With 35W of power, an adjustable head and 80-degree oscillation, it did a decent job of cooling us down, too.

It has dual fan blades, a whopping 30 speeds and an automatic mode that adjusts the wind speed to mimic a natural breeze. Usefully, that air stream is quite narrow so you can cool yourself without blowing bits and pieces off your desk.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The highest setting seemed a little noisy when we used it while watching TV, but lower settings – and the night mode – were barely noticeable, so we had no trouble sleeping with this fan purring away in the corner. Assembly is easy, and connecting it to your smartphone and Wi-Fi network using the GeoSmartPro app is a simple enough process.

Meanwhile, tower fans are better equipped to cool down a whole room, but they take up more space and need to be kept on the floor. It’s also compatible with Alexa and Google Home devices, although you can’t alter as many settings using your voice as you can when using the app or physical controls. The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. The Pure Cool Me might seem expensive for a personal cooling fan, but it does have one important trick up its sleeve: air purification. Although the smart controls are fairly basic compared with the priciest fans, they still worked well and made it easy to operate the fan without actually getting off the sofa (result).

You can usually adjust the height, pivot and oscillation to control airflow, but they tend to be bulkier than tower fans so you’ll need to make sure you have enough space – both for use and for storage. Uswitch found that, on average, people have their units on for four hours 18 minutes during the day, and four hours 48 minutes at night. Luckily, it’s a sleek dream machine all round, too, with a super-effective heater and excellent air purifier, which ramped up whenever it detected pollutants in our home.