Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I don't usually write long in depth reviews on things I buy, but I'm going to for this fan to hopefully help others. I spent hours reading over the specs of this and other fans. What sold me on this fan was its design, reasonable cost and efficiency and also the ability to control it with a remote. I wanted a smart feature initially, but decided the extra $100+ I would need to spend on another fan wasn't worth it. I read the Amazon reviews for this fan and the most common complaints seem to be its difficult installation, lack of power and dim light. I needed 4 fans, so I bought 1 to check it out and install before purchasing the other 3. I learned alot and hopefully this review will help others. If you have no knowledge about electricity and haven't ever installed a fixture you will have a more difficult time and might consider hiring an electrician. If you have some experience with fixtures, I'd budget about 1.5hrs. The first 1 took me this long, but the rest took about 45 min each. This included the replacement of the old fixture box for a new fan box. Here area my tips: 1) Purchase and install a fan rated electrical box if you aren't replacing an old fan. I did this cause I was replacing a light fixture with this fan. 2) Assemble everything except the mounting flange and light cap before climbing a ladder. 3) Screw in the mounting flange ground wire to the fan box before placing the downrod rod onto the flange. 4) Screw in th downrod ground into the ground of the mounting flange after sliding the remote receiver in place. The complaints that there isn't enough room for the receiver simply isn't true. I'll include a picture of how and where it goes, but other reviews have posted similar pictures. The complaints of the fan being underpowered is probably a result of the fan spinning in the wrong direction. The fan blades can be used as either black or brown by flipping them over. Depending on which color you prefer to use, YOU WILL NEED TO ADJUST THE ROTATION OF THE BLADES since the blades are installed at an angle to deflect air. If using brown, a counter clockwise rotation to push air down is appropriate. If choosing black, a clockwise rotation moves the air down. The blade direction is changed with a black switch located on the housing. This feature is helpful too as it allows you to spin the blades in the opposite direction to draw heat down during the winter. The led light can be dimmed by holding down the button with the light icon on the remote. I can see how people might think the light is too dim, if it came out of the box set on low and weren't aware of its dimability. In the end, I am very pleased with my purchase. I love the style, and it didn't break the bank when needing 4 at $120 each. The instructions aren't the best, but if your have some fixture installation experience, this isn't hard at all. I removed 1 star for having to explain all this to people because it's not explained in the instructions.