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Vornado VFAN
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Vornado VFAN

Vornado VFAN vintage air circulator.

$100Buy on Amazon
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A remake of Vornado’s first fan from the 1940s: a steel cage, three speeds on a switch and a motor that moves air across the whole room.

Repairable
Opens with common tools, spare parts are available, and replacement parts work without the maker unlocking them.

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Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the smart one it replaces.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisVornado VFAN
What it replacesSmart oneDreo smart tower fan
2
Power cut
FALSE
FALSE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
TRUE
#DEPENDS
4
The company switches off its servers
TRUE
#DEPENDS
5
Someone tries to hack it
TRUE
FALSE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
TRUE
FALSE
7
Twenty years from now
TRUE
#DEPENDS
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
5 of 65/6
0 of 60/6and three maybes

The smart one is the Dreo smart tower fan.

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A rotary switch and a steel cage, drawn in the 1940s.

Vornado VFAN

$100
Repairable
Vornado VFAN$100
Buy on Amazon