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  • On behalf of my late mother, these look impossible to clean
    by jmbwell
  • most forget, but fan blades need cleaning. any plastic blades, specially the clear one will look like cat vomit.

    Imagine clear blades with each blade displaying cat hairballs spread out on the edges, spinning them above your head. It will harass you, give ammo to your in-laws to harass you, create marital strife (when are you going to clean that?) and then death as you fall off the ladder and break your neck on the coffee table, despite surviving four frontline deployments...

    by WaitWaitWha
  • The author is obviously not a big fan.
    by pfdietz
  • My fave: https://bigassfans.com/
    by Wistar
  • > a normal fan that for some reason has a border around it

    So, a ducted fan! That would be a sensible and practical design if your ceiling needed extra thrust for takeoff.

    Cheap and stupid goods with threatening auras, indeed. Possibly a step up from the 90s when it was cheap and stupid goods with a Memphis Group primary school aesthetic. Hard to choose.

    by card_zero
  • It’s the same story for basically any part of a home. Faucets, furniture, tubs, windows, doors, floors, lamps, you name it.

    What a testament to the manufacturing advances that have made it profitable to cater to every possible taste, budget, and architectural layout. It’s incredible actually.

    by Gshaheen
  • Technology Connections nerd-snipes ceiling fans in a recent video,

    https://youtu.be/_KWdCqpXB7A

    And of course complains.

    But they are technologically informed complaints.

    by brudgers
  • My wife and I were out recently looking at ceiling fans to replace the one in our dining room, which has committed no crimes, other than having the appearance of being very much from the 1980s.

    I was taken aback by how few of the fans had replaceable lightbulbs! In the entire store there were maybe three or four options with a replaceable bulb!

    Call me crazy, but a nonreplaceable LED is a complete dealbreaker. I go through so many LED bulbs! I don't know if my electricity is like particularly bad or if that's just normal? The first LED bulb I ever bought (Shout out EarthLED) in 2008 for like $30 is still going strong, but every bulb I buy these days lasts like two years tops.

    Anyway, we did not buy a fan.

    by donatj

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