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• 1 Jacinto

  I bought this fan to put outside at our Boat slip at the marina. We had a Hampton Bay 48 inch outdoor fan from Home Depot up but wanted a wider radius. The 48 inch fan had great RPM’s and a great wind/breeze maker but was just not wide enough to cover our deck at the lake. So we opted for this 60 inch outdoor fan. We went to install it, on a 4 foot down pole, like the Hampton Bay 48 inch and found, unlike all other standard fans, it takes a 1/2 inch rod instead of the industry standard 3/8’s inch rod. Well, they don’t make one so we had to custom make one out of a 48 inch galvanized steel pole for plumbing. That worked fine.

  However, once we had it installed, thats when we found the most disappointing thing. Unlike ALL ceiling fans we have owned for more than 25-30 years, this fan, ON HIGH, moved like most fans on low to medium. We thought we had something hooked up wrong, so we spend 2 hours taking it back down, analizing it and putting it back up to find it still moved slower on high than any other fan we have ever seen. It did not hardly move any air/wind outdoors, being it was an outdoor fan.

  Once we got home from the lake, I looked up on the companies web site montecarlofans dot com, and found the RPM’s for this fan are HORRIBLE.

  On Low, the RPMS are only 37 RPM’s… thats 1 rotation per 2 seconds… on HIGH, the RPM’s are a laughable 147 which is approx 2 1/2 Rotations per minute… unlike nearly every other ceiling fan, when you put them on high, you can barely make out the blades they are turning so fast, you can literally count the rotations with this one they are turning so slowly. and you can make out each blade on High…

  I would HIGHLY discourage anyone from buying this fan. The NON Standard size down pole fittings and the HORRIBLY slow RPM’s make this fan only good for ‘atmosphere’, not for ‘functionality’.

  thanks…. winterstone

• 2 Belzecki

  I bought this particular Monte Carlo fan a few days ago. I have a vaulted ceiling that is 16 feet high and it gets pretty hot in there. We had a 52′ fan however after a hurricane hit our area for some reason the lighting would work but not the fan.

  Needless to say, we had to rent scaffolding to install the fan (which was another $70.00). The “putting together part” was frustrating but no different than any other fan. However due to the hight of the ceiling it was more difficult. After 2 days of taking the other fan down and placing this 60′ fan up there we really loved the look of it however when i turned the fan on I asked my husband to turn it on a higher level. He then told me that it was on the highest level. I am very dissapointed. I can feel the slightest breeze in the room. We also bought an extention for the fan so it is about at 10′.Our 52′ 10 year old fan put out more of a breeze than this one. there is no way we will replace it due to the time it took. One other “plus” was that it is very quiet.

• 3 Carlisle

  I have the indoor model in my living room over one year now and it looks stellar! It is a huge fan but looks right in proportion if you mount it on 9 to 10 foot ceilings. Give it a try and you will not be disappointed.

• 4 Ishikawa

  My contractor just installed the fan yesterday, and it seems to be wonderful. Great flow from the three speeds. Looks nice on my outdoor patio ceiling. I bought two so one can be at one speed and the other at a slower speed for both sides of the patio.

• 5 Ingersoll

  This came to us quickly, product was perfect for our lower ceilings (8ft) so still had headroom. (I’m 2m high).
  Very quiet, like the 3 speed levels. Will buy here again.

• 6 Pegram

  This product is performing beyond my expectation. You can not hear is even in the middle of the night. It is unbelieveable! It is elegant with no frills thus does not attract attention to itself, thank you Hunter Fans. Alejandro J. Soto

• 7 Coghlan

  There is not much more to say about this fan beyond what I have indicated in the title of this review. Perhaps, however, a bit of elaboration is in order.

  A comprehensive and easy to follow manual made the installation of this fan a breeze! The apartment in which we installed the fan was already wired for just such a device, so that was not a concern for us and I cannot address that issue except to say that the aforementioned manual does cover the topic of finding and preparing the right space for your fan. With a space already prepared for ours, it took us just under two hours to complete the actual assembly - including wiring and installation.

  The fan, with three speed settings and reversible air flow, has kept us cool through the torrid Florida summer and remains quiet as a whisper as it delivers its soothing zephyrs.

  The blades are reversible, offering a choice of basic white or faux oak.

  No light fixtures here if that’s what you’re looking for. Just an efficient fan that has proved, for this user at least, a quality product.

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