Hunter 22710 Cortland 54-Inch Five-Dark Cherry/Walnut Oak-Blades-Ceiling Fan, New Bronze

The fan is an overall nice purchase. I agree with the previous comments that it does not shed enough light but this is not a problem unless the light fixture is intended as the primary light source for a room. My only complaint relates to the light shades. They are advertised as being made of fabric. Unfortunately, the shades are merely a heavy paper product and this lack of quality detracts from the overall presence of the fan in the room.

Unlike the other reviewer, I did not find it particularly hard to install. I have installed 3 ceiling fans during the past 2 months, and 2 of them were Hunter ceiling fans. Other than the fact that this one is quite heavy being a 54-inch fan, there was nothing that gave me a hard time during the installation. If you have a traditional style living room or bedroom, this fan will look great. It takes candelabra-base bulbs, and with four 40W incandescent bulbs our living room seemed kinda gloomy. So we switched to 60W equivalent CFL bulbs. These were regular spiral CFLs with candelabra base. They fit inside the shades without much clearance, so it does not look like any CFL will work. Anyway, we are very satisfied with this purchase, and this fan has drawn a lot of compliments from our guests.

Although this fan looks great over our kitchen table and presented no serious challenges to our handyman installer, we're very disappointed that, even after installing four 60-watt light bulbs, the light fixture does not shed enough light for reading. We have a 12' ceiling and bought the 3' downrod, but that still didn't bring enough light to the table. Rather than uninstall the unit, we'll probably have to buy a different lighting kit, which is unfortunate since the main reason we bought the fan is that we liked the appearance of the cute little lampshades.