Customer Reviews

Hunter 22465 Brookline 52-Inch Ceiling Fan with Light and 5 Dark-Cherry/Medium-Oak Blades, New Bronze

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Fan was shipped well and arrived undamaged, even box was in great condition. Fan was easy to install and instructions were easy to read. Blades are reversible and fan runs extremely quiet. Fan doesn't take standard base bulbs, but those b10 candelabra base bulbs (not included). Two 60 bulbs are sufficient lighting for a medium sized room. Fan has three settings and a reverse switch for summer/winter. It can also be mounted close to the ceiling, or on angled ceilings depending on preference. I would recommend considering the price.

I bought 5 of these to use in a new home. I've always been happy with Hunter fans. They balance easily, are quiet, and have never failed me. The metal piece on the bottom of the glass has the holes in the wrong place causing the pull chain for the fan to bind. I contacted Hunter by email and sent photos - but never got a response. I corrected the problem by drilling new holes - but you shouldn't have to do that. If you put it on a wall switch and only use one of the 3 speeds then it won't be an issue - but I feel really let down getting such an obvious flaw from a fan that is not cheap.

Fan instructions did not mention a part that needed putting on until after steps that would have to be reversed to get it into the assembly. Fan is heavy and hard to work with, and directions suggest ancient system of a mounting in wood (are you kidding?)rather than more common fan support boxes. Took lots of effort to balance--what is up with that? Trial-and-error system of observation (which wobble is worse after weighting?--not measurable!) Finally, measuring from ceiling revealed the blades that were best candidates for weighting (installer's idea--not in directions, and wouldn't have worked on angled ceiling.) Next step would have been taking off light fixture and trying blades in different positions--oh, that's efficient! And this was installation with someone whose done dozens of these through the years. Also, wish I'd taken more note of the review mentioning light strobe effect--it's unpleasant.

These fans look really nice in our family room. My only complaint is when you have the light and the fan on it makes a strobe light effect on the ceiling and you can get a slight headache. We don't usually use the lights on them though so its okay.

Good product overall, and you don't need an engineering degree to assemble the ceiling fan, (I suppose it depends on who you ask) Quiet operation, and looks good. Heck it's a ceiling fan after all, what more do you want it to do? Your dishes?