A very good solution for getting a combination fan and a light.
I first saw this ad on TV, and it got my attention because there are several places in our home that need this product. You can order one for $59.95 and get a second for 50% off. Both offers come with free shipping. This fan, although tiny, just screws into a socket and not only provides a fan but also an LED light, both of which are controlled by a remote and each have 3 different speeds or brightness settings. Assembly is minimal and easy but if you have to send it back for some reason, the company wants you to pack it all back up in its original packaging, which means detaching the plastic blades from the body, and the narrow tabs on the blades that snap onto the body may be an issue because they may break while doing this. The motor is very quiet and all you can hear while the fan is on is the air being blown by the blades. It's so powerful that on medium and high speeds it actually blows out the gas flame on our cooktop which is directly underneath it. The LED light is very bright and provides plenty of illumination, even more than our regular LED bulbs in our recessed sockets. However, there are a few issues I want to point out. First, when ordering, on the TV ad they state to "ask about a contractors' or family discount" when ordering more than two (it pictures six), but I didn't see anything on their website that mentioned this option, so I called customer service. They couldn't tell me, and they gave me a second phone number to call. I called that one and again, they couldn't tell me, and they gave me a third number to call, which I did and again, they couldn't tell me anything about this discount and they didn't have any more numbers for me to call, so I just gave up at that point and ordered the two. Shipping was very slow, and it took a while for them to arrive. I then wanted another one for my covered, screened-in patio, and I found the exact same product at a large online-only retailer for $49, but they didn't offer a discount for a second one. I ordered one from that retailer and the fan motor was noisy, so I sent it back for replacement, only to receive another noisy one. Anyway, if you want three, like I did, the most cost-effective way is to use buysocketfan.com to order the first two and search the online-only retailer for the third one. But if you do order more than one, keep in mind that ALL of these use the same RF frequency band from the remote controls, so if you install them close together, they will both respond to the commands from just one remote. This means that you really can't set one to a certain speed or brightness without it affecting the other. Another issue I have is that I observed that the fan turns clockwise. All other ceiling fans I know of turn counterclockwise in the downdraft mode. Why does this matter? Without getting too deeply into physics, Newton's Third Law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. So, if the fan turns clockwise, there will be a tendency for the body to turn counterclockwise, or, in fact, unscrew itself from the socket. It would've been just as easy for the manufacturer to make this fan turn counterclockwise. You need to make sure that this product is seated firmly into the socket but, at the same time, don't overtighten it. Another suggestion to the manufacturer is that the LED light is 5000 Kelvins, or natural white daylight, which doesn't match the 3000 Kelvins warm light on my other LED bulbs, so why not offer a choice?




