How loud is the fan on medium and high speed? I want to use it in our TV room. Would it be an annoyance?
275660
This has been by far the quietest fan I have ever had. If it were not for the breeze, I almost forgot it was on.
275661
The fan on medium and high speed are so quiet, it does not interfere with TV programming at all. I've used it many times while watching TV. The silence of the fan is one of the features I really like about this one. No annoyance to worry about.
275662
For me, the low and medium settings would be fine while watching TV. The high setting *might* be intrusive.
275663
This is one of the quietest fans I've ever used. It's more like white noise.I own three. One is in our family room with the TV so I know what you mean.No worries! Love it!
1231204
It's average for a box fan which I consider loud. I have to turn my tv up a good amount to hear it over the fan. they are about 6 feet from each other.
533484
Not very noisy. I have it in my living room and it doesn't bother me with the TV or anything. The only problem with it is my tv remote randomly turns it off. I would say it works great and you should buy it. Good luck!
600742
About average PC noise. Definitely not quiet. It is best to put it in a remote place where you won't hear it. It's quiet enough for an office but not for a media/TV room.
900477
On low speed you can't hear it. On medium it is very faint. This is the speed that we use. High speed can be heard but it is not that bad. I have no problem sleeping with it. On high it is quieter than a room AC in a window.
430704
It's super loud in my opinion. 65db, that's as loud as a normal conversation. My Vornado compact flat panel is only 40db. The ambient noise in my bedroom is 32db. With the oscillation on it's even louder.
2140398
Wrt the first part of the question, I have the fan about 8' from me when watching television and the noise level is quite low. I'm somewhat hard of hearing so I suspect it would be quiet enough for you. As for sleeping, the high speed does generate a soothing level of white noise in my bedroom, just as you want. I move it to that room when I go to sleep.
2025735
it depends on the fan speed but it is a little louder than a regular fan with fan low but gets louder as you go up in fan speed. I use it for bedroom but I always sleep with fan or tv/music on so it never bothers me
1115777
It is louder then I would have wanted it but it cools a room down and has a strong wind flow. So that overrides any noise issue I have. When watching tv and it is on Low it is fine but if you put it up to high then you might want to put the volume up. It does not bother me when sleeping as it acts as White Noise and is easy to sleep/rest to.
627143
I don't know what you asking. Its more like an unfinished statement. Even at low speed it can still be heard and I only use one of the two fans. Two of them running together set up an un harmonious noise. I would not want them in the TV or theater room.
1326161
I think it is. Of course the higher the speed the more fan and air noise you have. We use it on the medium setting all the time and forget that it even on.
627436
I can't answer in decibels (the only objective measure) but - at the lowest speed, in a 10x15 room, it's innocuous and easily ignored. Middle speed, more assertive. The highest speed is the loudest *but* is less noisy than the large standard sized dual window fans that are sold at retail, and the fan moves more air. I think for the volume of air it moves that this fan is fairly quiet.
1001014
I think it would be a bit loud for being that close to recliners where you're obviously trying to relax. Unless, of course, you want major air. The solution I came up with for the TV room is this fan:http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000RMJANY/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?qid=1382477133&sr;=8-6π=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70Pretty darn quiet, works great, and the remote is actually useful. I liked it so much, I got a second one for the bedroom. Hope this helps.
2140402
There is a definite hum while the fan is on...it is not loud for me, however, I do hear it when I go to sleep and it does not bother me while I watch TV. It's a great fan! I would recommend it to anyone looking.
1258984
I'll put it this way. I'm in the same room with it watching television, it's on low speed always, and it necessitates raising the volume of the TV at least 20%. You won't be screaming over it mind you but you will be competing with it. Expect that all other sounds need to be a little bit louder to be heard. It's not like a jet engine but it's louder than my air conditioner. That's for sure.
1356398
if it's on LOW , yes....with MED and HIGH it makes more noise, but it's no louder than a small fan. You'll be ok.
1001011
Probably too noisy for routine use that close to conversation, TV, etc. Ours is about 20 ft down a hall and that's OK. Hard to make a fan that is quiet and still puts out the volume that this one does -- you can feel the breeze from it 30+ ft away!