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 Excellent fan-right price September 24, 2008
The fan I ordered was shipped promptly and received in perfect shape. It took a little while to assemble some of the parts, but it wasn't too elaborate a job. I am thinking about purchasing a couple more next year for other bedrooms in my home. Great buy!
 Fan didn't work September 15, 2008
Unfortunately this item did not work. We had a professional person check it out and he couldn't get it to work either.
 Sound of summer August 27, 2008
What a great purchase! My daughter's room is the hottest space in the house, and her old fan died a nasty death at summer's start. After scanning the Amazon reviews, this Hunter fan seemed the obvious call --and it was a good one! I'll agree somewhat with another reviewer's commentary on assembly: it's not a quick, snap together job. However, with a bit of patience and ingenuity (and de-coding the instructions, to some extent), it really is NOT an onerous job. Just a quick tip: the worst part is the last, where you "snap" the metal clip over the grill to fasten its two halves together. It doesn't exactly slip into place, and I found that using the flat edge of a screwdriver to "persuade" that clip to go where it belongs does the trick beautifully. As mentioned elsewhere, the fan is quite efficient at the lowest speed, makes a pleasant sound --and my daughter's room became completely welcoming and comfortable, day and night.
Original and replacement broken, returning both. August 2, 2008
We thought this fan would be perfect for us. It's sturdy and looks great. But after only 2 weeks, it just stopped working and refused to turn back on. Amazon sent us a replacement, but when we opened the box we found the 2 metal parts that surround the motor were bent and wouldn't fit together. So both fans are going back for a refund. Very disappointed with this purchase - Hunter seem to have some quality issues to work out.
 Not So Quiet July 24, 2008
I have to say I'm a bit disappointed in this fan. It's made to last a lifetime, but despite its cost it is quite loud for the amount of air it moves. True, it's almost silent on its lowest speed setting, but it moves almost no air. On medium, it blows about as hard as my cheap plastic fans do on low, but it's much louder. On high, it fairly howls. I think you'd have trouble carrying on a conversation in the same room. Someone said the only noise it makes is air movement, and what can you do about that, but I disagree. The wind doesn't make a loud buzzing noise when it blows through my window, no matter how hard.
The advantage this has over cheap plastic fans (other than weight and durability); the metal blades don't flex. With my plastic fans, the noise level (and amount of air moved) seems to fluctuate. They start out moderately noisy with a nice stream of air, then 90 seconds later the air stream dies down and the fan gets extra loud, then back to moderate and windy, over and over again. The change in noise makes it impossible to use plastic fans on anything but low while I'm sleeping. The Hunter fan is a lot louder, but at least the noise level is constant, and I can sleep with it.
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