Product review (1 stars): Happy with my purchase of this.
Update after two years of owning: The touch panel no longer works and I had to unplug the power to stop it making a terrible humming sound.
We barely use this thing but the other day I went to turn on the fan or the lights - I forget - and nothing happened. It then started humming and I think I detected a faint "heat" smell. I wound up turning off the breaker of the circuit it is on. Since then, if I turn on the breaker, I get this humming sound and the panel doesn't work. I fished around inside and found the connector to the front panel. If I disconnect that, the humming stops but, of course, the panel doesn't work.

I have tried contacting AKDY to see if I could get service on it. They don't seem to be home. They don't respond to emails and calling the number on the web site leads to 10 minutes of hold music and then an invite to leave a message but oh wait, the mailbox is full "goodbye".

It looks like this is happening to others so I'm thinking these guys are out of business. I would not recommend purchasing from them.

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I just put this in so I don't have any long term use feedback but it looks nice and works fine. We just couldn't justify the high prices of some of the other units for something that, for us, is more of a decorative piece than something that's going to get a ton of use.

The "control panel" is touch sensitive and the buttons don't catch every finger press but it's good enough. The lights are bright and the fan is not too loud. I can't imagine using the remote control normally but it worked when I tried it.