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Post by organistjx on Jan 14, 2014 0:49:05 GMT -5
Kind of a bit of wordplay with the title on this one here. As the title suggests, this one is about the Casablanca Stealth: a well respected, classic yet contemporary ceiling fan that has been around since the days of the Delta and Panama Five (or if you're in my shoes, the Venus Halo and the Wind series). But there's something else I noticed when I was looking at Casablanca's website earlier today.
The Bel Air Halo's been discontinued.
I don't know if any of you have the original Bel Air fan, or even a Bel Air Halo, but this whole thing has gotten me re-thinking about Casablanca as a company, and especially, the Stealth model. As I've mentioned before, the Stealth has outlived many of its contemporary brethren, and now it's surpassed yet another model on the Casablanca line. I guess the main question here is how Casablanca is able to keep the Stealth looking fresh year after year yet downing pretty much every other contemporary fan in its collection.
But yeah, why is the Stealth still spinning (no pun intended), and where do you see Casablanca headed now vs. 20 or so years ago?
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Post by fancollector12 on Jan 14, 2014 5:55:24 GMT -5
The Stealth has actually only been around since 1991 or so... the Delta and Panama 5 had been around much longer beforehand. The Stealth changed for 2014 with a smaller motor and just looks crappier.
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Post by organistjx on Jan 14, 2014 10:16:08 GMT -5
The Stealth has actually only been around since 1991 or so... the Delta and Panama 5 had been around much longer beforehand. The Stealth changed for 2014 with a smaller motor and just looks crappier. Yeah, I know. But compared to stuff like the Bel Air and such, it's almost like the Panama or Delta. Plus, I don't think anyone would consider those two in the same class as the Stealth. Things like Constellation and the Mercury/Halogen Star on the other hand... |
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Post by fancollector12 on Jan 14, 2014 16:35:22 GMT -5
The Bel Air was once XLP and also changed to Direct Drive in 2014.
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Post by Cole S. on Jan 15, 2014 1:00:53 GMT -5
The Stealth is a popular design, hands down. It's sleek and stylish, people like that. The other side is, a lot of showrooms have the Stealth prominently displayed, probably even in more than one finish. The Bel Air is not always a displayed fan, neither of the showrooms I frequent in Minneapolis have ever had a Bel Air in the store, and the only Bel Air I've ever seen in person is the one I own. A lot of people probably decide they want a Stealth before they have even seen a Bel Air in the catalog. What's well displayed is what sells more, the Stealth is more often displayed than the Bel Air because it's a recognized model therefore making it a great seller.
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Post by organistjx on Jan 15, 2014 15:05:05 GMT -5
The Stealth is a popular design, hands down. It's sleek and stylish, people like that. The other side is, a lot of showrooms have the Stealth prominently displayed, probably even in more than one finish. The Bel Air is not always a displayed fan, neither of the showrooms I frequent in Minneapolis have ever had a Bel Air in the store, and the only Bel Air I've ever seen in person is the one I own. A lot of people probably decide they want a Stealth before they have even seen a Bel Air in the catalog. What's well displayed is what sells more, the Stealth is more often displayed than the Bel Air because it's a recognized model therefore making it a great seller. Good point. Though I could easily say the same about the Venus/Venus Halo and something like the Constellation or Halogen Star or even the models Casa picked up from Homestead (i.e., Wind). Those I can definitely say would fall under the 'sleek and stylish' format, or at least the Venus and Venus Halo. But both of those models were stopped before I was even born (1994), so I can't exactly speak for the dealers who sold them. |
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Post by organistjx on Jan 15, 2014 22:27:31 GMT -5
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