Hunter Dempsey, Indoor, Ceiling Fan, Modern, Quiet, 52 inch, Fresh White

I am so excited about the look of this fan! It is perfect and very low profile for our low ceiling nursery room. The fan we replaced did not have a remote, so that will take a bit of getting used to, but not having the pull chain hanging down helps my husband from walking into it all the time AND it looks so much more appealing. I did take someone else's advice about having the Hunter logo face AWAY from the door and I am so happy I did, its a little large and in silver with black, it stands out a lot. Ok so onto the install. This is fairly easy as long as you have a basic idea of how electrical wiring works. White to white, green to green, etc. PLEASE make sure you have the circuit breaker off so you don't electrocute yourself! It took my husband about 60-90 minutes to install the whole thing. The directions were simple and easy to follow. We tried to test that the fan was working once that portion was installed. Keep in mind, the lights were not hooked up yet, so it was NOT a complete circuit. We found out, the unit does NOT function unless the entire thing is put together. We spent a solid 20 minutes up and down the stairs and adjusting wires. So avoid the hassle and install the whole thing and hope for the best! If you need to take parts off, it really isn't that hard. My husband installed the fan blades without the washers and I was worried they would be extra noisy, but no issue. Once we got it all together, we discovered the remote was NOT paired like it was supposed to be. No big issue, the directions tell you exactly what to do, we followed them and it worked great. Lastly, I thought the lights were supposed to be dimmable, however. they are not. I saw some other reviews suggest how to make them dimmable, I will try those steps and update. Our fan is on a dimmable dial instead of a switch, so I'm wondering if that is part of the problem. Overall, this fan looks modern and updated. The install was fairly simple and was easily done with one person (I was very good at supervising). The various fan speeds are great, I can't imagine we would ever use the high function, it literally created WIND in the small room! The fan is quiet, even without washers to hold the blades in place and the light is bright but not annoyingly so. I would definitely recommend and I am planning on slowly replacing all the fans in our home with these!!

