# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/41 "2019-05-26T03:53:03Z")
Window fan from April to Sept ember to keep the room cool. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/42 "2019-05-26T04:07:19Z")
Got a bit chilly when we had that snowfall in late April, but that’s what blankets are for. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/43 "2019-05-26T06:16:55Z")
Q: Feathers? A: Yes Q: Live chicken? A: No Q: Fan? A: Japanese stype [hand held folding](https://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-Novelty-097138731548-Assortment/dp/B00ULXMQ6M?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2) type or electric? ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/44 "2019-05-26T15:47:50Z")
Nope, because we always forget about buying one until there’s a heatwave, and then they’re all sold out. …goes to buy fan… ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/45 "2019-05-26T17:16:22Z")
A small desk fan on a nightstand. White noise and it keeps the air from getting stale because it’s not moving. If the air is still I start feeling closed in, and as far as I know, I’m not even claustrophobic. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/46 "2019-05-26T19:41:04Z")
When the temperature is high, we turn on the window fan in our bedroom and enjoy the cool evening air. This summer we are moving into an air-conditioned condo so I suppose we will have no need of it. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/47 "2019-05-28T02:51:43Z")
I use a window a/c plus a ceiling fan. It’s hard to sleep without this so last winter I found this grew video with 10 hours of fan noise. [AIR CONDITIONER | Relaxing White Noise For Great Sleep (10 Hours) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsfbGmctqLM) The problem is now it’s summer again and I use my a/c, my ceiling fan but I STILL need that video playing. I have a really hard time getting to sleep without it. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/48 "2019-05-28T03:26:11Z")
Yes. Becuase the blower in the apartment doesn’t move the air well on my side. So radiator in winter, and fan in summer. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/49 "2019-05-28T03:55:07Z")
Apparently there are distinctions within the “white noise” subgenre I was unaware of… ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/50 "2019-05-28T04:16:06Z")
We have an oscillating fan that we use year round, but we don’t set it to oscillate. During the summer, it blows on the bed; during the winter it doesn’t. It’s about the combination of white noise and movement of air (whether direct or indirect). ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/51 "2019-05-28T15:12:13Z")
I have a fan on the dresser aimed at me that runs all night, no matter the season. We don’t have central air but do have window A/C units. We haven’t used them in quite a few years. We use window fans instead. Every summer there is maybe a week or two worth of hot, muggy nights. It usually always cools down so it’s not worth lugging those heavy units from the basement. I’d much rather have the fresh air anyway. As for the fan that runs all night, I use it for the noise, to block out noise (my husband makes a lot of racket if he’s up before me) and to keep me cool. I can’t sleep in a stuffy, warm room. I even have my window cracked during the winter. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/52 "2019-05-28T17:32:19Z")
Dyson on the dresser to circulate the air above the bed, small column fan on a nightstand to blow directly on the occupants thereof. Circulating air lets us get away with setting the AC a couple of degrees higher in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/53 "2019-05-28T18:34:45Z")
Well they sold it as a fan but it is my white noise machine. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/54 "2019-05-29T19:33:19Z")
Yes, a ceiling fan runs all year 'round. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/55 "2019-05-29T19:49:35Z")
For those of you using a ceiling fan for sleeping, consider instead a standing fan that blows horizontally. You can have air directly blown at the bed which can make you feel cooler than a ceiling fan could. In addition, the standing fan is circulating air closer to the floor which is cooler anyway. The ceiling fan is pushing down the hot air at the ceiling. And a standing fan will have more white noise if you want that. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/56 "2019-05-29T21:29:43Z")
> [@filmore](#): > > For those of you using a ceiling fan for sleeping, consider instead a standing fan that blows horizontally. You can have air directly blown at the bed which can make you feel cooler than a ceiling fan could. In addition, the standing fan is circulating air closer to the floor which is cooler anyway. The ceiling fan is pushing down the hot air at the ceiling. And a standing fan will have more white noise if you want that. Most ceiling fans these days are built so that you can change the direction of spin. Because of the way the blades are angled, having it spin one way pushes the warm air from the ceiling down towards the floor (winter setting); the other way it pulls air up from the floor to the ceiling (summer setting), which hopefully means that the warmer air is pulled up faster. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/57 "2019-05-30T20:01:18Z")
For the past four years I’ve had an oscillating fan on my nightstand that I use every night (plus a/c) in the summer; this past winter I needed it more often than not, so for the first time it didn’t get put away for the season (I had to find a new spot for the humidifier I need in the winter). I get hot flashes and am prone to night sweats, so if I fall asleep without the fan running I almost always wake up sweating in the middle of the night and need to turn it on. Most of the time I don’t care for white noise\*, though, so I found a [very, very quiet model](https://www.amazon.com/Rowenta-Silence-Oscillating-12-Inch-Powerful/dp/B00C4QP8KU/) that I ❤. I actually prefer a ceiling fan, because I don’t care for air blowing directly in my face, but the one in my rental is kind of rickety and the on/off cord only works maybe every 4th time. It wobbles and creaks and when I could get it going it made too much noise. Instead of trying to get my property manager to have an upgrade installed, I decided to just get the tabletop fan. “Face air” aside, it works quite well. \*Usually I read in bed as a way to quiet my brain enough so I can fall asleep. Sometimes I’m too tired to read but still need something to “distract” me. My bedside clock/light has a radio with a sleep timer, but I swear all of the local stations take commercial breaks \*exactly \*when I’m trying to fall asleep; voices annoy me, I need music or something. So, earlier this year I discovered an app called [Relax Melodies](https://www.ipnos.com/apps/relax-melodies/): it’s _awesome_. Any kind of sound you can think of, with a mixer and the ability to save combinations (well, at least in the paid version; I upgraded almost immediately so I could get the wolf howl), and a sleep timer. It has various white/brown/pink noises available that I never use – including a fan 🙂 – and other features that I don’t use, but cicadas + a soft guitar often does the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/58 "2019-05-30T20:22:48Z")
God, yes. I live in Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/59 "2019-06-03T15:40:07Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I have a fan on the dresser aimed at me that runs all night, no matter the season. Me too but in the winter not a lot of face exposure. My head is always the hottest part of my body! I am hot headed, yes! 😃 > [@TRC4941](#): > > I even have my window cracked during the winter. I’ve done that on occasion but not for a few years > [@Morgyn](#): > > A small desk fan on a nightstand. White noise and it keeps the air from getting stale because it’s not moving. If the air is still I start feeling closed in, and as far as I know, I’m not even claustrophobic. I cant stand stale air! Got to have that air circulating! > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Got a bit chilly when we had that snowfall in late April, but that’s what blankets are for. Yeah, blankets! I’ve had a window open once in the winter and had snowing falling on my head (until I woke up!) > [@MoonMoon](#): > > The other night the power went off from a storm, and I tossed and turned the rest of the night without my fan. This drives me nuts too! > [@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. My wife had one of those white noise machines when we met, and I just could not fall asleep with it on. 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. Husband doesnt like the noise from my fan. When I get up in the morning and turn off the fan (he is still sleeping) it is so dead quiet in there! ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499/60 "2019-06-03T16:35:01Z")
Absolutely. Can’t sleep without it. The silence is deafening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499.md?page=4)