Image: The multi-award winning Meaco Fan 1056 Air Circulator, seen here on johnlewis.com is designed to provide you with quiet, cool air wherever you need it whether at home or in the office.
This month, June 2022, a heat alert warning has been issued by the Met Office and UK Health Security Agency (UKSA) as temperatures soar to 34C. Whether you’re in desperate need for a quiet fan, for your WFH office-space, or a quiet fridge to keep your food cool, fresh and crisp, Quiet Mark’s partnership with John Lewis has got it covered.
John Lewis & Partners became Quiet Mark’s headline retail partner in 2012 to help their customers find the quietest high performance technology for their homes. So let’s take a look at a small selection of Quiet Mark certified products, available at John Lewis & Partners, in store and online, that will help keep you, your home, and your food stay quietly cool this summer!
Image: Quiet Mark Trigger Banners such as this one for Refrigerators are used throughout the John Lewis site, helping customers find the quietest products.
When shopping online, the use of filters makes it easier to find exactly what you’re looking for. With John Lewis reporting over 10,000 ‘quiet searches’ a month, it’s great that there’s a Quiet Mark filter to help customers find the quietest products for their homes and businesses.
Currently, in refrigeration, the Quiet Mark filter will lead you to 24 Fridge Freezers, by brands including Fisher & Paykel, LG and Samsung, and 5 fridges by Miele and Samsung. Here are two samples to suit different budgets, from that selection:
Freestanding refrigerator with ComfortClean for easy cleaning at a favourable entry level price point. Miele ComfortClean door shelves are made from high-quality SAN plastic and are scratch-proof, resistant to chemicals, temperature-resistant and highly transparent. They can be cleaned easily and hygienically in a dishwasher (up to 55 ºC) so it is no longer necessary to manually wipe the shelves clean.
“This is a very quiet fridge, the interior is well thought out and the internal fittings well made. It sips energy and controlling the temperature is easy.” Nickl, London 30 October 2021
Featuring three separate compartments, including an independent Variable Temperature Zone, for unbelievably flexible storage. ActiveSmart™ Foodcare technology understands how you use your refrigerator and adjusts temperature, airflow and humidity inside to help keep food fresher for longer. Perfectly flat doors for a less intrusive fit in the kitchen, spill-proof glass shelving and beautiful lighting for great visibility inside. The slimline water dispenser easily fills any size jug or vessel with cool, filtered water and fresh ice is always available in a dedicated freezer bin.
The MeacoFan combines market leading DC technology with a large airflow giving you a quiet, low energy fan that moves a large amount of air to keep you cool all summer long.
With its multi directional oscillation it can move the air around the room bouncing the air off walls and ceilings keeping everyone in the room cool and not just those in the direct flow of the fan’s air.
If you want a quiet fan for the bedroom to help you sleep at night, a timer function gives you the option to programme when the fan will turn itself off so you don't wake up cold in the middle of the night.
According to the Met Office, “The grass pollen season usually follows quite a consistent pattern and there tends to be two peaks, one in the first half of June and then another one in early July. That’s because we have about 150 different species of grass and they all flower at different times over spring and summer, although only some of them are allergenic”.
With pollen counts high this summer, it helps to have a quiet air purifier to remove any harmful ultrafine particles.
At just the touch of a button the Philips Series 3000i Air Purifier will continuously detect and remove pollutants from the air without you having to worry, ensuring you always have healthy clean air in your home. The high grade filters remove 99.97% of airborne allergens, pollen, fine dust, odours, fine particles and bacteria and the 360 degree airflow enables fast purification in large spaces - Purify the air in a room of 20m2 in less than 8 minutes, much faster than traditional ventilation methods.
In sleep mode, the display lights are dimmed and the purifier operates in near silence for undisturbed sleep.
The intuitive digital display easily shows your indoor air quality in real time but by also connecting to Philips Clean Home+ app you can monitor your air quality and adjust the purifier settings wherever you are.
High grade integrated filter removes harmful ultrafine particles as small as 0.003um, 800 times smaller than PM2.5. Intelligent purification – its professional grade air quality sensor automatically monitors, reacts & purifiers air so you don't have to lift a finger.
Thanks to Blueair’s HEPASilent™ technology, Blue removes at least 99.97% of airborne particles as small as 0.1 microns in size including pet dander and PM2.5 (also known as fine particulate matter) such as dust. The activated carbon sheet in the Blue filter is also effective for the removal of unpleasant household odours and VOCs.
Blue favours a simple one-touch button over adjustable knobs and unnecessary dials. Press once for Auto mode, twice for Night mode, three times for Everyday mode, and four times for Boost mode, which rapidly cleans the air. Thanks to the Auto mode feature, Blue's smart sensor will monitor real-time air quality conditions and auto-adjust to optimise performance. The levels of particulate matter (PM) are indicated using a colour scale on the air quality indicator which is in line with the World Health Organisation’s recommendations: Blue for Excellent, Orange for Moderate and Red for polluted.
This AEG AX9 Air Purifier is designed to adapt and respond to your home, giving you cleaner air and blend seamlessly into every room. It has 5 stage filtration which captures microscopic pollutants, traps harmful gases and odours, and offers projection against airborne bacteria. The pre-charged ultrafine filter traps 99.5% of particles as small as 0.3 microns and eliminates 99.9% of bacteria.
The AX9 light ring means you can see the quality of your air at a glance in the room or on the AEG Wellbeing app, plus each AEG filter has a smart tag keeping track of its usage.
Use the AEG Wellbeing App on your Smartphone to control your purifier. Control your purifier, understand your indoor air, schedule events and get a live status on your filters and air quality.
With a minimum noise level of just 17 dB(A) the AX9 runs so quietly, you will hardly notice it. Even at maximum speed, the noise level is just 49 dB(A), quieter than your dinner conversation at home.
This stylish and unobtrusive extractor fan system features a sleek iris shutter design. This makes switching on and off almost silent, reducing external noise ingress, whilst preventing back draughts.
Recessed into a wall or ceiling, it remains inconspicuous even in small spaces, whilst helping to combat the negative effects of dampness and condensation and extracting odours, humidity and stale air.
The fan is designed to provide ventilation levels that meet the latest building regulations, with a flow rate of up to 21L per second. It is ductable up to 4m using rigid pipe.
While you might be tempted to reach for a cold drink to help cool you down, surprisingly hot drinks such as teas and coffees may actually be more effective, according to a study in 2012 by researchers from the University of Ottawa, looking at the effect of drinking hot drinks on body temperature.
Kettles are amongst the top searched products on John Lewis’ website, and currently you’ll find just one with the Quiet Mark and it’s an absolute classic. The Dualit Classic, in fact!
The multi-patented Classic Kettle features a ground-breaking replaceable element that lengthens the lifespan considerably, whilst the Whisper Boil™ drastically reduces unwanted boiling noise. The Dualit Classic Kettle is available in a selection of finishes and is fitted with a superfast 3Kw element, making for quick boiling time. Two measuring windows with cup level and litre indicators help you to only boil the amount of water required from one cup to 1.7 litres.
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