As the largest fan Vornado offers, I expected it to be bigger. It is supposed circulate air and cool the room, but in practice, I only use it as a direct fan. I feel the air circulation claim is overstated. I tried to use it to replace another fan which rotates, but the issue then is that it the air is directional, and those outside of the zone do not feel the air at all. In my opinion, it is a good fan for direct use, easy to maintain, but limited if it is intended for wide cooling.