Bathroom Extractor Fan Reviews
In the UK today there are nine specialist ventilation manufacturers: Manrose, Silavent, Xpelair, Vents, Envirovent, Soler & Palau, Vent Axia, Greenwood and Airflow, all of whom offer a number of different bathroom extractor fans, making for a bewildering choice.
In this review we have compared some of the UK's most popular fans covering a range of budgets.
What we tested:
- Air Flow - How much moist or stale air the fan extracts in one hour measured in metres cubed.
- Noise - The figure is given in decibels at 3 metres
- Max Duct Run - a very important consideration, often over looked.
- Bathroom Zone - Can the fan be installed in all zones or just zone 3? We scored five stars for all bathroom zones and two stars for zone 3 only. Remember:
- A zone 3 fan is not a bad fan - it's just less versatile and constricts where you can install it.
- In some cases, a fan range will include low voltage fans suitable for all zones and mains voltage fans which are not. A two star score means that no fan in that range can be installed in zones 1 and 2.
- Looks - purely objective and just our opinion
- Energy usage in watts.
- Value for Money - this takes into account the price of the fan and how good it is. So, for example the Xpelair VX100 is not the best fan in the world, but it is very cheap, so scores well on value for money.
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Basic Technologies - Axial, Centrifugal, Inline
Axial Extractor Fan Reviews
Axial extractor fans use a simple blade impeller, like the ones used on desk fans, for example, and are designed to be fitted on and ducted straight through the wall. They are not designed for long duct runs.
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Silent Tornado ST100
| Air Flow: 95m3/hr |
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| Noise: 26d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 10m |
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Airflow Icon Eco15 S
| Air Flow: 79m3/hr |
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| Noise: 35d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 2m |
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Airflow QuietAir QT100
| Air Flow: 90m3/hr |
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| Noise: 26d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 5m |
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Xpelair VX100
| Air Flow: 76m3/hr |
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| Noise: 35d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 1m |
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Centrifugal Extractor Fan Reviews
Centrifugal fans neither look nor perform like axial fans. Using a centrifugal impeller they are generally more powerful and consequently they are bigger, use more energy and are a little noisier than axial fans..
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Vent Axia Quadra
| Air Flow: 216m3/hr |
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| Noise: 50d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 20m |
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| Trickle to Boost |
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| Energy Usage 36w |
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Silavent Sapphire Centrifugal
| Air Flow: 89m3/hr |
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| Noise: 38d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 6m |
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| Energy Usage 22w |
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Xpelair DX200
| Air Flow: 108m3/hr |
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| Noise: 42d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 10m |
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| Energy Usage 34w |
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Manrose CF200
| Air Flow: 110m3/hr |
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| Noise: 45d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 10m |
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| Energy Usage 17w |
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Inline Extractor Fan Reviews
Inline fans sit up in the loft in the length of ducting.
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Silent Tornado Terminator
| Air Flow: 245m3/hr |
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| Noise: 32d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 10m |
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| Energy Usage 25w |
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Manrose MF100
| Air Flow: 245m3/hr |
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| Noise: 24d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 10m |
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| Energy Usage 25w |
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Airlow Aventa
| Air Flow: 187m3/hr |
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| Noise: 34d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 6m |
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| Energy Usage 28w |
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Vent Axia ACM100
| Air Flow: 220m3/hr |
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| Noise: 20d/B(A) |
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| Max Duct Run 10m |
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| Energy Usage 18w |
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