recommend bathroom extractor fan

[Groove Rida]

Hello
Currently got a extractor connected to light switch so when you switch light on the fan comes on, however it's not to powerful and the room fill up with mist condensation on the walls when the shower is used. Looking to change it for a good powerful extractor fan. Need some advise from the experts in this forum as to which one is best to get or give me a couple to choose from?
Current set up is just standard on the external wall.

thanks
ice

 

[123]

If you can move the fan itself into the roofspace and duct into the bathroom then the Vortice Lineo. If not then the Envirovent Silent 100.

 

[Leesparkykent]

I normally fit Monsoon fans and find them pretty good.

 

[ashrow]

With all types or extractor fans look into how much they extract, ie cubic meters per hour or litres per second.
You can get some pretty good sized fans that duct out via a standard 4inch hole like the xpleair premier

 

[Electric Magic]

What 123 said. Envirovent Silent 100T is one of the most powerful 100mm axial fans on the market (95m3 per hour I think). Xpelair Premier is a centrifugal fan, which would be better if you had a long ducting run but if you're just taking it through a wall an axial fan is fine and the max performance stats on both fans are similar (what's more the Envirovent fan is less than half the price). The other thing worth considering is where can your fan pull air through from e.g. if your bathroom is fairly airtight the fan won't perform well, if you've got a reasonable air gap underneath your bathroom door for example though it should do just fine.

 

[MJPD29]

Inline fan is far better than surface mounted if that is an option

 

[Barry123]

the icon fans are decent, but they are a bit pricey.

 

[Zerax]

Don't forget though... that if you extract say 10m3 of air from the bathroom... it'll need to be replaced from somewhere... like from outside, which might be icy-cold in the depths of winter ! I'd either be looking at a more expensive heat exchange system... or having a simple extractor fan that extracts the minimum amount of air to solve the problem.

 

[Midwest]

I’d first inspect the ducting, it’s length and how its vented to atmosphere. I've found the outside grills full of fauna & flora before now, and ducting coiled up all over the place.
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Found the pic to explain the coiled up ducting comment;

 

[PEG]

I’d first inspect the ducting, it’s length and how its vented to atmosphere. I've found the outside grills full of fauna & flora before now, and ducting coiled up all over the place.
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Found the pic to explain the coiled up ducting comment;

That's pretty but a considerable bus ride away from what i inspected,two eeeks ago...
A block of 15 flats on three floors,that had a pitched roof conversion,yesrs ago,leaving the five pairs of 4" vents,in the roof space,one soil vent,and one bathroom vent,for the three flats below.
I have never seen such a carnival of nonsense,that whoever was handed 100meters of flexy,and 50 rolls of duct tape,had wrought...
Even my 11 year old,who was monitoring the ladder in the communal space,commented on the scene.....it looked like the Alien3 birth cavern...only with more possible risks?

 

[Groove Rida]

What 123 said. Envirovent Silent 100T is one of the most powerful 100mm axial fans on the market (95m3 per hour I think). Xpelair Premier is a centrifugal fan, which would be better if you had a long ducting run but if you're just taking it through a wall an axial fan is fine and the max performance stats on both fans are similar (what's more the Envirovent fan is less than half the price). The other thing worth considering is where can your fan pull air through from e.g. if your bathroom is fairly airtight the fan won't perform well, if you've got a reasonable air gap underneath your bathroom door for example though it should do just fine.

my current fan is just straight out the wall not long just usual about 30cm-40cm depth of the wall. I was looking at the xpelelair cf20t but have been put of with the reviews on amazon as everyone saying the the fan falls off and very cheaply made. my current fan looks a bit like the envirovent from the front same size i mean. I might go with this option, is this a inline fan?
thank guys