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Ceiling fan: brands?
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 |
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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 Remote control is great in a bedroom. |
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Hampton Bay is a store brand for HD which imports their fans from China.
I bought two fans from a ceiling fan store. They move a lot more air than the HD & Lowe's fans we have. So much so that we never run them on high. The Hampton Bay fan in our master bedroom does not move as much air as a fart. cm "woger151" wrote in message ... 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 |
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"woger151" wrote in message
... 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 There's a 20 year old Casablanca fan in my previous house, with electronic wall switch (for speed control), but no remote control. Nothing has broken. I'm about to replace the Hunter fan in my current house with a Casablanca for one reason: The old Casablanca was perfectly balanced (no wobble) and totally silent unless it was turned to high, in which case the predominant sound was just the blades moving through the air. But not the motor. |
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message There's a 20 year old Casablanca fan in my previous house, with electronic wall switch (for speed control), but no remote control. Nothing has broken. I'm about to replace the Hunter fan in my current house with a Casablanca for one reason: The old Casablanca was perfectly balanced (no wobble) and totally silent unless it was turned to high, in which case the predominant sound was just the blades moving through the air. But not the motor. Same at my house. I'd buy another Casablanca |
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"woger151" wrote in message ... 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 couple of things to keep in mind. Casablanca is an excellent fan, extremely quiet and perfectly balanced, but pricey. They have had issues with some of the control systems like intellitouch, doing strange things for no apparent reasons. Some of their fans, and many Hunter brand fans, which are both made by the same company, are excessively heavy and cannot be mounted to a standard ceiling fan support box. These fans require wood bracing above the ceiling that a large lag bolt must be screwed into. In the event that you don't have access or the desire to do this, check the mounting requirements before purchasing. Hampton Bay is just a trademark of HD, the fans are made by a variety of companies, some are really well made and quite inexpensive, but it is kind of pot luck. Emerson and Minka-Aire are two other companies that make mid grade perfectly good fans as well, and like most of the Hampton bays fans, will typically mount to standard fan support boxes. |
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"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message news "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message There's a 20 year old Casablanca fan in my previous house, with electronic wall switch (for speed control), but no remote control. Nothing has broken. I'm about to replace the Hunter fan in my current house with a Casablanca for one reason: The old Casablanca was perfectly balanced (no wobble) and totally silent unless it was turned to high, in which case the predominant sound was just the blades moving through the air. But not the motor. Same at my house. I'd buy another Casablanca Always bought Hunters in the past but the house we bought last year has a Casablanca in our bedroom and it's the quietist fan I've ever owned\not heard. |
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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. I've installed a lot of brands of ceiling fans over the years. The best was Minka. Very well made fans. R |
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:32:53 -0400, LouB wrote:
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 Remote control is great in a bedroom. Yeah. Instead of controlling the fan at the entrance to the room, you get to tear the bedsheets apart, look under the bed and nighttables, behind the bed, and perhaps in several other rooms looking for the remote. |
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On Thu 25 Jun 2009 06:24:46p, woger151 told us...
