It's quiet. I got the gray one, because they didn't have the brown I wanted. Don't buy it. It looks cheap. The only reason I don't return it, it's because I have to pay another handy man to remove it and go over the return hassle. I'll keep it, but is sad to keep it for that price. My family said it was weird looking. Even my birds didn't like it, they got scared and the ceiling is tall.