🌟 Elevate your space with smart airflow!
The Modern Forms Smart Ceiling Fan combines cutting-edge technology with sleek design, offering seamless integration with popular smart home systems, exceptional energy efficiency, and whisper-quiet operation. Perfect for both indoor and outdoor settings, this fan is designed to enhance your living environment while keeping energy costs low.
G**O
Almost perfect. See update at end of review.
Bought this to replace a 20 year old hunter fan. My requirements were for a modern looking fan, with bright LED lighting, quiet operation, smart features (amazon echo integration), and a wall switch. This fan checked off every single one of those criteria. It took me about 4 hours to install, because I’d never installed a ceiling fan before, and had trouble uninstalling the old Hunter fan, because I didn’t know the model and had trouble finding an online manual. It was so old, that none of the hunter YouTube videos applied. Once I got it removed, I found that the 2.5” wide ceiling box was too narrow for this new fan’s mounting bracket, so I had to run to the hardware store to buy a new 4” ceiling fan box, and then had to cut a larger drywall circle to accommodate it. Once this was done, the rest of the installation was pretty straightforward, except that the wires and safety wire that come with the fan are probably 6’ long, so I ended up having to cut them to get everything to fit inside the canopy cover. Because my ceiling fan box was only 0.5” deep, it didn’t have enough room to store the excess wire. I also found one of the motor wires was mislabeled, but it was pretty obvious; someone not familiar with basic electrical wiring, however, could have run into a problem with that. Once everything was hooked up, I powered it up and it silently came to life. The motor does this sort of stuttered start, which I’ve learned is normal, since I bought a second fan from modern forms and it does the same thing. Not a big deal. It’s silent and the only thing you hear is the movement of air. And this fan really moves a lot of air! The other fan I bought is a 3 blade fan, and it moves a lot less, in comparison to this 5 blade fan.As for the light, it’s great. Quite bright, and a very pleasing 3000k. The other fan I bought is 2700k, and just a tad warmer (yellower). I prefer this one. I also like the clear acrylic light cover on this one, which seems to let more light out than the frosted cover on the other. This light easily fills the bedroom it’s installed in.The app and Alexa integration work perfectly for me. I’ve created a routine in my amazon Alexa app, that allows me to turn both the fan and light on simultaneously, with one command, which is nice, since the wall switch requires you to turn them on separately.Regarding the wall switch, it’s probably the weakest part of this kit. It’s not lit, so you can’t see it in the dark (how hard would it have been to put some leds in it?), and as previously mentioned, you have to turn the light and the fan on and off separately. It also would be nice if it beeped when turning the light on and off, so you know you’ve pressed the button. The fan speed buttons beep, so why couldn’t all the buttons do the same? That said, it’s still nice having an RF wall switch come with the fan, so these are minor nit picks.Overall, a great fan. Not perfect, but pretty darn close. I’ll round this one up to 5 stars!Update 11/14/2021: my original modern form fans are still working fine, but I just bought another one, and a couple of things have changed that are making me knock off a star. First, they’ve changed the instruction manual, and the new manual is horrible. I feel sorry for anyone who is starting from scratch with the new manual, which has you install the fan blades before hanging the fan, which would make doing the wiring extremely difficult. Fortunately, I still remembered the order from the earlier manual, and added the blades and light unit after everything was wired up. Second, the new fan has a weird jutter when it starts up, that kind of looks cheap. It only lasts a second, and then it operates smoothly and silently, but none of my other fans do this. Third, they used to include the Bluetooth wall switch, but they’ve replaced it with a Bluetooth remote control. This has some pluses and minuses; on the plus side, the remote is more responsive than the wall units, requiring only one push to turn on and off, whereas the wall unit requires 2 pushes for some reason. It also has a green led that tells you when you’ve pushed the button, which is a nice feedback feature that the wall unit lacks. On the downside, since you don’t need to replace the old wall switch from your previous light fixture, you can turn the fan/light on and off with the wall switch, and it remembers the last state the unit was in, BUT, there is a 6-8 second delay before anything happens, which is super annoying. Imagine entering a dark room, flipping the switch and having to wait that long for the light to turn on! So you’re kind of stuck using the remote, or the phone app (which is even slower), or a smart home device like an Amazon echo. At least you have options.Anyway, these are still great fans, but for the price, they could use better instructions, and throw in both a wall control unit and remote.
A**R
Very nice fan … once you complete installation
This is a very nice fan, fits our decor perfectly, quiet - well made. The installation instructions are a bit vague but if you’ve installed ceiling fans before, you’ll be fine. It comes with a nice remote control that operates the fan & lighting. The app works great if you prefer this vs. the remote. Rated 4 stars because of vague installation instructions
A**R
Nice fan!! Wrong color.
Love this fan, just ordered the wrong color. I purchased the right color... I would have exchanged them if I were were given that option.
T**O
Modern look, very sturdy & works with my phone!
Exactly what I was expecting! We have been looking for a modern fan with a clear light and it’s been hard to find until now! Look no further, it’s worth every dollar! The instructions were clear, all parts were there and it was easy to install. We bought 3 fans, (1)-42” & (2)- 52”. We decided we wanted a bigger fan after installing the 42” so we reached out to the Manufacturer and they said we would have to purchase another receiver and blades. (I asked if we could just purchase the blades alone). When we started to install the 52” we thought maybe we could just swap the blades but the holes for the blades to go through are too small (they are made for the 42”) so you really have to swap the whole fan (which we ended up doing). We also received a desk fan that was a free promo they have going on & it was WAY more quality & style than what I was expecting. Very surprised & happy with our purchase not only from ordering but the Customer Service from the manufacturer.Posting pics from the 3 rooms we installed so they have different ceiling heights in the photos. I will note that it takes a minute for the fan/light to turn on from the switch but not something that is really a bother. This does come with a remote and you can adjust the brightness of the light & the speed of the fan from the remote.BONUS: Since this is a smart fan you can download the app and set the light/fan to turn on at a certain time which is nice. Program it to turn on every night at 10 pm and you don’t have to worry about turning it on or off when going to bed!Would highly recommend to anyone!
W**,
The remote is to tiny for adult fingers, can't read writing on it and remote holder weak & useless
RE: Modern Forms Fans Wynd Smart Indoor and Outdoor 5-Blade Ceiling Fan 60in Stainless Steel with 3500K LED Light KitThis cheap and poorly designed remote control has been designed for baby size hands, the magnet that holds it on the wall mount cradle is weak and useless and the remote falls off easily from wall cradle. It is also impossible to read anything on the remote unless you have 20/20 vision or take a photo and blow it up to be able to read anything on it.I paid $617.45 on Amazon for the fan on January 23, 2023, and today February 12, 2023, the fan is $524.84.I am going to have to design and make a remote-control wall holder for this fan. I have started my last 3 mornings on my hands and knees picking up the remote as it falls off the holder the second I touch it. Also you can forget reading what is on the remote nor operating it as the + or - adjustments are extremely hard to see and even harder to touch to make work.Additionally, my unrelated complaint about Amazon besides the $96 price drop and what is price protection policy is? Also, I would like to have a monthly summary for only my Amazon charges for having Amazon Prime and Amazon Music. Does this line item exist where I can see this my monthly Amazon service fees summary on one of Amazons dropdown menus for my account?
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