Dreo Smart Ceiling Fan with Lights, 52 Inch, 12 Speeds & 3 Fan Modes, Stepless Color Tones, Dimmable LED Light, 12H Timer, Quiet DC Motor, Remote/APP/Alexa Control, White Ceiling Fans Indoor

We bought the smart fan that works with Alexa. The fan & light are great. The fan is very quiet. The light is bright on the highest setting. Decreased the brightness to 10% for bedroom use.It ended up being an all-day project to put it up. A lot of that time was taking down the old fan and bracket. Plus, I had to run to the hardware store to pick up a few items.The actual installing the Dreo fan took about an hour. We played the installation video as we put the fan together. Pretty straight forward. We had to use a long skinny screwdriver to put down the support rod while trying to push the cotter pin through the rod. The power wire kept getting in the way. Also, had to take the rod off and put back on because we forgot to put the upper and lower plastic hoods on the rod before putting it on. The installation video clearly showed how to do it, we just missed it.Anchoring the new fan mounting bracket took some time. We probably over anchored it, but we added 2 additional sheetrock toggle anchors. The fan comes with two wood screws. We chose to use our own 3" woodscrews to screw into the rafter. Then we used two 90lb toggle anchors. The bracket is now very secure.Putting the fan on to the bracket went well. The only issue was the installation video made it look like you needed to rotate the fan in order to lock it into the bracket. In reality, you just to line the fan mounting ball notch with the bracket's back middle. You can see a little protrusion on the inside bracket back. Then just slide it in. Once in, you shouldn't be about to rotate the fan.The wiring was a little tricky. The installation video shows how to put up a new fan. We were replacing an old fan with light switch and fan switch. The smart fan does not use the light or fan switches. You control it via the remote or whatever smart home app you use. I could not find any good videos that covered what you do with the light switches.In the end I found someone who suggested leaving one switch to turn the power on and off to the fan in case you needed to. I suggest still turning off the breaker in this situation. I left the old fan's light switch. Since the new fan doesn't need to be powered off and on with the switch, the power switch will always be on the "on" position.I removed the old fan's fan switch. That meant that in a double electrical box I had an empty spot where the fan switch use to be. I could have left the fan switch and just not hooked it up, but I didn't want to leave a switch that didn't do anything. I ordered a new light cover (Leviton 80706-W WH WP 2G 1TGL/1 BLANK STRAP MNT). This cover has a switch opening and then the other side is blank.The old fan's wiring had 4 wires going from the switches to old fan's light and fan. The Dreo fan only needs 3. I checked the colors of the wires at the light switch to makes sure that I was hooking the right power wire up to the fan. I had two old power wires (red & black). One for the old fan's light and one for the fan. I made sure that the black wire was hooked up to the switch that I left hooked up in the box. I used that black wire for power to the Dreo fan/light. I capped the old red wire in the light switch box and also up at the fan.On all my fan electrical connections, I used the Wago toggle electrical connectors (WAGO 221 Lever-Nuts 75pc Wire Connector Assortment Pack with Case). They are so easy to use and made an easier connection between stranded and solid wire.The only other issue was that I couldn't find a lot of info on how to use the Dreo ceiling fan with Alexa. To pair it, you just use the Dreo smart app. When I went to add a device, it recognized the fan without me having to do anything. Worked great. Once set up in the Dreo app, Alexa added it also.I could not find a lot of info on show to control it via Alexa voice commands. Basically, most of the commands you give control the fan. Through trial and error, found how to control the light. Most of the fan speed and brightness setting you just tell Alexa a number. For instance, "turn ceiling fan light to 3". With Alexa, you can set up routines to turn on and off the fan at certain times. Also, you can do a lot of other things. Alexa is the reason we went with the smart fan instead of the standard version.All-in-all this is a great fan. Even though we have fans throughout the house, I think eventually we will change some of them to the Dreo smart fan in the future.

This fan exceeded our expectations, like a lot. We will actually be buying another for our media room. Aesthetically, it's a sleek and modern design. The slight bevel on the blades is a nice touch and how the blades are situated into the housing unit is actually very creative (and cool looking). The fan itself has 6 speeds and moves a ton of air - like who wants a fan that you can't actually feel? The light has multiple levels of brightness as well as tones (the highest level is super bright!) Overall, even on the highest speed, the fan is very quiet. Didn't need to add any weights to the blades either. To top it off, the remote feature is always nice and convenient - just icing on the cake. Overall, we are super happy with the purchase and will be buying another.We would highly recommend!

The Dreo light exudes quality. I've had the unfortunate displeasure of hanging several ceiling fans this year and more in the past. All of them have been pains going up. But the design of this fan is great. Easy to assemble the blades with the built in blade/bracket holders make quick work of hanging it. The one handed, easy hang system they have makes quick work of hanging. The light module literally is plug and play and clicks right in with minimal effort. No screws, or keys are used when the light module is simply twisted into place after plugging in the connector. The light is bright as most multi-bulb lights that I've seen (especially the 5 bulb it replaced). The remote works well and is easy to understand. The light adjustability and 6 speed fan is a bonus. The fan is quiet as any I've seen (DC motor I guess). The only issue I have had was while operating the fan light, it started flickering and whining after being on for 12 hours straight. Turned it off and back on and no more issues. We were having construction going on and the workers were using the same circuit with their air compressor. My guess is that the compressor was pulling a lot of power and the brow out from the power draw caused the light to have an issue. It was not on full strength when it happened. It's been fine since. Will update if a problem occurs in the future. Only question I have, or concern I have is where would I get another remote. Guard it with your life. My fan does not have a separate switch. It is live and it is only controlled through the remote.

Dreo makes their products with the high end care but affordable. I first bought the Chief Maker (absolute game changer) and because of the quality of that product I bought one Dreo ceiling fan. The best ceiling fan I’ve ever own. We were so impressed, we replaced ALL the ceiling fans in our house with Dreo Ceiling fans, utilizing both sizes. 5 Stars on the App, remote control device that can just seamlessly sit on the wall, whisper quite, one buttons wind direction, and the beautiful aesthetics (we choose white on white with our ceiling white and it just blends in). Also the light brightness, being adjustable. Perfect.