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alistairSH • yesterday at 7:31 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

If you turn it off, sure.

I have one in the bedroom. On low, I barely hear it during the day (extra ambient noise from outside) but at night the white-noise is subtle but effective. That said, I don't like "loud" white noise, just a quiet hum.


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schiffern • yesterday at 8:00 PM

YSK on low you won't be getting much air cleaning power. All air purifiers are rated based on their top fan speed.

Housefresh, which is a criminally underrated review channel btw, recently did a comparison of PC fans for this purpose. The Thermalright TL-14C family came out strong in the "Silent" category, with the best ultra-quiet 24/7 fan speed performance. This comes at the cost of slightly worse max speed CADR vs the venerable Arctic P14.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlz37IdCcIE