posted: Mar. 6, 2008 @ 2:59p
I bought one of the princess fans this past weekend and installed it in my two daughters' room. A couple of notes:
1) If you need a ceiling fan, $25 is great.
2) Installation is reasonably easy and solid.
3) This thing would look at home in double-wide, but my 5 & 3 year-old girls like it, so it stays for now.
4) The lights are the little socket lights, max 40 watts each. At first I tried CFL bulbs that were 40 watt equivalent, but even after waiting 30 minutes it was way too dim. I put in 60 watt bulbs and it was very bright, but it's not a good idea to exceed rated load on a $25 Chinese-made ceiling fan in my children's room, so I went to Home Depot and got some 40 watt incandescents and the brightness is okay. A little dimmer than I'd like, but you can definitely read by it.
By the way, if you're in the Atlanta area there were a stack of six or so at the Sandy Springs Lowes.