Gilmour 44 in. Matte Black Indoor/Outdoor Ceiling Fan with LED Light Kit and Remote

I just replaced 3 very outdated fans with these. I’ve only had them installed for a few days but the installation took just over an hour per fan, which seems reasonable. I like the sleek look and they seem quiet when the fan is running. The remote on the white fan is black, which seems sloppy planning by Hunter.

Easy setup and install for one person. Bypassed then remote controls in favor of Lutron Caseta fan control and Hue bulbs.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is the best fan ever I couldn’t think of a better fan to have in my kitchen it’s amazing it’s beautiful and I love it with the newly remodeled kitchen that my husband done. This fan is not all that heavy and I thought it would be but it’s not since it was really in a box as well.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I love the sleek all white design. It was easy to install. I had it installed within 20 minutes. Make sure you shut your power off before installing it. I put the fan above my kitchen table/ island. You can use the switch on the wall to turn it on , or the remote control it comes with. The fan throws out air nicely and it’s quite. I love that it comes with a remote control holder that you can hang on the wall. That way the remote doesn’t get lost, because I know my teenage kids would have the remote control lost in one day.

This order was the 2nd fan order. The first fan was installed and the fan did not work. I paid money to install it by a professional contractor, but it did not work. I paid again to remit and install the replacement fan. This order.

My recent purchase did not go well. I was very disappointed in the fans themselves and the way they operate. I replaced two older, out of style, Hunter fans from the previous owner of our home. The build quality of the older fans was obviously better. The quality of materials, the strength of connections, the tolerances, the assembly sequence, and the reliable functionality of the old fans all demonstrated that the newer Hunter fans are not as high quality as the old ones. One small example - all of the visible hardware on the old Hunter fans matched the finish of the fan body. On the new fans, they are a white finish, but with a black bracket poking through the housing and brushed nickel fasteners. Also, the entire remote is black and is too ugly to hang on the wall. You’d think it would match the finish of the fan. Another example - the housing was thick and sturdy on the old fans. This was all pretty disappointing - I would likely try a different brand the next time I need ceiling fans. The user interface and operation of the new fans were also pretty disappointing. When first installed it took an incredible amount of fidgeting to get the remote control products to work well. It may go without saying, but there is no way to control the fan except through the remote controls - so it’s important they work reliably. It took hours of checking and rechecking the wiring, replacing all the remote batteries, etc. to figure out that the receivers and remotes worked much better when they were outside the fan housing. And there was a huge difference depending on how the receiver was positioned within the fan housing! Even now I expect the remotes to actually get a control signal to the fan about 80-90% of the time. Even when they are working properly, there is a dissatisfying delay between “signal sent” and the fan’s response. Having had the fans installed for about a month, we've also woken up twice to a fan light that turned itself on during the night... I don't know what to make of that. The wall switch-mounted controls were the most disappointing. A) they work even less reliably than the handheld remote. B) they barely fit into a standard wall plate cover making install a bit of a pain. C) I should have read deeper into the product literature and realized they were battery operated, but what a missed opportunity to power them from the line voltage! Still - I’ll have to remove the switch from the wall every time the battery needs replacing - I find that a really lazy design. If they have to be battery operated, make it so the average person can replace the battery without having to shut off the power at their breaker box. On the old fans you could hear a relay click every time the remote command was received. And it did it every time. I may try to replace these later with Lutron or Kasa controls instead. I do not wish to return the fans because I have sunk more time value into this project than the value of the fans themselves at this point. But I wanted to leave Hunter this feedback - A) for catharsis, and B) so you can hopefully use it to do better in the future.

Easy to install and looks great