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The best quiet fans to help you sleep better in summer, tried and tested by the Women's Health team
Sleep well in a heatwave with our best tower fans
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Whether you're prone to night sweats, you run hot or you’re struggling with warmer weather, if your body temperature isn’t right, it can keep you up when you should be slumbering peacefully. So, it may be time to invest in a quality and, equally crucial, quiet fan – after all, there’s no use buying one that only adds to your sleepless nights because it sounds like an aeroplane taking off.
Fans aren’t the only solution for hot nights of course – it's worth looking at everything from your mattress, to your duvet and even your sheets to check they're all breathable. But a fan can take the edge off, meaning you should feel more like Sleeping Beauty and less like you’ve just left the gym.
The models below are all tower fans – our favourite style for the bedroom because their taller design means most can blow air onto you without any precarious stacking on chairs, piles of magazines and so forth.
To find the best quiet fans for your bedroom, the Women's Health team put a selection of market leaders to the test, assessing which made us feel most comfortable on hot nights and which performed best for noise control. These are our star picks at a glance:
How we test tower fans
Things get pretty heated in the Women's Health office when we test tower fans. We had members of the team literally sit in a 30 degree room for half an hour and assess how comfortable the fan makes them.
They also analyse the strength of each setting and look at the difference between them by measuring how much air each level blows – a good fan should offer ample speed settings that are all notably different, so you can tailor its output to suit you.
Finally, we carry out decibel tests to find the quietest fans for lulling you to sleep, measure the energy efficiency of each fan and assess its oscillation range, looking for a good distribution of air.
Taking all this into account, we then rank each fan – keep scrolling to find your perfect match.
8 best quiet fans for sleeping to buy RN
Hannah is our homes editor, specialising in reviewing the latest kitchen appliances, cleaning products, mattresses and bedding, and crafting equipment. Hannah has written about hundreds of products, from air fryers to smoothie makers to pillows, and is committed to finding the most reliable and best value for money buys.
Hannah is also interested in sustainability in the home and has completed a course with the University of the Arts London in sustainable textiles, so she can help cut through the noise on what’s green and what’s not. Hannah has an MA in Magazine Journalism and has previously worked as a freelance lifestyle and women’s sports journalist, working for Stylist, Sky Sports and more.
Hannah has also previously worked in a florist and can normally be found caring for her house plants or sewing something new for her home or wardrobe.
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