The Smartmi Standing Fan 3 is a stylish, Wi-Fi-enabled pedestal fan that you can easily transport from room to room and control with your phone or voice. It operates on battery power (as well as AC power), and it’s easy to assemble and configure. The Smartmi is a relatively small fan that doesn’t offer a ton of power, and its integrations with other smart home devices are limited, but it’s very quiet and does an excellent job of creating a nice breeze in small spaces.
The Smartmi Standing Fan 3 stands 38 inches tall, weighs just 7.5 pounds, and is supported by a round 13-inch glossy white-and-silver base. The front of the base holds a small battery LED indicator that glows solid green for 20 seconds when the battery is at 21% to 100%, glows solid orange when battery life is 11% to 20%, and blinks orange when the battery is at 0% to 10%.
Around back is a power port for charging the internal 2,800mAh lithium ion battery pack. The battery is rated to last up to 20 hours when operating the fan at its slowest speed, and should give you close to three hours of power when operating at high speed. It takes around four hours to fully charge the battery.
The seven-blade fan assembly sits inside of a round white grille that is 13 inches wide and perched atop a thin silver pole that sports a glossy black LED strip with green lights for fan speed and a white light for Wi-Fi connectivity. The top of the fan assembly contains an on/off button, and on the back of the motor is an oscillation button.
Included in the box are the motor and column assembly, a remote, the base, the fan grilles and blade, knobs for attaching the grilles and fan blade, a base mounting bolt and Allen wrench, a power cord, and a user manual.
The Smartmi fan uses the Mi Home app for Android and iOS devices. Tapping the fan panel takes you to a screen with a circle that is stationary when the fan is off and pulses when it is on. The circle is blue when the fan is set to Standard mode and green when it is set to Natural mode. Natural mode uses varying fan speeds to replicate the feeling of an outdoor breeze.
Swipe up to access other settings where you can configure the fan’s oscillating angle (off, 30, 60, 90, and 120 degrees), turn the fan direction left or right in small increments, set an off timer, adjust LED brightness and sound volume, and enable a child lock.
The Smartmi Fan worked well in testing. It’s not the most powerful unit, but as a personal fan that you can take with you as you move from room to room, it's strong enough to create a nice breeze.
