Hunter 27183 Fan/Light Preset Dual Slide Fan/Light Control
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Hunter 27183 Fan/Light Preset Dual Slide Fan/Light Control
Customer Review: Learning from the mistakes of others
Summary: 1 Stars
I'm so glad that I came to trusty 'ol Amazon to price these controls and read the reviews. My fiance and I just bought a house and the 27182 model, without the preset, is installed all over this house. There are ceiling fans in every room. We love the fans, and the controls seem to be holding up pretty well. All but the master bedroom. The light switch on that one is missing. Was when we moved in. So, naturally, with all the others in tact and found throughout the house, I figured a straight replacement was in order. You guys have changed my opinion on that and I appreciate it very much. Obviously, the problem I have with the switch here is a very common and fast occurring one with these switches. Thanks for saving me the money, time and most of all frustration on this one.Customer Review: Really not built to last
Summary: 1 Stars
We bought our current house three years ago and replaced two ceiling fans right away. I used this switch for one (upstairs) and a similar switch (same brand name, slightly different in that it doesn't have the on-off switch at the bottom) downstairs. I bought them at a local big-box home improvement store.
Unfortunately the sliders are made of flimsy plastic and the whole user interface part of the switch is badly engineered. Two of the little knobs have broken off. The light dimmer on one has failed completely; that slider moves up and down freely in the slot but the lighting doesn't change as a result. Technically, the fan speed control does still work as long as you don't mind the absence of a knob.
Now I'm in the market for a replacement switch. I don't see much point in asking the manufacturer to replace them, if they're still selling the same poorly-made piece of junk nearly three years after I bought mine.
Incidentally, the two fans are Hunters too, and we've been perfectly satisfied with them.
Customer Review: SLIDING SWITCH IS PLASTIC JUNK, at least on the fan side
Summary: 1 Stars
I have to agree with Mr. Davis on this one. I have this switch in my kitchen to operate the fan. The sliding switch that operates the 4 speed fan broke off but NOT at the actual knob where it could be glued back on but on the stem making it IMPOSSIBLE to put the tiny knob back on. They cannot engineer and build it out of something solid but rather screw the consumer into buying frail plastic junk that does not hold up.Customer Review: Sent it back - No rating
Summary: 1 Stars
Don't Know... Sent it back since it had a 3 wire connection. Our old wiring in the house has 2 wires. It was less costly to set up a hand-held remote with 2 wires than rewiring and adding new switch box(es), patch and paint walls with the Hunter 27183 control remote...
Amazon has a great return policy. You click return. It shows your purchases from last 30 days that are allowed to be returned. You print a packing slip and prepaid address label. Box it up. Give it to USPS and you are done... Amazon has their act together...
Customer Review: This is the Absolute Worst Fan Control Designed
Summary: 1 Stars
Like the others have said: the slider switches just break easily without even trying. To Hunter's credit: the will send you replacement slider knobs for free.
But the other annoying thing about it is not the easily-breakable knobs.
I used this fan control with a Casablanca Panama II ceiling fan (installed by a licensed electrician). When the fan is in the "off" position, it's not really "off." I think the fan motor is receiving power but it's not enough so you will hear this periodic thunking sound which gets irritating when you are trying to work in silence. I got so fed up with it I replaced it with the proven Lutron switch (it has no dimmer, but i didn't really use the feature, anyway). It may have been an isolated case, but to be honest, I couldn't be bothered to confirm this...I would just recommend to stay away from this switch just because of the easily-breakable knobs.
Lutrons are generally better switches, but more expensive. You get what you pay for, I guess. :-/