Honeywell TurboForce Air Circulator Fan has the best record for a quiet fan: 31 of 34 shoppers who mentioned noise said it's quiet enough to sleep or work. Dreo Cruiser Pro T1 Tower Fan is right behind at 30 of 33. The last three fall below half, and Lasko Oscillating Stand Fan has the weakest record here at 11 of 34.
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Share of shoppers who stated an outcome for noise. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.
Best record Honeywell TurboForce Air Circulator Fan 31 of 34 say it's quiet enough to sleep See price & reviews on Amazon A name doesn't guarantee quiet: 55% of Honeywell QuietSet Tower Fan reviews call it loud or say it rattles. The two Dreo bladeless towers did far better, at 30 of 33 and 30 of 39.
Praise and complaints are the points shoppers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.
Honeywell
Best for a quiet bedroom
70% of reviews call it quiet and 22% say it's good value. A small group, 8%, find it hard to clean.
Dreo
Nearly as quiet as the leader at 30 of 33, and 25% like the remote and controls. Price is the sticking point for 12%.
Dreo
It has the biggest pool of noise reports on this page (39), and 30 of 39 called it quiet. 22% say it's loud or rattles.
Vornado
Vornado's small circulator divides shoppers: 36% call it quiet and 46% call it loud. Reviews copied from Vornado's site come in at 4 of 7, which we show but don't count.
Honeywell
16 of 36 found it quiet enough, closer to a coin flip than the name suggests. 8% say it stopped working.
Holmes
Just 16 of 36 called this tower quiet, and 55% say it's loud or rattles. 20% add that the airflow is weak.
Lasko
Plenty of air, plenty of noise: 42% praise the airflow, but 62% say it's loud. Better for a hot room than a light sleeper.
The 7 products ranked here carry 6,237 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about noise, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Jul 2020 and Oct 2026.
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Honeywell TurboForce Air Circulator Fan leads, with 31 of 34 calling it quiet enough to sleep or work. Dreo Cruiser Pro T1 Tower Fan is close behind at 30 of 33 if you'd rather have a tower.
Not for many shoppers. 16 of 36 called it quiet, so if noise is the priority, Honeywell TurboForce Air Circulator Fan and Dreo Cruiser Pro T1 Tower Fan did much better.
45% of Dreo Cruiser Pro T1 Tower Fan reviews praise the airflow, as do 42% for Honeywell TurboForce Air Circulator Fan. For raw power, see our strong airflow page.
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