If you want to control your fan with a smart plug, then you'll need to use something simpler, like this Lasko floor fan.
Ry Crist/CNETThings get trickier with tower fans, though. Why? Most of them include remotes, and fans with remotes typically don't include physical dials that you can leave in the on position. Controls like those are a must if you want to use a smart plug because a smart plug won't toggle between different settings or anything like that. They just turn the power on and off.
If you want to use a tower fan with a smart plug, then you'll need one that's capable of turning on to your desired setting as soon as you plug it in; in other words, a fan with a physical dial. There just aren't very many tower fans like that on the market these days (here's one I found at Walmart that gets mixed reviews).
Maybe that adds a small bit of extra appeal to a smart fan like the Dyson model listed above, or to fans with built-in smart controls like this SmartMi model or the Lasko model mentioned above, but the better takeaway is that smart plug aficionados will likely need to downgrade to something like a floor fan with a more basic design.
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Source: cnet.com