To ask if you have a fan on right now?

I don't but on hottest nights I could do with one. I suspect if things continue like this air-conditioning will become a thing in this country. Not what the planet needs mind you but people will be so uncomfortable in the rising temps and vulnerable people will be at risk so it is kind of inevitable.

Normally don't use a fan, but in this heat it's definitely necessary. My dog enjoys it too, lol! she lays at the end of the bed with her tummy in the direction of the cool air, bless her!

I definitely miss ceiling fans when the weather gets grottily hot like this - used to have them when I lived overseas and they were great for keeping the air moving/feeling cooler, without creating much noise.

For those having issues with fan noise: there are lot of options out there for fans that aren't horribly noisy. A lot of stores list the noise levels. I absolutely loathe "noise" when I am sleeping, but find the white noise from the fan is actually rather soothing.

Windows open, I need fresh air to sleep well. Hate any kind of fan, they just blow hot air around. I can’t sleep with air con on either, it gives me a really bad headache.

Downstairs windows are put in locked position overnight as they look shut from the outside. The upstairs window over the bay is also in locked position. The others used to be wide open (pre cat) as you would need a very noisy ladder to access them. Go look outside your house and think how you would access any window - a flat roof or wall nearby, or maybe a drainpipe with lots of possible footholds, or just a blank wall that would need a ladder? Make a judgement from that.

No, not at all. I don’t live in a particularly high crime area. Sometimes in the morning I realise I’ve left the front door unlocked 😂.

I listen to loads of true crime, but I think that sort of intruder crime is still pretty low. I’m not worried at all

No we’re in the UK, but the house has a lot of glass & it absorbs the heat (it definitely helps save on heating bills in the winter)

Windows open, not hot enough for a fan.

Windows open.. usually just use the fan downstairs in daytime

Are you on the European continent somewhere?

We spent years with a fan and windows open and it worked fine, but last year we installed air con. It has been the best investment I’ve ever made, it can also be used to heat a room in the winter & the very slight noise gives the white noise effect.

Window open it's nice and quiet here and fan on too I like the white noise of it

Fan on and windows open, I like sleeping with it on as I like the noise it makes I find it soothing personally, never really understand when people say they just blow hot air around, mine certainly doesn’t!

bedroom window is open from March to October

I live outside of the U.K., and it’s currently 39.4°C (103°F) outside. Our AC is set to 26°C (79°F)……and I’m in fluffy sweatpants with a blanket over my legs 🫣🫣😂 DH insists on having the ceiling fans on as well as the AC 🤨🤨🤨 Going from the current outside temp into my house feels like walking into a fridge and I’m over it. But DH runs hot and will melt into a puddle if I dare turn the AC temperature up even slightly.

Anyone else getting headaches with the weather? I don’t usually get them but it’s been grey, cloudy, hot here and my head is banging the past few days

Bedroom window open and fan on. The noise - I’ve got used to.

Bedroom window always open, no fan, sleeping under a sheet instead of a duvet

Windows shut. Kamikaze cat(s). Tried those flatcat screens but I open and shut the windows so much the velcro is useless within a year. I think I need one that has a zip or something in the handle area.

Window open, no fan. I think it would keep me awake but can't sleep anyway.
Got a hot water bottle that has been in the freezer

Two fans, one at the bottom of the bed, the other on the bedside table. I like the fan noise, I sleep better.

Windows open, ceiling fans on. They are quieter than most electric plug in fans and the noise is a constant white noise so eliminates a lot of background noise. We sleep like logs. Also have the advantages of being over the bed so no fighting over who benefits most, no need to find somewhere to put them or store them, and they’re always ready use when needed. Disadvantage is they need dusting.

Windows open, 3 fans one in our bedroom, one in DS' and one in the spare room where the cat is sleeping post surgery

Window open a crack, can’t open it more as the twat cats will go in and out via the fig tree and bring me all sorts of “gifts”

No fan. But it’s not particularly hot in here, benefit of an old stone cottage with 4ft thick walls!

I can sleep with a fan though, the noise is soothing.

The best thing for hot nights is to sleep wrapped in a damp towel with a fan on. I did that when pregnant in a heatwave in a previous house.

Windows shut as on the ground floor and we don’t have any of those little top windows either. Fan on a timer.
I find the noise of a fan so comforting. It reminds me of being in hospital when I was a child, usually on so much pain medicine but I always got a good sleep.

I bought and installed a ceiling fan (with a light). It went easily onto the wiring for the centre light fitting. With three speeds it is very versatile.

On hot nights the lowest speed is fine, and the noise is nothing like the ‘normal’ electric fans.