Ceiling Fans At Subway

[Adin Panthers]

Went to Subway last week and saw 4 Regency MX Excel Fans, I never got the chance to get a picture of it until now, but never got the chance to post it until now. Also taken on my friend's phone.

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[Cole D]

That seems to be the kind of fans most newer Subways have. One Subway here used to have Hampton Bay Landmarks with GE vents and some with the panama vents, in PB. The other one nearest to me had Hunter Studio Elites in AB. But those all got replaced by these Regencies.

[Jordan U]

Mar 23, 2019 16:14:49 GMT -5 Cole D said:

That seems to be the kind of fans most newer Subways have. One Subway here used to have Hampton Bay Landmarks with GE vents and some with the panama vents, in PB. The other one nearest to me had Hunter Studio Elites in AB. But those all got replaced by these Regencies.

Same around here.. It's really a shame, SubWays used to look so nice..

[JW]

I'm pretty sure MX Excels have 188mm motors in them, which would make them quite a step up from a Landmark in my opinion. Of course the Subways around here that don't have MXes usually have builderfans of some sort.

[Noah C]

Mar 28, 2019 22:58:37 GMT -5 JW said:

I'm pretty sure MX Excels have 188mm motors in them, which would make them quite a step up from a Landmark in my opinion. Of course the Subways around here that don't have MXes usually have builderfans of some sort.

Large 188's in them at that, 188×22mm, so definitely better than a Landmark, lol. They must have pretty low cap values though because they're pretty slow, though they do have a 16° pitch so they still move good air. The subways built in the mid-2000s around me have these in them, but the newer ones in my area built in this decade usually have Quorum Capri builderfans in them. The one closest to me has two Kichler Basics builderfans in them; might be a franchise since its store design is a bit different from a normal corporate Subway store.

[Cole D]

I don't think the MX Excels look that bad, they kind of have a chunky rounded look to them that I like. It's nice to hear they have a big motor and good pitch.

Some older Subways I've seen photos of had a range of fans, some having brown spinners (maybe Lagunas?) Subway seemed to go on a remodeling spree around 2006. That's when they changed from yellow booths to the tan and green tables and chairs, still had the NY map wall paper but lighter colors, and the brick wallpaper. Stores built or reno'ed during that time got the MX Excels it seems. I've also seen photos of that era store having Hunter Passport IIIs in one case.

Just recently I saw photos of a Subway in a Walmart with 42" white GE vent fans. It had the black and white tile floor that suggested it was probably previously a Walmart Radio Grill of late 90s/early 00s era. But the general layout of it made me think it was originally one of the basic Walmart snack bars like our store had. Those usually seemed to have close mount 42" Laskos in beige. My guess is the GE vents were installed before Subway moved in, but then again, I never saw a Radio Grill with fans in it.

[andy]

The Subway on University of Cincinnati's main campus has 5 Regency MX Excels in the main area, all controlled by a single 3-speed wall control. A room with extra seating has a builder fan, but it's unknown whether it's a Regency, Kichler, Quorum or whatever.

The Subway in my neighborhood has three Hunter Custom Homes, as well as another Subway in a neighboring community.

Somewhere in Illinois along I-70, I once stopped at a Subway that had several Hampton Bay Antiguas.

[Cole D]

Hmm, a Subway with Antiquas sounds intersting - never saw that. But I have seen two McDonald's with ceiling fans. One, we stopped at in 2007 on a trip but I don't remember where it was, maybe an hour away. The other was about 2009 I think it was around Tampa somewhere.

[Jonathan A.]

3 Kichler Basics in former Subway, now Renata’s Kitchen. They all have bad capacitor and middle one was more like low at fastest.