I don`t use my dyson heater as a fan, I could but I don`t. I have a dedicated dyson pedestal fan in my bedroom and a dyson table fan downstairs. They are so good that I would buy them again. The heater/fan was first purchased when the dgc were small, for safety reasons and I purchased the 2 dedicated fans as soon as I could. Again very safe and I particularly like the oscillation feature and timer
The signal from the remote needs to have a clear line to the fan sensors. I cannot operate mine from my bed as the fan base is out of sight
Every item I have from dyson has a remote, including my humidifier, which I desperately needed when I had dry eyes