Hunter 21617 Palermo 52-Inch Energy Star Brushed-Nickel Ceiling Fan with 5 Maple/Cherry Blades
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Hunter 21617 Palermo 52-Inch Energy Star Brushed-Nickel Ceiling Fan with 5 Maple/Cherry Blades
Customer Review: Very nice fan
Summary: 5 Stars
I have an older two story home built in 1967 and the upstairs ceilings are just under 8 feet high. There aren't many modern looking fans that work on a lower ceiling. The huggers that I've found all have the same look of the brass fluted case with the flower shaped lights. Was looking for something modern and a bit more masculine and this was the one.
TIP: Make sure you use a standard light switch with it instead of a dimmer switch. First time I put it up it hummed like crazy, I was really bummed. Then I did some searching and found on the hunter site they say not to use a dimmer switch, that will cause the humming.
Also the light is either on or off and it's a florescent light. I did find the GE Kitchen and Bath natural light which looks good, just takes getting used to. Doesn't quite give you that warm glow like the standard incandescent light bulb.
Customer Review: Great fan but change the wireless frequency during install.
Summary: 5 Stars
We had our electrician install two of these fans: one in my office and one in the master bedroom. The fan locations are on opposite ends of our house. As expected they work great. However, much to my surprise, each handheld remote unit controlled both fans. Turning one fan on resulted in both going on. A quick call to Hunter customer service confirmed my suspicion: all fans are shipped on the exact same frequency from the factory. "Just change the frequency on one fan" the support person said. The problem is changing frequencies requires removing the fan from its ceiling mount. Luckily our electrician had some free time the next day to do the change. Problem fixed. Well sort of. My neighbor has the exact some fan. Occasionally, when he turns on his fan our fan goes on. Guess our electrician needs to make one more stop at our house!Customer Review: Remote works 98% of the time.
Summary: 1 Stars
I have two of these fans. One was installed hardwired with no wall switch to over-ride the controls. Unfortunately, as others have written, the remote does not always work. This has made turning the fan OFF very difficult. It once took me almost an hour to turn the fan off (pressing the off button once every 5 minutes). Both of my fans have experienced this problem. It's completely random. I went a solid 4 months with no issues. Then, when we had guests come over, I could not get the fan or light to turn on! The wife wont ever turn the fan or light on for fear of not being able to turn it off at the end of the day.
I have shut down all computers and televisions in the house and still was unable to get the remote to work. The complete randomness has made trouble shooting VERY difficult.
Customer Review: Absolute Horror To Install
Summary: 2 Stars
These fans, while cool looking, are an absolute horror to install. If you buy them, be prepared to exercise your patience to the max. They provide too many screws which are similarly sized with no clear direction as to their use. Even when you do figure out which ones to use where, they don't go in correctly (especially in the ring around the light)! The fan has to be one of the poorest I have installed from an engineering perspective. Once they are installed, they perform decently - they are quiet. However, had I known what a pain it was to do the installation, I would have purchased another brand altogether. For the price paid for these fans, I would say they are not worth it. Don't say I didn't warn you.Customer Review: Good till it breaks
Summary: 2 Stars
I've had mine for 2 years when the receiver stopped working. I've had this happen with other fans so it was not a big deal, but here is the problem: Spare parts can only be found from hunter for this model, not homedepot or lowes.
After a month of struiggling with the fan, getting spare parts and replacement parts from hunter and spending more than it would cost me to get a new fan, the damn thing still does not work. The fan works fine, but the light does not.
At this point, I am taking it to the back yard for a good beating and replacing it with a new fan.