Customer Reviews

Westinghouse Mimosa One-Light 52-Inch Five-Blade Ceiling Fan, Brushed Nickel with Frosted Globe, Remote Included #78690-01

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I don't understand why this fan is more than $100 more than Westinghouse Winchester Four-Light 52-Inch Five-Blade Ceiling Fan, Brushed Nickel with Frosted White Alabaster Globes #72056. The Mimosa offers the typical hold your arms above your head for an hour and fool with wires, downrods, light fixtures, screws and fan blades. When I was done, I got a fan with a quiet but distinct electrical hum. The Winchester was at least three times as easy to install (less fooling with wires, no fooling with lighting and snapping instead of bolting the blades in) and does not have an electrical hum. The Mimosa is a pretty fan, but I have no idea why it is more expensive than the Winchester.

Amazon recently ran this fan at $99.99, with super saver shipping. This, to me, was a screaming deal, and I just had two of them professionally installed. My husband assembled the fan blades, took a look at the instructions, and mimicked Clint Eastwood (a man's got to know his limitations). Do yourself a favor, and have them put in by a handyman. Ours installs fans all the time, and it took him just under two hours to take down the two old ones and put up the new ones, including setting up the remotes. They are perfectly quiet and quite beautiful. If you can get them at the bargain price, you will not be disappointed. August 31, 2007 update: Amazon is again running this fan for $99.99, and my husband realized we should have bought the third fan we needed after all. Again, if you have these professionally installed, you are going to be pleased. Regarding the remote, I have found it to be very responsive.

November 25, 2007 update: I am astounded at the price drop to $64.80 for this item, especially since I purchased 3 of them at $99 each. You cannot believe how good a deal this is for this fan.

September 12, 2011 update: Just wanted to say that these fans are used continuously all summer here in California, and I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever with any of them since they were purchased.

I purchased this fan to replace our old, gold one. I needed a slower speed so that my eyes would not dry out. This fan has three speed settings which are wonderful. It is less lighting than the old one but we also have a vaulted ceiling so it is higher than the average ceiling. It is beautiful and quiet. Overall a very attractive and functional unit. I'm very happy with the quality of the unit. Also, the paddles can be turned over for a lovely light side. That's the side we used as the side shown in the picture is too dark for our living room.

the remote control on this fan isn't as responsive compared to other remote control fans.

I bought this fan for my computer room. it is quiet
and gives off plenty of light. it is great for
the money ($59) and easy to install. the one thing
they could have done was to add a hook so that
you could hang it from the ceiling box while
hooking up the wires. (Hunter fans have this feature.)
without it you need two people to hook it up,
one to hold the fan and one connect the wires.
we did not hook up the remote. otherwise
a great fan for the money.

For what I paid I consider this to be a great buy especially with the remote unit which I ended up not using! I decided to keep mine wired to the switches. If you don't have a fan wall switch then the remote unit is perfect for you. That alone sells at some place more than $40.
Installation was easy. Of course considering you already have a ceiling box for it.
The only bad thing about this is the lighting which is too weak. It takes three tiny bulbs more suitable for a nightlight.

The ceiling fan was easy to assemble and install. It looks amazing and I love the fact that it comes with a remote!!!

I got this product for and installed without any problem. I am not a handyman it took for the first one approximately one hour rest finished in half hour each.. there is some problem with remote it is not quite responsive.

I dont understand why earlier reviews were complaining about time it takes to assemble this fan , and how complicated it is. Believe me its a breeze , just read the manual. I mean it could not be more straightforward than this.

It runs quitely and remote functions nicely.

I dont see any issues either installing or using this product.

I dont know how it took someone's handyman 2 hours to install this fan. It was easy to install by myself, a 22 y/o man. I got a good deal on it from amazon at $60, but otherwise wouldn't buy a fan personally. It looks great, runs quiet, I recommend it but I'm sure there's better deals for the money once this thing jumps back to it's original price.