Meaco MeacoFan 1056 Air Circulator Award-winning

Bought this fan for my mam. She absolutely loves it as her flat is very very warm. This fan blows really cool air. Just wish I had bought it I the summer for her. Her friends think its a fantastic fan and the 4 of them bought one each.

Over the years i’ve spent fortunes on cheaper fans that don’t really do the job, make too much noise and don’t last long. Decided to try paying more for a quality item and that’s what I got.

Best fan I’ve ever owned.

This is a great fan that is so quiet in operation that the television is still perfectly clear to hear unlike other fans we have had. It has many options and looks and feels of a very high quality.

Bought this after using one recently in a Hotel while away.
Really impressed with how quiet these are, it quieter at lower speeds but even at higher speeds (6 and above) it’s pretty quiet compared to our older fan.
Also like the oscillation options (side to side, up and down or a combination of both.
Don’t really use the different modes as we prefer just to have the fan speed at our own settings.

Certainly recommend this produc

I’m impressed with this fan, I bought a 20 bargain fan before this one and returned it as it was loud and quite harsh (too noisy on conference calls) . This is a much bigger unit, it’s the size of a basketball on a stand but it’s whisper quiet. I have it on power setting 3 out of 15 and it’s cooling me down nicely. Perfect to sit on the desk whilst I have conference calls or next to the bed for sleeping (with my wife complaining of noise). Also it has a timer so you can set it to turn off once your asleep etc. It’s worth the price in my opinion, it is far more refined, quiet and effective than your standard supermarket sold fan, the price point is high though and that won’t be for everyone.

Looks smart, works really well, super quiet and loads of functions. We bought 3! Just need a hot summer to make the most of this great fa

Its that good, I’m going to purchase another. Its that good.

I sleep in the hottest room in the house , without wanting to sound melodramatic, it’s pretty much saved me. It’s quiet and powerful and matches my decor. Well worth the price. I would highly recommend.

It runs quiet and ideal for the larger bedroom. Smaller versions of the fan are available and also excelle

After last summer’s heatwave, I wanted to be better prepared. Having ruled-out air-conditioning, this fan seemed to have the best features and got terrific reviews. Having said that, it has not yet been used in earnest so I can’t comment fully on it. I had placed a request for notification when Meacom had stock in (they didn’t previously) and was surprised to find it appear first on Amazon. But that’s the awful stranglehold they have on the market…

Purchased this, like many others, during the heat wave this summer. It’s a good quality, quiet fan with low power usage. It’s a fair size, so worth taking a look at one in a shop before you purchase.

Loved this fan but had to send it back as there was a clicking clucking sound when it rotated.

Its quite pricey, but you get what you pay for. Build quality is excellent. Easy to move with carry handle, very powerful but very quiet. Saved us doing great waves this summer. Remote control is good and the oscillation functions left / right and up/ down are good in a big room. Or you can have it fixed. The only thing that lets this fan down is that you cannot reduce the angle of oscillation. The range of oscillation is massive meaning that, although it’s great in a huge room, if you have the m fan on at night in bed for 2 people in a wide bed it takes ages for the breeze to get back to us as it spends ages blowing across the whole room, which is not where we are.

It would be better if there was a way to limit the angle of oscillation within a range starting at – say – 45 degrees, rather than only having the option of left/right or up/down (or a combo of both). If it had this feature i don’t think you could find a better fan!

I already have the Meaco 1056 (not the pedestal version) and know the brand has quiet, reliable fans. The 1056 is way too big to have on a desk, so I wanted to buy something smaller for my desk.

I came back to Meaco, even though the fan is a lot more expensive than the smaller USB fans. A few colleagues bought the Smart Devil fans during the recent heat-wave. They’re great for the price, but very loud if you want decent airflow.

This fan is much quieter based on actual output of air, compared to almost any other fan I’ve tried.

As a note, their customer service is fantastic. The fan arrived with a small defect and the CS team resolved the problem within a few days.

