Do you sleep with a fan on, or off?

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PrettyPriya · Accepted Answer

I sleep with a fan on. All the time. There are a few reasons I do. I like the background noise it provides. I also like to sleep with blankets on. Then, there is the climate I live in. While naturally used to it, I don't like to be too hot. We actually have a ceiling fan and a floor fan that I run at night.

I wouldn't suggest this for people like @bigpauly. He could be blown away with that much turbulence circulating in a room. Best for someone like that to use one of those old paddle type fans that don't generate a strong crosswind.

The noise from it is what I like the most. I am so used to it now that I almost can't sleep without it. When we go on holiday, I don't sleep nearly as well if we are at a hotel/resort because of how I like that noise.

I can't do the TV on for noise because the flashing of the light really bothers me. I tried those sound machines, but for some reason, the fan is just right.

Kori1236 · Accepted Answer

On always on. Winters get to -40c and I have been known to have the window open and my fan going. But typically in the wintertime the windows just open

Pyrofox · Accepted Answer

I set it on low for the pets that will cuddle at the foot of the bed and the white noise. (My niece brings her zoo of a pet collection. When she stays at my place. That means 2 German Shepards, 3 bunnies, a cat and a fox. And at night they all get together and are one huge fluffy mess at the foot of the bed.)

Sonorous · Accepted Answer

Depends on the temperature. But if it's hot, then I like to sleep with a fan on. Plus the increased noise floor helps me sleep better since I have an extreme sensitivity to sound.

Apple1996 · Answer

Usually off unless it's hot in the room

humanearth · Answer

No fan, I hate how the fan makes my body hair move in the wind Those that are very hairy will understand what I said

exitseven · Answer

my wife has a fan on. I am not a fan (ha ha joke)

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

I sleep with them ceiling fan on all the time & in the summer months I have the fan blowing down & in the colder months I have the fan in reverse pulling air up.

BobbieBoy666 · Answer

I sleep with the fan off I can't handle the wind from the fan blowing on my face.

Paulalove98 · Answer

I like the fan on unless it’s super cold. I have a ceiling fan so it’s enough to keep me cool while sleeping.

Saltystardust · Answer

I sleep with it on. I'd prefer to have it off, but my wife likes to keep it on. Instead of fighting her use more blanket.

DeeDeeDeVour · Answer

I don't like fan breeze blowing directly at me.  I put the ceiling fan on "winter mode" if I ever turn it on.

NathanDavis · Answer

the AC does have a fan-only mode... but I never use it I go with the winter blast by default

SunsetBeautyxxxx · Answer

I have a little fan on the side of my bed lol, but i keep it on even though I sleep with like 4 blankets 🤣

LazerBean · Answer

Changes from day to day. Just whatever I or my husband is feeling as I pass my fan switch on the way to bed.

desidoll · Answer

I live in Malaysia, I can’t afford to sleep without the fan on even during rainy season.

20yearsolder · Answer

My bedroom fan has been on continuously for the last seven or eight years

alice55 · Answer

Never cause it make too much noise it’s impossible to sleep with it

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Fan in the warmer weather, but a white noise machine when it’s cooler.

SnowedIn · Answer

The ceiling fan on most of the time, a smaller fan for white noise all the time.

AviatorTom · Answer

Usually off, unless it's very hot in the summer, in which case the ceiling fan is on.

Harbringer26 · Answer

In the height of summer which is the only time when the fan is out, sometimes I have it on for a while but never the whole night, it bothers my sleep.

Fireguy17 · Answer

either or. Sometimes I just like the white noise.

DancingQueen16 · Answer

During the summer I have it on but during fall and winter its always off

art84 · Answer

I did once and woke up cold and the next day with a sore throat. It really depends if it is hot outside and the AC won't cold enough.

AndrésC64 · Answer

In the summer I might put a fan on. But I always have to have some sort of white noise running. I wake up so easily.

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

Off. I don’t want any excess vibrations, and if I desire to get some less heat, I can just switch blankets, or remove completely.

Juxtapose · Answer

I use air conditioning like a civilized human being.

Clyde_123 · Answer

I live in Philippines I sleep with fan on all the time.

Pudsmucker · Answer

Light breeze helps me sleep more and also stops my snoring.

Sparkie460 · Answer

I need to have the ceiling fan on when I sleep. I need air movement

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Fan on always. Love the white noise even if I don’t need the circulation

LilyByte · Answer

in the summer i always have one on when i sleep lol

OddBeMe · Answer

Gotta have fan on. 1) keep air flowing 2) gotta have a sound to drown out my tinnitus.

CuriousMufuxka · Answer

On. The whirring sound gently carries me away to sleep city where dreams are made.

Twalli · Answer

Depends on how hot it is in my room when I go to sleep.

Zolly99999 · Answer

Yes every day for at least 30 years. It sits about a foot from my face lol

Fuentes · Answer

I sleep with it on even in the winter & the window open.

curlyfirecracker · Answer

Does ceiling fan count?

dustybiker · Answer

I’ve always been a furnace.

Anonymous · Answer

My cousins sleep with a fan running for white sound to help them sleep.

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Nope just my ac in the summer in the fall ans winter time I just Crack the window

dylanschliebe14 · Answer

Definitely on. Can’t sleep without a fan lol.

Meme_nto_mori · Answer

In summer times, I always slept with the included air conditioning.

Jjerah · Answer

It's white noise to me, I can't sleep without the sound of a fan😔

DRTguy · Answer

Either a fan, the window AC, or both. I like moving air and the sound helps me sleep.

NateIsCool · Answer

Depends if i want to get up and turn it off when im cold later tbh

AsaKyo · Answer

It's a *must* that I sleep with the fan on

Pink2000 · Answer

Always on. Even in the winter.

Blackcupcake · Answer

depends on the weather… summers on, winters off!

jjj101010 · Answer

Unless it’s summer it’s off. I’m in the UK we need more heating than cooling. Lol

Apulu_Imback · Answer

Normally ON but OFF in winters.

misfittoy · Answer

on- unless its cold, like today 31 degrees

Nikki1989 · Answer

It is on all year long.

AddylynnNightingale · Answer

Off. On is a good way to get sick.

goaded · Answer

I don't even own a fan.

Chelsdope0 · Answer

I like heaters more

Iron_Man · Answer

No fan central air conditioning

worldscolide · Answer

Fan on mostly for the noise.

call_me_scar · Answer

Usually on but it's been getting colder

Havthrills · Answer

I sleep with nothing on. Silence

loveslongnails · Answer

Overhead fan on.

JPresidente · Answer

Box fan going 100mph

Anonymous · Answer

fan on, window open when it's nice

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