Panasonic FV-08WQ1 WhisperWall Bathroom Fan - Thru-the-Wall Ventilation Fan - 70 CFM

My first review is for the unit I purchased 12 YEARS AGO. I hard wired to the ceiling light switch so that the fan comes on EVERY time you use the bathroom. I didn't want anyone taking a shower without the fan, EVER. So this fan has had a lot of use. Effective, quiet, and nice looking. My shower/tub has tile up to about 6 feet high then plaster above. I installed it above the tile where it is still hidden by the shower curtain so you don't see it until you're in the shower. the unit held up great - the white enclosure is still pristine, no rust or corrosion on the inner metal parts. easy to unplug and take the fan unit out to stick your arm through the hole to clean out the short duct and flapper. Recently I tore down some plaster-and-lath walls and I think this may have caused the fan to fail. I tried to clean it out but it was sluggish and never ran quietly again. I should have unplugged the unit and taken it out of the wall to protect it from plaster grit. I ordered the same model number, hoping I can just swap out the innards and it will fit without having to re-do the duct or flapper etc. I will update my review after the new one is installed. Update: So the Amazon delivery driver called me FROM MY HOUSE because he was hesitant to leave a big box on my porch. he walked around to the side entrance and carried it up steep stairs to the back deck. So that was amazing customer service. The manufacturer's box was inside of a larger Amazon box with packing materials. Not a single mark on anything. I took the cover and the inner motorized fan unit out of my old duct and plugged the new ones right in. flipped the switch and it was like brand new. I'll save the other parts incase something needs to be replaced. If I could give 10 STARS I would.

All, After reading the reviews I decided to purchase this fan for an upstairs bedroom with a vaulted ceiling. As you can imagine, it can get pretty hot up there and with little or no cross ventilation, I wanted an fan just to push out the trapped heated air the collects in that room. Pros: Installs easy, Quiet enough (you can hear it if you listen for it, but it is quiet enough not to have it bother you unless you are hyper sensitive). That said, the fan is MUCH MUCH more quiter then your average bathroom fan. Since I have just installed it before the heat of the summer, I will defer it's performance for a more detailed review at a later time. However, just using it in a short amount of time (1 hr) we did notice a difference as that particular room was as cool as the other rooms that were upstairs - which has never been the case! So it seems to work well. I paired it up with a switch that has a timer function, so it should be good to go for the summer. Cons: As other reviews have indicated, there are compliance stickers on the bottom of the grill. That said, it doesn't bother me however, I will "flip" the grill upsidedown so that they are not seen. The unit protrudes from the wall more than I would like, but I'm being a bit picky here. It's a bit pricey for sure, but as stated before, it's pretty quiet. So, other than cost, there really are no cons for the product itself. I will update this review as we get a little deeper into the summer, but so far so good.

It's time I wrote a review of this one. I've had it for several months now and it's great. I have a wine cellar with my cooling unit in a hallway that I thought would have plenty of ventilation, but it didn't... The warm air from the cooling unit stayed on the ceiling and I bought a SunCourt Thru-Wall Room to Room Fan to suck the warm air out to another room. It worked fine. However, it was REALLY noisy. It was driving me nuts, and I finally started to look for a quieter fan and found this. It costs 3 times as much, but it's worth every penny. Its rating is fewer cubic feet per minute, but I don't get it as I think it blows harder and is far quieter than the SunCourt fan. I do wish they had put all their ugly labels on the top side of the fan so I didn't have look at them, but that's the only complaint, and not enough to change my rating.

I love this fan. I have a storage space in my basement that was unventilated. It collected a lot of moisture from ground seep. Thus it became musty. And everything stored in there became moldy. I needed a away to ventilate the space with a positive pressure fan that is quiet and energy efficient. The Phillips fan worked well. I had to bore an 8 in hole through 8 in thick concrete and rebar. Not an easy task. But I managed. The fan allows for various configurations in electrical wiring. I was able to remove the prepackaged transformer from the mounted ducting as well as the the duct. I bolted the transformer directly to the cement wall. And I bolted the mounting plate to the wall. The external vent was easy to seal and bolt to the exterior wall. Over all it was easy to reconfigure to my specific project needs. And it was easy to wire to the electrical feed.

I purchased this as an exhaust fan for my garage. It's great for that purpose (continuous run, quiet, and can be thermostat-controlled) and seems to be very well-made. However, I won't buy additional for use as bath fans, because every time the wind kicks up, the damper, which is light as a feather, opens wide. I suppose this may be a common issue with through-wall fans. The other issue I would note is that it's not a great design if you are going to put it in the middle of a circuit and against a stud with the electrical box on the stud side. Maybe would have worked better with smaller 3/8" conduit. Just wouldn't fit with 1/2" Al conduit. The fan can be mounted upside down if your stud spacing is tight and won't accommodate wires in conduit running around the fan duct, which is 8.25" in diameter.

I recently refurbished my bathroom and a ceiling fan was not an option because the upper attic was completely sealed off, I had to go right through a finished wall without taking half the wall apart. I cut a hole about 8" in diameter from the inside wall to the outside wall with a reciprocating saw, used a oscillating saw for the finer trimming, and the fan was very easy to install after the hole has been cut. Instead of having it wired to a wall switch, I modified it and installed a pullstring switch. It works extremely well and is just as quiet as expected. I had one problem. I had it powered through a GFCI outlet and the fan kept tripping it when turned off (the fan becomes a generator when still spinning after the power is cut, tripping the GFCI). This was fixed by wiring it to the feed wire. This fan was not cheap, but it saved my a lot of hassle by going straight through the wall with no extra venting. The outside hood was bigger than expected so make sure you have plenty of room. I also installed some screen-door mesh inside the grill to make sure wasps couldn't get in. All in all, fantastic product. Five star!!!

Have used this particular fan many times in jobs where a direct wall vent is needed. Very quiet compared to other brands, wish it was more powerful though.

Works great

Really nice product...really efficient and noiseless. The product is expensive but the quality is here....the only concern is that there is only one back draft damper and because i live in a really cold region in winter I had to add a second bd damper in the duct to avoid too much heat loss

It works really well, it is really quiet