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(More customer reviews)I bought this fan to put outside at our Boat slip at the marina. We had a Hampton Bay 48 inch outdoor fan from Home Depot up but wanted a wider radius. The 48 inch fan had great RPM's and a great wind/breeze maker but was just not wide enough to cover our deck at the lake. So we opted for this 60 inch outdoor fan. We went to install it, on a 4 foot down pole, like the Hampton Bay 48 inch and found, unlike all other standard fans, it takes a 1/2 inch rod instead of the industry standard 3/8's inch rod. Well, they don't make one so we had to custom make one out of a 48 inch galvanized steel pole for plumbing. That worked fine.
However, once we had it installed, thats when we found the most disappointing thing. Unlike ALL ceiling fans we have owned for more than 25-30 years, this fan, ON HIGH, moved like most fans on low to medium. We thought we had something hooked up wrong, so we spend 2 hours taking it back down, analizing it and putting it back up to find it still moved slower on high than any other fan we have ever seen. It did not hardly move any air/wind outdoors, being it was an outdoor fan.
Once we got home from the lake, I looked up on the companies web site montecarlofans dot com, and found the RPM's for this fan are HORRIBLE.
On Low, the RPMS are only 37 RPM's... thats 1 rotation per 2 seconds... on HIGH, the RPM's are a laughable 147 which is approx 2 1/2 Rotations per minute... unlike nearly every other ceiling fan, when you put them on high, you can barely make out the blades they are turning so fast, you can literally count the rotations with this one they are turning so slowly. and you can make out each blade on High...
I would HIGHLY discourage anyone from buying this fan. The NON Standard size down pole fittings and the HORRIBLY slow RPM's make this fan only good for 'atmosphere', not for 'functionality'.
thanks.... winterstone
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The Monte Carlo Fan 5CY60RB is a Cyclone Ceiling Fan with the Three Speed Pull Chain in the Roman Bronze motor finish. A quality, high performance fan that delivers comfort and energy efficiency. This Ceiling Fan is from the Cyclone Collection and is UL Wet rated. The Cyclone Includes 4" (1/2" Interior Diameter) Pole.
