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Last time I showed this giant sluggish fan, it was installed in a much bigger room with taller ceiling. As a result, I can't feel much of the airflow. Now that I'm testing it in my dining room, I can start to understand why Panasonic gave this fan a weak motor, and I'm still mad.
This is a 2nd iteration Panasonic F-EY153. This is a fan that can trace its roots to Malaysia. The motor's internal components is shared with many Malaysian Matsushita ceiling fans, so as the oddball blade bolt pattern. Malaysians have a weird habit I can't yet understand, of mounting 60" ceiling fans in their small bedrooms, livingrooms or whatever. If that's Panasonic's target market, then this fan does its job brilliantly. But because people also use these fans in their restaurants, businesses, public areas etc, these modern sluggish Panasonic fans never fail to disappoint me.
Let's start with the motor. First iteration EY153s are powerful. They have bulkier motors with 6 spoke cast metal bottom plate/rotor. They spin pretty fast, and the so-called stencil blades are fairly durable. With the 2nd iteration, Panasonic did away with the Malay old school ceiling fan motors, and came up with a creation so disappointing that I'd throw mine in a trash compactor if I don't have any moral values. Comparing this to the last true old school Matsushia ceiling fan in Indonesia; the Panasonic F-EY149-2, this fan feels more like a squirrel breathing down your neck.....no, that's not fair to the squirrel. Point is, this fan & the next gen EY1511 is such a large departure from the 149 era, so much that it makes some Matsushita knockoffs feel like they're made better.