I got this fan to help circulate air in the warmest part of my house. It works really well to move the air. I really like the vortex effect, it's not as irritating to my eyes as a direct gust from a normal fan. It seems to be gentler at moving the air. I like how the stand makes it so you can rotate the fan. The cool part about the vortex is that I can face it away from me and still feel a breeze.