Hunter Crestfield Indoor Ceiling Fan

I purchased three Hunter Crestfield 52" Low Profile fans here on Amazon. Two have brushed nickel housing, and one has white. These fans were installed on the second level of our home, where the ceilings are 8'. I hired a master electrician to do the installation. He did the installation correctly and used all required screws. Upon completion and inspection, my first reaction was total disappointment. First, when looking at the fan from across the room, I can easily see the protruding "blade iron posts" on the top of each blade. Each blade comes with three rubber grommet holes, and the blade iron posts on the blade arms are snapped into these grommets instead of being screwed in. There is no way to adjust the fit on these, they just snap in and that's it. When looking at these blade iron posts from above (see photo), they appear to be Phillips head screws. That said, these are factory installed to the blade arm and there is no way to tighten them. There is play in the grommet closest to the motor housing, and this causes the blades to sag. While this does not affect the operation of the fan, it’s one of the first things I noticed. Hunter has chosen to go with this snap on design for its blades, and there is no way to adjust them to eliminate the sag, nor is there a way to minimize the unsightly blade iron posts that protrude through the top of each blade. Now for the light kit installation. Initially, there are three screws that attach the light kit to the motor housing. Once the electrical is pulled through the center of the light kit and connected, the entire light kit housing is then secured to the exterior of the motor housing by three additional screws. All 6 screws were used and tightened. If you watch my video, you can see that the entire light kit jerks when the fan is turned on to the highest speed, and it jerks again when it is lowered from the highest speed. There is no light movement when the fan is turned from Off – Level 1, or Level 1 – 2. But Level 2 – 3 and then Level 3 – 2 there is a jerking motion. Also, there is slight movement from Level 2 – 1. This movement is most pronounced on the brushed nickel model, and less so on the white version although it is still visible. Additionally, I purchased a Hunter Crestfield 52” fan with down rod mount directly from Hunter, and there is no movement of the light fixture on that model. The problem appears to be specific to the low-profile models. The Hunter Crestfield models do not come with remote controls, so I purchased separate multifunction remote model 99770 for each. As with the fans, there was disappointment with the remotes. They are functional, but nothing to write home about. Look up the product page for “Hunter 99770” to see my review of the remote control. Another less than stellar first impression: I noticed that one of the light fixtures made a slight buzzing noise when I turned the lights on. That’s a deal breaker for me, so I did some research to find out that it could be the dimmable bulbs that were included with the fan. Each fan includes (3) A15 Longstar 7W, 600 Lumen, 3000K dimmable LED bulbs. The box lists these as a 40W equivalent. Since these weren’t bright enough for me, I decided to swap them out to see if that would also fix the buzzing noise. Unless you buy light bulbs often, the process is not very easy nowadays. After doing some research, I determined that I prefer 2700K soft white vs. 3000K, which is slightly closer to the daylight end of the spectrum. On the fan’s light fixture, the maximum wattage for each fixture is 14W, so I knew there was room for improvement. I ended up going with an A19 60W equivalent, and thankfully, this solved the buzzing noise. The bulbs are bigger, but they still look okay in the glass shades. Each fan does emit a slight hum when turned on, but it’s not overbearing, and I feel it’s something that I will get used to once the fan has been turned on and running for a while. On the plus side, these fans move a lot of air. When turned to the highest setting, it’s incredible how much you feel it. That being said, turning the fan to the highest setting also causes the light fixture to jerk, so there is the constant reminder and aggravation. As I mentioned, the lights can be upgraded all the way to 14W, so there is plenty of light to go with a lot of air movement. These are the two primary functions of this ceiling model, and both work very well and serve the purpose. Overall, I would give this model 2.5 stars. No remote included, protruding blade iron posts, sagging blades, and a light fixture that moves cheapens the appearance and operation of this ceiling fan. It does a great job at moving air and has the ability to accommodate bulbs all the way up to 14W. This model has so many positive reviews, and I hope this honest, objective review helps someone.