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#321467 19-Aug-2025 13:17

so our shower extractor fan is old and dying, it's a big bathroom, what shower extractor fan (Brand) do people recommend?

looking for powerful, and longevity (good build)

i think a straight inline 3m kit will suffice.

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#3405588 19-Aug-2025 13:27

We fitted a Steam Stopper/Showerdome and now don't have to use the fan.

Is the fan installed in the shower or the bathroom?

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#3405589 19-Aug-2025 13:29

We have recently installed Mitsubishi shower/bathroom fans and they work really well.

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#3405596 19-Aug-2025 14:39

2nd the recommendation for a shower dome, if one will work with your style of shower.
Unless you have a bath in there as well.

A fan isn't really needed at all with one of those fitted.

Otherwise have a look at Mingfans on TradeMe.

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#3405732 19-Aug-2025 23:37

k1w1k1d:

We fitted a Steam Stopper/Showerdome and now don't have to use the fan.

Is the fan installed in the shower or the bathroom?

I second this. I never use my bathroom fan anymore as there is no condensation present. Less power bill because you'll essentially shower in nice little "steam room", the heat trapped inside so you'll need "cooler" hot water.

The Showerdome is the first inventor. They provide installation service or DIY. Steam Stopper is cheaper (DIY) used to be sold in Bunnings which now sell another DIY brand (Stein Turtle Shell or SteinPod)

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#3405739 20-Aug-2025 00:19

personally, I find the shower domes really ugly. A family member has one and it started to look especially tatty about a year after install.
I just have a standard Weiss extractor fan with about 4m of ducting that extracts at about 112 l/sec and it does a great job - but my bathroom is average in size

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#3405755 20-Aug-2025 07:25

farcus:

personally, I find the shower domes really ugly. A family member has one and it started to look especially tatty about a year after install.
I just have a standard Weiss extractor fan with about 4m of ducting that extracts at about 112 l/sec and it does a great job - but my bathroom is average in size

Ours was here when we bought the house almost 7 years ago and is perfectly fine.
You do need to vacuum / dust on top though.

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#3405807 20-Aug-2025 11:01

Replaced our old inline with a Weiss Intelliflow 4 years ago. Not a hint of condensation since.

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#3405811 20-Aug-2025 11:29

FailedWOF:

Replaced our old inline with a Weiss Intelliflow 4 years ago. Not a hint of condensation since.

That's not the self sensing fan is it? I wonder where the humidity sensor is located for that one.

The plan is to get the cheaper non smart Weiss fan cheers

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#3405829 20-Aug-2025 12:29

this is what I have. Absolute bargain. Very quiet. Had a 30 min timer switch installed as well. Needed extra ducting though as 3m wasn't enough.
https://tradedepot.co.nz/weiss-inline-extractor-fan/

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#3405832 20-Aug-2025 13:01

Batman:

That's not the self sensing fan is it? I wonder where the humidity sensor is located for that one.

The plan is to get the cheaper non smart Weiss fan cheers

That's the one. Sensor is in fan unit, in the air stream. It's always on and runs at low speed, then ramps up as humidity rises.

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#3406148 21-Aug-2025 15:33

darkasdes2:

We have recently installed Mitsubishi shower/bathroom fans and they work really well.

I second this, the Mitsubishi Electric fans are good and quiet. I had a problem on a project where we put Fantech ceiling exhaust fans in a small Hotel and they were noisy! We swapped them out for Mitsubishi Electric and they were great.

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#3406205 21-Aug-2025 15:54

farcus:

personally, I find the shower domes really ugly. A family member has one and it started to look especially tatty about a year after install.

Agree. I think they are fugly. If I had a nice bathroom there is zero chance of me installing one.

I’m not disputing that they work, just IMO they look like crap.

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#3406287 21-Aug-2025 20:21

a friend at work installed this inline fan into his bathroom recently and is happy and describes it as very powerful - https://www.fanwarehouse.co.nz/products/mixed-flow-in-line-fans/150mm-mixed-flow-fan/

I need to replace our bathroom fan too, it works but it is just not powerful enough. I need to go into the attic to see how it is wired up to look at replacement options.

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#3406306 21-Aug-2025 21:54

We have this fantech fan, six years old, it works well. Previously we had a Manrose Mixflow MF150S which lasted about 7 years. Both are two speed and quite powerful.