Know of a quiet small box fan?

[wahoowad]

The room with my woodstove traps much of my heat due to cathedral ceilings and the layout of doorways to the rest of the house. As a result I don't get much flow of heat to keep the rest of the house warm. I do use a ceiling fan in this room and it helps some, but does little to help move the air out of the room.

I found a small box fan helps me quite a bit, my theory being it pushes colder into the warm room which in turn displaces some of the trapped heat which flows back out through the top of the doorway (I have a doorway and a large pass-thru opening to my kitchen). I can feel more heat flowing out through the tops of my doorways when I run the fan (and my heatpump runs less).

My current fan is an el-cheapo from a budget store and quite noisy. Do you know of a quieter box fan? Looking to stay in the same form factor which is no larger than 12x12". What I don't know is if the noise is an unavoidable function of the cfm being pushed or if there is something inherent in a design which can lower the noise level.

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[egclassic]

I use a small Honeywell desk fan that I bought at Lowes. It's actually bigger than a desk fan and I sit it on the floor in our bedroom, so it's pretty quiet.

 

[Flatbedford]

You could take a whole different approach. My wife bought a little box fan that goes in the top of a doorway and blows the warm air into the cool room. The make and model is here with some discussion.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/moving-air-the-wrong-way.119109/

 

[drewmo]

I use this fan when I need a little air at night. Very, very quiet, it moves quite a bit of air and you can aim the fan to where you want the air to go. I think I bought it at Bed Bath & Beyond, but a quick online search found other options: http://www.frys.com/product/5878073?source=googleps&gclid=CMXf1YbU5LsCFY47MgodzWYAJw It gets my recommendation.

 

[bluedogz]

I use these: http://www.amazon.com/Lasko-Tower-2...TF8&qid=1388845031&sr=8-10&keywords=tower+fan

Very small footprint, so quiet I have to check to see if it's running.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

The little Vornado fan works very well and is super quiet. You only have to run it at it's lowest speed. We're talking about a 7" diameter fan here so it is very small but works wonders in winter and summer.