How quiet it is on high
275850
I think the answer depends on the use. If I were to use this in a busy office, then I probably could tolerate the high setting noise. However, I'm using this in our "family" room, and when we're watching TV, the high setting is much to noisy for us. Medium is tolerable, and Low is very quiet.
275851
A little loud on hi. Puts out lots of air tho even on low. Very quiet. I love these fans...use 3 of them 24-7.
275852
It is quiet .... I sleep with this fan on high every night and it doesn't bother me at all.
275853
It is not as quiet as I would like it on high. Medium is acceptable and low creates what I would call "white noise". Having said that, I do like the Vornado 573 very much.
275854
I think it is very quiet... Quieter than my kids ceiling fan! Love the power, especially for the size
275855
For a compact an, it is pretty quiet at the high setting. If you want to damper the sound even more, place it on a padded surface, I used a folded towel.
275856
Not quiet at all on high. Medium is a little better. Low is O.K. for sleeping if you are use to fan noise. I had to put mine in the next room blowing into my bedroom cause I don't like fan noise. It does put out a lot of air, so once I settle into bed I feel the light breeze. If the noise isn't a bother and you want lots of air blowing right on you, you will love this fan. You can aim it at the ceiling and have that ceiling fan type breeze.
891314
No, it is silent when the heat is off and very quiet even when it is on high.
867852
It's pretty quiet and will not bother neighbors, unless they live 5 or 6 feet away. There is a low noise but it is not bad at all.
303771
It is quiet to me. Just a light fan noise. It is easy to forget that it is on.
1465716
There is a high and low setting.high is pretty loud.low is still loud-_-but not too
1875220
On the highest setting I can still barely tell it is on. On the lowest setting I sometimes think it is already turned off. If not blowing on you, there is no need to raise your voice to be heard over it. It really is a very quiet fan.
1481673
It is very quiet. Even at high speed. I owned a bike stand as well and it is not as noisy as those.
1241634
It's relatively quiet. It's not a mechanical keyboard so it's not that loud. It's average I'd say.
1289308
Its not very loud. I have ours in a wood shelter. You have to be close to hear it.
1146079
It's fairly quiet. It will not drown out normal conversation, but it's not silent.
1574020
It depends on people using it. It is quite enough for me. You can lower the noise by setting the heat under "Hi"
1511415
Mine is very quiet and actually relaxing because it keeps out the outside noises. I am ordering another one soon.
159788
Depends on how close others are. It does make some noise, but I, personally, do not find it loud.
1258986
On low you might be OK, depending on your level of tolerance for such noises. On high it's quite loud -- louder than I would want to be in the room with for long. It moves a ton of air and it's very well made, but on high a lot of air equals a lot of noise.
1719777
Yeah, its pretty quiet. Mine's especially quiet lately, I really should get on it again. :)But to answer your question, I don't think it would be an irritant to the people below.
937680
It is very very quiet. I never hear any noise from it. I love it. It's one of my best purchases!
427689
I use this for ventilation when I am soldering silver. On high it makes a little more noise, on low is very nice and quiet. I use a bigger one for our bedroom and sometimes use in the living room.