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Post by Cole S. on Jan 27, 2016 21:28:53 GMT -5
Well here we are. And already I'm starting out of order, as the first fan in this thread is not my first fan of 2016. I've got some works in progress and such that I haven't been able to deal with. Anyways, we're starting off with another new brand to my collection. I'm so excited to have gotten this Matthews Fan Co. Eliza NIB, actually it's under the Atlas division, but still Matthews. I've been getting more involved with Matthews on social media, and these particular fans have captured my interest lately so I started looking at them more and found one at a great price. It's an ultra-modern minimalist design, but it conveys a lot of things to me. It reminds me of a Strato-Jet Heat Fan, or a Homestead/Casablanca Airflow, those kinds of fans. I'm so intrigued with the angles of it as well, it looks so different every way you look at it. It's my first fan with a DC motor as well, I'm quite impressed with it. Totally silent, definitely powerful enough. The thing's got some visually deceiving pitch to it as well. It doesn't look overly impressive till you look at it from the side, and the angle of the blades kind of pushes the air like a curved blade industrial, somewhat outward instead of just straight down. Overall I just really love it, so happy I didn't pass on the opportunity.    |
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Post by Brian L. on Jan 27, 2016 22:07:21 GMT -5
Wow, it looks quite nice, what control does it use and how do the blades mount?
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Post by Cole S. on Jan 28, 2016 0:08:37 GMT -5
Ah shoot I forgot a pic of the remote here. It's just the basic 6 speed remote that a lot of manufacturers use on their DC fans (Casablanca, for example).
There are stubby little blade arms that mount to the top of the blades, they in turn mount on the bottom of a metal flywheel of sorts which comes already attached to the motor. You have to assemble the blades to the motor before you put the housing on/hang it on the ceiling. It's a very clever design, I have always been intrigued by how the blades mount on these as well.
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Post by fancollector12 on Jan 28, 2016 0:30:07 GMT -5
That's a neat fan! I can't remember which one it was, but I saw either an Eliza 3H or Irene 3H in a bronze finish in Downtown Disney in Orlando, FL this past summer when my family and I vacationed there.
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Post by fan1968 on Jan 28, 2016 1:03:33 GMT -5
Wow. That fan would look AWESOME in some places that I've seen.
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Post by fan1968 on Jan 28, 2016 1:04:13 GMT -5
Also, if Apple made a fan this is probably what it would look like.
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 28, 2016 19:13:34 GMT -5
I definitely see some Strato-Jet resemblance here.. Just wish the center of the fan was a bit different.. Kind of looks incomplete to me.. The blades look like they would be pretty efficient..
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Post by Cole S. on Jan 28, 2016 22:39:50 GMT -5
I always thought it looked kind of incomplete too, the more that I've looked at them over the past couple weeks though, the more I've grown to like it as-is. You'd maybe like the newly-released Eliza LK better, it's essentially the same thing but with a slim cylindrical light below the blades. It has that more 'finished' look to it, actually it's the LK fans that got me more interested in the Eliza series because I liked them better at first. At this point I like them both about the same, for different reasons.
It's a good air mover, the blades supposedly have a 27 degree pitch.
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Post by Noah C on Jan 28, 2016 23:08:56 GMT -5
Nice
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Post by Farah on Jan 28, 2016 23:48:47 GMT -5
Very nice fan you have there. Have fun with it.
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 29, 2016 11:20:28 GMT -5
I always thought it looked kind of incomplete too, the more that I've looked at them over the past couple weeks though, the more I've grown to like it as-is. You'd maybe like the newly-released Eliza LK better, it's essentially the same thing but with a slim cylindrical light below the blades. It has that more 'finished' look to it, actually it's the LK fans that got me more interested in the Eliza series because I liked them better at first. At this point I like them both about the same, for different reasons. It's a good air mover, the blades supposedly have a 27 degree pitch. |
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Post by Max C. on Jan 29, 2016 16:04:52 GMT -5
The pictures are not displaying for me. Nevertheless, congratulations on acquiring your first Matthews Fan Company product!
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Post by Jordan U on Jan 29, 2016 20:07:32 GMT -5
The pictures are not displaying for me. 
Photobucket seems to be temporarily offline for maintenance.. I was not able to log into mine.. If Cole was using that to store the images, that would explain the issue..
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Post by Parkman on Jan 30, 2016 23:26:57 GMT -5
When I saw it on your Instagram I thought it was vintage from the looks of that canopy.
Really neat fan!
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Post by Cole S. on Feb 2, 2016 20:53:03 GMT -5
Well gosh, who would've thought this is how the 2016 thread would really start? Today I received a surprise gift from my new friend Chuck Matthews, the Irene-3H 42" in brushed nickel. I'm so honored and excited to feature another Matthews product this soon after the Eliza. The Irene wasn't ever a favorite for me, but as soon as I saw it in motion, I fell in love with it. I just love how it actually kinda looks like an airplane prop when spinning, and it moves great air. Can't believe my second DC fan is also a Matthews lol. Unfortunately I won't have the video ready for tomorrow's open slot, but it'll be the next one up after what goes up tomorrow.   |
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