Review of Hunter 25587 The Studio Series 52-Inch Five

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I bought two of these fans for my dining and living room areas. Easy to install, the hardest part was fitting the lighting fixture to the main body, as it's jam-packed with wires. Looks nice, fan is quiet. After about a month, however, I realized one of the bulbs in the living room unit had burned out. Figuring it was a dud bulb, I decided to replace them all with CFLs for long-term energy savings. However, after doing this, all the bulbs would flicker and flash. I discovered that unscrewing one bulb reduced the problem, but they still occasionally would flash. The dining room unit burned out two incandescent bulbs after being installed for less than 4 months.

The issue is that Hunter chose the cheap route to meet current federal energy consumption requirements for fans. Instead of packaging them with CFL bulbs, they installed a wattage regulator. This regulator acts like much like a dimmer switch, with which, as many of us know, normal CFLs are not compatible. I am 99% sure that these regulators are the cause of the incandescent bulbs burning out prematurely, either due to bad spec'ing or poor manufacturing, as the wiring to both fans is brand new. There is a way to bypass this problem, as I have done (look up "Hunter fan lights blink" or "Hunter fan part 98480-02"), but this would not be necessary if Hunter had chosen to include four 9-watt CFLs rather than four 40-watt incandescents with a wattage governor.

This would be a great product if they had thought ahead instead of trying to save a dollars, perhaps even cents.

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Love the fan. It is a good quality fan hence, Hunter. It's classic, not over-styled with decorative details. We wanted simple and elegant this fan is that. The New Bronze finish works well with our oil rubbed bronze finishes and the cherry/walnut option on the blades is perfect. We have knotty alder (stained dark) trim and we wanted blades that were dark w/out a red tone to them so this worked. Very pleased with the product.

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Before I bought this fan, I read through the reviews. The problem with the lights burning out, etc. was a top priority for me. I decided to remove the wattage regulator before I installed the fan. I also investigated the use of LED lights since they are compatible with some dimmer switches. I don't like the CFLs because they have mercury. If you break one, you have toxic powder all over the place. They are not for ceiling fans where any vibration could cause the tubes to shatter or leak. Mounting CFLs with the base above the tubes is also not recommended since it causes the base to overheat and the bulb will not last as long.

Basically, this is a very good product if installed properly and the precautions are followed (remove the government-mandated piece of junk in the base. Google "Hunter fan lights blink" and follow those instructions or get a qualified electrician to do it for you.

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We got 2 of these for our home to replace 2 older hunter fans (just for style, not because there was anything wrong with the other ones). They are beautiful and quiet, very satisfactory. Also, they arrived quickly.

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This is the first Hunter ceiling fan I have had. It is a nice looking fan and runs smooth and quiet. I needed help when fastening the motor assembly to the ceiling plate because of the weight but other than that the installation was very easy. I too was disappointed that the bulbs were not regular size and the filaments of 3 of the 4 bulbs that were sent with the fan were broken. I had to purchase replacements at a local store.

I have just purchased another one of these fans and I am awaiting shipment.