The 11 Best outdoor Window Fans (2023 reviews)

The air king entire house is long-lasting, rigid and fits well with your daily purpose like a dream. It does a good job of exhausting warm second floor air. It fits in the window easily and will cut down on electricity bills. It does pull in the cool air as it's designed to do. The all-metal construction creates both noise and vibration. The noise, however, is so loud, especially since it's in the living room. It is best mounted in an attic somewhere and compared to most fans it is very powerful. It might help reduce vibration and vibration.

Why We Like This:

Solid construction, relatively easy to place in a window
Vibrates and could be sturdier but not bad
Nice fan works for large house, well made

Best For sliding Window: Air king outdoor Window Fan

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It offers a full line of industrial grade air circulating fans for industrial and commercial settings. It's an ok fan, with controls on the front. It provides fresh air with a flip of the dial. It allows the knob to slip off easily when turned. It's excellent for exhausting hot air and a real nice fan.

Its controls allow the fan to be run as an intake fan and as an exhaust fan. It does a good job cooling and airing a large room. The build quality is excellent, the install is easy, and the fan has some serious power.

Why We Like This:

Very powerful and very little noise
Cheaply made, very flimsy, and cumbersome to use and install
Perfect to cool down a room

Best For warm summer days: Bionaire outdoor Window Fan

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The bionaire outdoor window fan should be able to handle its purpose and duties with ease. This window fan works great for keeping the air moving both into and out. It has a remote control, and that it has a thermometer which turns it off to maintain a desired comfort level. This fan really moves the air in without being too noisy. The ability to exhaust air from the room as well as blowing air into the room without having to turn the machine around is nice.

This does look a little fancier and has a convenient remote, and will drop temperatures in a room down fast only if it cools outside. It can be heard on high but not disturbing.

Why We Like This:

Makes a nice white noise if in a window across the room
Does a good job of cooling, its also very quiet
Great fan, quiet, auto exhaust feature is great
Moves air well without the loud noise

Best With timer: Lasko storm guard feature

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Mounting is straightforward, being able to close the window behind the mounted fan is convenient, the fan is quiet at its low and medium speeds, and at high speed the fan moves a lot of air. It's powerful and quiet enough that you don't have to raise the volume of the TV to screaming levels. The fan has 3 speeds and is reversible, fits in windows that will not take a 20 inch box fan, moves a lot of air, reasonably quiet on low. It is mostly plastic and takes a bit of adjusting to have it run without rattling.

The airflow this fan produces is more than adequate and with the in/out selections is extremely convenient for providing a nice air flow in the entire house easily when in exhaust mode. It allows easy removal and cleaning, it also sturdies it up and runs even quieter. The main benefits are that the air flow can be switched with out turning the fan around and you can close the window behind the mounted fan is convenient, the fan is quiet at its low and medium speeds, and at high speed the fan moves a lot of air.

Why We Like This:

Works great as exhaust and intake
Excellent, especially if you live in a small apartment and cook ethnic food
One of the new comers and featured product

Best For small room: Vornado outdoor Window Fan

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The vornado outdoor window fan is the best convenient fan on the market today. A window fan helps to keep fresh air into the room. It measures the inside air temperature, so it can be set to run until a temperature is met. The reverse feature is an easy way to quickly remove cooking smell, or unwanted fumes from the room. They fit into the window with the front of the expansion block fitting over the inner ledge of the window floor.

The built-in Alexa feature is incredibly convenient. It is more quiet than other dual round blade designs. It comes with one button, quickly transition the airflow from fan to exhaust. It is a great design where no light proofing is required.

Why We Like This:

Controls undesirable noxious exhaust, cooking, smoke etc from your home or your neighbor
Attractive and quiet with handy remote
There’s no issues, no weird noise, no nothing
Very attractive design and easy to use controls

Best With HEATER: comfort Zone outdoor Window Fan

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Comfort Zone makes beautiful and great fan with classic and smartly choosen materials. The reversible twin window fan comes complete with a removable screen. It fits in the bathroom window nicely and runs in "exhaust" mode to suck the toxic air out. The leg feature allows it to stand on a flat surface and circulate the air in both directions or the same direction. The unit comes with two covers, one to keep air and humidity from entering the home, when not in use.

