Hunter Fan Dempsey Low Profile Indoor Ceiling Fan with LED Light

10 reviews for Hunter Fan Dempsey Low Profile Indoor Ceiling Fan with LED Light

1. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   spoiledfarmgirl – 30 November 2023

   
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   We had a 4-bulb fan in our kitchen that hung down lower and had open canned lights and pull chains. Wanted something that was a low profile and easier to clean. We actually ordered this fan in both the white color and the black and stainless combination which would match our current appliances. Both are nice quality fans with good color and the white was not a super bright white, so it worked with our color scheme. This was a discounted fan I believe a warehouse purchase, but it was perfect and my husband had no trouble installing it. It is connected to two switches, and it works perfectly on the one switch but on the switch I used in the video it flickers a tiny bit at the beginning. I really like that you can turn the fan on to any of the speeds or off without having to cycle through all the speeds. It is quiet, and it practically disappeared on our kitchen ceiling, which is exactly what I was looking for. In some ways we miss having four bulbs instead of two, but I do not miss, staring directly into a bulb and having the sleek glass cover with slightly less light is fine for us, because we have other light over all our workspaces. I had this fan in my cart for over a year and I wish that I had bought it a long time ago. It was definitely worth it.

2. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Rob – 12 July 2020

   
   Bought to replace a larger ceiling fan without remote in a 10×12 bedroom with 8 foot ceilings. The fan is contemporary and blends nicely into the white ceiling. On high the fan does a nice job of moving air. However, at the sides of the room I do not feel much airflow. Since this is over a bed the fan is perfect. If your room is larger you might want to choose a model with longer fan blades.The remote is nicely designed and includes a holder that fits over the current wall switch plate and still allows access to the existing wall switch. Dimmer function on light cycles between bright to dim, I would rather have a toggle (Lo -High) switch. There are three separate speed buttons 1 – 2 – 3 and 0 for OffInstallation was about an hour. You need to have an existing ceiling box specified for a ceiling fan. The fan does not include the bolts to attach the fan mounting plate to the ceiling box (these are usually supplied with a ceiling fan mounting electrical box).The directions are complete but confusing. They include numbered steps with clear diagrams. However within each numbered steps are sub steps with text in rectangles which are not lettered such as 1A 1B 1C. Thus it is easy to miss a sub step that you must follow from left to right within the numbered section.If you have solid electrical power wires, such as Romex, you will want to strip additional insulation off of the fan wires which are copper stranded, before connecting or placing on the ceiling mount. Be careful one on the wires is an antenna for the remote. Installation requires that you also have to connect the remote receiver into the cap. Study the wiring instructions in advance. You hook the fan onto the ceiling plate to connect wires then raise fan to ceiling plate and attach screws.Each fan blade is attached with 3 separate screws. This was not easy. The fan blade has to be held against the attachment area within the fan base, that is black and angled. In order to line up the screws I had a friend shine a flashlight into the base of the fan so the light reflected through the screw holes from above. This made lining up the holes easier but the screws are flat head machine screws so you have to line everything up correctly.The fan is quiet on high and no fan blade noise. However, there is a faint motor hum. The motor is very quiet but I did notice the sound but very faint. I have another ceiling fan with a DC motor and it’s silent.Overall, very happy with the fan. Hunter emblem is attached to side of fan housing. Did not see a way to remove it, but you can install fan ceiling mount base plate so emblem faces the direction you wish.

3. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   AwakeInAnacortes – 13 June 2024

   
   I like how it looks and works so well that I bought a second one for a different room. Very quiet. Remote is probably the best design for a remote control I’ve ever seen. Easy to tell what you are doing in the dark because of the shape and feel, and simple operation. My only suggestion for improvement has to do with the first part you install (a ring that connects to your ceiling box): It would be nice if it was about 2 or 3 inches larger in diameter. The small diameter results in the ‘feet’ that contact the ceiling drywall not quite reaching the edge of the hole, and so it fits unevenly. I may just use it like this but I recommend that if you buy this you buy a small sheet of aluminum and cut it into a ring to act like a giant fender washer to provide a solid and level surface to tighten against.

4. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Duane A. Priest – 15 May 2020

