Thug,

Hello fellow ADD-strained Human Stoner
I have no experience with the Dayton fans, or the fart fans... only normal floor/pedestal fans. I can't tell you if they'll be very loud (the Dayton and the fart fans), but dude, they ain't going to be quite. There are people (Better Grow Hydro, amond others) that sell 'mufflers' or 'silencers' for the air system.

Initially, my cabinet was going into the closet of my room... but after thinking about, specially that, noise - that cabinet is going into the closet of the other room. Remeber, you're not only going to have the fans making noise... you're going to have the air pump(s) and the water pump(s)... if your setup has them.

Here's a pic: I went looking for fans, and in the local hardware store, found one of these fart fans... it's 8"... and I snapped a pic of the box... you can read the text. In the right of the box, you'll see kind of a 'noise level rating'... Well, that fan, aparently is noisy as shit.

I have an idea for less noise: I still haven't tried it, so I'm not sure if it'll work (less noise), but here it is::: instead of using 'fart fans' and the kick-ass Dayton fans, I'll be using normal floor/pedestal/wall-mount fans. The ones that are 16" or 18" (typically). Now, I'm going to take one of these fans, and build a carboard box (yeah, like the one Harddon is talking about when he says "creepy school kids"). This cardboard "box" is really a cone that goes from 18"-->4". You can do it any size (18"-->6"). Again, I'm not sure how this will work out as to noise levels, but it sure is cheaper than the fart fans.

Other interesting thing, CFM: I don't have measurements on the pedestal fans (18") levels of CFM, but I'm fucking positive that it's 4-6 times (at least) more than the fart fans. The fart fan I uploaded in the pic has a CFM rating of 180CFM... and those are ideal conditions... ducts, corners, elbows, bends, etc etc all wreak havock in the airflow. Fluidynamics (yikes!)! Thank god and the angels for the MaryJane, or I wouldn't have been able to make it through Fluidynamics in college... and forget about Fluidynamics 2 without chronic! lol


I hope this helps.

-turtle420

PS: I didn't upload the pic because my WiFi router is made by Belkin, and it's the biggest, costliest piece of mother fucking shit in the planet. Belkin, FUCK YOU!