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 Aside from SWMBO's preferences, I would highly recommend Emerson ceiling fans. IMHO, Casablanca fans are stylish but decidedly mediocre in quality. Most Hampton Bay fans are relatively poor quality. Hunter fans range from very cheap (and cheaply made) to very expensive and of high quality. However, their very best fans are exceedingly heavy and require special mounting to secure them. Emerson also makes a wide range of fans in a wide range of prices. Their best fans will last a lifetime and are well worth it. Remote controls are available for most of their models. They also offer some very nice styles. Of the brands mentioned, only Hunter and Emerson have been producing ceiling fans since the early 1900s. HTH -- Wayne Boatwright ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Old people shouldn't eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get. ~Robert Orben |
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AZ Nomad wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:32:53 -0400, LouB wrote: 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 Remote control is great in a bedroom. Yeah. Instead of controlling the fan at the entrance to the room, you get to tear the bedsheets apart, look under the bed and nighttables, behind the bed, and perhaps in several other rooms looking for the remote. That is a user problem that we never had in 12 years. Perhaps some people are not smart enough to use a remote, for the rest they are very nice. Lou |
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on 6/26/2009 12:50 AM (ET) AZ Nomad wrote the following:
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:32:53 -0400, LouB wrote: 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 Remote control is great in a bedroom. Yeah. Instead of controlling the fan at the entrance to the room, you get to tear the bedsheets apart, look under the bed and nighttables, behind the bed, and perhaps in several other rooms looking for the remote. Remotes are designed that way. The government requires that remotes be able to move and hide themselves in order for 'couch potatoes' and 'layabouts' get some exercise. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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Remotes are designed that way. The government requires that remotes be able to move and hide themselves in order for 'couch potatoes' and 'layabouts' get some exercise. That's about to change. The democratically controlled congress has declared that "couch potato" is a disease and has set aside billions of dollars from their trillion dollar healthcare reform plan to help couch potatoes find their remotes and wipe their asses. cm |
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On Jun 25, 6:24*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 I made the recent post about the Casablanca install issue. Casablanca sent a factory warranty electrician over with new reciever and remote, and rewried the fan we had issues with. It works like a charm. Casablanca really came through for us, and the jury is out as to whether the initial problems were due to a faulty reciever or improper handling and installation by the electrician (twice). Now that it is running, it is quiet, cooling, and looks damned good. I recommend them highly. There is no underlying motor buzz, which we have in another (cheap) fan elsewhere. My $.02, don't cheap out an anything you may have to sleep with every night ;-) |
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On Jun 25, 10:23*pm, "RBM" wrote:
... Hampton Bay is just a trademark of HD, the fans are made by a variety of companies, some are really well made and quite inexpensive, but it is kind of pot luck. Emerson and Minka-Aire are two other companies that make mid grade perfectly good fans as well, and like most of the Hampton bays fans, will typically mount to standard fan support boxes. How about Monte Carlo, like http://www.amazon.com/Monte-Carlo-5L.../dp/B0001N3NWI ? |
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"Chris Nelson" wrote in message ... On Jun 25, 10:23 pm, "RBM" wrote: ... Hampton Bay is just a trademark of HD, the fans are made by a variety of companies, some are really well made and quite inexpensive, but it is kind of pot luck. Emerson and Minka-Aire are two other companies that make mid grade perfectly good fans as well, and like most of the Hampton bays fans, will typically mount to standard fan support boxes. How about Monte Carlo, like http://www.amazon.com/Monte-Carlo-5L.../dp/B0001N3NWI ? I'm not familiar with this brand. It looks like a decent fan, and I really like the up light feature. I've run in to a few that have up lighting, and it's really nice. For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer |
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"gwandsh" wrote in message ... On Jun 25, 6:24 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 I made the recent post about the Casablanca install issue. Casablanca sent a factory warranty electrician over with new reciever and remote, and rewried the fan we had issues with. It works like a charm. Casablanca really came through for us, and the jury is out as to whether the initial problems were due to a faulty reciever or improper handling and installation by the electrician (twice). Now that it is running, it is quiet, cooling, and looks damned good. I recommend them highly. There is no underlying motor buzz, which we have in another (cheap) fan elsewhere. My $.02, don't cheap out an anything you may have to sleep with every night ;-) Quiet and balance has always been Casablanca's claim to fame. The issues you had could have been a result of either possibility. years ago they were really great about sending people for in warranty repairs, but since Hunter bought them, that service has all but vanished. It's only available in a handful of locations |
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... For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer Illogical, but fun to read. |
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "RBM" wrote in message ... For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer Illogical, but fun to read. Why so, pretty much beyond that price range you are paying for fancy controls or styling. Every reputable company that builds classic style , or traditional style fans, will have a good quality fan in that price |
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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 I have 5 Hunters in the house. Smooth quiet operation. |
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RBM wrote:
