It requires only ordinary household cleaning to be dust-free and will not spread smoke, dust and germs from room to room. Many doctors prescribe hot water baseboard heating to patients with asthma. I'm a light sleeper. Yes, the quieter system is the baseboard system. With a hot air ducted heating system, a large fan is required to force the heated air from the furnace into the ducts.
Ducts carry the rushing hot air and the fan noise to every room.
With a baseboard system, a boiler circulates hot water silently through finger-width tubing. Since natural convection distributes the warmth, no fan is required. The small circulating pump on the hot water boiler is quiet and uses less electricity than the fan motor on a hot air furnace. No, there are big differences in heat comfort. The average temperature of the air in the room is one thing.