Still not production ready
I purchased one of these fairly expensive ceiling fans for our large family room. I've had it for a few months now.
Pros:
1. Looks sleek, especially with the tapered blades
2. Has 6 speeds for the fans, more than most other fans
3. Fan is very quite - at higher speeds you get wind noise, but no audible motor noise
4. Remembers the last setting even after power outage
5. Moves lots of air at high settings
6. Energy efficient
Cons:
1. The fan buzzes loudly all the time whenever light is turned on
- As long as the light setting is "on" (regardless of whether bulbs are installed or not) the unit buzzes loudly
2. Lighting is mediocre
- Does not provide good ambient lighting - there is glare directly underneath the fan, but other areas of the room stay somewhat dark
- Uses uncommon GU-24 socket CFL's
3. No flush-mount option for standard height ceilings - instead they have a problematic...
Lots of airflow and energy efficient
This fan is very energy efficient and moves lots and lots of air. On High it only takes 24 watts and less than 5 watts on low. It is built with a newly designed DC motor using permanent magnets to accomplish this level of efficiency and it has 6 speeds.
It is easy for one person to install as it allows you to hang the fan and THEN wire it in. You don't have to have another person hold the fan while you wire it in like some fans do. The instructions were mostly easy to understand but a tad confusing as to which side of the blades were supposed to face the ceiling. It has a tag on each blade "This side up", but you install the blades when the fan motor is upside down sitting on the floor. I installed them wrong after I realized that it circulated air upward amazingly well, but didn't blow down. I removed the blades reversed them and all was fine. It would have been clearer if the tag on each blade had said "This side towards Ceiling" as that would have removed any doubt as...
Sleek and efficient
I bought this fan because I'm an efficiency freak, but I really like the contemporary styling, too. It's a welcome change from all those Casablanca-style fans out there. It really moves a lot of air - it has 6 speeds, but I can't imagine using anything above '3' unless your ceiling is at least 10' high. It is perfectly balanced, with no wobble on any of the speeds. Others have complained about noise from the lights, but mine is completely silent. Mine also came with a wall mount for the remote control, which others have complained about not having. Perhaps Emerson is listening to customer feedback.
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