I've had exactly the opposite experience. I installed two Hunter fans
that worked great and now three Hampton Bay fans that suck. The
Hampton Bay fans will not balance and although they were easier to
install, the click-in blades were badly scratched by the install
process. The third time, I used my bench grinder to polish the top
sides of the blade holders so it wouldn't scratch the fake wood grain.
After careful balancing and leveling the blades vertically, they will
now work on medium speed but forget high speed. Total crap.


-rev




mstrspy wrote:
I recently purchased the Hunter Ceiling Fan model that flush mounts to
the ceiling. What a piece of junk. There was absolutely no way that
you could secure the motor such that it wouldn't rock in the mount.
Just hangs in a slot.
I returned it to Home deopt and got a Hampton Bay. The Hamton Bay was
(1) Less Money than the Hunter
(2) Easier to install
(3) Looks better
(4) Secure and doesn't rock or sway

I am really dissapointed in Hunter Fans. I have one in my porch that I
installed 15 years ago and it is great. Aparently Hunter must have a
design engineer who is looking to cut corners to save money. They will
go out of business if they keep this up.

M