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Originally Posted by BrianW
How quiet the fans are is one of the big issues for me. At home I love some white noise while sleeping at night, but while camping in the SMB I don't like it so much as it makes me less aware of what is going on outside the van. Not so big of a deal in an established campground, but if stealth camping or staying in a remote NFS or BLM campsite I kinda like to have an ear to the ground, so to speak.
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i consider it pretty quiet on any of the 3 settings. it makes noise but it wont interrupt sleep. im a light sleeper. the sound is somewhat soothing to me. i do not hear anything outside the van below normal speech. i boondock in suburbia and i can hear when my hosts come and go in their vehicles (car door/trunk closes) but unless they are yelling at their kids that pretty much it. one saturday i was surprised to learn that my friend was working on his boat right next to where i park and i had no idea lol.
so i suppose its a mixed bag. its loud enough to drown out some low level sounds outside but not too loud to disturb sleep or annoy. it took some getting used to not being able to hear much of what is going on outside so i can certainly see what you mean by drycamping somewhere. im in a safe place so i sleep well.
i should note that my van interior is covered with sound deadener everywhere except the doors, in addition to the usual insulation etc.
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