"Kyle" wrote in message
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On Jun 25, 9:24 pm, woger151 wrote:
I want to buy a ceiling fan for a medium-sized bedroom with 8'
ceilings.

The brands that SWMBO has looked at on the web include Hunter, Hampton
Bay, and Casablanca.

Some advice I've seen on the web and usenet include things like (a)
remote controls often break, (b) some intelligent chip thing on
Casablancas can burn out in power surges and they won't ship you a new
one for free, etc.

I'm asking about the brands now because much of the advice I found is
at least a few years old and thus of questionable applicability to
fans available now.

TIA,

S

A tangential complaint I have is why so many of the fan manufacturers
are down-sizing the light kits on their fans? I can't find a light kit
with the bowl cover (not the individual sconces) that uses a standard
base - they're all going to candelabra with 60W max. which doesn't put
out enough light to use as the primary light source in, say, my
bedroom.

Grrr.
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Maybe they're finding that customers aren't buying the ones with individual
fixtures. Take a look at Casablanca. When I bought mine many years ago, some
of their models could be fitted with a number of different lighting options.