What are some of your favorite HB fans?

[Cole D]

HB meaning Harbor Breeze or Hampton Bay.

Mine would be for Hampton Bay:

Hampton Bay Heartland, which was actually a relabeled Fasco Savannah with the flywheel motor
Grayton I and II
Landmark 5 blade GE vent
42" Landmark
I kind of like the Minuets too
Quick Connect
I really liked the looks of the Redington IV in that silver finish with the four spotlights. I heard these actually have pretty big motors in them too.
I think there was an Original copy in the 90s, not sure the model but I like the looks of it.
Palm Beach
I think the Cameron II was another with a pretty good size motor
The Farmington has a nice look. A friends house has some of them and I used to sit under one. It worked pretty well for a cheaper fan.


I don't know much about Harbor Breeze but I do like the Classic model. The motor housing and vent pattern I think looks nice. These are common around here. I was glad
to hear the 52" model actually has a good size motor in it too, 172mm I believe which is really surprising considering these are just under $50.
The Lakeside IIs look nice and are unusual to have six blades in this day and age. But I don't think the motors were sized well for the blade span or for six blades unfortunately.

[Jordan U]

I liked so many of the fans they put out in the 90s and early 2000s.. A few that stand out in particular were the Chatham, Landmark, Minuet, Grayton, Littleton, Gazebo, Vineyard and Huntington..

The Redington and Cameron fans both had large motors in them and were quite powerful..

I went to a vacation house that had a Farmington in it once.. They're satisfactory for what they are.. There's certainly other fans I like better, but they're not totally hideous either..

I don't know too much about Harbor Breeze either but I am familiar with the Classic and I do like it.. I didn't realize it had a halfway decent motor in it, I thought it was just an L-cheap-O model.. The Lakeside is interesting with the 6 blades but I don't really care for the irons and they don't perform very well..

[Parkman]

I'm like Jordan my Hampton Bay liking stopped around 2007 or 2008 because they got too cheap for me and the child hood models were all being discontinued.

I love models like the Marquesas, Redington II, and Lodge. The Antigua is beautiful despite not being the best performer. The Colonial Bamboo is another, The Cameron's were good fans too with big motors. Most of the models I also like such as the Minuet II, Chatham, Palm Beach, Gazebo's were all favorites of mine despite not having the best specs.

Harbor Breeze (collectively) I think makes a better fan than Hampton Bay as of now minus there special order offerings. The Classics despite being a cheap builder fan had a decent sized motor and were good fans while they last.

[Parkman]

Apr 19, 2019 21:18:44 GMT -5 Cole D said:

HB meaning Harbor Breeze or Hampton Bay.

Mine would be for Hampton Bay:

Hampton Bay Heartland, which was actually a relabeled Fasco Savannah with the flywheel motor
Grayton I and II
Landmark 5 blade GE vent
42" Landmark
I kind of like the Minuets too
Quick Connect
I really liked the looks of the Redington IV in that silver finish with the four spotlights. I heard these actually have pretty big motors in them too.
I think there was an Original copy in the 90s, not sure the model but I like the looks of it.
Palm Beach
I think the Cameron II was another with a pretty good size motor
The Farmington has a nice look. A friends house has some of them and I used to sit under one. It worked pretty well for a cheaper fan.


I don't know much about Harbor Breeze but I do like the Classic model. The motor housing and vent pattern I think looks nice. These are common around here. I was glad
to hear the 52" model actually has a good size motor in it too, 172mm I believe which is really surprising considering these are just under $50.
The Lakeside IIs look nice and are unusual to have six blades in this day and age. But I don't think the motors were sized well for the blade span or for six blades unfortunately.

I love those 42" Landmarks!!

The Redington IV had a 153 by something motor.  The Redington and Redington II had 172 x something motors and were excellent fans.  The Redington III added the quick connect junk and turned the blades from Plywood to MDF, then the IV went from Air Cool to King of Fans (I had heard) and put a puny 153x12 motor in them or something nuts like that.

The Cameron's had a big motor in the 52" but the 44" had a 153 sized motor.

The Farmington is ok, I prefer the look of the 1st generation traditional looking Harbor Breeze Builders Best/Classic over them.  Farmingtons seem to have decent bearings but the blades and the rest of them are too cheap for me.


The Lakeside II was very popular it seems for much longer than that style was "in" for.