Are Hauslane range hoods quiet? Their sheets say 1.5 to 8.5 sones

One span of sones, no speed attached

The row sits in the specifications table of every spec sheet and repeats in the table on each product page. In English the two always matched across all 26 pages. One file breaks ranks with itself: the WM-538 sheet says 6.5 at the top in its English table and "1,5 à 7,0 sones" in its French one.

A few product pages add a low-speed figure in the feature text. The PRO500 page says "Only 1.5 Sones at Low & Quiet Speed", the IN-R110 page gives the same 1.5, and the UC-PS19 page says "1.5 Sones At Low Speed". The IS-710, UC-PS60, WM-540 and WM-730 give 2 sones at low, which agrees with their sheets.

No sheet names a test. There is a loose decibel claim in Hauslane's FAQ, "around 60 dBs at the highest setting" for most hoods, and it is left out of every list here because sones do not convert to decibels by a fixed rule; our sones and decibels explainer covers why.

Which Hauslane range hood has the lowest top figure?

Five hoods share it, at 6.0 sones. By laboratory airflow they run from the PRO500 at 550 CFM, through the UC-C100 and IS-710 at 450 and the IN-R230 at 390, to the WM-600 at 350.

The UC-C100 starts from 2.0 sones rather than 1.5. Amazon offered no new UC-C100 on the day of checking, so it is not among the picks, and the IS-710 sits with the alternatives for the same reason.

Next come six hoods at 6.5 sones and 14 at 7.0, with the IS-200 island alone at 8.5. Sones scale with perceived loudness, so at full speed the IS-200 would sound roughly 40% louder than a 6.0-sone hood.

Under-cabinet hoods top out at 6.0 to 7.0 sones

Nine current under-cabinet hoods, with bottoms of 1.5 to 2.5 sones. Lowest top figure first:

The UC-PS18BSS is the black stainless version of the UC-PS18 and shares its sheet. Look at the UC-B018: the highest bottom figure and the least air in the group, which suggests a small blower working hard. For certified under-cabinet hoods from other makers, see our under-cabinet ranking.

Which Hauslane wall hood is quietest?

The WM-600, at 1.5 to 6.0 sones with 350 CFM of laboratory airflow. Five more wall hoods stop at 6.5 and four at 7.0.

Every one of these can recirculate with charcoal filters. The PRO500, which mounts on a wall as well as under a cabinet, prints 6.0 at 550 CFM, so it beats the WM-600 on air at the same top figure if your duct suits it. Chimney hoods from brands HVI does certify are in the quietest wall-mount range hoods.

The IN-R230 is the insert to look at

It is the only insert that stops at 6.0 sones, with 1.5 to 6.0 and 390 CFM of laboratory airflow. All four others print 1.5 to 7.0.

The IN-R100 sheet lists a 24-inch size that its product page does not offer. The IN-R110 is the app-controlled version, with four speeds. Inserts from makers with certified figures are compared in our insert ranking.

The two island hoods sit at opposite ends

The IS-710 prints 2.0 to 6.0 sones with 450 CFM. The IS-200 prints 3.0 to 8.5 sones with 600 CFM, the highest top figure, the highest bottom figure and the most laboratory airflow of any current Hauslane. Neither could be bought new on Amazon on November 7, 2026, which is why both appear as alternatives rather than picks. Certified island hoods from other brands are in the quietest island range hoods.

Where pages and sheets disagree

Four hoods carry conflicting noise figures, and in each case the ranking here follows the sheet's table. On the IN-R200, IN-R230 and IN-R300 the page puts 2 sones on the low and quiet speed, while the table on that page and on the sheet starts at 1.5. On the WM-538, the English and French tables of one spec sheet give different tops, 6.5 and 7.0.

Then there is the UC-PS19's "50% Less Noise", footnoted against "a range hood operating at standard settings". It describes running fewer fan zones.

That is a claim, not a figure, so it is quoted and left unranked.

Two airflow figures on every sheet

A Hauslane sheet lists an "Equivalent Airflow" and a lower "Laboratory Airflow", for example 860 and 500 CFM on the UC-PS18. The laboratory figure sits beside each sone range on this page because it is the more cautious of the two.

The equivalent figure is never explained on Hauslane's sheets, and the IN-R230 sheet gives it as "N/A". Its FAQ is wary of CFM in general, saying "there’s no clear international standard for CFM". Even the laboratory figure is Hauslane's alone, not a certified rating.

Missing figures and retired models

No current model lacks a figure. Every one of the 26 current Hauslane range hood pages on November 7, 2026 printed a noise range.

No Hauslane page marks a hood discontinued, but two older model URLs no longer reach a product: the UC-PS16 page now redirects to the under-cabinet collection, and an IS-500 page returns not found. Neither has a current sheet, so both stay off this page. Refurbished units of several hoods are also sold, including the UC-PS10, UC-PS18, UC-PS38 and UC-PS60; they carry the same sheets as the new hoods, and only new units were ranked.

Are Hauslane range hoods quiet?

On Hauslane's spans, every model but one tops out at 6.0 to 7.0 sones, with 250 to 550 CFM of laboratory airflow. The 1.5-sone bottom most of them share is low, provided it holds at the slowest speed as several pages claim.

What is missing is any outside check. Without HVI ratings a Hauslane cannot be lined up against a Broan or a Vent-A-Hood, whose figures are laid out by speed and duct on our Broan sones page and our Vent-A-Hood sones page. Whether 1.5 or 6.0 sones suits an open-plan room depends on how quiet the rest of it is, and how quiet is quiet enough works through that question.