This fan has dual, intake and exhaust at a click of a button. There are buttons on the fan with which you can control fan speed and mode. The addition of the screens and cover for winterization is great.

Why We Like This:

Easy to use and very quiet
Lightweight fan with 3 speed settings and also reverse
Lot of satisfied buyers

Best For bringing Air: Holmes extender panel

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There are two fans and the nice thing is that you can control the air flow for each of the fans. It is designed to fit most double hung and slider windows. It has various speed controls and temperature controls. It also comes with an external expander that you can slide onto the opposite side of the fan and that, too, adds an additional 5 inches to the fan's length.

This fan is placed in the low speed setting and the resisters that slow the motors down make the motors hum like a window air conditioner. It has a built-in expander that adds roughly 5 inches to the length of the fan to fill in a window sill. The motors of this fan are water-resistant and the fan is safe to use during rainy weather but must never be fully immersed in water. It is great for keeping a hot garage cooler.

Why We Like This:

Good window fit, noise level to much for a small room
Excellent fan with a temperature control
Reversible and you can choose both direction of motors
Works well in concert with evaporative cooler

Best For Use: Holmes outdoor Window Fan

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This fan is designed for horizontal and vertical installation. It works perfectly, is quiet and efficient. It also has regular fan mode which will run the fan constantly. It has a temperature mode as you see which cools room to desired temp and then shuts off. It is more powerful with 40% greater air velocity compared to similar window fans and 25% more compact to reduce window obstruction. The blades are small and don't push a lot of air around.

The automatic temperature control is a fantastic feature. It is truly quiet, although not as quiet as some of the high-end fans.

Why We Like This:

Eight accessible screws holding both parts of the fan housing together
Temperature settings are useful, three blades, quiet
Good brand reputation

Best For bringing In The Cool night Air: Joeyz outdoor Window Fan

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This is a very basic window fan. It has both fans working to bring fresh cool air into a room. It has one fan sucking the humid hot air out, while the second fan brings cool fresh air in. It pulls air in or sucks it out. The fan blades are large and aerodynamically designed for maximum air movement even in large spaces.

This unit is placed in the window from the inside so you should not have to remove your outside screen. It is electronically reversible, which can be done with the remote, as opposed to manually reversible fan, that would require you to turn the actual fan. This fan does not come with any closing mechanism.

Why We Like This:

Blades rattle, kind of noise once you hear it you can't stop hearing it
Ease of installation, relatively quiet, the reversible fans make it all worthwhile
Just high and low,no remote and fans only blow in

Best With digital Thermostat: Lasko outdoor Window Fan

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We would, of course, be remiss if we didn't mention lasko outdoor window fan for regular usage. The Lasko electronically reversible twin window fan will keep you cool both day and night. It fits most windows (double-hung, casement or sliding) from 22 inches to 32 inches. The slide portion that conforms to the window has buttons on top and bottom that hold it at whatever opening distance you need. The digital thermostat senses room temperature and turns the fan on or off automatically to maintain the comfort level of your choice.

The expandable panels of this fully assembled unit provide a custom fit for your window space and the slim profile ensures that the outdoors is still within view. This shuts off the thermostat and you’ll notice the light next to the temp control is no longer lit. There is a button on the fan that will reverse the fan blades, pulling the air out of the window.

Why We Like This:

Two independently-controlled motor fans operate in three ways
Two side-by-side 9-inch fans with independently-controlled motors
Good brand reputation

Best With filter: sharper Image outdoor Window Fan

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The sharper image outdoor window fan is the best convenient fan on the market today. This item is great for putting air into a room. It fits great very effective and easy to use with a great sleek look. The low profile design with low visibility gives more privacy than regular window fans. The fan does not remember its last setting when turned off, even while still plugged in. The side foam is thick making a good weather proof isolation and the fan closes when not in use to prevent anything from crawling inside.

This unit changes Air flow direction and closes by using a round shutter that rotates around the blower. The airflow is great, and you can choose if you want to blow air in or out.

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