I just got this fan, and I worried a bit about some reviews that noisy. In fact, it is not so and if the plastic structure tends to speed soundboard max, it is quite silent at low speed, which corresponds to the use I want to do. Moreover it is quite compact and can be wall mounted or ceiling. Perfect for me, since I will use to ventilate a work plan and evacuate the fumes. To meet the various comments criticizing the fact that the switch changes from the maximum speed to the minimum speed (3/2/1) and not the opposite, I note that this is the case with ALL the fans and it s 'is a technical constraint related to the torque required to start an electric motor. So we always start in high speed to reduce then. QED