These were definitely some of the best Lasko box fans of the 90s. Definitely very underappreciated box fans. My aunt had a 1999-2000 Lasko premium and so did my grandma. Those are definitely childhood for me as well. And yes I still have that weathershield fan your talking about. If it's the one that has the thermostat and has black grills. I also have the GE variant and one of these Lasko Ultras like yours in the video.
@@torythefanman I feel as of recently these Lasko box fan started to get more popular. It seems like a lot of collectors remembered these growing up and have a soft spot for them.
It does seem like these are getting more popular recently, not sure if it's an uptick in appreciation for them or an uptick in units surfacing. It seems like a lot of them have been found suddenly.
Ive always loved those box fans with the fat motor mounts def takes me back to my childhood i have a 1997 Lasko 3723 and thats my only box fan with the fat motor mounts
That is quite a nice example! The whole handle apparatus on these things didn't stand the test of time that well, it's rare to find one such good condition. The power rating on the bottom should be 2.2 amps for these motors. I agree with your assessment on performance, these are definitely some of the most powerful plastic box fans we saw. I have a recalled WeatherShield model which is more or less the same as this, just with different branding and the early PSC motor. The early PSC motors were about the same in terms of performance as the Marco motors were. It's hard to make a comparison to anything with the D blades at this point as they're all getting warped and messed up, but I do think this blade set (from these earlier models when it was still designed well) has an edge on the D blades. I have 2 of those WeatherShield Select box fans. Now I wish I had bought a few more, those were by far the best box fan we've seen in the last 10-15 years. The performance wasn't all that far behind some of the ones from the early 2000s. I do have a video comparing it side by side to the early WeatherShield 3747 model I mentioned above, which is very similar in performance to the unit you're showing here. "Lasko 3747 From 2001-2002 Vs. Lasko B20570 From 2015-2016". The medium speed is totally spoiled on that one, as with the last few Marco ones I've found recently. It should sit right around halfway between low and high. I really don't understand what's going on with these motors at this point. I highly recommend revarnishing the motor regardless of whether or not it fixes the speed issue ( I don't see why it would ). These motors were rather poorly wound and tend to have loose wires inside which can eventually lead to a short. I use Sprayon EL600 varnish, you can get it for about 10 dollars/can and can do quite a few motors per can. Very easy process, certainly not worth paying someone to do it for you. Recording the restoration process is probably well worth your time, the majority of videos I've recorded like that usually get good views.
@@JordanU I'm going to pay someone else to varnish the motor for me. I don't have the time and I'm not to experienced with working on motors to do so. I have a plastic motor Galaxy from the 80s that had a spoiled medium speed and getting the motor varnishd fixed the issue. Yesterday afternoon I discovered the video of comparing the Lasko wether shield from 2001 to the wether shield select. It was a good comparison and I believe I even left a comment on that video. I found filming and editing the restoration process would be very time consuming and tedious due to the possible freakshow that may surface. I opted to live stream it instead. I did my first stream yesterday night and in the stream I disassembled the fan, washed the grills and blade and prepared the cabinet for paint. There was a freakshow where I couldn't find my sanding paper and waisted 40 minutes looking for it. As of typing this reply I put my first coat of paint on the fan but since it's tedious I also opted to not film it. I will probably do a proper restoration video on a different item in the future. This will probably happen in the winter when I'm not crazy busy.
Yikrs. Cant wait to see it fixed up. Those are excellent fans. If u remember my weathershield ultra, that thing was so powerful for a plastic blade box fan.
It would be really cool to see a tear down and rebuild of this!
These were definitely some of the best Lasko box fans of the 90s. Definitely very underappreciated box fans. My aunt had a 1999-2000 Lasko premium and so did my grandma. Those are definitely childhood for me as well.
And yes I still have that weathershield fan your talking about. If it's the one that has the thermostat and has black grills. I also have the GE variant and one of these Lasko Ultras like yours in the video.
@@torythefanman I feel as of recently these Lasko box fan started to get more popular. It seems like a lot of collectors remembered these growing up and have a soft spot for them.
It does seem like these are getting more popular recently, not sure if it's an uptick in appreciation for them or an uptick in units surfacing. It seems like a lot of them have been found suddenly.
Ive always loved those box fans with the fat motor mounts def takes me back to my childhood i have a 1997 Lasko 3723 and thats my only box fan with the fat motor mounts
Nice looking fan mate I love when you do fans videos
@@AMDRADEONRUBY thanks, I got 2 more coming tonight.
That is quite a nice example! The whole handle apparatus on these things didn't stand the test of time that well, it's rare to find one such good condition. The power rating on the bottom should be 2.2 amps for these motors.
I agree with your assessment on performance, these are definitely some of the most powerful plastic box fans we saw. I have a recalled WeatherShield model which is more or less the same as this, just with different branding and the early PSC motor. The early PSC motors were about the same in terms of performance as the Marco motors were. It's hard to make a comparison to anything with the D blades at this point as they're all getting warped and messed up, but I do think this blade set (from these earlier models when it was still designed well) has an edge on the D blades.
I have 2 of those WeatherShield Select box fans. Now I wish I had bought a few more, those were by far the best box fan we've seen in the last 10-15 years. The performance wasn't all that far behind some of the ones from the early 2000s. I do have a video comparing it side by side to the early WeatherShield 3747 model I mentioned above, which is very similar in performance to the unit you're showing here. "Lasko 3747 From 2001-2002 Vs. Lasko B20570 From 2015-2016".
The medium speed is totally spoiled on that one, as with the last few Marco ones I've found recently. It should sit right around halfway between low and high. I really don't understand what's going on with these motors at this point. I highly recommend revarnishing the motor regardless of whether or not it fixes the speed issue ( I don't see why it would ). These motors were rather poorly wound and tend to have loose wires inside which can eventually lead to a short. I use Sprayon EL600 varnish, you can get it for about 10 dollars/can and can do quite a few motors per can. Very easy process, certainly not worth paying someone to do it for you.
Recording the restoration process is probably well worth your time, the majority of videos I've recorded like that usually get good views.
@@JordanU I'm going to pay someone else to varnish the motor for me. I don't have the time and I'm not to experienced with working on motors to do so. I have a plastic motor Galaxy from the 80s that had a spoiled medium speed and getting the motor varnishd fixed the issue.
Yesterday afternoon I discovered the video of comparing the Lasko wether shield from 2001 to the wether shield select. It was a good comparison and I believe I even left a comment on that video.
I found filming and editing the restoration process would be very time consuming and tedious due to the possible freakshow that may surface. I opted to live stream it instead. I did my first stream yesterday night and in the stream I disassembled the fan, washed the grills and blade and prepared the cabinet for paint. There was a freakshow where I couldn't find my sanding paper and waisted 40 minutes looking for it. As of typing this reply I put my first coat of paint on the fan but since it's tedious I also opted to not film it. I will probably do a proper restoration video on a different item in the future. This will probably happen in the winter when I'm not crazy busy.
Yikrs. Cant wait to see it fixed up. Those are excellent fans. If u remember my weathershield ultra, that thing was so powerful for a plastic blade box fan.
@@RetroJayFans these fans are crazy powerful!
Yes i would love to see a video of a tear down and service video of this fan like how Jordan U dose it
@@LemontTheFanMan I did a teardown yesterday night in a little stream
@@theericfreeze1493 ok I’ll go back and watch it thanks
@@LemontTheFanMan I will say it crazy long and full of freakshows.
@@theericfreeze1493 lol nice freak shows lol now it’s a video because it has freak shows in it lol