My old fan was loud and noisy, but the new fan provides a reasonable sound at its highest fan setting. (It's rated for 80 or 110 cubic feet per minute, or CFM.) It's powered by Home Depot's smart home platform, HubSpace, with which I haven't had a good experience before (I've never been able to connect it Was) defiant smart lock I was testing the Hubspace app). Thankfully, this fan instantly connected to my phone via Bluetooth and my Wi-Fi network. Even better, it also works with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
I did not install this fan in a bathroom with a shower, but I did test the humidity sensor by using my clothes steamer to get rid of wrinkles on shirts. It works and turns on automatically! But my favorite feature, while passive, is the motion sensor. Having a room automatically light up without pressing a single button still feels like magic, and I now want to install motion sensors around my house.
Motion sensing has some drawbacks. First of all, you can't customize how sensitive this sensor is. In my bathroom, I have a mirror that looks out into the hallway, so that whenever someone is walking by past Bathroom, lights turn on. It's not a big deal (my wife says otherwise), but something to keep in mind. The good news is that you can set through the app how long you want the lights to stay on, and I set it to one minute.
Yes, if you're in the bathroom that long and not moving much (uh, you know why), the light will turn off and you'll have to wave your arms vigorously for a few seconds before the light comes back on. On the back. There's a small price to pay, though, as you can also turn off the motion sensor.
physical control
Photograph: Julian Chokkattu
Wall switch controls can be intimidating; I recommend read the manual firstThe power button turns the fan and light on and off, but you can also press the individual fan and light buttons to turn them off. (Press and hold the fan button for three seconds to turn the Bluetooth speaker on and off.) You can press the plus and minus signs to change the brightness of the light, or press the color button to cycle through colors. Can keep—I prefer to use an app for this.