Any recommendations for quieter vent fans for the roof

ronin718

The wife is really not liking the volume on the roof fan, so we're wondering if anybody out there has changed them out and found a quieter model that works as well?

Nomad

There's a couple threads on replacement fans, quieter and more speeds, less power hungry. Sorry don't have a link but a search might find them - they're not that old.

Lisa33

Fantastic Fan 7350 (there is an upgrade kit available) or completely swap it out for a MaxxAir fan.  

JandJ92010

I found a 12 volt cooling fan from a computer, hung it under the roof fan with two small bungies, then wired it up to a switch that I mounted in the roof fan. It's much quieter, draws less power and creates just enough draft to keep the air moving at night.

vito

I haven't found the fan to be overly noisy (but I think the a/c is very loud) and I will note that when I picked up my T@b the technician (who had never seen a T@b before since this dealership had just started selling them, with mine the first to arrive) was surprised at the specific fan that Little Guys put in the T@b. He stated that this was a very high end fan usually seen in the more expensive motorhomes and trailers. For what its worth, he said he was very impressed with everything about the T@b, commenting that the quality of materials and construction was far above what he was used to dealing with when working on travel trailers, even much more expensive trailers.

Nomad

Vito - Funny, I find the opposite - I can nap like a baby with the air going but can't catch a wink with the fan :-)

vito

Recently on a very hot night, where running the a/c was absolutely necessary, I wanted to watch a DVD before going to sleep. Even with the speakers right by my head I found it hard to hear the dialogue because of the noice from the a/c. But on cooler nights, running the fan to bring in some cooler air, I had no trouble watching a movie. For sleeping, the fan acts like a "white noise" machine and nicely covers noise from outside the T@b. But for sleeping only I can tolerate the a/c sound as well. 

Nomad

It's probably a pitch thing - We're either deaf to certain frequency/pitches or different frequency/pitches annoy us.

Verna

After years of hearing telephone central office equipment with dozens of small fans,  hearing phone systems, and hearing a multitude of phones ring, the Fantastic Fan noise just doesn't bother me.  

JandJ92010

After working in a very noisy factory for 37 years, I have trouble sleeping if it's too quiet. Even at home I need to have a fan on so I can sleep. Gotta have that white noise.

Cyclonic

We replaced our fan with a MaxxFan.  The lower speeds are quieter then the original Fantastic Fan, but if you crank it up it is still noisy.

ChanW

I think I have to add a MaxxFan Deluxe to my list of to-do's.

Does that MaxxFan (Deluxe, with the rain cover) open part-way? All the images I've been able to find show it open either all the way, or not open at all.

Part-way would be important if the wind and rain were coming from the open side...