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Household Fan
Household Fan is a room fan running at a constant speed — a steady deep body with plenty of open air above it, and no blade rhythm you can pick out. It sits between the dark table fan and the airy ceiling fan, which makes it the most generally useful of the three.
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Put this under rain or a fire, keep the blend you end up with, and play it through the night with your screen off. The Slo app does that on iOS, Android and Mac.
The middle of the three fans
It's deep, but unlike the table fan it keeps everything above that too: the pitch range of voices and the hiss above it stay present and even, which is what makes it sound like moving air and not just a motor. It spreads a little — enough to sound like a room, not enough to fill the ceiling the way the ceiling fan does.
The level holds steady with no swell, so there's nothing to count. Among the three fans this is the one that covers the most of what goes on in a room.
Fan noise online versus a noise generator
A fan recording carries small irregularities that a generated sound doesn't, and for many listeners the familiarity matters more than how even the sound is. A steady background may make sudden room noise less noticeable for some people, though research on continuous sound for sleep is limited and results vary — use the lowest comfortable volume and stop if it distracts you. The guide to fan sounds for sleep goes into this in more depth.
The other two are the darker metal table fan and the wider ceiling fan; compare all three from the sound library index. To deepen the low end, open the household fan and brown noise blend in the free sound mixer.
Frequently asked questions
Which of the three fan sounds should I choose?
This one for a balanced, general-purpose fan; the metal table fan for a darker, narrower hum; the ceiling fan for a wide, airy wash overhead.
Can you hear the blades?
No. Unlike the ceiling fan, this recording has no periodic swell you can pick out.
Does the fan sound spread around the room?
A little. It sounds like a fan in a room, without filling the ceiling the way the ceiling fan does.
Is the fan sound free?
Yes, with no account and nothing to install. Press play, set the volume, and use the timer for 15, 30 or 60 minutes or all night.