I bought this fan a few weeks ago online at the Jb website, went in to collect it, the process was easy and the staff were wonderful. This is a very good fan, it's strong, very good quality, the fan itself can pretty much spin to face any direction you want, that includes facing the roof or floor. 3 dial control, the control panel is on the back of it. The settings are Low, medium and high, but they all feel like high, higher and the hospital highest. There is a weight conveniently in the box when you buy this fan, it connects to the bottom of the fan to prevent it from flying away. Don't make the same mistake I did of walking the fan across 6kms. If I had known there was a weight in the box, I would have ditched it hahah Anyway, you want this fan apposed to the plastic ones. This one will last forever.