Best fans to get you through those hot summer nights
Lovely as it is, summer can also mean hot, muggy, sleepless nights… unless you have a good fan to keep you cool!
Silent, smart, stylish, whatever your needs, there is a fan for you in this list.
So, here are some of the best fans on the market right now to help you deal with the heat and get enough sleep so that you’re ready for those summer adventures.
1. Devola Tower Fan
Highlights:
- 3 speeds, so you can choose which best suits your needs
- Less than 1 metre in height so perfect size to fit in the corner of a space
- 12 hour timer, and remote controlled so you can control it from your seat
- Oscillates every corner of the room as it turns
- Very quiet so ideal if you’re working from home or have young children sleeping
- Devola Tower Fan, £49.95 from Devola – buy here
2. Vortex Air Pro – Bladeless Tower Fan
Highlights:
- 2 in 1 sleek and stylish appliance, providing maximum comfort all year round
- Swift heating and cooling capabilities – ideal for both hot summers and cold winters
- Tailor your climate with 10 different speed settings
- Easy to use wireless remote allowing you to make precise adjustments from any corner of the room
- Low noise bladeless fan is affordable making it accessible luxury for everyone
- Vortex Air Pro – Bladeless Tower Fan, £139.99 from Vortex Air – buy here
3. The Dyson Cool AM07 Tower Fan
Highlights:
- No blades and it amplifies the surrounding air to give an uninterrupted flow of cool air.
- Awarded ‘Quiet Mark’ accreditation.
- Can be programmed to turn off after pre-set intervals, from 15 minutes to 9 hours, so no wasted energy once you’re comfortably asleep!
- The Dyson Cool AM07 Tower Fan, £349.99 from Dyson – buy here
Do I need an air conditioning unit or a fan?
Fans and air conditioning units both offer respite from the heat, but they function very differently.
Fans blow air over your skin, cooling you down, but not down the room. Air conditioners pull hot air into the unit, cooling it down with a constant process of evaporation and condensation.
While air conditioners are more effective at cooling the entire room, not just you, they use a lot more energy than fans – up to 100 times more – which means bigger energy bills.
So a fan, which is also cheaper to buy because the technology is much simpler, will also have less impact on the environment.
However, by speeding up the rate at which moisture evaporates from your skin, fans can make you more dehydrated, so it’s best not to use them when the mercury tips over 35ºC because it can actually exacerbate conditions like heat exhaustion.
Read more: 5 of the best portable air-con units
4. Dimplex Ion Fresh Cooling Tower Fan
Highlights:
- Stylish design with copper finish, allowing this fan to become part of your bedroom decor.
- Includes sleep mode that gradually reduces fan speed.
- Built-in Ioniser that keeps the air healthy by removing airborne dust particles.
- Tilt feature to adjust the direction of the airflow.
- Dimplex Ion Fresh Cooling Tower Fan, £110 from Argos – buy here
5. Russell Hobbs Bladeless Cooling Fan
Highlights:
- Hot and cool air flow – ideal for summer and winter with a 5–35°C temperature range
- Quiet Mark Approved, minimal noise with maximum performance
- Bladeless design ideal for family homes
- Compact design fitting perfectly on desks, bedside tables and small spaces
- Four modes – strong air for maximum speed, natural mode for breeze, eco mode for energy safe airflow, and sleep mode for peaceful nights
- Touch controls and remote controlled
- Russell Hobbs Bladeless Cooling Fan, £99.99 from Amazon – buy here
6. Duux Whisper 3 White Standing Fan
Highlights:
- Silent fan with noise levels starting at just 13 decibels, Quiet Mark Approved
- A powerhouse, delivering a breeze up to 15 metres away so ideal for large rooms
- Energy efficient, using just 1.6W on the lowest setting, and 19W at maximum
- 26 wind speeds – complete control over the airflow in a room
- Remote controlled so youc an power on and off and adjust settings from a chair or bed
- Duux Whisper 3 White Standing Fan, £244.78 from Amazon – buy here
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