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Post by Parkman on May 1, 2020 16:45:31 GMT -5
I used to recommend when it came to huggers Hunter Low Profiles but now they are complete crap in all forms with bearing noise plagued with everyone I come in counter with.
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Post by Cole D on May 1, 2020 18:40:04 GMT -5
Interesting question. I was wondering about this myself recently. I know the 42" Low Profiles with the shaped blades were good, I don't know about after that.
I've seen a few huggers around with pretty decently sized motors but I can't think of the manufacturers off hand.
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Post by Parkman on May 1, 2020 19:22:18 GMT -5
Interesting question. I was wondering about this myself recently. I know the 42" Low Profiles with the shaped blades were good, I don't know about after that. I've seen a few huggers around with pretty decently sized motors but I can't think of the manufacturers off hand. Yeah the last generation were great and air movers! Once they got redesigned around 2013? They suck they move ok air and look pleasant however any one I’ve stood under sounds like a can full of nails with bearing noise. I’ve heard decent things about the Harbor Breeze Centreville which might be a controversial statement around here. Ive also heard the Emerson Prima Hugger is high quality. I’m not necessarily looking for a hugger but might be in need of something 42” as a hugger “but figured it would be something decent to talk about. |
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Post by Cole D on May 1, 2020 22:46:03 GMT -5
I know you said 42". But I've heard really good things about the 30" Quorum Medallion huggers. They have good pitch and I don't know the motor size on it but it pretty much fills up the housing. I've seen a video on one on Will H's channel. But it seems like he must have deleted his channel or I can't seem to find it.
Not sure how the larger ones in that series stack up, but they look pretty nice for a hugger. I couldn't find much info as to the motor size though.
I'm not huge on huggers, I like the traditional looks a lot have with filigree, etc. But most seem to have the small 153 mm motors in them and seem overpriced for what they are, like $95 you could almost get a better quality Supra or something. Hunter of course had some great huggers with 188mm in their very early ones. Most of Emerson's stuff is at least decent so I'm sure their huggers are too.
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Post by Parkman on May 1, 2020 23:00:54 GMT -5
I've heard positive things about them too the Quorum Custom Hugger is a good looking fan as well.
The thing with huggers is a lot don't move that much air where you can flushmount a better fan in a lot of cases but it depends on the fan in that case. Stinkin' Hunter doesn't allow you to flushmount there fans anymore Idk why they came up with that idiotic idea that they did with the new generation of there fans and then their actual huggers the motor housing is ginormous compared to the Low Profiles of 5-10 years ago.
I always have a softspot for huggers there was a lot of huggers that were childhood fans for me but they were all traditional looking fans. Supra's are excellent. Ones most likely going in my garage since I need a midsized fan due to the attic doorway and the garage door.
I've worked with Emerson Snuggers before the traditional vented one not the modern version thats still made.
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Post by Cole D on May 2, 2020 9:17:21 GMT -5
Me too, my first fan was a AB hugger with filigree, stencil, schoolhouse light but no vents. I still have it, but it's up in the closet in storage. It has sentimental value to me since my parents got it for me as my first fan and installed it. A lot of huggers I see doing Google searches still have those same 80s/90s looks, like that Custom, it's amazing how little they have changed in some cases.
I didn't know the newer Hunters can't be flush mounted. I've seen some houses around here for sale even some brand new ones that have huggers installed on sloped vaulted ceilings? Now why would anyone do that? lol
I think the low air movement probably is largely due to the blades being close to the ceiling, I know some huggers had longer brackets to get them down lower.
With some more looking I found the Quorum 30" has a 153 x 12 motor and the 52" was 153 x 15. I would really expect them to be bigger because I know in the 30" it looked at least 172.
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Post by Parkman on May 2, 2020 11:24:22 GMT -5
I feel like huggers are the least progressive and in a lot of ways stay the same. It’s amazing how hard it is to find traditional looking fans compared to five years ago with this whole industrial/farmhouse/windmill/three blades and a dinner plate light jig look which at first had some neat designs now it’s just tiring to look at. I compare it to how all crossover suvs practically look the same it’s no wonder Subaru has a loyal following with like the forester and outback they at least have some unique wagonish flair.
Hunter had a great thing going with their hands free ii it didn’t wobble could be flushed, standard, or angled. Then they came out with the current system which seems ok but they got rid of the option to flush mount and instead provide a 2” downrod for low ceilings.