I’d recommend spending the extra to buy this fan for your desk. If you want something bigger for the room, get the 1056. The 1056 is actually much quieter and better for airflow than the Dyson Pure, albeit the Pure is also a filter.

I bought 2 of the 1056 model and they have been in constant use since the start of the hot weather this summer. All the features stated work brilliantly – very quiet and not intrusive even on high settings, keep rooms cool and has helpful settings. The eco function and remote controls are great as are the 2 types of oscillation which work separately or together. Has AAA energy status and easy to clean and store cable when not in use. Have used a number of fans over the years and this is the best and indeed one of the best products I’ve bought in years. Well worth all of the accolades. I’m a quiet sleeper and on a hot night setting number 3 can’t be heard and keeps the room cool. I’m also menopausal and it’s been a godsend to be able to sleep. During the recent heatwave the fans have performed well. The near 40c temperature didn’t cool rooms obviously but certainly made those few days incredibly bearable and made it possible to sleep at night. They are pricey for a fan but worth every penny – see it as an investment. Also, they work better than another brand beginning with D that only scored 40% on Which? tests, whereas the Meaco scored in the 80% region. They are also 1/6th of the price! The build quality is excellent so you’ll get a number of years use out of them. Just give them a dust when they need it and store in the box and not in a damp/too hot place such as a loft or garage.

What a fan, my last fan had 3 speed settings and was on the highest 24/7. This fan has 12 speed settings and I have never needed to go more than 8, I luckily had this for 38 degree Celsius UK heatwave and was surprisingly compfy. I had been looking at getting a portable air conditioner but after research found they were high maintenance, costly and not very efficient, so I thought I would spend a bit more on a fan and I’m never cheaping out on a fan again. Furthermore the fan is extremely quite, my last fan resulted in the t.v being 2-3 times louder than normal and this meaco fan makes no difference to the volume level needed. The rotation is great at over 90 degrees both horizontaly and verticaly. The remote works and it’s cool it sticks to the front but the round design makes it hard to know which way up you have it. Happy with purchase and will be sticking with meaco for my future fan needs.

We needed a fan and this seemed to take up less room than a pedestal fan. I’d been reading a lot about Meaco fans and this seemed to tick all the boxes. I Liked the idea of a remote control, but that could just be my lazy alter-ego coming out! And all-in-all, it looks smart too.
Like some other reviews stated, this is not silent! It’s not excessively loud either, but it’s a fan, it’s going to make some noise – however, the lower the speed, the quieter it is. There are 12 speed settings, obviously the warmer it is, the faster the fan speed should be. I have noticed that speeds 1-7 are fairly quiet, anything above that, and it honestly doesn’t sound any different to a standard fan. The remote is a good idea, magnetised so it can sit in the centre of the fan casing. However, I don’t think it will take long for the buttons on the remote to puncture (each button is like a raised thin plastic dome), so a few months use might be all it takes with this to destroy it’s functionality and for it to look skanky!
The overall movement of it oscillating in all directions, is super smooth, I haven’t noticed any unusual rattles/clicks etc, hopefully it will stay that way.
Although Meaco pride themselves on this fan being ‘Super Quiet’ – if you expect that this is going to be the case, then you may be disappointed, but if you set the expectation that at higher speeds this is going to make a bit of noise, then you won’t be. Although personally, I think this is slightly overpriced, I am still pleased and it looks so much better than the other standard fans out there.

I can easily sleep with this on speed 2 or 3. The automatic up/down side-to-side motion is great too. The eco mode sets the speed based on the room temp, but at the moment the 30c room temperature makes the fan run a bit fast, so more noise. A start/stop timer, and the remote control makes this a real good item.

Update: The fan has proved itself during this current heatwave. Being able to set a timer to stop a few hours after going to bed was a boon, but eventually I just let it run all night on setting 2 or 3 as it was so quiet. The only gripe I have is that the remote control is temperamental at any distance other than a few feet. Still worth every penny in my opinion – even the cat is not afraid of it on low settings…

I bought this on recommendation of a friend and now have 3 of them.

Yes – they are not cheap.

