Modern Forms Tip Top Smart Indoor and Outdoor 3-Blade Flush Mount Ceiling Fan 44in Matte Black with 2700K LED Light Kit and Remote Control worksworks with Alexa and iOS or… by Modern Forms
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About Modern Forms Tip Top Smart Indoor and Outdoor 3-Blade Flush Mount Ceiling Fan 44in Matte Black with 2700K LED Light Kit and Remote Control worksworks with Alexa and iOS or…
- Modern Forms Fans pair with the smart home tech you know and love, including Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Samsung Smart Things, Ecobee, Control4, and Josh AI.
- Free app download: Sync with our exclusive Modern Forms app to control fan speed, use smart features like breeze mode, adaptive learning, create groups, and reduce energy costs. New: Bluetooth compatible for improved range and an unlimited amount of fans can be controlled with remote or wall control within range.
- Battery operated Bluetooth remote control with wall cradle included (Part # F-RCBT-WT). Optional Bluetooth hardwired wall control sold separately (Part# F-WCBT-WT) and can be set-up as 3 or 4 way switches when you purchase more than one. Can be controlled through an Android or iOS wall mounted tablet with Wi-fi.
- Modern Forms Fans are made with incredibly efficient and completely silent DC motors and are up to 70% more efficient than traditional fans. Every fan is factory-balanced and sound tested to ensure each fan will never wobble, rattle or click.
- Replaceable LED luminaire powered by WAC Lighting, features smooth and continuous brightness control. Available in 2700K, 3000K, and 3500K options, order accordingly. An optional cover is included to conceal luminaire. ETL, cETL, UL, cUL, CSA CAN Wet Location Listed for indoor or outdoor applications. Flush mount ceiling fans are perfect for 7-10ft ceiling heights.
The Modern Forms Tip Top Smart Indoor and Outdoor 3-Blade Flush Mount Ceiling Fan 44in Matte Black with 2700K LED Light Kit and Remote Control worksworks with Alexa and iOS or… by Modern Forms combines reliability, modern design, and user-focused engineering. Perfect for everyday use, it delivers trusted results for American customers who value quality.
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Charles E. Carey –
Great fans. Installation was relatively easy and they work well. The WIFI app to control them works well as does the Bluetooth controller. I will definitely consider this brand when replacing my other fans in the future
R Brown –
–1 year reflection–
Having had the fan for a little over a year now my experience overall has been positive. I had an issue for a while where the fan would reverse direction on its own for some reason and I wouldn’t notice until I started wondering why I couldn’t feel any air. A firmware update seems to have resolved that. Speaking of firmware updates, these are app driven and you have to manually check from time to time. The app will also periodically log you out so open it to check from time to time. I had one instance where the fan became completely unresponsive to the app and also remote which required pulling the “airgap” reset pin on the wall controller to hard reset the fan. Like I said in the review, minor nuances, these shouldn’t dissuade you from buying this fan, just know there will be some weirdness to work through sometimes. Such is life in the Smart Things age…
–Original Review —
Already a Lutron Caseta user, I set out to find a flush mount “hugger” low profile fan in 52″ to maximize overhead space. I quickly realized 2 things: nearly all options are smart or have integrated wireless controls which adds cost to the fan and if I wanted to continue using my Caseta switch I would need a fan with pull chains. I looked at many brands, read the few reviews that were available and then read through installation guides of any hopeful contenders. Some of the other brands I considered were Minka Aire and Fanimation. Modern Forms, which is a sub brand under WAC Lighting, seems to have a small but loyal following and offers true smart device integration. This means Alexa, google home or smart things integration for most people.
Installation is relatively straight forward but there are more wires here for sure then any fan I’ve installed prior. It would have been nice if they pre-wired and secured the receiver to the fan motor from the factory. Then there would be only 3 wires to connect to the ceiling box. The installation guide is pretty bad with vague references/ drawings and mentions of parts that don’t exist. They give you several individual packages of screws but you’re completely on your own to figure out where to use which. I was also missing the screws needed to secure the light and thought I was also missing the canopy cover screws, but found some that worked. They only mention their optional Bluetooth wall plate so if you have a standard power toggle switch, it will need to be switched ON to supply power or you can manually tie the wires in your wall box to supply continuous power. The provided remote is already paired to the receiver and has a slight delay between button presses to fan actions. It also makes an audible beep when the fan functions are used, I don’t like this at all as it cheapens the experience a bit in my view. The light functions silently thankfully.
