Hunter Stonington Ceiling Fan

[@parkeringersoll973]

Shame they taped the other side they’re a beautiful fan with the other side. Always wondered if someone did a bigger whisperwind motor swap in these how’d they would do

[@josephfrye7342]

Noice ceiling fan model

[@TheFanatic13]

Hunter really lost their way in the Early 2010s. The fans they make now are much nicer.

[@cermetsmash]

I like bronze but prefer matte black. The tea glass however i was never into. Always felt like it made the room dark and kind of just looks dingy imo. Im glad theyre out of the dark ages but im kind of sad they are starting to have models with plastic lenses and canopies (rapidan)

[@vfandm]

Agreed, I think you can get the same vibe with matte black and it's more timeless. There were a few bronze-adjacent finishes I didn't mind, but the typical realm of straight up oil-rubbed bronze is just not for me. I had a moment with tea glass and actually can still get down in niche scenarios, but it wouldn't be in this type of pairing. It went well with Emerson's sahara finish, for example, when I had the Amphora up in my parents' old place. But obviously, I'd only ever use it knowing the light output will not be optimal. It's truly awful in that regard, and casts the entire room in that weird beige half-light. Yeah the plastic canopy is kind of a necessary evil of the Express setup for the full experience. They actually use a similar setup with the new Casablanca models, but still use a standard metal canopy, which I'd prefer. I don't think those two screws are really much of a difficulty or time savings. This will be stated in my upcoming Casa video, but I like the single-unit lights with plastic lenses for the convenience of install, but I also always appreciated Hunter's commitment to glass lenses. But now everyone is doing so many of the plastic ones, it was bound to cross over.

[@cermetsmash]

@@vfandm that's true, I hadn't thought much about the time savings with the screws for the canopy since I do so many. I could definitely see it being something that for the average joe would be something that would either make or break the experience

[@vfandm]

@@cermetsmash Realistically I suppose they could do a metal snap-on canopy in some format, but it'd require a lot of extra metalworking to do which I assume is pretty cost-prohibitive as opposed to an injection mold that can form those necessary components automatically. I think that's where the canopy material comes into play, so I get it, but I also think they could just do the standard metal one, and IMO those two screws are about the least difficult part of the entire install on the standard models so I'm gonna guess people could manage. 🤣I've actually loved working with the hybrid version that is the Casablanca intros. Quick assembly in all the right places, with nice quality across the board where it counts.

[@JoshuaGalka]

Cool! Also, Dark Ages? What's that?

[@vfandm]

It’s what I’ve dubbed the period from like 2009-the mid 2010s where every new or updated Hunter design was just blah and most of the large fans felt so underpowered. Also, it was literally dark, because they were fighting with all the candelabra socket business for energy requirements, and used so many garbage bowl lights. Lots of poor lighting from that period.