Hunter Fan 52-Inch Five Minute Ceiling Fan

First time installing my own ceiling fan, so I had hoped that a product called 5-minute fan would be an easy first attempt. I bought two fans for two different rooms with angled ceilings. It took me 1 hour for the first fan, and 20 minutes for the 2nd fan. I was very happy with the product in regards to cost, ease of installation, and well written instructions. I had chosen the brand hunter as a recommendation from a friend that used to own a ceiling fan store. When I told him I got the 5-minute brand, he gave me a big thumbs up on my decision. the blades are dual sided with a dark brown and light brown side which I thought was a nice touch. Very elegant design, and I am very happy with the results. Only negative thing I have is that in each of the box one of the bulbs were broken. The manufacture does offer to send a free one, but I just found it easier to go to the store and pick a couple up.

The fan arrived undamaged and in good shape. I took down the old fan, and then allotted about an hour to hang the new one. Let's just say that an hour wasn't enough. I finally called in a friend to help, and two hours later we had it all done. (Life would have been easier if the house builder had installed a junction box!) This is not a five-minute job, at least not for me.

On the other hand, the fan works beautifully. It moves lots of air (even my friend noticed that right away), it looks great, and the motor is very quiet. We use it with a wall-mounted speed control, and it works just fine (be sure to set the fan to the highest setting first).

I gave this a 5 star because; its pretty, its quiet (slightest motor hum), provides sufficient air flow compared to a 44" model, it could have been installed easily (definitely read below), and they even included the bulbs. I envision 2 types of buyers. If you are electrically and mechanically adept, this will be straight forward to install (It took me 1.5 hrs to hang this unit, another 2 hrs previous to build the supports and wire the box.). If you are like the average person, and lacking in either home improvement skills, this can be self installable, but definitely read below.
Next shame on the Hunter Fan Co. for outsourcing and getting exactly what they deserve; sloppy quality that rendered this fan unusable if I did not have better than average skills as above. Did Hunter's V.P. get a bonus for this disservice to their customers?

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