Quietest fan for bedroom

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tele_lover

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798 posts

30 months

Friday 13th June
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Can anyone recommend a very quiet fan for the bedroom?

I mean quieter than the usual products available.

Not bothered about price.

Joseph Ducreux

5,749 posts

235 months

Friday 13th June
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I have an older version of this: https://www.nsauk.com/product/dual-power-stand-fan...

On lower speed settings, the one I have is almost inaudible, just a little bit of wind noise. Higher speeds it hums, but then all fans do.

Have you considered a ceiling mounted one? they tend to be quieter as the blades are larger so move more air at a slower speed. The smaller the blades, the faster they need to move to shift air, the louder they are.

geeks

10,405 posts

154 months

Friday 13th June
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Ceiling fan every time.

OutInTheShed

11,250 posts

41 months

Friday 13th June
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You could consider a PIV system in the ceiling.

It may be quieter to get what you want by adding some actual fresh air than stirring the stale air around?

Or even get the room cool with aircon, then turn it off to sleep?

Countdown

44,357 posts

211 months

Friday 13th June
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We have Dyson Tower fans at work and they're whisper quiet

Cow Corner

543 posts

45 months

Friday 13th June
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What’s the fan trying to achieve? Background ventilation or are you trying to cure a damp/mould issue?

Is there access above the ceiling to install a fan, run ducting and ventilate through the roof/soffit?

How big is the room?

RSTurboPaul

11,976 posts

273 months

Friday 13th June
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Countdown said:
We have Dyson Tower fans at work and they're whisper quiet
+1

The slowest speed still seems to shift a decent amount of air while also being very quiet.

Jobbo

13,366 posts

279 months

Friday 13th June
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I had a 25 year old Panasonic table-top fan which was great - pretty quiet, certainly enough on the low setting to sleep with it on. It feels like it was designed for UK voltage and any similar design fans I bought were intended for 110V and ran much faster - and therefore more noisily - on the lowest settting.

After googling quiet fans when the Panasonic finally died I ended up buying a Duux: https://duux.co.uk/product/whisper-flex-smart-fan-...
It's quite plasticcy so doesn't feel as premium as a nice metal table-top fan but it is really quiet. I haven't bothered putting batteries in the remote control or connecting it to my phone - that all seems unnecessary for a fan which is basically left running all the time. The control on the fan is awkward though, like a bad iDrive implementation with a twist knob that you have to press in to select. But that doesn't really matter; it's quiet and that's great. Seems to still be quiet after having it running since last August, so the bearings must be pretty decent.

Snow and Rocks

2,859 posts

42 months

Friday 13th June
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The biggest ceiling fan you can. We have one in the living room and it just gently spins away making a nice breeze without making a sound.

QJumper

3,238 posts

41 months

Friday 13th June
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I think for slow moving air and quietness, it's hard to beat a punkah wallah.

dhutch

16,305 posts

212 months

Friday 13th June
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geeks said:
Ceiling fan every time.
This.

Standard i all hot countries, and having done a year living in India, can vouch that for sleeping under they work at least as well as aircon.

tele_lover

Original Poster:

798 posts

30 months

Friday 13th June
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Joseph Ducreux said:
I have an older version of this: https://www.nsauk.com/product/dual-power-stand-fan...

On lower speed settings, the one I have is almost inaudible, just a little bit of wind noise. Higher speeds it hums, but then all fans do.

Have you considered a ceiling mounted one? they tend to be quieter as the blades are larger so move more air at a slower speed. The smaller the blades, the faster they need to move to shift air, the louder they are.
I was actually wondering if such a large fan existed, but with the blades vertically, if that makes sense?

Like those air conditioning "blades" in films.

tele_lover

Original Poster:

798 posts

30 months

Friday 13th June
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Cow Corner said:
What s the fan trying to achieve? Background ventilation or are you trying to cure a damp/mould issue?

Is there access above the ceiling to install a fan, run ducting and ventilate through the roof/soffit?

How big is the room?
Suck air from outside/open window to cool my bedroom.

Ronstein

1,521 posts

52 months

Friday 13th June
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Countdown said:
We have Dyson Tower fans at work and they're whisper quiet
+1

WhiskyDisco

987 posts

89 months

Friday 13th June
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rlg43p

1,410 posts

264 months

Friday 13th June
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These are very good. Way better than cheaper fans which are generally cheap tat.

Honeywell HSF600WE4 Modern... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07C3B513G?ref=ppx_pop...

DavePanda

6,736 posts

249 months

Friday 13th June
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Cow Corner said:
What s the fan trying to achieve? Background ventilation or are you trying to cure a damp/mould issue?

Is there access above the ceiling to install a fan, run ducting and ventilate through the roof/soffit?

How big is the room?
What kind of fan are you envisaging? Everyone else is thinking typical cooling fans

Cow Corner

543 posts

45 months

Saturday 14th June
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DavePanda said:
Cow Corner said:
What s the fan trying to achieve? Background ventilation or are you trying to cure a damp/mould issue?

Is there access above the ceiling to install a fan, run ducting and ventilate through the roof/soffit?

How big is the room?
What kind of fan are you envisaging? Everyone else is thinking typical cooling fans
Yes, seems I was on a different wavelength to everyone else wink

White-Noise

5,146 posts

263 months

Saturday 14th June
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im going to be the annoying person, but last year i had air conditioning fitted to the house and its totally worth it. no more summers getting half a nights sleep and they are quiet enough to get the job done. for a grand or two, depending on what you have done, its small money for such a big increase in quality of life in my opinion.

DoubleSix

12,263 posts

191 months

Saturday 14th June
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Duux Whisper

I am VERY sensitive to noise and went through a load

Bigger the fan blade the quieter. Best thing about this fan (aside from being whisper quiet) is the natural mode whereby it gently modulates the fan speed so it feels like a sea breeze instead of a constant stream of air.

It also has over a dozen speeds so you can go really low, but the big blades still shift the air.