I've had this fan up for over six years (from 2017), and it's still really awesome. I had a Hampton Bay fan up before this one, but the pull chain mechanism stopped working after two years (par for the course for Home Depot brands). Before I settled on this Hunter fan, I looked at 43 other models: 2 Craftmade, 8 Emerson, 2 Hardware House, 18 other Hunter, 6 Litex, 2 Minka-Aire, 3 Monte Carlo, and 2 Westinghouse; as well as a bunch of Hampton Bay and Harbor Breeze (Lowe's brand) fans. I compared the fans' diameters, heights from the ceiling, airflow/cubic feet per minute, number of blades, Amazon ratings, price, and light type and remote (if applicable). Admittedly, this fan is only a 44"-diameter fan and pushes 3,157 CFM--far less air than its rivals (which pushed an average of 4,692 CFM with an average 49" diameter blades). The only slower fans were the Hunter Low Profile III (#23866), Low Profile III Plus (#53075), and Low Profile IV (#51059). The highest CFM were the Emerson Midway (#CF955WW) at 6,085 CFM, the Emerson Sea Breeze (#CF654WW) at 6,492 CFM, and the Minka-Aire Ultra Max (#F588-SP-WH) which puts out an insane 7,077 CFM (and gets nothing but five stars on Amazon but doesn't have a light kit). HOWEVER, that said, THIS FAN still moves plenty of air in my ~130 sq. ft. bedroom. And when I need a slight breeze, it delivers. Sometimes I wish it could be even lower. This fan sits 12.4 inches from the ceiling to the bottom of the light. The tops of the blades are about 7" from the ceiling at their base (5.5" under my medallion) and 8" at their periphery. This is average for the other models I looked at: a generally-even spread from 7" from the ceiling. The Hunter Low Profile III (#23866) and the Emerson Snugger (#CF804WW / CF805WW) were the lowest-profile, and the Hunter Astoria (#53059) and Beacon Hill (#53081) were highest-profile. This fan won out over the others mostly because it has an included light kit with *dimmable LEDs* (on a standard Edison base, not a candelabra base) and a nice three-speed REMOTE—I didn't want to worry about compatible light kits/remotes after the fact. It's just so convenient to have the speeds I want at the push of a button (not a pullstring!), and to be able to dim the lights with the remote. However, with the LED lights I've installed, there's a slight high-pitched whining noise when the lights aren't at full brightness. (It's the only way I know they're at full brightness.) The fan is perfectly balanced too. Installation was easy enough—even with a ceiling medallion. I had to carve the backside of the medallion to fit around the top canopy and sandwich it around the fan as it was being assembled and hung. This required bending the 90° metal resting hooks down a little with pliers--the elbows still angled at a 90° but pointing 45° down toward the floor then curving backup toward the ceiling to make a V). Then I slid the fan+medallion onto the top canopy horizontally and secured the screws while a second man held up the fan. OK, so this fan is great … BUT it gets a star off because: *The instructions don't tell you to secure the fan directly to a fan-rated electrical box. This fan has a metal plate with rubber feet that rest on the ceiling, and the instructions imply you can secure the plate to the ceiling and the canopy to the plate alone. But I know better, and Hunter really should have specified how to use a fan box and/or a brace for first-timers. *The balancing kit included also has poor directions. There's not really a need for a balancing kit with 99.9% of installations, I reckon, since the fan has those rubber feet to avoid jiggle. But the instructions don't explain that there is a balancing kit or what it does. They don't tell you that the balancing kit is for light wobble, not blade wobble. And they don't explain thoroughly the many places to try the clip in the balancing kit or that the weighted stickers go above the blade (not its underside). A couple more sentences would go a long way for first-time D-I-Yers. *Some of the holes for the fan blade screws were poorly drilled--too much paint or too dull a bit at the factory or something. I nearly rounded out some screws securing the fan blades. Luckily they included an extra screw, which helped; and I used another screw I had (same width and threading but longer) to widen the pilot hole first. But that could be disastrous for other customers. *The included LED bulbs are 800 lumens and 3,000K color temperate, which is a very blue light. The bulbs aren't very bright, and while the blueish light is great, it made other room in the house looks like a red-orange hell by comparison. Different bulbs fixed the problem, but I didn't want to have to hunt for bulbs to fix something I just bought. *The fan includes a notice that Polywell Manufacturing (Zhongshan Co.) made the ceiling blades with medium-density fiberboard (MDF), which complies to phase 2 of § 93120 ATCM Emissions. Researching what this means, I found info that MDF uses a type of formaldehyde that's a known carcinogen for nasopharyngeal cancers, and there was an Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) to reduce it. MDF is common, but not ideal. I'm not a ceiling fan manufacturer, so I don't know what else could be used. *The Safe Exit feature dims the lights gradually over 30 seconds and turns them off, which would be really cool when getting into bed or turning out the light when I'm done reading, etc. Except both bulbs flash their full brightness off and on three times first, which wakes me up when I'm trying to get to sleep. Why not just have the remote LED flash? The remote LED is pretty bright too, incidentally. I have two dot stickers over it. *The switch to reverse the fan's direction is under the glass cover. I like to have the fan blow air down onto me sometimes and suck air up to distribute it throughout the room better at other times. But I don't want to get a stool or chair and remove the glass several times a day for this. So I just leave it blowing downward.

Overall, we really like these fans, and my husband has installed 2 so far. The Good: - Super quiet!!! When in the master bedroom, we can hear the fan in our daughter's room louder than this fan in our room (and her fan is fairly new, just installed a year ago, but a different brand). This fan is even quiet on the highest setting! - If you use DIMMABLE LEDs in this, you can adjust the light brightness (in a somewhat unpredictable way). I love that you can dim if you want to. It's hard to control, but I didn't count that as a negative because this isn't supposed to be dimmable. (You can do it by pushing and holding the light power button. It seems to cycle from bright to dim, then suddenly jumps to full brightness. I don't like the way it dims, but again, it's not technically a feature so I'm just glad it modulates the brightness at all. I'm hoping a different remote exists that would allow for smooth dimming and brightening.) - Looks nice (much more modern looking than the older lamp-like ones that came in the house and shine the light right in your eyes). The dome disperses the light evenly throughout the room. - It has a remote, so no annoying strings to pull The Bad - When you press the buttons on the remote, a BLINDING, bright blue light lights up on the remote! Even if I cover the light with my hand, the light still shines right through the thin exterior of the remote and lights up the whole room at night! I'd thought about covering the light, but given that the remote is thin, white plastic and the entire thing glows blue, I'll need to find a way to make the whole remote opaque. - The many small parts (ie, screws and bolts) were not labelled clearly enough and were easy to confuse with each other, per my husband. - The remote feels too light, like it would break easily (although our sons have had one for a few months and theirs has held up well so far) - It only has a remote, no chains for back-up even, so don't lose that remote! All in all, we're very happy with these 2 and will buy this product again (rather than the brand we put in our daughter's room [Hunter, I think]) when we're ready to put in the next one.

