Review: Fanimation Air Shadow Ceiling Fans
Alright, I know it’s cliché, but when I review Fanimation fans, the word that most often pops into my head is cool. The Fanimation Air Shadow is in a word, cool, but it’s much more than that. The Air Shadow is innovative, unique, stylish and contemporary. In the ceiling fan world, the Air Shadow is an engineering marvel, because its blades can retract flush with its body with the flick of a switch. It’s the transformer of ceiling fans.
Now other than being neat, cool or a bit nerdy, depending upon your judgment, this folding action can serve a purpose. When one pairs the Fanimation Air Shadow with a Fanimation lighting set, the blades can fold behind the lighting and be out of sight. When the room needs some cooling off, the fan can be turned on, revealing blades not seen by your guests. There is surely a wow factor here and I’d bet that there is an architectural application that could be incredibly interesting.
The Air Shadow is a Fanimation unipacked ceiling fan with optional lighting. There are a number of packaged combinations, including: oil-rubbed bronze with cherry blades; a pewter finish with cherry blades and a chrome finish with maple blades. The air shadow has a 43 inch blade span with a 15 degree blade pitch. The only downside I can see to this fan is that with so many moving parts, it may be more likely than most ceiling fans to go out of balance over time. Although, Fanimation has great engineers and I assume they’ve tested the mechanics forward and backward to ensure they function well over the long haul. The Air Shadow’s pricing typically ranges between $400 to $800 depending on the specific unipack’s components. The following is CeilingFantasia.com’s review of the Fanimation Air Shadow ceiling fan:
Style: 5 of 5
Durability: 3 of 5
Customization: 2 of 5
Efficiency: 4 of 5
Airflow: 4 of 5
Quality: 5 of 5
Value: 4 of 5
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