A refreshing breeze on hot summer days: Dreo TurboCool Misting Fan 765S review
Fan with a misting function.
The Dreo TurboCool 765S promises refreshing cooling on hot summer days. Our review reveals what makes this misting fan special and how well it works in practice.Marcus Schwarten (translated by Marcus Schwarten (translated with DeepL)) Published 🇩🇪
Dreo TurboCool 765S review verdict: Refreshment with a caveat
The Dreo TurboCool 765S misting fan can do more than a conventional fan, but it comes nowhere close to matching an air conditioner. In addition to a fresh breeze, the optional mist actually creates a refreshing sensation in the immediate vicinity of the device.
However, this cooling effect comes at the cost of increased humidity in the room. While this can be useful when the air is too dry, it can also make the indoor climate even more uncomfortable, especially on hot and humid summer days.
Aside from this general criticism of spraying water into a room, there is not much to criticize about the Dreo TurboCool 765S based on our testing. Among other things, the device offers versatile control options and takes up relatively little space. The misting fan cannot replace a conventional air conditioner, but it is significantly cheaper, more energy-efficient, and easier to set up.
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Price and availability
The manufacturer’s suggested retail price for the Dreo TurboCool 765S misting fan is $199.99. It is available from Amazon, among other retailers.
The summer heat of 2026 is making many people break a sweat. Any way to cool off is welcome. Fans are the simplest and most affordable solution. Air conditioners are more effective, but also more expensive and more complicated to install and operate.
The Dreo TurboCool 765S misting fan is positioned somewhere between the two. It is essentially a conventional tower fan, but with an additional refreshing feature. We tested what that feature is and how well the device works in practice. We share our findings in this Dreo TurboCool Misting Fan 765S review.
Features: Fan with a misting function
At first glance, the TurboCool 765S is a conventional tower fan. The device is around 1.1 m tall and measures approximately 20 cm in diameter, or around 27 cm at the base. This makes it fairly unwieldy, but it takes up relatively little floor space. The upper section is dominated by ventilation slots through which the device blows air at up to 10 m/s, with twelve speed settings and several modes (Normal, Sleep, and Auto). If desired, the device can oscillate horizontally through around 90 degrees to distribute the airflow across the surrounding area.
A glance at the lower part of the device reveals its distinguishing feature. It houses a 6-liter water tank that is relatively easy to remove, fill, and reinsert. In four stages, the fan can feed the water from the tank into the airflow as an ultrafine mist through four nozzles. This creates clearly visible clouds of mist directly in front of the device, producing a refreshing effect. More on this below in our Dreo TurboCool 765S review.
First, a few words about what is included with the device. In addition to the device itself, which must be attached to the separate base with a screw before use, the package includes a small remote control, the two AAA batteries it requires, and a brief instruction manual.
Cooling in a more compact format
If the Dreo TurboCool 765S is too large for your needs, the significantly more compact TurboCool 516S misting fan is the perfect alternative. This handy desktop unit takes up less space than a sheet of A4 paper and also stands out for its quiet operation and smart controls via remote, app, or voice assistant.
Enjoy a noticeable 3-degree Celsius drop in temperature while working at your desk, cooking, or getting ready for bed—order the TurboCool 516S misting fan from Dreo now for just €99.99!
In practice: A refreshing breeze directly in front of the device
With the misting function switched off, the Dreo TurboCool 765S works like a conventional fan. At its highest setting, it produces a strong airflow, but at around 60 dB (measured from approximately 1 m away), it is also fairly loud. At the lowest setting, it is barely audible at just over 30 dB. Depending on the operating mode, power consumption ranges from 4 W at the lowest setting to just over 90 W with all functions enabled at maximum; standby consumption is around 1 W.
What is particularly interesting is the effect of the misting function. The manufacturer promises ultrafine droplets, which our test confirms. When a paper towel is held in front of the spray mist, no droplets appear on it even at the highest setting. Only after quite some time does the paper become minimally damp.
Directly in front of the device, this creates a pleasantly refreshing sensation on the skin. However, the effect quickly fades with increasing distance, leaving only the airflow. That is pleasant too, but not as refreshing as standing directly in the mist. The cooling effect therefore does work, even if it is primarily a subjective sensation and does not actually cool the room.
Quite the opposite: The humidity steadily increases while the Dreo TurboCool 765S misting fan is running. In a test room measuring around 12 square meters, the humidity rose from 58% to 77% after one hour of operation at the highest setting. This has the undesirable side effect of making the indoor climate feel increasingly oppressive and sweat-inducing as the humidity rises. After all, the device releases up to 0.8 liters of water per hour, meaning that its 6-liter water tank allows for just over seven hours of continuous operation at the maximum mist setting.
The misting fan should therefore only be used with care or when the humidity is too low, as overly dry air can irritate the mucous membranes, among other things. The humidity in the room should always be monitored.
Controls: Remote control, app, and smart home integration
For this purpose, the Dreo TurboCool 765S misting fan has its own sensor and displays the humidity both on the integrated display and in the Dreo app, along with the room temperature. Out of the box, its humidity reading generally differed from our reference value by a few percentage points, but it was broadly accurate overall. The app also includes a calibration function.
The Dreo app provides the widest range of settings. It allows all device functions to be adjusted individually, including the fan speed, mist intensity, and oscillation. A target humidity level can also be set here, just as it can directly on the device. The TurboCool 765S then switches off the mist once the desired level has been reached. This is useful because the tower fan can provide refreshing mist when needed while also helping to maintain an ideal indoor climate. However, the refreshing mist may then switch off just when it is needed most in the summer heat.
The app also offers a range of additional settings. For example, operation can be automated according to a schedule, the colorful mood lighting in the water tank can be switched on and off, and firmware updates can be installed when available. Integration with the Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice assistants can also be enabled. According to the manufacturer, the TurboCool 765S can additionally be connected to the Homey smart home platform. However, we were unable to test this because we did not have a Homey hub.
The conventional alternatives to the app are the included remote control and the fingerprint-attracting touch controls on top of the device. All the important functions can also be controlled using either option, and the small icons are self-explanatory. The round display on the front of the device provides feedback on the selected setting.
Minor criticisms: The remote control can be inserted into the recessed grip on the back, but in our experience it is quickly scratched there and also prevents the grip from being used to carry the device. There is no other way to attach it. Unfortunately, the remote control buttons are not backlit, although they are at least slightly fluorescent.
Transparency
The selection of devices to be reviewed is made by our editorial team. The test sample was provided to the author as a loan by the manufacturer or retailer for the purpose of this review. The lender had no influence on this review, nor did the manufacturer receive a copy of this review before publication. There was no obligation to publish this review. As an independent media company, Notebookcheck is not subjected to the authority of manufacturers, retailers or publishers.
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