Air King AK150LS Energy Star Deluxe Quiet Series Bath Fan

I rarely write these reviews, but wanted to take the time due to the exceptional functionality and price of these fans.We have an older home with very weak exhaust fans that do not work well. Since we remodeled one of the bathrooms and added an arched doorway into a "tub room," that exhaust fan was totally inadequate. Based on the reviews of these fans being extremely powerful and quiet, we purchased two of them. The reviews were spot on! Both fans produce a soft "whirring" noise that is barely heard. I left the fan off in the bathroom with the separate tub room, took a shower, and let the two rooms totally steam up. In less than ten minutes all steam was gone on mirrors and the window in both rooms.One thing to be aware of (and why it clears steam so quickly) is the 6" exhaust tube. Most fans are 4", so new roof vents had to be installed.We did a lot of research before purchasing these fans, and the prices varied a great deal on different ones. These fans were under $100 and worth every penny. I would highly recommend them to anyone building new or replacing existing fans.

great fan and its so quiet from the one I replaced it with. takes all the steam out of my large bathroom so no steamed mirrors. I would recommend to all.

Very quiet and moves a lot of air. Great value. Worth the extra money.

Works great, but "quiet series" needs to be removed from its name.

This is a large unit, volume is 3 times the one I installed in 2003. Make sure you have the height in the attic as it is 9 7/8 inches tall and 12 7/8 inches square and has a large 6 inch exhaust.Rated at 0.8 sones some people state that they cannot hear it running well I can hear it and it does sound louder than rated sones, will keep an eye/ear on it if it gets louder and post update.Rather easy to install inside attic as wires from above with push in electrical connectors and wire nuts inside unit. Final trim ring provided to style up the edge cuts plastic grate snaps right in. I installed an electronic 5 minute to 60 minute timer with LED nightlight on a GFCI protected branch circuit.Has a 6 inch exhaust I installed smooth wall insulated metal exhaust pipe and Model PWC6R round duct backdraft damper 22 gauge, galvanized steel construction painted white. One additional note this AK150LS does pull a lot of air, additional room venting may be needed other than the 1 inch space under your bathroom door if you do not have a return air vent already installed in the room.

This is a great fan. It is so quiet you don't even know it is on and it works great.

We installed this fan and then returned it. It was too loud! The whole point of replacing the old fan was to get a quiet one. We got a panasonic for our other bathroom, and it is much, much better.

Consumer Reports rated Air King fans pretty high, but I didn't feel this way after installing it. It felt cheaply made, and the steel used wasn't welded together quite right. I think this resulted in reduced air flow, because it really didn't seem to pull much air out of the bathroom, and if my shower went longer than 5 minutes it started dripping water out of the grill onto my bathroom floor. And I don't believe the sones advertised were accurate as it was louder than expected. Maybe this particular fan wasn't caught during quality control, but I didn't want to take another chance.I returned it for a Panasonic fan which I can't rave enough about. The Panasonic just felt solid, didn't drop water, kept the mirror clear and was incredibly quiet. And it included the hardware I needed to complete the job. Buy a Panasonic.