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "RBM" wrote in message ... For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer Illogical, but fun to read. Why so, pretty much beyond that price range you are paying for fancy controls or styling. Every reputable company that builds classic style , or traditional style fans, will have a good quality fan in that price Key "reputable company." Your original post said "just about any manufacturer" I bet I can walk into the Orange Colored Store and find a ceiling fan that sells for $200 but is a festering POS. this isn't limited to ceiling fans, either, pretty much all consumer goods are poor quality crap. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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"Nate Nagel" wrote in message ... RBM wrote: "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "RBM" wrote in message ... For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer Illogical, but fun to read. Why so, pretty much beyond that price range you are paying for fancy controls or styling. Every reputable company that builds classic style , or traditional style fans, will have a good quality fan in that price Key "reputable company." Your original post said "just about any manufacturer" I bet I can walk into the Orange Colored Store and find a ceiling fan that sells for $200 but is a festering POS. this isn't limited to ceiling fans, either, pretty much all consumer goods are poor quality crap. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel Not a traditional fan . I don't think they even sell a traditional HB in that price range. Hunter is probably the only thing they'd have in a traditional style at that price, and personally, I'm no fan of Hunter, but it would arguably be " a quality fan" |
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RBM wrote:
"Nate Nagel" wrote in message ... RBM wrote: "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "RBM" wrote in message ... For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer Illogical, but fun to read. Why so, pretty much beyond that price range you are paying for fancy controls or styling. Every reputable company that builds classic style , or traditional style fans, will have a good quality fan in that price Key "reputable company." Your original post said "just about any manufacturer" I bet I can walk into the Orange Colored Store and find a ceiling fan that sells for $200 but is a festering POS. this isn't limited to ceiling fans, either, pretty much all consumer goods are poor quality crap. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel Not a traditional fan . I don't think they even sell a traditional HB in that price range. Hunter is probably the only thing they'd have in a traditional style at that price, and personally, I'm no fan of Hunter, but it would arguably be " a quality fan" just curious, why not a fan (pun intended?) I've installed at least two Hunters in my recent memory and while I knew that they weren't "top of the line" I've had no problems with them. One was installed in my kitchen xmas '07 and has seen a LOT of use since then (as in, it will be turned on to keep the kitchen cool while cooking and then left on continuously until someone notices that it's running) other was in a rental house (long story) so I don't know how that one held up. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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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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"Nate Nagel" wrote in message ... RBM wrote: "Nate Nagel" wrote in message ... RBM wrote: "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "RBM" wrote in message ... For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer Illogical, but fun to read. Why so, pretty much beyond that price range you are paying for fancy controls or styling. Every reputable company that builds classic style , or traditional style fans, will have a good quality fan in that price Key "reputable company." Your original post said "just about any manufacturer" I bet I can walk into the Orange Colored Store and find a ceiling fan that sells for $200 but is a festering POS. this isn't limited to ceiling fans, either, pretty much all consumer goods are poor quality crap. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel Not a traditional fan . I don't think they even sell a traditional HB in that price range. Hunter is probably the only thing they'd have in a traditional style at that price, and personally, I'm no fan of Hunter, but it would arguably be " a quality fan" just curious, why not a fan (pun intended?) I've installed at least two Hunters in my recent memory and while I knew that they weren't "top of the line" I've had no problems with them. One was installed in my kitchen xmas '07 and has seen a LOT of use since then (as in, it will be turned on to keep the kitchen cool while cooking and then left on continuously until someone notices that it's running) other was in a rental house (long story) so I don't know how that one held up. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel Two problems I have with Hunter, Many of them are very heavy and require special bracing above the wiring box, and many of them use the most ass backward hardware and mounting methods. IMO, whoever invented the ball hanger, was a genius. The way I see it, the second the patent expired on that design, every fan manufacturer should have adopted it, and most did, but not Hunter, they continued to use the most archaic methods available. One of their fans is a flush mount. The steel mounting plate has rubber standoffs that keep the plate a specific distance from the ceiling. If you overtighten the plate, the rubber mounts pop through the sheetrock, leaving no way to tighten the screws without drawing the plate too close to the ceiling for the motor housing screws to line up. I would expect stupid designs on cheap fans, not Hunter, yet some of the most clever designs are on fans like those from HD. |
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"RBM" wrote in message
... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "RBM" wrote in message ... For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer Illogical, but fun to read. Why so, pretty much beyond that price range you are paying for fancy controls or styling. Every reputable company that builds classic style , or traditional style fans, will have a good quality fan in that price Is there a plain vanilla Casablanca fan for $200? |
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"Kyle" wrote in message
... 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. =================== 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. |
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "RBM" wrote in message ... "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message ... "RBM" wrote in message ... For $200 you should be able to buy a very good quality, classic design fan, from just about any manufacturer Illogical, but fun to read. Why so, pretty much beyond that price range you are paying for fancy controls or styling. Every reputable company that builds classic style , or traditional style fans, will have a good quality fan in that price Is there a plain vanilla Casablanca fan for $200? Yes, and no. Here is a link to a site that sells traditional casablanca fans. The fans that are less expensive are not "true casablanca" fans, but imports that casablanca sticks their logo on. These are still pretty good fans, as even in the less expensive market, casablanca still has a reputation to uphold. The most traditional and probably the best selling fan they make, the Panama, seems to go on sale every summer for something in the $200 range. Of the hundreds of fans I've installed over the years, I've installed more Panamas than any other model of fan, and barring a rare defective unit, every single one of them runs balanced and silent. http://lightingbygregory.com/lightin...aditional.html |
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On Thu 25 Jun 2009 07:23:23p, RBM told us...
