Qinux BreezaMax on a shelf above the bed?

Putting it up high actually works better for me than having it down low. I had mine sitting on a dresser near the foot of the bed for a while and barely felt anything, then moved it up on a shelf and it was a totally different story. The air seems to drift down and across you instead of just blowing into the side of the mattress. The oscillating bit helps too since it spreads it around rather than blasting one spot. Only thing I’d say is don’t stick it directly over your head, angle it a little toward the middle of the bed or it just cools your pillow. Mine’s been up there for a couple months now and I haven’t touched it since, the remote does all the work from bed anyway.

Shelf placement actually kills the airflow for me. I had mine up high for about a week and barely felt anything at pillow level, so I moved it back down near the mattress. Height just doesn’t work in my setup.

Mine ended up too high to feel anything at pillow level.

A shelf above the bed sounds awkward to me. I’d rather keep it at pillow level on a small clip or bracket so you actually feel it where you sleep. Height usually means you’re just cooling the ceiling.

Shelf above the bed probably works better for something like this than people think, but it depends what you actually want from it. My preference is keeping a fan lower, around shoulder height when I’m sitting up in bed, because that air hits me directly instead of drifting down from above. I tried a higher spot once with a different fan and it mostly just moved air around the top of the room. I’d rather have it closer and angled than up on a shelf looking tidy. That said, if the shelf lets you point it down at the pillow, it’s worth a shot before you go buying brackets or anything. Do you mostly want it hitting you while you sleep, or just general air movement in the room?

If falling asleep is the main goal, I’d try the shelf first since you already have it and it costs nothing. But I’d set it up so the front edge of the fan sits at least a little past the shelf lip, otherwise the shelf itself blocks the downward flow before it ever gets to pillow height. That was my mistake the one time I tried a high spot, the air just skimmed the shelf and never really dropped. You could test it for a night or two before buying brackets, just lie down and see if you feel anything on your face. If it’s weak, it’s probably not the fan, it’s the angle. The remote helps here too since you can tweak the speed from bed without getting up, which is honestly half the reason I’d bother trying it up high at all.

I have a thing about airflow hitting me directly rather than from above, so I’d personally want it closer to head level even if that means a smaller spot. Something about air dropping down from a shelf just feels less refreshing to me, though I’ve never actually tried it that way. Does the remote reach from up there without pointing weirdly?

That makes sense about the remote, leaving it on the bed does solve the reaching issue. I’d still try the shelf placement before buying brackets though, since you might find the downward angle doesn’t bother you as much as you’re expecting. If it does feel off, you’ve only lost a bit of time moving it back down.