42 Inch Nickel Ceiling Fans with Lights and Remote Control for Bedroom, Modern Ceiling Fan with Quiet Reversible DC Motor, 3CCT, Dimmable, LED for Living Room, Patio, Indoor and Outdoor

Very nice ceiling fan with compact lighting, excellent control features
I replaced a ceiling fan with light fixture from the ’80s, in my bedroom. The old one worked fine, but I never used the fan, since it wasn’t remote controlled. I only had need to use the fan while in bed, it was too much trouble to get up to pull the chain, and I’d have to get up again to shut it off. I had switched to smart bulbs some years back, and very much liked have remote light control. This fan fulfills both needs.• Installation: The instructions are good, this fan is not difficult to install, and plenty of screws are included, including extras. It comes with a 12″ down-rod, and 4″. I have an 8 ft ceiling, so I opted for the shorter one. The shorter option is always more difficult to install with any ceiling fan, because there is less room to work with in the final installation to the ceiling. But that part wasn’t difficult, and didn’t take long to complete that step. Overall, it took substantial time because I also had to disassembled and remove the old fan.For the old fan, I used its option to attach flush to the ceiling, but the lighting hung well below the fan. So with the 4″ rod, this fan’s lighting was not nearly as low as the old one—a good thing.The only extra I needed was a bracket adapter, since screw spacing for the fan bracket was wider than the ceiling box. Fortunately, I’d run into this issue before when I replaced another bedroom fan, several months ago, and the adapter bracket came in a pack of two. (The adapter is just a circular metal plate with a number of slots and holes, so one set of holes can mount the adapter to the ceiling, then the fan bracket to the adapter.)• Lighting: My old fan’s lighting was originally for three 40 watt bulbs, but I replaced them with 60-watt-equivalent LED bulbs, so the room lighting was quite bright. I would immediately dim it when getting into bed to relax and maybe read before going to sleep. So I admit that my previous lighting was exceptionally bright when on full, maybe too bright for some, but it made it easy to find things. This fan’s lighting is not nearly as bright at full power, but suitable for my small bedroom. But don’t count on it as the sole lighting for a large room. I don’t find a lumens specification.The light has a set of low color temperature LEDs (warm, yellowish) and high color temperature LEDs (cold, icy white). Each are dimmable, to get a color that is in between, more natural. On the app, there are buttons for W, Y, and N, for white, yellow, and natural (both). The most pleasing, to me, is when both are on full (natural). That also gives the brightest total lighting, so that works out fine.• Control: The fan comes with three ways to control the fan and light.The app—I used it on iPhone. There is no need to create or sign into an account, and pairing was easy. You need to create a device in the app, power on the ceiling fan, and press a pairing button in the app within five seconds. That’s it.The remote control. It works great, requires two AAA batteries, and includes a mountable holder. The top section is for the fan, the lower section for the light. To turn the light on when it’s dark is, you’ll have to get used to where the buttons are. It would be easier for me if that top right button was for the light and not the fan. Also, it would be nice to have a that goes to a minimum, nighttime setting, instead of having to hold down the dimmer button until it’s dim enough. The app has such a button.Finally, there is a very nice wall-mount controller. It requires two AAA batteries, and has a power button, and dimming for light and for fan speed. It requires a recess, such as a regular light-switch box. For instance, if there is an existing wall switch, the proper use would be to take out the switch (after disabling power at the breaker panel), tie the wires together so the fan is always powered, and replace the switch with the controller and its bracket. For me, that was a no-go, as the controller unit was slightly larger than the interior of my switch box. By only very small amount, a thick business card. But this is an old Bakelite box from the ’50s, I alway have to replace them when installing anything modern, as they are short on room inside.However, this was not a loss for me. I don’t need to control light level and fan from the wall. It’s actually more convenient to have a regular on-off switch that I can feel as I enter the dark room, and I only need more features when I’m in bed. So I put my old all switch back. That’s OK, I expected to do that anyway, and was mainly trying out the wall controller. Also, since it runs on batteries and has no connection to wall wiring, it can still be used as an extra controller.I went with the faux wood side of the blades. For a bedroom, it just seemed more natural than silver. The woodgrain has a white-washed look, so it’s pretty subtle and looks good. The silver side might be more appropriate for some rooms.In all, the fan has a good set of features to cover different needs, I give it five stars. The fan is pretty quiet too, and the top speed move a lot of air if you need it—six levels.