Thoughts on Big Ass Fans

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Our fan took a crap in the bedroom and was looking at big ass fans. Anyone have any input. Looks like they have a 15 year warranty. My boss has them in his shop and they move a lot of air
 
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We use a little dresser top almost silent fan that rotates. Cheap and has worked for years.
 
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Our fan took a crap in the bedroom and was looking at big ass fans. Anyone have any input. Looks like they have a 15 year warranty. My boss has them in his shop and they move a lot of air
They seem to have a good reputation...in businesses I frequent. Same fan...decades later. Lol. Have not seen one in a house just yet.
 
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I have seen them in industrial settings and smaller residential shops. They work great and are quiet, but have not heard of household fans
 
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I used to use some of their fans in factories back in the 1990's, and the speed shop where I did all of my dyno testing used them in front of the dyno bay. Solid product and good customer support, but I didn't know they made any residential products.

Their old trade magazine adds in the 1990's used to be great. My favorite was when they came out with their "Little-Ass Fan, from Big-Ass Fans". :LOL:
 
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Home Depot has one over their contractor checkout area that's been working good for years. I'm always impressed with how much air it moves in such a big area.

I know one person that had one in their shop and they loved it. But it was very pricey!!!!! They sold that place and have commented about getting another one.
 
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Our fan took a crap in the bedroom and was looking at big ass fans. Anyone have any input. Looks like they have a 15 year warranty. My boss has them in his shop and they move a lot of air

Might be a bit extreme for a bedroom application . . . depending on what goes on there.

(I am still dont ask, dont tell. Olde Skool).

For large shop, warehouse, industrial, etc., applications -- quite the machine. Have put them in for Big Tire Stores and Warehouse type places. We have some for the Carpentry, Plumbing and General Construction bays at school.

Balanced blades, 3 Phase Variable Freq Drives, and some SERIOUS mounting.

The smaller residential . . . dunno. Probably good quality if they put their name on them . . . but a bit pricey? Dunno, I am cheap.

 
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Im thinking you would need a very little ass bigass fan.

We got a 20'+ MacroAir for our indoor arena/barn. They were the original from which BigAss split. Saved a LOT. You pay for a lotta hype with BA.
 
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Well, slap my butt and call me Nellie, I didn't know they made small Big Ass Fans.
 
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I'd never heard of them so did a search.
It reminded me of a recent discussion about how much more are you willing to pay to buy American.
 
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I didnt know they made ceiling fans for the house either until I looked. My thought is it could be the last one i ever put in my bedroom if they are that reliable. I dont mind paying a bit more if something is going to last. But its apparent not many people know about them selling bedroom fans.
 
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I wanted a ceiling fan for the garage , Then checked B A prices and almost needed heart medication.

Took a gamble and bought an amazon sale 96" 8 blade unit. It works great with 6 speeds, the only caveate is always start on speed one -sometimes the brushless DC drive timing gets messed up if starting on higher speed settings and it shakes until restarted on one. Once moving any speed is fine to set.
2 1/4 years and it was only $350, today it is $290.

Big Ass wants about $5K for their 8 footer.

I would buy it again - moves plenty of air.

 
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/ Thoughts on Big Ass Fans #16  
We have ceiling fans in both our living room, office, and our bedroom. We have them on 24/7, year 'round, but we keep them on slow. They're totally quiet but they do a nice job of keeping the air from being stale.

We also have a pair on our front porch but turn them on only when we're out there chilling.

IMHO, I think they're a good investment.

ps All of our fans are 42". I doubt that qualifies as a 'Big Ass Fan" :)
 
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We have ceiling fans in most rooms; always running on slow speed. CCW (downward flow) in summer CW in winter. They keep temperatures more constant and eliminate the feeling of different levels of heat in a room or from room to room.
 
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Nope, those would be Big Ass Jeans. Buy a pair for your wife on your last anniversary.🤣
"How do I know which is going to be our last anniversary?"

"Because you bought her something called Big Ass Jeans."
 
/ Thoughts on Big Ass Fans #20  
For large shop, warehouse, industrial, etc., applications -- quite the machine. Have put them in for Big Tire Stores and Warehouse type places. We have some for the Carpentry, Plumbing and General Construction bays at school.

Balanced blades, 3 Phase Variable Freq Drives, and some SERIOUS mounting.



When I was still installing fire sprinklers, the sparkies would have to install a shunt trip to shut the fan off if the fire sprinklers activated because of the obstruction from the big fan.
 

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