Nice and bright; great for "older" homes
I desperately needed a new fan for my the nursery. We moved into a 40-year old house with the cheapest ceiling fans known to man. Since we don't have air conditioning, we really need our fans to work in the summer. The old fan finally broke and I went online to find something that was neutral but also bright. One thing I know I didn't want was a globe light because the chains pulls clang against the glass, especially if the fan gets off-balance even a little. The other thing I had to consider was how the fan mounted to the ceiling. Since our house was built more than 20 years ago, we don't have 9 foot ceilings--they are 8 feet. Most ceiling fans I found looked great but would hang far too low for us. And ceiling hugger fans are usually just that--fans only, and if they do have a light, it's a globe light.
Then I found this one. First, I like the fact that it has three lights to light up the whole room and not one globe "spotlight". Second, you can install the fan...
Efficient, economic ceiling fan
This is our third Hunter Fan replacing our old ceiling fans which were bought years ago. Our first two Hunter fans fit standard energy efficient bulbs but that style of ceiling fan wouldn't work in our third room. Now that energy efficient candelabra bulbs are available, we were ready for this style of fan. The Hunter quality is high and the fan installed easily (took about one hour not including removing the old fan). It really moves the air which will help our stuffy apartment a lot during the summer. This is a great value worth the extra money over the no-name ceiling fans you might find in a chain store.
Two for Three
Ordered two of these fans for my sun room to replace the existing recessed can lights. I used can converters which worked out very well but on hanging the ceiling fans I discovered that the motor unit on one fan was faulty (harsh contact between the motor and housing). Hunter promptly sent a replacement fan and all was well. Once installed I noticed that both fans were making a slight humming noise at low speed (which is not present on another Beacon Hill fan I have in the house) and with both fans in the same room this was more noticeable than if they had been in separate rooms. As a consequence I ran the fans at higher speed as the hum was less obvious. Update: I discovered that the humming noises were associated with a rheostat two-way switch that was used for the original recessed lights and replacing the switch with a standard two-way switch has resolved the issue. The fans continue to perform very well and are nice looking and well-constructed.
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