Compare Fans in New Zealand at Canstar Blue. Dyson, Goldair, Living & Co and De’Longhi were compared on Overall Satisfaction, Design, Ease of Use, Functions & Features, Performance and Value for Money.
See our Ratings Methodology.
Kiwi consumers are keeping cool with Dyson, the winner of Canstar’s latest Fans Award.
Our review compares fans on customer satisfaction, so you can discover what Kiwis think about our compared fan brands before you go ahead and make a purchase. Think of it like asking hundreds of your closest friends and family which fan brand they think is best!
Canstar Blue surveyed 728 Kiwis who had bought fans to use at home in the last three years and asked for their feedback on the fan they bought.
Respondents rate their satisfaction with their fan brands from zero to ten, where zero is extremely dissatisfied and ten is extremely satisfied. Brand satisfaction was rated by respondents on the following criteria:
The winning brand is the one that receives the highest Overall Satisfaction rating once all the scores from the Overall Satisfaction criteria are combined and averaged.
Brands must have received at least 30 responses to be included, so not all brands available in the market have been compared in this survey. The brands rated in this survey are listed below in order of best overall satisfaction.
Find more information on our Most Satisfied Customer methodology.
The brands rated are listed below in order of best overall satisfaction.
Dyson’s products are renowned for their quality. And despite their higher price points, they’re a hit in Kiwi households. This year, Dyson has achieved the hot-cold double, earning Canstar’s Portable Heaters Award, as well as our Fans Award.
In our award research, Dyson achieves top 5-Star ratings across five out of six categories, for: Design, Ease of Use, Features, and Overall Satisfaction.
For Value for Money, Dyson earns 3 Stars, which is by no means a measure of dissatisfaction. Rather it shows that Dyson’s customers are happy with the levels of value offered by their purchases, which do come at higher price points than most fans offered by other brands.
Dyson’s fans are renowned for their unique, bladeless designs, which produce smoother currents of cooling air. The brand’s range comprises seven models, four of which also offer heating functionality.
Its cooling fans start from around $400 for a basic tower fan, while its most expensive model, the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool HP2 De-NOx, removes ultrafine particles and pollutants from the air and retails for $1299.
Goldair offers an impressive range of fans, including desk, ceiling and wall fans, plus pedestal, bladeless tower fans and powerful workshop models, many of which feature wi-fi and remote controls.
Goldair’s prices start at $100, for its compact desk fan, and go up to around $500 for heat-cool tower fan models.
Distributed by The Warehouse, Living & Co offers a range of affordable appliances and homewares, including 13 fans, that cover the following categories:
Desk fans: Small fans that are often powered by USB, meaning they can be plugged into a laptop. Living & Co offers an affordable range of desk fans, starting from just $20 for small USB plastic models, to a larger plug-in, metal fan for $49.
Floor fans: Offer stronger cooling across a wider area. Prices from $30 for a 30cm box fan, to $99 for Living & Co’s most expensive tower fan.
Pedestal fans: Feature adjustable stands, prices from $19-$39. Living & Co’s most expensive model comes with a remote control.
Tower fans: Living & Co’s tower fans boast features including: bladeless technology, timers, remote controls and temperature displays. Prices range from $59-$129.
De’Longhi is known for its well-designed, quality home appliances. Its range of fans encompasses three quiet pedestal fans and three tower fans, which cost between $100-$200.
All models feature remote controls, while De’Longhi’s most expensive tower fan comes with a dust filter, for cleaner air.
Bruce Pitchers is Canstar NZ’s Content Manager. An experienced finance reporter, he has three decades’ experience as a journalist and has worked for major media companies in Australia, the UK and NZ, including ACP, Are Media, Bauer Media Group, Fairfax, Pacific Magazines, News Corp and TVNZ. As a freelancer, he has worked for The Australian Financial Review, the NZ Financial Markets Authority and major banks and investment companies on both sides of the Tasman.
In his role at Canstar, he has been a regular commentator in the NZ media, including on the Driven, Stuff and One Roof websites, the NZ Herald, Radio NZ, and Newstalk ZB.
Away from Canstar, Bruce creates puzzles for magazines and newspapers, including Woman’s Day and New Idea. He is also the co-author of the murder-mystery puzzle book 5 Minute Murder.
Sleep with fan on in summer: 58%
Bought a fan because cheaper to run than air con/heat pump: 41%
Purchased an expensive, high-quality fan: 16%
Have fan with built-in air purification: 7%
Canstar Blue surveyed 2500 New Zealand consumers across a range of categories to measure and track customer satisfaction, via ISO 26362 accredited research panels managed by Qualtrics. The outcomes reported are the results from respondents who had purchased and used an air fryer in the past three months. In this case, 728 New Zealanders.
Brands must have received at least 30 responses to be included. Results are comparative and it should be noted that brands receiving three stars have still achieved a satisfaction measure of at least six out of 10. Not all brands available in the market have been compared in this survey. The ratings table is first sorted by star ratings and then by mean overall satisfaction. A rated brand may receive a ‘N/A’ (Not Applicable) rating if it does not receive the minimum number of responses for that criterion.
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