They really move the air around. The eco mode – where it automatically increases the fan speed as the temperature rises – is excellent.

I don’t find the “up and down” oscillation that useful as it spends most of the time pointing at the ceiling.

It is a very quiet fan – especially on the lower settings. I have bought so called quiet fans before and found them too noisy for the bedroom – this one really is almost silent on the lower settings.

I bought this in 2020, and obviously, it spends most of its time in a corner of the wardrobe, but when it is required, I wouldn’t be without it. It’s quiet and efficient. No clicking, grinding or otherwise. I love it.
My only extremely minor quibbles: that the display light stays on by default. Super easy to switch off, but I’d rather it faded out automatically after a minute or so, save that bit of energy.
As the remote is circular, it’s very tricky in the dark to work out where the thing is pointing, and which button you’re pressing. Just a couple of tactile guides on the buttons would be very useful.

been stuck with super cheap tower fans for the last decade or so, decided it was time to upgrade to a proper desk fan for the awful summer months. this thing is great. basically silent at 1 and 2. even at full power (12) i can’t hear it through my headphones i wear at my desk, though i can’t imagine ever using it at full power, 1 is great for a nice passive breeze, 2 is perfect for when the heat steps up and you want to really feel the air evaporating your moisture away.. it hasn’t got warm enough to need to go beyond 2. i have the fan next to my monitor about a yard away from my face.
have used it in bed as well, with it about 3 yards away. i set it to 3 on one particularly warm night, 3 is still quiet honestly. above 6 is when i’d say it becomes a bit more distracting than nice white noise, but above 6 is so powerful i don’t know why you’d ever need it up so high!

the ONLY downside to this fan that i will mention, if you have it set to 2 and you want to turn it down to 1.. there is only one button to change speed. so you have to cycle all the way up to 12 then it goes back to 1. it is an annoyance. it is easy to overshoot and end up on 2 again. another button to go backwards would’ve been a perfect 5 star rating. but that annoyance is really enough to drop it to 4 for me. i change between 1 and 2 a lot 🙁

i see a lot of people mentioning no remote. it is true, there is no remote. but i don’t care, it sits in front of me, its a desk fan. get a standing fan if you want a remote lol.

I’ve used the fan for almost a year now and decided to review. I agree with a lot of the reviews that say it’s good, but believe some of them are a bit too praising. For example:
– The fan IS quiet compared to other fans, but definitely not silent. This fan still disturbs my sleep, just perhaps less than other fans might.
– The fan IS powerful, but I’ve definitely wanted it more powerful to fill a room as it can still struggle to reach sometimes.

It is important to take in mind that although there are much more expensive fans out there, the Meaco fan IS still expensive, and has some frustrating design elements which I wouldn’t expect for this price. For example:
– The fan does not oscillate down, at all. I know this is probably to keep the form factor down but it is very frustrating. Without it aiming down, you have to get a perfectly-heighted platform for it if you want to use it in bed, which I, understandably, don’t have.
– The remote is circular, meaning its very difficult to control in the dark as you can’t tell which side is up. Yes theres some raised buttons but why make it harder than it has to be?
– The IR receiver oscillates with the whole fan so you have to wait until it spins back towards you before the controller works again.
– The IR sender/receiver is weak. Weaker than all of my TV remotes. If you are pointing the remote slightly above the fan at night, it won’t work.
– There’s a great function on the controller which allows the light on the fan to be turned off, but why isn’t this on the fan itself as well?
– There’s a beep whenever you press a setting on the fan. This is fine if you’re all awake, but I use mine in bed, and my partner is not a heavy sleeper, so it isn’t convenient.

All this being said, it is a good fan and I would recommend it, but it’s good to know the negatives before you buy.

I bought this mainly on the reviews saying it’s pretty quiet on the low setting. And it is, but more importantly the pitch of the noise isn’t annoying – I have a couple of other small USB fans, and the noise is unbearable not because of the volume but the type of noise they emit. This has a low hum that is very easy to block out, in fact when I am on a work call with noise cancelling headphones on, I simple cannot hear it even if I try. OK, turn it up faster and that goes away quickly, but that’s forgivable.

