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To ask if you have a fan on right now?

132 replies

ippyielleo · 29/06/2025 22:26

Do you always have the fan on, or the window open at night? We can’t really open our bedroom window so that’s not a choice and the fan is so noisy!

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LF11 · 29/06/2025 22:58

BizzyLizzyDooDah · 29/06/2025 22:28

Windows open. Fan on!

Same, quiet cul de sac and a Dyson fan. So quiet.

Ruelzdontapplyhere · 29/06/2025 22:59

Window slightly open enough that no kids could fall out.
Fan is a no go my 3 year will not sleep with it on.

AliTheMinx · 29/06/2025 22:59

I've got a huge tower fan blowing in my face... bliss!,

CC222 · 29/06/2025 22:59

Windows closed as I’m on the ground floor. Fan currently on but once I go bed, it’ll go off because I hate the noise and I’ll be sleeping under my Sherpa blanket. I’ll be unsettled and cold without it, even in this heat 🤣

TomatoSandwiches · 29/06/2025 23:00

I have 3 fans on me and it's still not enough, I'm daydreaming about that ice hotel in Norway or somewhere.

FishChipsAndVinegarPlease · 29/06/2025 23:00

mrsfollowill · 29/06/2025 22:49

Also have cooling towel things from Amazon- you soak it in cold water and pull and 'snap' it and drape it over your face or put round your neck- spot on to get to sleep.

Link if you please :-)

Brendathebear · 29/06/2025 23:01

We are in the attack room so both veluxes and 2 windows open. They are on opposite ends of the room so there is a lovely cold breeze.

I dont have a fan. I think the noise would annoy me

TheChosenTwo · 29/06/2025 23:02

No fan and lying under the duvet. Not cold, I’m just right. Windows are all open but the shutters are completely shut because the telly is on and otherwise bugs will swarm.
I hate the feeling of the fan but Dh will put it on when he comes up and angle it at himself making sure I don’t get blown!

LF11 · 29/06/2025 23:03

FishChipsAndVinegarPlease · 29/06/2025 23:00

Link if you please :-)

These are brilliant.

SisterMargaretta · 29/06/2025 23:05

Both window open and fan on at the moment but I will close the window when I go to sleep as live close to a motorway.

Shenmen · 29/06/2025 23:11

Windows open. No fan but I love the heat even as a menopausal sweat bucket!

mrsfollowill · 29/06/2025 23:12

@FishChipsAndVinegarPlease sorry link was too messy but search DKINY cooling towels on Amazon. Another tip I got from here years ago was to soak a big tshirt on cold water, wring it out and put it on dripping wet- got through the 40.1C here a couple of years ago sat in a wet t shirt on a towel- also flopped into bed wearing it once the dripping stopped No harm done to the bedding - all dry the next morning and I slept like a log.

TheLostStargazer · 29/06/2025 23:18

Cool shower, window open, fan on. I sleep well after that.

Wanderdust · 29/06/2025 23:20

Baffled why you would open the window with fan on, defeats the purpose surely?! Got a Dyson fan and the sound helps me sleep, it's like white noise!

JustFeedMeCake · 29/06/2025 23:21

Windows closed due to insects but the fan is on. It’s very powerful but incredibly quiet. I love it 🥰

PinkyBear · 29/06/2025 23:22

Window closed, fan on. It’s super quiet, and very effective!

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 29/06/2025 23:23

Wanderdust · 29/06/2025 23:20

Baffled why you would open the window with fan on, defeats the purpose surely?! Got a Dyson fan and the sound helps me sleep, it's like white noise!

Why wouldn't you? The fan directs the cooler air into the room.

BookWormBetsie · 29/06/2025 23:27

Windows closed in all bedrooms and we have aircon units so perfect nights sleep, I moaned hugely to dh when he forked out the money for them last year but now I admit it was money well spent

LillyLeaf · 29/06/2025 23:28

This might sound totally pathetic but aren't you all worried about intruders with all these windows open (fyi I'm very paranoid about burglary and listen to way too much true crime), I can't sleep with windows open.

CoastalCalm · 29/06/2025 23:28

I just bought a shark fan - it’s very quiet

Kimwestonhelpless · 29/06/2025 23:30

Fan on . window shut because of the 4am seagull screeching squadron.🤯

ObliviousCoalmine · 29/06/2025 23:32

Always fan on.

Tryingmum456 · 29/06/2025 23:35

Im so hot I decided to sleep on the sofa. I have my balcony door open and fan right in front of me. I intend to keep it on all night.

BarBellBarbie · 29/06/2025 23:35

LillyLeaf · 29/06/2025 23:28

This might sound totally pathetic but aren't you all worried about intruders with all these windows open (fyi I'm very paranoid about burglary and listen to way too much true crime), I can't sleep with windows open.

Two story house, windows open on the secund floor, never worry at all about break ins. Inner city area, have lived here 20 plus years, never had a problem. I think worry is often a personality thing not actually related to risk at all

TomatoSandwiches · 29/06/2025 23:36

LillyLeaf · 29/06/2025 23:28

This might sound totally pathetic but aren't you all worried about intruders with all these windows open (fyi I'm very paranoid about burglary and listen to way too much true crime), I can't sleep with windows open.

The sight of my bare arse when they come climbing through should scare them off, no problem.

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