Rated 
An expensive piece of utter crap
Quiet, pretty
Main light is useless as a bathroom light
Posted 1 year ago - Bought this prior to doing an extensive bathroom remodel. Wanted a combo fan/light/nightlight that was very quiet yet would move a lot of air. It does do that. HOWEVER... When the main light is first turned on it is darker than the nightlight! It doesn't become bright enough to be useful until 5-10 minutes later. I first tried replacing the bulb at my own expense with no improvement in performance. I then contacted Broan and told them about the problems and they sent me a new ballast. That's really about the only two electrical things that can go wrong with a florescent light - the bulb or the ballast. Installed the new ballast and still no improvement in performance. Contacted Broan again and got some line of crap about this being the best that can be expected because of energy requirement in California (we live in Georgia). If you're willing to turn on the bathroom light five or ten minutes before you need to actually use the bathroom you might be satisfied with this unit. Otherwise stay far away from this piece of crap. Broan wouldn't accept a return, so I bought a different light to use as the main bathroom light and will be moving this unit to directly over the shower (be sure to use a GFCI circuit if you do this). That way I can at least keep the usefulness of the nightlight and fan and if I have the patience and the need I can have a light over the shower. What a waste of a lot of money. I can't believe a company like Broan would turn out a product as bad as this.
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