"woger151" wrote in message ... 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 couple of things to keep in mind. Casablanca is an excellent fan, extremely quiet and perfectly balanced, but pricey. They have had issues with some of the control systems like intellitouch, doing strange things for no apparent reasons. Some of their fans, and many Hunter brand fans, which are both made by the same company, are excessively heavy and cannot be mounted to a standard ceiling fan support box. These fans require wood bracing above the ceiling that a large lag bolt must be screwed into. In the event that you don't have access or the desire to do this, check the mounting requirements before purchasing. Hampton Bay is just a trademark of HD, the fans are made by a variety of companies, some are really well made and quite inexpensive, but it is kind of pot luck. Emerson and Minka-Aire are two other companies that make mid grade perfectly good fans as well, and like most of the Hampton bays fans, will typically mount to standard fan support boxes. Emerson fans feature 3 grades/types of motors in various styles, which reflect a wide price range as well. Their top grade motor has a lifetime full replacement warranty, requires absolutely no maintenance other than surface cleaning, and is perfectly silent in operation. Apart from the Hunter Original (which weighs in at ~50 pounds, I wouldn't buy any other fan than Emerson. I've owned 5 of them for many years, have moved them from house to house several times, and they still perform like they were new out of the box. -- Wayne Boatwright ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There's no pleasure worth foregoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. ~John Mortimer |
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Remote control is great in a bedroom. Yeah. Instead of controlling the fan at the entrance to the room, you get to tear the bedsheets apart, look under the bed and nighttables, behind the bed, and perhaps in several other rooms looking for the remote. Late response, but... I had two ceiling fans installed last year - one Hunter, one HD. (All I could really afford at the time, with the new house). These went into a bedroom and a den, ie spare bedroom in a 50's house that had no overhead lights. For the den, I just had the fan installed with a wall switch to control the power, and use the attached chains for the light and fan controls. For the bedroom, I got the remote control and also a wireless wall switch, that both controlled the receiver in the fan. This has worked well for me - I can control the fan and/or light from the door, and then use the remote to turn the light off. And better yet, if it gets too cool at night, I can turn the fan down without having to get up and stumble to the door or worse try to find the elusive chains in the dark. |
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On Jul 5, 9:34*pm, Lee B wrote:
Remote control is great in a bedroom. Yeah. *Instead of controlling the fan at the entrance to the room, you get to tear the bedsheets apart, look under the bed and nighttables, behind the bed, and perhaps in several other rooms looking for the remote. Late response, but... I had two ceiling fans installed last year - one Hunter, one HD. (All I could really afford at the time, with the new house). These went into a bedroom and a den, ie spare bedroom in a 50's house that had no overhead lights. For the den, I just had *the fan installed with a wall switch to control the power, and use the attached chains for the light and fan controls. For the bedroom, I got the remote control and also a wireless wall switch, that both controlled the receiver in the fan. This has worked well for me - I can control the fan and/or light from the door, and then use the remote to turn the light off. And better yet, if it gets too cool at night, I can turn the fan down without having to get up and stumble to the door or worse try to find the elusive chains in the dark. I've thought it would be a nice design if there was a wall unit that listened to a remote but a wall unit and a remote that both controlled a box near the fan is OK, too. Where did you get such a setup? |
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