40 years? I like to at least tell myself that the work/life/whatever was changing and stimulating and educational and explorational. But some of the time it wasn’t. There was “harrowance” (new word we made up; search forums for details). And then you wonder how long you have to keep doing this. 40 years was the answer I guess.
Reminds me of one of my favorite Far Side sketches (sorry internetz can’t find it). Two scenes one guy is lounging on a desert island under a coconut tree, and one guy is working in a windowless office with a clock clearly visible on the wall so you know when you will be allowed to leave and come back and be at your desk the next morning. For 40 F’in years. Yup. It seemed to be asking which was a “wasted life.”
So Many Fans… Love Vornado. Still don’t understand the Sharper Image part of this equation.
@Mandamm Translates to warehouse full of failed stuff from closed stores in failing shopping malls, bought for pennies on the dollar and liquidated here for 15 pennies on the dollar.
I’ve lost count of the number of times I checked Meh and thought ‘well that blows.’
Another fan to keep me cool until next year when the office finally fixes the AC?
/buy
@pyroguy7 It worked! Your order number is: zealous-limited-corsair
/showme zealous limited corsair
Looks like this is smaller than I’d imagined… as opposed to the last Sharper Image fan I got here which ended up being TWICE as large and probably three times heavier than it looked on the site.
@Perfect_Timing it’s not the first time in history something has been touted as being twelve inches and once in hand been reported to be smaller than expected.
(Subway, people! I’m talking about Subway’s footlong sandwich controversy.)
@djslack @Perfect_Timing Of course. What else might people have been thinking? Also the Subway bread=cake controversy where the British government tested the bread for sugar content and it exceeded what would be considered “bread” and so said it should be taxed as “cake” instead which has a higher tax rate.
Not $5, but pretty close.
/buy
@blaineg It worked! Your order number is: delirious-respected-mage
/showme delirious respected mage
/giphy delirious-respected-mage
/buy
@hutchnow It worked! Your order number is: feathered-unqualified-basket
/showme feathered unqualified basket
/buy
@jasont2 It worked! Your order number is: heavy-unadorned-view
/showme heavy unadorned view
Not a fan.
/showme satisfying burly parrot
@mediocrebot That is a fairly satisfying parrot.
Sure, why not.
/buy
@lolmattd It worked! Your order number is: alike-raging-rod
/showme alike raging rod
/buy
@hammi99 It worked! Your order number is: useless-older-pine
/showme useless older pine
Since when can you order in chat…
/buy
@wi1shire It worked! Your order number is: funny-hazardous-oatmeal
/showme funny hazardous oatmeal
@wi1shire years now!!
@mediocrebot “Slippery when objects” — I love it!
/buy
@kristoffer It worked! Your order number is: enduring-operatic-sheep
/showme enduring operatic sheep
/buy
@Xieneus It worked! Your order number is: blythe-broken-bath
/showme blythe broken bath
I’m in the writeup text and I don’t like it
@missag Let them know at meh.com/support
Like the small footprint option. Using at work as alternative to floor fan. Like the two fan speeds. Powerful enough to do the job without blowing papers everywhere. Perfect for this application.