While it would be a lie to claim that it-or any other fan, for that matter-is the singular best ceiling fan among the thousands of available models, the Westinghouse Comet has consistently proven itself to be silent, powerful, affordable, and understated. At least a half dozen manufacturers make perfectly good and affordable fans that will last you a decade or even longer, and they all fulfill the basic functions of moving air with essentially silent and steady operation.īut time and again (specifically, seven times across three different homes), I find that I keep going back to the Westinghouse Comet 52-Inch Indoor Ceiling Fan.
The truth is, it’s easy to find a decent fan. In 2011, I even disassembled a fan motor while researching a ceiling-fan feature for Popular Mechanics with the team there, I collected data and tried to chart the exact recommended blade diameter per square footage of a room and determined the ideal blade count, digging deep to find the true sweet spot of a fan’s cubic feet per minute (CFM) of air movement.Īfter going through all that work, I realized something: Many of the stats and facts I found, while technically accurate in the strictest sense, don’t mean much for the average fan buyer.
I’ve personally installed at least nine ceiling fans over the years-the first few with a colleague from This Old House magazine, others alongside pro electricians I was interviewing, and the last four on my own at home.
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