I’m an Only Fans Girl. Not That Kind.

This is my newest, just weeks-old fan. I don’t know how I went on for so long without oscillation. There’s not a square foot it misses inside a room. It has all the fan-related features you could ask for: an on-off timer, remote control, and cooling settings on a handy-dandy chart (including “refresh,” “relax,” “white noise,” and “whisper”).

This portable, foldable fan is in theStrategist canon. It’s exactly as fellow writerDominique Parisodescribes: “Comparing this fan to my old hand fan is like comparing a luxury car to a horse-and-buggy … The fan is the closest thing you can get to sticking your head in a freezer.” It’s a quick fix for the sweat that might make mascaraed tears run down your cheeks.

There wasn’t a summer growing up that I didn’t look out a window to my family’s Hampton Bay. It gave me a windswept cowlick while envying my neighbor’s pool.

Less of an eyesore than other box models, it’s more effective than you’d think. It has the easiest operation: only a button at the top that’s numbered 1 to 4 for different speeds. Importantly, it weighs almost nothing.

A fan borrowed (and not yet returned) from my parent’s basement, I don’t remember how old it is. Still, it has the power of a twin-engine plane with the strength of a tropical storm’s wind gust. I only wish it came in other colors.

When our writerTembe Denton-Hurst’s air conditioner isn’t cutting it,Honeywell’s HT-900model fills the gaps in BTUs. It’s outfitted with a 90-degree pivoting head that points toward you or tilts to any angle you want. It might’ve been redesigned with smaller blades (compared to the original from 2016), but she’s gotten a lot of airflow from both the old and new versions, “so if there’s a difference, it isn’t a big one.”

It was senior editorHilary Reidwho first wrote about thisverifiable objet d’artin musician Eleanor Friedberger and artist Michael Berryhill’shome tourfor Curbed’sDesign Hunting. A call with Friedberger confirmed the fan, “which looks like it could be from the MoMA Design Store, had a much humbler origin: Walmart.” And it’s under $25.

For a trip in the middle of Italian high summer, contributorAnnachiara Barretto-Grignolipacked this pocket-sized fan (that’s also a charger and flashlight) inside hercarry-on. From the moment she stepped on a stuffy platform inMilanoCentrale, it never left her side, even while sipping aperitivi adjacent to the Grand Canal. It didn’t make her seem like a tourist, either; “instead of judgmental stares,” fellow travelers asked where they could buy one nearby.

As our tech whizJordan McMahonreports, every year during the first of summer, “Warshaw Hardwarein Gramercy Park receives a steady stream ofsweat-drenched customers desperate fordesk fans.” Manager Megan Warshaw says Lasko’s don’t often get returned. Because this “wind tower” isn’t wide, it doesn’t take up much office space (meaning it won’t get in the way of yourstanding-desk converterandfiling system).

Or there’s theneck fanwe believe to be Lupita Nyong’o’s from theSAG-AFTRA picket line. Fully charged, the fan’s battery works for up to nine hours (longer than a business day).