# Do you use a fan in your bedroom? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499 "2019-05-25T10:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/21 "2019-05-25T16:49:43Z")
I wouldn’t call them a ‘fan’. More of a concerned observer. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/22 "2019-05-25T17:05:50Z")
Yes, partly for white noise to cover apartment building sounds. In the winter, it is pointed away from me but as it gets warmer, it gradually moves through ‘blowing near me to provide some air movement’ to ‘blowing directly across me’. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/23 "2019-05-25T17:17:38Z")
Year round. I sleep hot, even in the winter, plus I like the air circulation and white noise. The other night the power went off from a storm, and I tossed and turned the rest of the night without my fan. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/24 "2019-05-25T17:20:16Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > [In winter, you want to direct the air upward.](http://climatefresh.com/change-direction-ceiling-fan/) That way the fan isn’t blowing on you (so no wind chill effect), but as it pulls the cool air up, the warm air that has risen to the ceiling gets forced back down. Huh. I’ve been doing it wrong. Thanks for that info. mmm ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/25 "2019-05-25T17:26:13Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Huh. I’ve been doing it wrong. Thanks for that info. > > mmm There’s usually a slider switch to change the ceiling fan direction for Winter and Spring. We have a ceiling fan. It wobbles and the 4 bulb light makes a little noise from vibration. We don’t use the fan very often. The light is used every day. Like this, the globes rattle when the fan runs. Gets a bit annoying. [https://www.homedepot.com/p/Clarkston-44-in-Indoor-White-Ceiling-Fan-with-Light-Kit-CF544H-PEH/205093024](https://www.homedepot.com/p/Clarkston-44-in-Indoor-White-Ceiling-Fan-with-Light-Kit-CF544H-PEH/205093024) ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/26 "2019-05-25T17:29:32Z")
We don’t have air conditioning, since it is seldom hot enough to require it, especially at night, so we have a fan which we bring in during the summer. We have ceiling fans for most of the other rooms of the house. We’ve collected about ten fans from thrift stores, most oscillating but a few box. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/27 "2019-05-25T17:56:49Z")
We have ceiling fans in all of our bedrooms, and our living room, and our family room, and our kitchen. They’re in use year-round to circulate either the hot or the cold air as applicable. I don’t really like the one in our bedroom, but my husband does, so I just grab an extra cover and it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/28 "2019-05-25T18:27:49Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I feel like I’m the only person in the world who can’t stand white noise: well, I suppose rain and ocean waves are fine (though I suppose that isn’t pure white noise), but otherwise, it drives me batty. … Hi! > [@puzzlegal](#): > > … I don’t like white noise, and find it slightly stressful. I have to live with white noise all day at work. I don’t want it at home. So I only use it when I need it for climate control. > … ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/29 "2019-05-25T18:28:09Z")
Oh, hell yes! Yes, I like ( need? ) soft white noise to sleep, and besides, if I don’t have the feeling of air moving across me, I feel like I’m going to suffocate and/or become slimy with perspiration. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/30 "2019-05-25T18:41:13Z")
You just can’t please some people. Most of my house guests over time love the ability to hear Lake Michigan waves just by opening the window, but I once had a guest who brought her own electronic “wave machine”. She said she couldn’t sleep with the “natural” wave sounds alone, and used the fake ones as well. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/31 "2019-05-25T18:42:48Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I feel like I’m the only person in the world who can’t stand white noise: well, I suppose rain and ocean waves are fine Me three. Mechanical noise, anyway. Wind and rain and actual water are fine. Machines trying to imitate that, let alone machines humming or buzzing or whatever from their own processes, no. > [@pulykamell](#): > > I I have to fall asleep to sounds of conversation. Not sure where it comes from, but from when I was about 10, I liked to put on talk radio or the news and fall asleep to that. Still do, today, although now it’s the audio from Youtube videos on my phone. – whoops, we’re not suited to share a place after all. I want it quiet when I’m trying to fall asleep! somebody’s radio going down the hall can drive me half crazy, even if it’s playing something I’m happy with when awake. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/32 "2019-05-25T19:32:45Z")
Had a crappy ceiling fan in our bedroom when we moved in. Quickly replaced it and it still works _mumble_ years later. Used that experience to put fans in the other bedrooms. Don’t like the sound or the “wind burn” feel so don’t sleep with it on. We’re at the stage in life where the thought is: “Just run the A/C more, we can afford it.” Mainly used when we come in from outside work/exercise and need to cool off. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/33 "2019-05-25T19:37:03Z")
The fan in my bedroom stays on 24/7/365 until it dies and gets instantly replaced. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/34 "2019-05-25T19:44:13Z")
No. I can’t stand air blowing on me when I’m trying to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/35 "2019-05-25T20:48:33Z")
Yes, fan in the summer and a white noise fan in winter. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/36 "2019-05-25T23:09:00Z")
Until I moved in with the Big Crow, I’d never used a fan in the bedroom, with the exception of a small one that I’d turn off when I was ready to sleep. I just can’t have extra noise in the house at night. Outside, such as street traffic, is OK. Go figure. Unfortunately, our house is over a century old. When it gets hot, the upstairs gets _really_ hot. Eventually, we have to use the fan. And when it gets really, _really,_ hot, it’s time for the window-mounted air conditioner. Can’t stand that noisy sucker but it’s better than being drenched in sweat all night long. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/37 "2019-05-26T00:37:52Z")
We have AC, and I use a ceiling fan, and every once in a while, when it gets REALLY humid, I use a stand-up fan as well. It just gets so hot and stuffy upstairs. Downstairs, not as much. (Winter? Fuck no.) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/38 "2019-05-26T01:40:01Z")
Generally no, but some summer nights are pretty stuffy upstairs so I will turn on a fan and sleep under a sheet because I don’t like the air blowing right on my skin. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/39 "2019-05-26T01:41:03Z")
AC window unit. We got our first one during a super-high-heat wave in the early 80s (?) when it actually got too hot for us to consider having sex. Our only fan, per se, is the one we use on the first floor to draw cool air from the basement. Our house is 1914 vintage and built for good circulation patterns. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/40 "2019-05-26T03:00:21Z")
Nope. This apartment is pretty well insulated so it has to be very hot or very cold for me to consider using the heat or AC. Don’t own a fan, I do have a space heater from my previous apartment but haven’t used it in years. There’s one window that I try to keep open in summer but sometimes the noise from the streets gets too bad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499.md?page=3)