Definitely that is what it is in most cases you’re looking at with the lack of clearance I was astonished how much air is cut from a stack motor Casablanca with an LCA.
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Post by Noah C on May 6, 2020 11:19:53 GMT -5
I used to recommend when it came to huggers Hunter Low Profiles but now they are complete crap in all forms with bearing noise plagued with everyone I come in counter with. The only good Low Profile was the first generation, AKA the mid '80s one with the huge 188mm motor. The '90s ones were alright but after that Low Profiles became garbage. Everything Low Profile II and beyond has been cheap, slow and underpowered. I'd say the best hugger fan around nowadays (if we're talking about traditional huggers) is the Gulf Coast Stratus. Uses the same 188×15mm motor as a Dixie Belle; runs about the same speed. No hugger moves as much air as a downrod fan because of air cavitation at the ceiling, but the Stratus comes close. Gulf Coast lets you pick between 44" and 52" blade spans too. The Prima flushmount is alright but the motor is smaller than the regular Prima. The Emerson Snugger and the Quorum Custom Hugger have better build quality than most builderfans but they're still underpowered with their 153×12/153×13 motors. The 52" Medallion is pretty decent though, and the smaller 42"/30" Medallions are very good fans; great build quality. |
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Post by Cole D on May 6, 2020 16:22:46 GMT -5
I used to recommend when it came to huggers Hunter Low Profiles but now they are complete crap in all forms with bearing noise plagued with everyone I come in counter with. The only good Low Profile was the first generation, AKA the mid '80s one with the huge 188mm motor. The '90s ones were alright but after that Low Profiles became garbage. Everything Low Profile II and beyond has been cheap, slow and underpowered. I'd say the best hugger fan around nowadays (if we're talking about traditional huggers) is the Gulf Coast Stratus. Uses the same 188×15mm motor as a Dixie Belle; runs about the same speed. No hugger moves as much air as a downrod fan because of air cavitation at the ceiling, but the Stratus comes close. Gulf Coast lets you pick between 44" and 52" blade spans too. The Prima flushmount is alright but the motor is smaller than the regular Prima. The Emerson Snugger and the Quorum Custom Hugger have better build quality than most builderfans but they're still underpowered with their 153×12/153×13 motors. The 52" Medallion is pretty decent though, and the smaller 42"/30" Medallions are very good fans; great build quality. Do you know if the 30" Medallion actually has the 153? The one I saw sure looked bigger than that. I cannot find the video though. I always thought the mid-2000s 42" Hunter Low Profiles were still pretty good. My local DQ has four of them from around 2004/05. They replaced some Mosses and Palm Aire close mounts. They've been running all these years and are still completely silent and in excellent condition. |
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Post by Noah C on May 6, 2020 19:57:04 GMT -5
The only good Low Profile was the first generation, AKA the mid '80s one with the huge 188mm motor. The '90s ones were alright but after that Low Profiles became garbage. Everything Low Profile II and beyond has been cheap, slow and underpowered. I'd say the best hugger fan around nowadays (if we're talking about traditional huggers) is the Gulf Coast Stratus. Uses the same 188×15mm motor as a Dixie Belle; runs about the same speed. No hugger moves as much air as a downrod fan because of air cavitation at the ceiling, but the Stratus comes close. Gulf Coast lets you pick between 44" and 52" blade spans too. The Prima flushmount is alright but the motor is smaller than the regular Prima. The Emerson Snugger and the Quorum Custom Hugger have better build quality than most builderfans but they're still underpowered with their 153×12/153×13 motors. The 52" Medallion is pretty decent though, and the smaller 42"/30" Medallions are very good fans; great build quality. Do you know if the 30" Medallion actually has the 153? The one I saw sure looked bigger than that. I cannot find the video though. I always thought the mid-2000s 42" Hunter Low Profiles were still pretty good. My local DQ has four of them from around 2004/05. They replaced some Mosses and Palm Aire close mounts. They've been running all these years and are still completely silent and in excellent condition. All medallions have 153's. The 52" is 153×15, the 42" is 153×13, the 30" is 153×12. Mid-2000s Low Profiles (Low Profile III) were sub-par IMO. Build quality was OK because all of the components were typical Hunter parts bin, but they were underpowered for 42" fans and that infamous ceiling gap they have is just plain awful. Making matters worse, the caps in these fail all the time, don't know why. They're already slow but most of them I've seen around have a 52" fan medium speed for high. Not surprised to hear that the ones at your local DQ are still running; I'm more or less surprised the capacitors haven't failed on them. |
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