Despite the details saying so I didn’t realise it had a night light, which you turn on by holding the only button down for a short while. Because you have to turn it onto speeds 1, 2, 3, 4 and then off, I was hoping a long press would just stop it but it turned a light on instead – pleasant additional surprise for me. Having to cycle the fan speeds to turn off isn’t particularly annoying for me, but if I was using this as a bedside table then the noise at the top level might disturb other sleepers when used – it’s kind od like revving an engine for a second while you turn it off – you cannot rapid fire 4 presses of the button, you must wait a short while between presses or they do not register – might be worth noting for light sleeping parters or kids.

Other than that, I love it, it will be used in my office and also on camping/beach/picnic trips

I’ll start by saying that this fan is almost perfect.
I was surprised at how quiet this fan operated. We have ours sitting near the TV in the living room and it’s almost inaudible at the lowest settings. That’s without the TV being switched on. With the TV switched on, the fan only really starts to get more noticeable at the higher settings. This has been absolutely fine for us as the air flow this fan produces, even at the lower speeds, is very effective in cooling you down. The only worry i’ve had is that, in the last year of having this fan, we recently noticed a slight whirring noise when using the vertical and horizontal oscillation together. After a week, the whirring stopped without intervention though it’s now on my radar and something i’ll need to keep an eye (ear?) on.
Speaking of the oscillation, the movement of this fan is very smooth and I quite like the vertical oscillation option. However, nothing beats just focusing the airflow directly at your face!
You can control the fan from either the base or the remote – all the functions are on both. The controls on the base are led lit and these dim a short while after any interaction (either via the remote or directly on the base). A nice touch if you’re planning on using this fan in the bedroom. We don’t really move ours though, on the odd occasion where we’ve been moving furniture, the fan has a handle which makes it easy to carry around.
About the remote (I did say this fan is “almost” perfect)… The remote magnetically attaches to the front of the fan which is handy if, like me, you’re the type that constantly loses remotes. It’s a neat circular remote but very flat and i have lost it behind the sofa a couple of times. The real bugbear i have with the remote is that it really needs a direct line of sight with the infrared receiver on the base unit. So much so that, most of the time, i have to wait for the fan to oscillate in my direction before i can get the remote to work. People outside must look in and think i’m having a private rap battle given how much i’m waving my arms getting the remote to work.
The above point about the remote is really the only negative point i have. As i said, the whirring noise sorted itself out after about a week and, as much as this fan deserves 5 stars, being unable to use the remote easily is the only reason (as it’s annoying enough) to drop it one star. I do hope Meaco sorts out this issue but, in all honesty, you’d be hard pressed to find something better without spending considerably more and, even then, i don’t think i’d want to trade it in. All in all, a great fan.

Purchased the 1056 for the bedroom to help keep cool at night. The claimed 20dB noise level made it seem this would be perfect. Sadly though, this isn’t nearly as quiet as the manufacturer claim, not even close in fact due to the whining noise of the motor. Online review sites have measured noise levels around 40dB, which is much more believable. A useful reference for some would be the volume of sitting close to a Playstation or xbox, and certainly louder than most laptops.
The thing is, this is a fairly quiet fan, so I’m not sure why the manufacturer feels the need to exaggerate the performance as they do. It is certainly much quieter than the cheap tower fan it replaced. The obvious comparison is the Dyson fan range and in my personal experience, for absolute lowest noise level the Dyson wins, BUT, this Meaco pushes a lot more air for the amount of noise produced. This subjectively shifts as much air on speed 3-4 (of 12) as the Dyson on full blast (which is much, much louder of course)

Recommended? – yes, but temper your expectations on the sound level. It is quiet for the performance, but not silent or “practically inaudible” as some people claim; that is hyperbole.

Note: I also own the 360 model. Sound level is similar to the 1056 but a higher pitch which I find more distracting despite being slightly quieter. On that basis I’d recommend going for 1056 or 650 models.