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Tried and tested by Quiet Mark, these fans will help you beat the heat. Desktop Tower Fan
If you tend to get warm at night – even in the winter months – it's time to snap up a low-noise cooling fan. Whether for your bedroom or home office, choose a silent fan that won't distract you from working or keep you up at night.
Generally speaking, there's a lot to consider when choosing a fan, including the size, style, speed, and noise levels, but if the latter is your biggest priority, then a quiet fan is essential and will likely be one of the best investments you make.
Quiet Mark, the independent global certification programme launched by the UK Noise Abatement Society, helps shoppers find the quietest appliance technology and acoustic materials on the market to support their health and wellbeing. Quiet Mark acoustically tests products, in this case fans, to enable us all to easily identify quieter products for the home. So essentially, all the hard work is done for you.
So why should you buy a quiet fan? 'During the day, the reduced noise level enables you to focus on many tasks, such as WFH Zoom calls, or playing with the children during the summer break,' say the expert testers at Quiet Mark. 'At night, a quiet fan will not only make the room more comfortable for sleeping in, but also the motor sound won't keep you awake, desperately reaching for the pillow to place over your head.'
Here we reveal the top-rated quiet fans that have been Quiet Mark approved.
Available as both cordless or mains, this quiet fan comes complete with 26 speeds to suit your needs, smart connectivity (via the Duux app) and state-of-the-art control panel featuring an LCD screen. But that's not all: it also boasts swing and double fan blades, reaching every direction of the room.
This quiet fan has 26 fan speed settings, a 15m wind reach, and multidirectional oscillation for even distribution around the room. It's great for larger spaces, such as living rooms.
Keep cool on a summer's day with Meaco's quiet fan. With a noise level of just 20dB on its lowest setting, it boasts low energy usage (the highest speed costs less than 1p per hour to run), multi-directional oscillation and an eco mode that monitors the room's temperature.
Ideal for your desk or small side table, this table fan from Duux has a range of seven meters, 90-degree horizontal and 80-degree vertical oscillation, and three different speed settings.
Also available in white, this is another design by Duux but boasts even more features. The super powerful fan has 30 speed settings and a 17m wind reach, plus it's smart connected so it allows you to control speeds, modes, and oscillation from your smartphone or voice assistant.
This MEACO portable fan is particularly good for bedroom cooling thanks to its small size. Certified by Quiet Mark, it has been praised for its low noise level, low running costs, and a longer lifespan.
Lisa Joyner is the Senior Digital Writer at House Beautiful UK and Country Living UK, where she's busy writing about home and interiors, gardening, dog breeds, pets, health and wellbeing, countryside news, small space inspiration, and the hottest properties on the market. Previously, she has written for Conde Nast Traveller, House & Garden and Marie Claire magazine. Lisa studied at University For The Creative Arts, where she completed a BA in Fashion Journalism.
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