Bought to replace a larger ceiling fan without remote in a 10x12 bedroom with 8 foot ceilings. The fan is contemporary and blends nicely into the white ceiling. On high the fan does a nice job of moving air. However, at the sides of the room I do not feel much airflow. Since this is over a bed the fan is perfect. If your room is larger you might want to choose a model with longer fan blades. The remote is nicely designed and includes a holder that fits over the current wall switch plate and still allows access to the existing wall switch. Dimmer function on light cycles between bright to dim, I would rather have a toggle (Lo -High) switch. There are three separate speed buttons 1 - 2 - 3 and 0 for Off Installation was about an hour. You need to have an existing ceiling box specified for a ceiling fan. The fan does not include the bolts to attach the fan mounting plate to the ceiling box (these are usually supplied with a ceiling fan mounting electrical box). The directions are complete but confusing. They include numbered steps with clear diagrams. However within each numbered steps are sub steps with text in rectangles which are not lettered such as 1A 1B 1C. Thus it is easy to miss a sub step that you must follow from left to right within the numbered section. If you have solid electrical power wires, such as Romex, you will want to strip additional insulation off of the fan wires which are copper stranded, before connecting or placing on the ceiling mount. Be careful one on the wires is an antenna for the remote. Installation requires that you also have to connect the remote receiver into the cap. Study the wiring instructions in advance. You hook the fan onto the ceiling plate to connect wires then raise fan to ceiling plate and attach screws. Each fan blade is attached with 3 separate screws. This was not easy. The fan blade has to be held against the attachment area within the fan base, that is black and angled. In order to line up the screws I had a friend shine a flashlight into the base of the fan so the light reflected through the screw holes from above. This made lining up the holes easier but the screws are flat head machine screws so you have to line everything up correctly. The fan is quiet on high and no fan blade noise. However, there is a faint motor hum. The motor is very quiet but I did notice the sound but very faint. I have another ceiling fan with a DC motor and it's silent. Overall, very happy with the fan. Hunter emblem is attached to side of fan housing. Did not see a way to remove it, but you can install fan ceiling mount base plate so emblem faces the direction you wish.

Based on some of the reviews, I was a little skeptical about buying this fan especially because it's a little pricier than the others, but I liked the style. I wanted a fan with light(s) but didn't want one with the foofy flowery-shaped light globes. This one is modern, has a low-profile design and looks great in my living room, and best of all, the fan works well with good airflow and is very quiet. The only thing I had a small issue with is that the fan remote did not come with a holster to put on the wall. Had to order one from Amazon but other than that, I have no regrets. The fan is perfect for my needs.

