Portage Bay 50251 Hugger 52" Matte Black West Hill Ceiling Fan with Bowl Light Kit

Edit 5/27/2022: The second fan I installed was defective. We spent a couple of hours trying to get it balanced and we could not get it balanced no matter what we tried. Also, the second fan did not spin as fast as the first fan I installed. So, I returned it. I just installed the second fan and it worked flawlessly. It was balanced AND it was as powerful as the first. So... If you get one of these fans that you cannot get balanced, or if the performance is poor. just return it for a replacement like I did. I am TOTALLY satisified with both of these fans. Initial review: I really am impressed with these ceiling fans. I bought two and just finished installing the first one. These are being installed in my garage. I wanted a low profile fans with lights. These fans really do measure just over 11" from the ceiling, including the light fixture. Very low profile. Here is what I like: 1) The fan doesn't wobble. Not at all. (it does come with a balancing kit that I did not need) 2) The fan is quiet. 3) The fan moves quite a bit of air. 4) It looks great. I have the black side down on the blades, but the dark brown looks good too. 5) The low profile, even with the light fixture. 6) Good quality. The fit and finish are excellent. 7) Very good instructions. 8) Easy installation. What isn't great: 1) The light doesn't put out much light at all with the included bulb. That is fine with me, as I have additional shop lights. However, if you needed this to be a primary light source, you might not be happy with it. The way the fixture is made, even with a brighter bulb, there is always going to be a dark area on one side of the shade because of the way the bulb is mounted sideways in the fixture. That being said, it suits my needs. I am going to purchase some higher wattage A15 LED bulbs and give them a try. The bulb that comes with this fan says it is a 60 watt equivalent. There is NO WAY that this is equivalent to a 60 watt bulb. Not a big deal, just want you to know. I am VERY satisfied with this purchase. The price is great too! My garage gets very hot in the summer. I use box fans to try to cool it off in the evenings. Even with the main garage door and the side door open and using 4 to 5 box fans, I can never really cool if down. I think that I won't have a problem now. This fan moves a lot of air, and I am installing two of them. I should be fine this summer. I replaced two ceiling lamps with these fans. I purchased two "Hubbell Raco 936 4 in. Round Retro-Brace Ceiling Fan-Rated Support" kits, as the original electrical boxes are definitely not strong enough for a ceiling fan. These fan kits worked great with these fans. Finally, I am really impressed with how light weight these fans are. They are very strong, but the fan blades and accessories are very light weight. I have other ceiling fans that I installed myself that weigh twice as much and feel half as sturdy, if that makes any sense. Bottom line: the next time I need a ceiling fan, I am going to purchase this same fan again. Hope this helps.

I just wanted a basic ceiling fan to replace my old $150 Hunter which was noisy and had developed balance issues because humidity had swollen the edges of the pressed-wood blades. This fan is so much better!! It is beautiful and all components seem to be of excellent quality. The blades are made of solid wood, it is well balanced , runs super smoothly and it's so quiet I almost cannot tell that it"s on. The switches work well and my daughter says the light is bright enough for studying and she likes the fact that the dome diffuses the light to perfectly fill the room while adding some yellow warmth to the LED bulb. Assembly difficulty was about average and it definitely helped to have an extra set of hands to help hold components in place during attachment. One tip (important and not in the instructions): Prior to attaching the light assembly to the motor/blade assembly make sure to align the pull-chain pass-through holes in the light assembly with where the pull-chains exit the motor assembly. It only aligns one way and if not correct the pull-chains will encounter too much resistance to operate effectively. Overall I'm very impressed with the quality and quietness of this fan - especially when compared to my previous much more expensive Hunter - and I would definitely recommend this one to a friend.

