Aw, probably just needed oil. Had a good run though.

Some fans are still made with the gradient I believe. That's like my favorite part.

You paid for that kind of quality though, those were expensive and would've been a major purchase. These Laskos were among the first to be affordable to the masses, and yet they were still made with enough quality to run for decades.

They are. It was dirty when I got it, but the dirt actually can help to protect the plastic from wear so it cleans up beautifully. The guard was shiny though, which I looked for because that's harder to fix.

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You're welcome!

Oh yeah I know, just worth considering that not everyone can just get an Emerson like they can one of these. I'd love to find an affordable Emerson someday.

It's not brown; it's just orange, but darker.

Well, it's more amber. Amber like the color of your energy. Whoa-oh.

Thanks! I always buy used wherever possible: it's cheaper, environmentally conscious, protests today's corporate greed and unethical factory conditions, and the product is almost always better quality. Plus I thoroughly enjoy repairing and bringing something back to its former glory for a new life.

The Emersons are sexy for sure, but hella expensive. These were affordable for the average consumer back then and that hasn't changed today, you can find one after a few trips to the flea market for <$10 because not many people are interested in fans from this era.

I've seen these in old stores and antique malls, totally neglected. They can't be stopped.

They still make push-button fans, when's the last time you used one? lol

That's sad, I hope they cheered up!

Those GEs are solid too, can't go wrong with those.

That's on purpose. The tip of the "petal" blades have almost no material to them, let alone pitch. This is because the motors don't have enough power to drive the blade if it were to move air across the entire area. The Lasko 20" box fans are essentially 12 or 14 inch fans.

Lasko is not what they used to be but they still have some solid products for sale.

Gotta love when that happens! I got the blue one from an older gentleman at a flea market who had two other fans on the table, and he kept trying to talk me into the other ones but they just weren't really to my liking and I don't have much storage space.

Except that's not actually the line :P

I'm not sure, I know Sanyo made a lot of the parts for these, if not the whole fan (Sanyo being a Japanese company). There exists a Sanyo model that is essentially the same thing. The Japanese fans were also top-notch in quality at the time, especially Sanyo, Panasonic and KDK.

Everyone has different taste but a lot of people would call this design old-fashioned or outdated before calling it flat-out hideous. What kind of fan do you like the design of?

In case anyone is going to suggest to throw these out and buy a new one because they're inefficient: both of these fans use PSC motors which is the same type of motor used in today's oscillating table fans.

The blue one draws 0.24 A/30.1 W on low and 0.37 A/46.1 W on high, and the amber one draws 0.23 A/28.5 W on low and 0.34 A/42.3 W on high. I have a modern Midea-made 12" fan I bought in 2018, it draws 0.19 A/23.9 W on low and 0.22 A/27.4 W on high. The new Midea may draw slightly less power, but the Laskos push more air on low than the Midea pushes on high, making the Laskos the winner in efficiency.

So these Lasko fans will continue to keep me cool every summer :)

Everyone loves drama, especially when they're not in it.

Makes sense then why people say they should be replaced every few years regardless of whether the indicator is still lit or not. Learned a thing today!