While I initially gave this a decent review, I am becoming increasingly frustrated with it, and wish I had gone with a different fan. One of the biggest annoyances is an electrical hum that gets louder with each setting. This is not just the sound of wind whooshing, you hear it the moment the fan powers up before the blades even gain speed. In a bedroom location, it's becoming maddening and I'm debating whether to even keep the fan. You'd think that with such a hum, the fan would at least be powerful, but the highest setting is comparable to the middle setting on most fans, and the low setting is completely worthless. I like a good strong airflow in the summer, but this fan is WEAK. They probably capped the speed because if it spun any faster, the hum would become intolerable. It also came with the wrong instruction book, which took me a long time to figure out. I just thought I was too stupid to follow directions until I realized the wrong book was included. There were a couple minor scuffs, one on the metal and one on the frosted light cover. Neither is particularly noticeable unless you're looking for it. I don't like that the Hunter logo has to be on there.. I didn't buy this to advertise for your company. If you made a decent product, I would gladly rave about it and recommend it to my friends. I pulled it off for a cleaner look, but it left 3 little holes in the metal that glowed brightly when the light was on. I covered those from the inside with duct tape so that light wouldn't shine out through them. The remote feels very flimsy, which is disappointing because this is the primary way to interact with the fan aside from the wall switch. The lights only have one button on the remote that you have to hold down for quite a long time to dim them, and the moment it reaches the dimmest setting you just have to know and let go right away or it immediately starts to get brighter again without pause. What's also inexplicable is that if you turn the lights off with the remote, you MUST use the remote to turn them back on!! You can't just flip the wall switch off and back on to reset the lights like with most products. This often leaves me groping around in the dark, digging through my bed sheets looking for the remote. I like how the fan looks, and the rugged design without a downrod. It's very stable. That's about all I can say positively about this fan. I'm mad at myself for not keeping the necessary materials to return this product, and I'm mad at Hunter for using what I thought was a respected name to sell this kind of junk.

This fan runs very quietly via the remote. The original light bulbs were somewhat dim, but the website said I could replace them with a larger wattage and the new light is very nice.

TL;DR version This is one of the best looking and operating fan on the market. I thought mine had failed but turned out I just needed to re-sync the remote to the receiver. FULL version I bought 2 of these 6 months ago. They are beautiful, modern, sleek and very very quite. They look very nice. The instructions and parts included are ample enough to follow and install the fan. There are no manual controls so you are solely dependent on a remote control and the remote receiver working. Which makes choosing this fan on the risky side of things if you are not someone who is ok with replacing parts down the road. The only risk is this fan has no option for a manual switch, you are 100% dependent on this remote / receiver combo working. Fast forward 5 months. One of my 2 ceiling fans completely stopped working a month ago. Which means I cannot turn on the light or fan. I imagine I just have to buy a remote control receiver combo(if they are available, probably just 20 bucks) then take the 30 minutes, get up there, undo the wiring, replace the bad remote receiver with the good one and rewire it. But that is not what I wanted to do 5 months after buying the unit. I reached out to Amazon about the ceiling fan that no longer works, they said it only had a 30 day warranty and to contact the reseller "SMARTHOUSE". I emailed Smarthouse and a day later they responded i should talk to the manufacturer. So that is what i will do. I called Hunter customer service and they were super helpful. They sent me out a replacement remote / receiver combo and told me how to sync up the remote. I went and on a whim re-synced the remote and it started working so I didn't even need the additional parts they sent. Sorry bout the 2 sideways pics if indeed they come out that way, seems they don't like pics shot in portrait mode. Hope this helps rule this fan in or out for you.

This is a 120V fan! The description does not mention this until you read the fine print. THIS IS DANGEROUS if fitted to a 220V supply... Do not buy for UK fitting without a transformer. Very unhappy with this product description.

A nice looking ceiling fan, very quiet. The blades have two different finishes, so should work in most rooms. The remote works well, and is easy to use. Would buy again if I needed another ceiling fan

Estoy contenta con este ventilador. Voy a comprar un segundo. Pero no recibir un suporte por el remoto control. Hay? Necisito dos.

Supero mis expectativas de funcionamiento y calidad del producto. Mantiene fresca la habitación

Todo muy bien con el ventilador en los primeros días, silencioso y buena velocidad. El problema inicio en unos días después cuando comebzo a hacer un ruido muy molesto estando encendido. Hable directamente a Hunter y me comentaron que tal vez era que las aspas no estaban bien apretadas, degraciadamente el ruido continuaba aún sin ellas. Finalmente obtuve de respuesta que se debía a un error de fabrica y que me cambiaban el producto por uno nuevo. Al ser producto importado y a la insertidumbre de que tal vez quedaba fuera de la garantía decidí optar por la devolución de Amazon. En general me parecío muy buen producto y en verdad fue una lastima para mi por lo de la falla, pues en verdad el ventilador cumplía con mis necesidades. No esta demas mencionar que, obviamente, se dío por perdido el costo de la instalación y el retiro del ventilador