A COOL BREEZE CAN INSTANTLY take the edge off a sweaty day. Indoors, a fan is a perfect substitute-throw a bowl of ice in front of it, and you've got yourself a lo-fi air conditioner. Still, nothing harshes that cool feeling quicker than the prop-plane racket most air-movers make. The Rowenta Turbo Silence Extreme lets you use your inside voice. On its lowest setting, it registers just 35 decibels (shhhh, that's library level); on the highest, it's about 50. That's roughly one-quarter the din of the average fan. Five 4.5-inch plastic blades (many fans have three) create more surface area, so the motor doesn't need to crank as hard or spin as fast to push the same amount of airflow. Plus, because the blades are tapered at their edges, they're able to slice through the air with less choppy turbulence. Ahhhh, that's the stuff.
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