I wanted a fan that wouldn't take up too much vertical space since I'm only working with 8 feet floor to ceiling. This hugs nicely and it's a simple yet interesting design overall. I opted to put the light dome in but you can opt to cap the cove just under the motor and save 4-5 inches. The included LED is fine for general purposes but I'd like to put in bulb with a softer shade of white, closer to amber. I bought this like new in the original box for $50, which was nearly half off the list price at the time I bought it. My main area is small, ~150 sq ft, and it is nice and cool in here. I can open two doors to make the space closer to 400 sq ft but have yet to try that. I can't think of anything to nitpick about other than you need to be somewhat handy to install a ceiling fan. This was my first installation. I don't know if other fans are breezier to assemble. This one needed to be assembled in a particular order so the components would fit, and if you are bad at reading instructions like me, you might find yourself installing the blade holders too early. The hugger design being compact might lend itself more to "nested" components that can only be installed sequentially. The motor cover can't go on before the motor obviously but you get what I mean. Whatever, read the instructions and have a great time :) I measured the fan noise with a decibel meter called Sound Meter for Android from directly underneath, which my bed is not, and got roughly +15 decibels (db) with the fan on high. Back in bed, 10 feet back from the fan, it doesn't register any increase on the meter but you can hear soothing grey tones. If you live in a noisy area, you may not hear it at all. I live in a basement in the boondocks and it's "quiet park" quiet, 41 db. Final note, I installed the mounting bracket on an existing outlet box that had only been holding a light fixture. There is some wobble on high but it's only noticeable in the pull-chains that hang below the light dome on the fan. Pro tip there: the knobs on the chains can be removed from their supplemental chain and attached to the existing length coming out of the wiring cove to save 6 inches of unnecessary dangle.

Me ha gustado mucho el ventilador cumple con todas las especificaciones, bonito, silencioso y mantiene una ventilación muy buena. Además que está a un buen precio sin duda alguna compraré más para la casa.

Despues de 2 horas montandolo, estaba muy malo, echaba humo, y un olor de quemado. Incluso parece muy antiguo. Tuvé que pagar para la instalación hecho por un electricista, y despues fui a otra tienda a comprar un modelo que si funciona.

Silencioso y no tan complicado de instalar. En mi caso requirió de 3 a 4 hrs. para instalar cada ventilador, una escalera y seguir las indicaciones del manual al pie de la letra. Tengan cuidado al instalarlo de escoger la posición que prefieren para el cable del foco de luz y el otro cable correspondiente al cambio de velocidades (3-2-1). El foco en 1 de 4 ventiladores que compré me duro 2 meses. En general, es ahorrativo comparado con el uso de minisplits, ya que gasta alrededor de 65 watts/hr, comparado con 1,118 watts/hr de los minisplits de aire acondicionado que tengo. ¡Hace una diferencia importante en el recibo de energía eléctrica (CFE en México)! ¡Suerte!

Este ventilador de techo es bastante bueno, les comparto mi experiencia: pedí el de color negro, aunque las aspas más bien parecen cafés sumamente oscuro, pero negro no es, de cualquier forma luce muy bien. Tiene 3 velocidades, en la más alta hace un ligero ruido, una mezcla entre el movimiento del aire y el sonido del motor, en las otras dos velocidades más bajas no hace ruido que yo pueda percibir. La instalación ha sido muy sencilla para mi aunque no soy electricista, cuenta con un manual de instalación, lo más difícil ha sido que como se instala en el techo la sangre se me bajaba de los brazos de ves en cuando, un pequeño descanso eventual y en un par de horas ya estaba instalado. Incluía un foco pequeño de luz cálida, lo probé, no me gustó y lo cambié por un foco de tamaño medio de luz fría, no le caben focos más grandes a los de tamaño medio, sin embargo parece que es toda la iluminación que necesito, al cambiarle el foco la luz dejó de estar centrada y ahora está como de lado, porque el foco se coloca de manera horizontal y el nuevo foco es más alto, iluminando más un lado de la habitación que el otro, sin embargo esto no me llega a molestar (Se usa muy bien para espacios que no requieren de mucha iluminación o que cuentan con iluminación alternativa). Solamente me gustaría que tuviera un poco más de velocidad el ventilador, aunque realmente no lo necesito porque casi siempre lo tengo en la velocidad mínima, aun así me gusta tener más de lo que necesito por si acaso, por eso le doy 4 de 5 estrellas. Cuando lo pedí tenía el pendiente de que no cupiera en mi pequeña habitación de 2.7 x 2.7 m, pero al instalarlo descubrí que tiene un tamaño ideal. No es Perfecto pero cumple su función, calidad precio bastante buena, personalmente me encuentro satisfecho con la compra, y si, lo volvería a comprara. Para usarlo tiene dos cadenas, con una se enciende y apaga la luz y con la otra al accionarla una vez se enciende en la velocidad máxima, al accionarla por segunda vez cambia a la velocidad media, al accionarla por tercera vez cambia a la velocidad mínima, y al accionarla por cuarta vez el ventilador deja de girar lentamente. Todo bien si sigues el manual de instrucciones.

El producto cumple con las especificaciones y es de gran calidad! Pero Donde puedo conseguir un repuesto de la lámpara o plafón??? Porque mi niña la rompio