Cheap Lasko box fan, Older Lakewood box fan 

@torythefanman, I agree with you. In fact, I have a lot of old fans and they give me no trouble whatsoever. And yes, newest (today's) fans were the worst fans you will end up seeing everywhere.

we meet again Tory

Thanks for pointing out the detail about the motor coming from China while everything else about the Lasko fan was made here in America. I would've thought the whole product came from China.

@ToryTheFanMan, not to mention my aunt has been through let's say, 12 lasko box fans the exact same model since 2008, and each of them broke in short period of time. Lasko thinks that their fans are built to last, with the steel body, and made in USA, which is total BS. Once you buy any lasko fan from walmart, its not very long before it ends up in the landfills Even cool colors box fans are definitely the same ball game. Even everything else in addition to fans that is brand new out of the box is built to break in short period of time, whether is washers, dryers, AC units, fans, microwaves, refrigerators, and everything in between. In fact, I have five vintage box fans (lakewood/kmart) and they ran perfect ever since I used them, even the robeson still works despite the cord being in bad shape. Its not just china, its the way things are being produced and manufactured with cheap materials, which is in a manner that is unacceptable and not good for the planet. Back when my mother was born, she explained about how things were fixable back in the 60s, and my grandfather even knew how to fix appliances if they break down, well this was when she was a little kid, which EPA, or eco-friendly wasn't such a big deal back in these days. We all looked forward to a better future, but it is a total opposite - which has gotten far worse as years got buy. Its a sad world we live in nowadays when things bought from a retailer today is breaking constantly and ending up in landfills. BTW, we have a central air unit in the attic which is ten years old and broke a few times, while the one on my basement which came with my house that was build in 1978 still working perfectly without issues. Quality in today's products are definitely not like the 1970's (which is ridiculous!).

True. I had to bypass the thermo fuse after a year of using it and it wasn’t even used often.

The vintage 1973 KMart P-48 has never given me any trouble as of 2020 (47 years old), yet still running like day one. The older Lakewood fans from the early 70s, or 60's, yes talking about the models with all metal blades, are even better, as well. Every now and then I go to walmart, I look at the BS labeling on every single lasko box fan, Lasko claims the fans are made of Steel Body, Built to last, and I thought "Seriously??" I picked it up and it is lighter weight which means it's still not going to be built to last very long. They even claimed to have 100+ years of quality, but I would assume they only had less than 90 years of quality. Yet, not even close to 100 years of quality. My aunt went through two or three lasko box fans, none of them were even ten years old when they broke. They were even modern piece of junk lasko throw in the trash fans. I told my aunt next time, go to a second hand store like an antique shop or flea market, and get a good vintage fan, or save her money and get an X-Treme Garage Pivoting fan like you said.

Blue And White Exactly!!!!

All you need to do is take that fan apart, clean it out, fix the motor and oil it.

I have a fan from the early 2010s and it's still running in 2020 this is a rarity for fans to run that long.

I have a fan from the early 2010s and it's still running in 2020 this is a rarity for fans to run that long.

But with these modern box fans, it requires taking the motor apart to oil it.

@@sethhorst6158 I don't mind doing that. It's simple enough. The reason that I don't mind is because it's my hobby.

This is the reason to not buy China pride

Absolutely! I have vintage Patton and Hampton Bay high velocity fans made the 1970' or 80's made of all metal, about 12 of them that is! I use them all with air conditioning, but only 2 at a time of course! Also have 3 vintage box fans from the 1970's or before. You are correct - if you take care of vintage fans by oiling and cleaning, they will last much longer than the junk of today!

I sometimes will see a 1990's Lakewood 3rd gen that comes with the box going for $40 on Ebay. Which is about as much as a crappy modern Air King box fan which is a Lasko rebadge.

@@sethhorst6158 Air King? Box fan? I've seen Air King pedestal fans before, and they don't seem too bad, since they have a grounded plug and easier grill assembly, with the front one being metal. What's with the box fans? Why so expensive? They don't seem too different from the regular Laskos. If it's just the grounded plug..........

I ordered an Air King box fan expecting is to have good quality control and come with the older Lasko blade design, but when it arrived, it came with the crappy flower pedal blades instead and had poor quality control with the blade balancing and a horrible defect with the screw holes. I want to be able to get an older Lasko blade, like the D shape butter knife ones to put onto the air king and make it look like the way it was advertised.

@@sethhorst6158 Oh....If that's the case, then Air King shouldn't even sell box fans......

Good point. With that lasko 3733s, you get what you pay for. If you get a new fan that’s 16 dollars, then you can’t expect it to be amazing

He's just purposely making this video to give Lasko a bad reputation. Don't believe anything that's happening in the video.

Yeah

@@geosynchronous4386 Motor shouldn't get THAT hot that fast. I think the box fan in the video is a hoax. Purposely set up.

@@geosynchronous4386 i got some from 50s and up to 90s that still work since they are made well

Exactly! All it needs is a good oiling.

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***** no not from what I heard

+Chris Scott benson is right

SRCVintage Electronics I was replying to the first comment about is Holmes any better? .

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