These days, it feels as though no household appliance is excluded from having a smart makeover – including the best fans. Over the years, the hot weather essentials have undergone extensive upgrades, from Dyson’s revolutionary bladeless design to advanced additions like voice control, as is the case with Duux’s whisper flex 2.
But these smart fans don’t come cheap – that is, until Amazon Prime Day. The annual shopping bonanza has coincided with blistering heat in London and across the UK, and everything from Shark’s new chillpill to wearable neck fans is discounted during the four-day event.
As for the smart whisper flex 2, it lives up to its name with its super-quiet operation. But it also offers additional, welcomed functions, including a customised cooling experience with 30 speed settings, vertical and horizontal oscillations and different modes to suit individual preferences. The pedestal fan has a sleek touchscreen display and a remote, and it can work cordlessly. You’ll barely notice the difference in your bills either; it costs just a penny to run per hour.
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Here on the Standard Shopping desk, we see a range of tech imbued with such smarts, and we wonder why. Do we really need to see dishwasher water usage stats? Is it essential to get mobile notifications when the washing cycle is done? Can my poor phone’s storage really make room for yet another companion app? And more often than not, the answer is firmly no. However, Duux’s latest fan proves that some tech advancements can, in fact, prove rather helpful.
And with nearly 30 per cent off, what more could you want?
Duux Whisper Flex 2: Was £179.99, now £129.99, Amazon.co.uk
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While the Whisper Flex 2 doesn’t rival the Dyson aesthetic, you’ll be far less concerned about the real estate that it takes up in your home thanks to its sleek look.
Complete with a whopping 30 different speed settings, you can customise the power, whether you’re looking for a soft breeze or an ice-cold chill. In addition to different oscillations, the fan can move vertically as well as the more common horizontal, and in terms of the former, it can go flat towards the ceiling, should you be looking for a Marilyn Monroe moment.
This is a relatively quiet fan compared to others on the market already, but when you press the moon button on the remote, the Whisper Flex 2 becomes all the more so. In night mode, it doesn’t matter if you crank up the speed all the way to the late 20s, it still hums at a sleep-friendly noise.
While there is a handy remote included, you can also connect it to smart home assistants. Picture this: it’s the middle of the night, and you’re feeling cold, you simply have to say “Hello Google, turn the fan down”, and it will do so without rousing you from your precious slumber. It also allows for scheduling.
Duux Whisper Flex 2 key specs
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