Review on 🌀 Fanimation Beckwith Indoor Ceiling Fan with Shade Light Kit, 12 inch, Oil Rubbed Bronze - FP7964BOB by Adam Bonde

Better than the picture. Here are some notes on installation and operation. Installation took an hour. A pro can do it in 20 minutes. The hanging bracket is too big and needs to be replaced to replace most of the existing brackets which was easy. The instructions say to use washers for this, but there weren't any. Remove the two screws on the bottom of the bracket and set them aside before installing the fan. Place the remote control receiver fully into the pendant mount, being careful not to pinch the antenna and cables. While holding the receiver, carefully route all wires, including the three green or bare ground wires and two (or three) AC wires, from the bracket. With three AC wires coming down from the ceiling (plus ground). , you can connect the light to an existing wall switch (connect the blue wire to the red wire, leave the black wire from the remote to the device unplugged) -OR- use the remote for the lights (leave the red wire not connected), but not both. I have confirmed this with Fanimation Technical Support. If you're using an existing wall switch, you don't have a dimmer if that switch isn't a dimmer. If you use a remote instead, you might end up with a dead wall switch, but you can mount the remote above that wall switch, which is pretty clunky but functional. Some reviewers report that the light is dim. It has four 43-watt bulbs, but they shine horizontally at ceiling level, not down. Also, the remote control has a dimmer, so make sure the dimmer is set to maximum. The light level is normal for a bedroom, although you can't read a book in front of it. Different light sources are needed in every different room. I believe the airflow is proportional to the square of the length of the blades, so these relatively small blades mean the engine will run faster than with long blades. The noise seems to me to be proportional to the square of blade speed. Thus, at any given speed, this fan moves less air than a fan with long blades and generates more noise than a fan rotating slower for a given airflow speed. (Does that make sense?) At low noise levels, there's almost none, and airflow is a little less than what I'm used to. In the mid-range, the airflow is as high as you'd normally want, and the audio is a faintly audible white noise that some might even find soothing. At altitude you get a lot of air and it buzzes. I might consider pairing this ceiling fan with one of Fananimation's retro desktop fans; Art deco will complement it perfectly. You will not regret this purchase.