Portable Air Mover Fan - High Velocity Floor Dryer for Home, Gym & Water Damage Restoration | Fast Drying for Carpets, Floors & Flood Cleanup

This blower needs more reviews. It's a good one. But I see that it is not always in stock, so I give an alternative fan recommendation in this review.Note that this is a "first impressions" review. I'll be sure to update it if I have any longer-term issues.I will also note that I read on another website somewhere that the Vacmaster is not UL-listed. I can't confirm that, except to say I don't see a UL logo on it or in the manual, and this probably helps to keep the cost down. But it does have an Intertek testing logo. I don't care. It looks well made. Doesn't feel cheap. For years, I used a salvaged fan prop and motor, mounted on a homemade plywood stand, with a chicken wire screen around the fan to protect my fingers, and the cord zip-tied for strain relief. It wasn't UL-listed either. I obviously didn't die.The unit has what at least on the outside looks like a heavy duty cord. Reportedly 12 feet long. Maybe a few inches shy of that, but I didn't stretch it flat to measure. The 3-speed control is solid and easy to turn. Has two outlets and a circuit breaker reset button, with the control on same side that the air exits (more on that later). Not too loud, and the noise is coming from air movement, not the motor or bearings. (You have to move a lot of air. You're going to get noise with any of these air movers.) Nice wide opening for air to exit the unit. Nice wide intakes. Squirrel fan design; very efficient for air movement.The closest unit to this in price and features I think is the XPOWER P-80A, which has a lot of reviews and looks readily available. It's rated at 600CFM using 1.2A, vs. VacMaster's 550CFM using 1.3A. And it comes with a "kickstand" to allow one more air direction position, i.e. 20 degrees up. IMO, the kickstand is a gimmick. (Does anyone have a book laying around?) The cord on the P-80A is only 10 feet, vs. Vacmaster's 12. The P-80A looks like it has a nicer carrying handle. Pretty minor. The P-80A's outlets are on the side of the unit, vs. the front of the unit on the Vacmaster. If you need them, that is a more convenient place for outlets. But the outlet panel also takes up space on one side for the air inlet, and it seems like that could increase noise (just speculation). But if you are using several of these fans in series, you don't probably care about noise, and the P-80A would be a better choice for that application. The VacMaster was about $17 less than the P-80A when I bought it, and it fits my needs. I also liked having the longer cord.I'm 100% working from home because of the COVID19 virus. The room where I work is the second floor "bonus room" over our unconditioned garage. The bonus room is hotter in the summer and colder in the winter than the rest of the second floor. In the summer months (right now), I'm using the Vacmaster to push cooler air from the hallway into the bonus room. It seems to be working, and is a more convenient choice than a separate window air conditioner, though a window AC would allow me to close the door.For the money, the Vacmaster seems a solid choice.