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- Powerful airflow, even on lower settings
- Good battery life
- Extremely quiet
- Too big for some desks and tables
Meaco already had one of the quietest, most effective table fans around in the Sefte 10in Table Air Circulator, but that hasn’t stopped it trying to improve on it with its 2026 Pro edition. In most respects it’s a refinement, much like its equally new sibling, the Meaco Sefte Pro Pedestal Fan. You’re getting much the same cooling power, energy-efficiency and near-silent cooling as the older models (which remain on sale). However, Meaco has done some work on the blades, housing and motors to increase the precision with which the airflow is directed and – most excitingly – added a battery for cordless use.
Is this enough to make the Sefte Pro Table Fan the new must-have table-top fan for the summer? I’ve spent a surprisingly warm spring week finding out.
Meaco Sefte Pro 10in Table Air Circulator: What do you get for the money?
The new Sefte Pro is a slightly remodelled 10in desk fan with a powerful DC motor, and a basically identical look and feel as the previous version. The base, twin stalks and rear are manufactured from the same tough white plastic, with a dark grey grill protecting the blades (and stray fingers) at the front. As before, touch-sensitive controls surround a small circular display, giving you easy access to the power, mode and speed controls, plus the controls for oscillation.
The Sefte Pro stands roughly 460mm tall and 305mm wide, so it’s fairly big for a table fan. At 3kg, it’s also quite heavy. It’s too big for your average desk and is arguably too beefy for use at such close range. However, it’s fine for a good-sized coffee table or the floor, where the 120-degree horizontal and 65-degree vertical oscillation can still direct airflow over a wide area. Meaco claims that the airflow reaches distances of up to 32m and, having experienced it, I’m inclined to believe that.
It’s supplied with a fabric storage bag and a slim circular remote control, which attaches magnetically to the front of the fan when not in use. Cleverly, it clamps on front-first, so that it mimics the panel with the Meaco logo that’s already there. The 9200mAh Li-ion battery comes pre-installed, but can easily be replaced should it eventually run down. Press a button on the side, and a panel at the top of the base pops off to reveal the battery chamber.
What features and settings does it have?
Like its predecessor, the Sefte Pro has three modes of operation. In Normal mode it runs at the selected fan speed, running from one up to 12. In Night mode the display and any indicators dim, all sounds are silenced, and the fan ramps down slowly from its current speed until it reaches the lowest setting. In Eco mode, the fan uses its built-in temperature sensor to control the speed, keeping it fairly low at below 24°C and only hitting the highest speeds once you reach 27-30°C. Normally, I’d say this would be a recipe for slow speeds and poor airflow, but that’s not going to be a problem with this model.
You also have a timer function, set by the remote control, which turns the fan on/off in one-hour increments. Finally, you have controllable oscillation. On the horizontal axis, you get three settings, covering 30°, 75° and 120°. It’s the same on the vertical, but with 20°, 30° and 65°. You can toggle through these with the onboard or remote control buttons.
There’s also a pause button to halt all oscillation, making sure it’s you getting all that cooling airflow goodness, rather than undeserving friends or family members who couldn’t be bothered to buy their own fan. Still, maybe that’s just me….
How well does it perform?
If anything, the original Sefte Table Fan I reviewed was a little too powerful for its own good. The early sample I tested could reach ludicrous air speeds of 7.8m/sec: enough to not just blast paperwork around your room, but move nearby items, horrify pets and displace hats and unsecured toupees.
The Sefte Pro can still dish out a fearsome blast, but it’s a little more restrained or even refined. I measured a maximum 4.6m/sec on setting 12, coming down to 3.6m/sec on setting 9, 2.9m/sec on setting 6 and 1.8m/sec on setting 1. At top speed, the Sefte Pro still dishes out a lot more air than any rival we’ve seen to date, including the Shark FlexBreeze HydroGo and the Duux Whisper Flex 2. At its medium speeds, it’s going to be enough for most living rooms or conservatories. Even at its lowest settings, you can still feel the airflow, and it’s a great sensation when the temperature is building up.
It’s this capability at slow speeds that makes the Sefte Pro so appealing, because it’s close to silent at anything much below 4. On the lowest setting, I recorded a noise output of just 26.4dBA, which is about as quiet as things can get in my home once you take ambient noise into account. On setting 6, noise levels were still around 36 to 36.5dBA. At maximum speed, the output is a fairly raucous 45.2dBA, but it’s still more of a loud hum than an absolute racket. At lower speeds I could comfortably sleep with this fan working.
I also like the control you have over the airflow. Keep the oscillation turned off and you get a reasonably tight, directed flow of air that steadily grows more diffuse at range. Turn the oscillation on, and you can cover a wide area of your average living space, or make sure the fan is tilted up enough to get the airflow where it’s needed if it’s sitting on the floor.
This fan won’t cost a fortune to run, either. At its slowest speed with no oscillation it uses just 11.8W. That goes up to a reasonable 16.4W at the midway point and 29.3W at maximum power. That’s a bit more than the old models, but remember that the Sefte Pro is topping up the battery while running, and these figures are still much lower than you’d find on your average tower fan. Duux’s WhisperFlex and WhisperEssence fans are even more frugal, but they’re also less powerful.
Meaco claims that the internal battery will last for up to 40 hours, and in testing we had it running for close to 34 hours on the medium setting, and the blades were still turning. There was some reduction in speed and airflow after the 24 hour mark, but you could still feel the breeze coming through. Charge it every couple of days and you’re grand.
Is there anything we didn’t like?
Not really. As I said, it’s a little too big to work as a desk fan and even coffee table use is pushing it a bit, but you can always step down to Meaco’s 8in Portable Table Air Circulator if that’s a problem for you; it’s a great, more compact fan.
Should you buy the Meaco Sefte Pro 10in Table Air Circulator?
This one’s an easy recommendation. It’s still very portable, very powerful and incredibly quiet, but the oscillation gives it more scope to cover larger areas, even from a distance. Its cordless convenience makes it more practical across a wider range of spaces. There are smaller and cheaper options out there if you’re looking for a compact desk or bedside table fan, but if you’ve got room for a slightly bigger blower, this is the one to have.