   
   I purchased three of these fans… two in white, and one in nickel/black. I would definitely buy them again, as they fit my particular needs perfectly. Everything about the fan installation was simple and straightforward with the exception of one item… installing the blades. Each blade has 3 screws that must be precisely lined up with the holes in the arm off of the motor. The arm is inside the case of the fan and is black. The screws use a large washer, which makes it quite difficult to see to make sure the screws and the holes are lined up. In addition, the screws are not magnetic (high aluminum content, I suspect) which means that attempts to use a magnetic driver to hold the screw fail. Installing the blades for each fan took longer than the rest of the assembly process altogether. At that, it took me less than 30 minutes to install each fan.I do have a recommendation that’s a departure from the instructions: You must wire the remote receiver to both the fan and the power provided in the electrical box. The instructions say to do this after the fan is resting on the hook on the ceiling. I instead attached the remote to the fan connections before hanging it, which makes the process much simpler. You’re left with 3 connections at the ceiling (Hot, Neutral and Ground.)I particularly like the fact that this fan uses a standard light bulb. While this means that the light fixture portion of the fan is “larger” than many other fans, it also means that the LCD bulbs are easily and inexpensively replaced in the future. I purchased more powerful, Daylight bulbs for each of the fans to match the rest of the lighting in my home.Finally, for those who are interested, I also purchased (separately) the Bond Home Bridge to integrate with my Echo. I used “Alexa” to control most of the lighting and the garage doors in my home. The Bond Bridge simply attaches to a power source, connects to your home WiFi, then integrates with Alexa through a Skill. The Bridge allows you to control up to 30 fans throughout your home, touting coverage of 2,500 square feet and multiple levels. Programming is as simple as pointing the remote at the bridge unit and pressing a button. I now have full voice control over both the fan speed and lighting for all of the fans in my house (some of which are 20 years old,) and the system works beautifully without requiring changes to the hardware in the fan.

5. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   JTHB – 29 October 2019

   
   I am so excited about the look of this fan! It is perfect and very low profile for our low ceiling nursery room. The fan we replaced did not have a remote, so that will take a bit of getting used to, but not having the pull chain hanging down helps my husband from walking into it all the time AND it looks so much more appealing. I did take someone else’s advice about having the Hunter logo face AWAY from the door and I am so happy I did, its a little large and in silver with black, it stands out a lot.Ok so onto the install. This is fairly easy as long as you have a basic idea of how electrical wiring works. White to white, green to green, etc. PLEASE make sure you have the circuit breaker off so you don’t electrocute yourself! It took my husband about 60-90 minutes to install the whole thing. The directions were simple and easy to follow.We tried to test that the fan was working once that portion was installed. Keep in mind, the lights were not hooked up yet, so it was NOT a complete circuit. We found out, the unit does NOT function unless the entire thing is put together. We spent a solid 20 minutes up and down the stairs and adjusting wires. So avoid the hassle and install the whole thing and hope for the best! If you need to take parts off, it really isn’t that hard.My husband installed the fan blades without the washers and I was worried they would be extra noisy, but no issue. Once we got it all together, we discovered the remote was NOT paired like it was supposed to be. No big issue, the directions tell you exactly what to do, we followed them and it worked great.Lastly, I thought the lights were supposed to be dimmable, however. they are not. I saw some other reviews suggest how to make them dimmable, I will try those steps and update. Our fan is on a dimmable dial instead of a switch, so I’m wondering if that is part of the problem.Overall, this fan looks modern and updated. The install was fairly simple and was easily done with one person (I was very good at supervising). The various fan speeds are great, I can’t imagine we would ever use the high function, it literally created WIND in the small room! The fan is quiet, even without washers to hold the blades in place and the light is bright but not annoyingly so. I would definitely recommend and I am planning on slowly replacing all the fans in our home with these!!

6. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   JW – 25 June 2024

   
   Easy install, quality build even though Chinese.Worked perfectly. Air flow and color are fantastic. Remote works well.

7. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   bill – 14 June 2024

   
   Product shipped quickly, looks and runs good and quiety. A bit of a struggle to install, but we were replacing a light fixture. I would buy again.

8. 

   Rated 4 out of 5

   Pensfan90 – 21 July 2024

   
   Wonderful fan. Very quiet. Has a remote to control it. Really cools the room off. Power very good. Highly recommend it.

9. 

