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OSTBA NDTFT17RH review

A 43-inch tower moving air at 7.9 meters (26 ft) a second at 28 decibels, with 85-degree oscillation and a twelve-hour timer.

Where this leaves you Seven point nine meters a second — which is 25.9 feet per second — at 28 decibels, with 85 degrees of oscillation and a twelve-hour timer, for forty dollars. It matches the air speed of the fan costing four and a half times as much.

What the maker puts in writing

  • 43 in tall · up to 7.9 m (26 ft)/s · 28 dB
  • 85° oscillation · AC motor
  • 3 speeds, 2 modes: Normal and Sleep
  • Sleep mode turns the panel lights off
  • 12-hour timer · LED touch panel and remote

Do the conversion and the shelf flattens

Seven point nine meters a second is 25.9 feet per second.

The Levoit on this shelf publishes 28 ft/s. The most expensive DREO publishes 26 ft/s. This fan, at the second-lowest price here, publishes the equivalent of 25.9.

Three fans, three units, and nothing to choose between them on speed. The money on this shelf buys air volume and silence, and this fan already has 28 decibels.

The dark room

Two modes, and the second one switches the display off. A tower fan with a lit touch panel in a bedroom is a problem that most of these listings ignore; this is the one that names it.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $40 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-04. The live price is at the top of the page.

Where this one sits on its shelf

At $40, it is the 2 cheapest of the 10 models in this category published here.

  • Lowest price on the shelf$36
  • Median$70
  • Highest price on the shelf$180

The good and the less good

Strengths

  • Publishes both an air speed and a decibel figure at forty dollars, which only one other fan on this shelf does at any price
  • Eighty-five degrees of oscillation, wider than three fans here costing more
  • Sleep mode turns the lights off entirely, which only this listing on the shelf mentions

Compromises

  • An AC motor, where the three most expensive fans here use DC — which is what allows very low speeds and very low noise
  • Three speeds, the fewest on this shelf alongside three others
  • No CFM, so the volume of air moved is unknown

Specifications

Height43 in
Air speedUp to 7.9 m (26 ft)/s — 25.9 ft/s
Noise28 dB
Oscillation85°
MotorAC
Speeds and modes3 speeds; 2 modes — Normal and Sleep
Sleep modeTurns the panel lights off so the room stays dark
Timer12 hours
ControlLED touch panel or remote, with remote storage and a carry handle
Amazon referenceB0GWQGHF8F
EAN6975939136257

The questions that keep coming up

Is 7.9 m (26 ft)/s fast?

It is 25.9 feet per second, which puts it within two feet per second of both the Levoit at 28 ft/s and the most expensive DREO on this shelf at 26 ft/s. Across a price range of more than four to one, the published air speeds on this shelf barely move.

Then why do the other fans cost more?

Volume, sweep and motor. The DREO pedestals publish 1,000 to 1,404 CFM — the amount of air moved, not its speed — and sweep up to 150 degrees horizontally and 120 vertically. One publishes 20 dB against this fan’s 28. None of that is in this listing.

Does the sleep mode really go dark?

That is what the listing says: in sleep mode it turns off the lights so the bedroom stays completely dark. On a tower with an LED touch panel that is the difference between a fan and a nightlight, and no other listing here addresses it.

Set beside the neighboring home comfort appliances

home comfort appliances from the same category, at nearby prices. Only what all of them publish is shown: a column with holes compares nothing.

Model Price NoiseOscillation
OSTBA NDTFT17RH $40 28 dB85°
Amazon Basics DC1663 $36 Not stated by the maker60°
Lasko 1827 $50 Not stated by the maker60°
Levoit LTF-F361-WUS $55 28 dB; near-silent on low, as stated by the makerStated as a wide angle; no degree figure given

Where the models are not equal, in home comfort appliances

  • If price decides: Amazon Basics DC1663, at $36.

Who this one is for, among home comfort appliances

A bedroom on a budget, where the published air speed and 28 decibels do the whole job

Price and availability, for home comfort appliances

Details checked on October 4, 2026.

What buyers actually choose

Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 500.

The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for home climate appliances and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

How these home comfort appliances are assessed here