Bulbs & Fittings Ideas

The current trend is to produce noiseless fans; this is a huge drawback for those of us who need white noise, and loud white noise, at that! My little SleepMate white noise machine, while it works fine, simply doesn’t produce sound loud enough for actual noise blocking. That’s where my search for a new “loud” fan came in. The Holmes HAOF-90UC does the trick. It produces wind sound loud enough to help me sleep through “normal” daytime apartment noises when I need to sleep during the day because of night shift work. There is also no distracting motor or irregular noises, providing it’s not oscillating. This fan tucks unobtrusively into a corner, which led me to choose this over the typical noisy big box fans. When I do use it for its intended air circulating purposes, it does an impressive job for its size. I’ve used this fan regularly for over one year, and it’s still working just fine.

I can attest to what many of the other reviewers are saying: at its lowest setting, this fan is very loud! I suppose you can think of it as white noise, but it’s almost loud enough to go beyond that. If you turn the fan up to medium or high, it gets even louder, but really, I don’t see any reason to go above the already-powerful low setting in an office or home office setting.

One or two other reviewers have stated that the fan is quiet. Perhaps there is a quality control issue and it depends on the individual fan you end up with.

On the plus side, the fan really does get the air moving. It has a three-year warranty, which is better than a lot of the cheaper or “no-name” fans. I’m keeping this fan. I wonder if it will last 18 years, like the one it’s replacing. Remember to check back in 2025 and I will let you know!

I have had 2 of these fans in my son’s room for more than a year. He has a stuffy room with no cross ventilation and these fans help quite a bit. I am sure I could make do with just one of them, but having to two on opposite sides of his room makes sleeping more comfortable.
The house has air conditioning but some of the rooms arent as cool as others or are just stuffy. A fan really helps cool off the room and move the AC around the house more efficiently. On days that are not quite warm enough to turn on the AC these fans really make sleeping bearable.
I have them set at opposite sides of the room but I keep meaning to wall mount them. An excellent feature! There is some fan noise but truthfully, it drowns out noise coming from outside his room and I think the *white-noise* quality of it helps him sleep. The loudness of the noise is based on the fan setting.
For the price…this is a great fan. And the size is perffect for small rooms. Add that you can wall mount it and you have an excellent product.