   Rated 5 out of 5

   Aaron B. – 21 July 2017

   
   I’ve had this fan up for over six years (from 2017), and it’s still really awesome. I had a Hampton Bay fan up before this one, but the pull chain mechanism stopped working after two years (par for the course for Home Depot brands). Before I settled on this Hunter fan, I looked at 43 other models:2 Craftmade,8 Emerson,2 Hardware House,18 other Hunter,6 Litex,2 Minka-Aire,3 Monte Carlo, and2 Westinghouse;as well as a bunch of Hampton Bay and Harbor Breeze (Lowe’s brand) fans.I compared the fans’ diameters, heights from the ceiling, airflow/cubic feet per minute, number of blades, Amazon ratings, price, and light type and remote (if applicable).Admittedly, this fan is only a 44″-diameter fan and pushes 3,157 CFM–far less air than its rivals (which pushed an average of 4,692 CFM with an average 49″ diameter blades). The only slower fans were the Hunter Low Profile III (#23866), Low Profile III Plus (#53075), and Low Profile IV (#51059). The highest CFM were the Emerson Midway (#CF955WW) at 6,085 CFM, the Emerson Sea Breeze (#CF654WW) at 6,492 CFM, and the Minka-Aire Ultra Max (#F588-SP-WH) which puts out an insane 7,077 CFM (and gets nothing but five stars on Amazon but doesn’t have a light kit). HOWEVER, that said, THIS FAN still moves plenty of air in my ~130 sq. ft. bedroom. And when I need a slight breeze, it delivers. Sometimes I wish it could be even lower.This fan sits 12.4 inches from the ceiling to the bottom of the light. The tops of the blades are about 7″ from the ceiling at their base (5.5″ under my medallion) and 8″ at their periphery. This is average for the other models I looked at: a generally-even spread from 7″ from the ceiling. The Hunter Low Profile III (#23866) and the Emerson Snugger (#CF804WW / CF805WW) were the lowest-profile, and the Hunter Astoria (#53059) and Beacon Hill (#53081) were highest-profile.This fan won out over the others mostly because it has an included light kit with *dimmable LEDs* (on a standard Edison base, not a candelabra base) and a nice three-speed REMOTE—I didn’t want to worry about compatible light kits/remotes after the fact. It’s just so convenient to have the speeds I want at the push of a button (not a pullstring!), and to be able to dim the lights with the remote. However, with the LED lights I’ve installed, there’s a slight high-pitched whining noise when the lights aren’t at full brightness. (It’s the only way I know they’re at full brightness.)The fan is perfectly balanced too. Installation was easy enough—even with a ceiling medallion. I had to carve the backside of the medallion to fit around the top canopy and sandwich it around the fan as it was being assembled and hung. This required bending the 90° metal resting hooks down a little with pliers–the elbows still angled at a 90° but pointing 45° down toward the floor then curving backup toward the ceiling to make a V). Then I slid the fan+medallion onto the top canopy horizontally and secured the screws while a second man held up the fan.OK, so this fan is great … BUT it gets a star off because:*The instructions don’t tell you to secure the fan directly to a fan-rated electrical box. This fan has a metal plate with rubber feet that rest on the ceiling, and the instructions imply you can secure the plate to the ceiling and the canopy to the plate alone. But I know better, and Hunter really should have specified how to use a fan box and/or a brace for first-timers.*The balancing kit included also has poor directions. There’s not really a need for a balancing kit with 99.9% of installations, I reckon, since the fan has those rubber feet to avoid jiggle. But the instructions don’t explain that there is a balancing kit or what it does. They don’t tell you that the balancing kit is for light wobble, not blade wobble. And they don’t explain thoroughly the many places to try the clip in the balancing kit or that the weighted stickers go above the blade (not its underside). A couple more sentences would go a long way for first-time D-I-Yers.*Some of the holes for the fan blade screws were poorly drilled–too much paint or too dull a bit at the factory or something. I nearly rounded out some screws securing the fan blades. Luckily they included an extra screw, which helped; and I used another screw I had (same width and threading but longer) to widen the pilot hole first. But that could be disastrous for other customers.*The included LED bulbs are 800 lumens and 3,000K color temperate, which is a very blue light. The bulbs aren’t very bright, and while the blueish light is great, it made other room in the house looks like a red-orange hell by comparison. Different bulbs fixed the problem, but I didn’t want to have to hunt for bulbs to fix something I just bought.*The fan includes a notice that Polywell Manufacturing (Zhongshan Co.) made the ceiling blades with medium-density fiberboard (MDF), which complies to phase 2 of § 93120 ATCM Emissions. Researching what this means, I found info that MDF uses a type of formaldehyde that’s a known carcinogen for nasopharyngeal cancers, and there was an Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) to reduce it. MDF is common, but not ideal. I’m not a ceiling fan manufacturer, so I don’t know what else could be used.*The Safe Exit feature dims the lights gradually over 30 seconds and turns them off, which would be really cool when getting into bed or turning out the light when I’m done reading, etc. Except both bulbs flash their full brightness off and on three times first, which wakes me up when I’m trying to get to sleep. Why not just have the remote LED flash? The remote LED is pretty bright too, incidentally. I have two dot stickers over it.*The switch to reverse the fan’s direction is under the glass cover. I like to have the fan blow air down onto me sometimes and suck air up to distribute it throughout the room better at other times. But I don’t want to get a stool or chair and remove the glass several times a day for this. So I just leave it blowing downward.

10. 

    Rated 4 out of 5

    Jerryjohn22 – 27 July 2024

    
    We recently replaced several Ceiling and Bath Ventilator fans in our home. The old fans were installed in the early part of 2003 -04. The existing fans were operating properly and normally, but were “dated” lookingand needed updating. This unit was installed in a bedroom. After about a month we noticed it was somewhat noisy. I trouble shot the fan with no improvment. It was making a grating or grinding noise on each revolve. Hunter replaced the fan, I installed the replacement and returned the original, and the problem is resolved. The new (replacement) fan is virtually silent.