"Jeffy3" wrote in message
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The previous owners of our house had ceiling fans installed in two
rooms and 15 years later they still work great. In fact, on high in
our one small room the fan turns the room into a tornado! In other
rooms, admittedly cheaper fans were installed by me and they are
horrible. In our bedroom it is right above the bed and you don't even
feel any air hitting you when laying in bed. I guess my question is
what do I look for in a new fan? Is the length of the blade most
important? The pitch? The materials used in the blade?

All of the above will make a difference in air flow. If the fan is a ceiling
hugger, they tend to move less air than a unit that hangs lower, also if the
fan is blowing in reverse, it will create a different air pattern and won't
blow directly below the fan, but rather blow up at the ceiling and create
less draft underneath