The best desktop fans to beat the heat

Small and ultra-portable, this desk fan can easily be moved around and placed in any room or office. It boasts a 1-metre cable so you can easily set it up on your desk somewhere out of the way. We love that it features an ultra-quiet operation mode, so you don't need to worry about having a noisy fan in the background of your work calls.

Looking to cool down as quickly as possible? Aside from being efficient, this desk fan is extremely powerful, the 40W motor blasts plenty of cold air, and the 90-degree tilted head allows for it to be placed on the floor or on a desk.

If you need a compact and lightweight fan, then this one from Fancii might just be ideal for you. You can take it with you to your office, when travelling in the UK or abroad, or you can simply use it at home. Either way, this is a completely adaptable USB fan. The dual-fanned tubular design delivers a steady and powerful cooling airflow. Additionally, it runs quietly, so you won't need to listen to any annoying background noise.

Brilliantly efficient, this desk fan is environmentally friendly and when operating, makes virtually no noise. Feel free to set it in your room whilst you sleep, or in your home office, too. It also has multi-directional cooling as the angle of the oscillation is adjustable.

A traditional, three-bladed 12-inch desk fan featuring three-speed settings and an oscillating head. We love its near-silent operation feature, as well as the long cable length.

We know this isn't exactly a desk fan, but it can still be placed on any flat surface and works efficiently at cooling you down. Similar to other fans, this one boasts three different speeds, a handy feature is its removable base, so you can carry it with you around the house.