Duux Whisper Flex Smart Fan Review: Two Fans In One

Expert’s Rating

Our Verdict

You can buy fans for far less but if you have the budget, this stylish, silent model will be a quiet source of comfort in your home.

Price When Reviewed

$186

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The Whisper Flex is an ultra-quiet, oscillating fan that comes complete with smart features and a remote. And its transforming feature means you can use it just about anywhere. But all those features don’t come cheap, so read on to find out if it’s worth the outlay.

Design and Build

• Four colour options
• Digital display
• Magnetic remote

The Whisper Flex is a fan you can transform from pedestal to tabletop, simply by removing the central column, which is a quick job once you get the hang of it. It stands 81cm high as a pedestal and 51cm as a tabletop fan and its base has a 34cm diameter.

Emma Rowley / Foundry

Emma Rowley / Foundry

Emma Rowley / Foundry

That does mean that it’s too big to pop on the side of your desk while you’re working – but it does give you plenty of options for use around your home.

It comes in four colour options: black, white, authentic grey (a warmer grey) and cool grey. We really like the fact that Duux gives people a choice of shades and even more that the entire fan is a single, matt colour, which gives it a less functional look than most fans and helps it blend into décor.

Its build quality is pretty good. It’s largely made of plastic, with a metal extension tube, but overall, it doesn’t feel quite as robust as the Meaco Sefte fan, for example. The Sefte also has the advantage of an inbuilt thermostat, so it can automatically adjust its fan speed to the room temperature. (The Whisper Flex is a better-looking fan though, and it has the advantage of smart features.)

I also found that the Whisper Flex was a magnet for cat fur, so pet owners might want to opt for one of the lighter colours, which will hide hair better.

It comes boxed and in pieces, so your first job will be to assemble it. I wouldn’t recommend doing this when you’re already hot and tired as, although the instructions are comprehensive, it’s a bit of a fiddly job.

Duux provides everything you’ll need and there’s only a single screw to complete the job – but it’s a tiny one, and after I’d pinged it across the room a few times, I was very much in need of a sit-down next to a fan.

Emma Rowley / Foundry

Emma Rowley / Foundry

Emma Rowley / Foundry

The fan’s control panel is one of its best aesthetic elements. It’s a round, digital display set into a dial that you turn to choose fan settings.

But I found it attractive rather than easy to use. For a start, it’s set into the base of the fan, so in pedestal mode, you’ll need to be at floor level to use it. Even in tabletop mode it’s not incredibly accessible as it’s right under the fan head, and the reflective screen and tiny symbols mean you’ll need to be close to read it.

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