If you don’t want the smart integration you could stop here, but if you do, install the modern forms app FIRST! The fan’s receiver is both Bluetooth and WIFI-capable and must connect to your home network for automation integration. The app will help complete this step for you, after you’ve created a modern forms account or linked your google/facebook account, of course. I never did receive a confirmation email from these people, so the only purpose of this account is to tie their service to Google. Once the receiver is on your network with your account linked to the automation service of your choice, you can then use google home, alexa etc and that part works fine. The verbal commands for this fan are done in levels, so you would say “turn on office fan level 2”, for example. The breeze function looks interesting on paper but in practice I found it annoying. A fan that randomly shifts speeds and patterns is incredibly distracting.
The finished design of the thing in action is elegant, I must say, and with only 3 blades it produces a good amount of air with only a slight bit of turbulence noise at the outer edges of the blades. This fan uses a DC motor which is more efficient than the traditional AC variants. The light, while fully dimmable, I find to be slightly too dim at night. During the day with the blinds open it’s fine.
So, overall a nice fan once you get through the setup nuances. I still would have preferred to use my Caseta switch instead of their smart system, but it’s fine, it works.
Pros:
-Excellent flush fan clearance from ceiling to bottom of light
-More efficient DC fan motor
-Visually pleasing with what seems to be good quality components
-Smart integration with the most popular options (Google, Alexa, Ecobee…)
-Relatively quiet operation with good wind output
Cons:
-Pricey, but most are in this space
-Installation guide needs work for sure
-The smart setup sequence of events is important (modern forms app FIRST, then google/ alexa integration)
-Bluetooth remote actions are slightly delayed after button presses
-Fan controls BEEP when activated
-Light is too dim at max brightness
-No 3rd party smart switch integration (Lutron etc)
-Also, if you buy a wall plate be sure it is the BLUETOOTH version, not RF! RF is the version sold here on Amazon and will NOT work with this fan. (This is what you want: part#: F-WCBT-WT)
R Brown –
As an engineer and an electrician, I was impressed by its great design. The assembly was straight forward. I mounted it above our bed to provide airflow in the warm evenings of summer. There is no sound to the fan other than the sound of moving air at high velocity. It’s six speeds provides more than enough air for our focused needs. We set it for moderate speed and experience no motor or air noise. If looking for whole room air circulation, its smaller 44” blade width will likely fall short. Reasonably attractive, highly functional for our application. As this is a smart fan unit, one can control it with phone, etc but why complicate it. Remote provides sufficient control. We have used this unit for several weeks now and I highly recommend it. To keep remote handy, I replaced two gang switch plate with two openings and a plank space. This allowed me to mount the remote on the blank portion of the plate so it’s handy and I always know where it is. The recent substantial price increase may make other units more economically viable and desirable.
Cash A Caterine –
Update: after living with this for a year I’m ready to throw it out. Every few weeks it seems to forget its remote control, requiring a trip to the breaker panel to power it off and on to reset – and then the remote works again. It sometimes also stops working from the app and Amazon Alexa integration, also requiring a power reset. It is very frustrating, because otherwise this would be a great fan – see my original review below. Old fashioned pull chains never sounded so good.
Original review follows ——
The fan is super quiet and the light is pleasing and multi step dimmable. I also like the clean minimalist appearance, and linking it to my network was easy, though finding the app at the web site was harder than it should be.
There are more parts to assemble here than the average fan – I don’t understand why more of this is not done at the factory. The receiver/controller/motor-and-light-driver has many wires to individually connect, and it just kind of flops into the housing, moving around with wires popping out when you’re trying to hang it and connect the power. It doesn’t need to be this way.
All in all still a great fan once you get through the assembly.
The Exacting Consumer –
Installed yesterday, so far so good. Fan is very quiet, you only hear air moving at higher speeds. The “breeze mode” is pretty cool, it mimicks the ebb and flow of a natural breeze. As stated before the install directions are a little wonky but not impossible to figure out with a little common sense. Def would not recommend attaching the fan blades until after the housing is in place. The directions have you attach them before and it makes no sense. The blades only get in your way while wiring and installing the housing. I’d go in this order:
1. Wire the receiver to the housing before attaching housing to ceiling.
2. Wire the receiver to the electrical box.
3. Attach housing to ceiling.
4. Attach fan blades.
5. Install adapter plate.
6. Install LED module and shade.
N. Erath –
Quality seems better than expected, is quite and moves far more air than expected. Great for a bathroom since it is damp rated and also very low profile for 8ft ceilings. Do not need wall control options. Remote mounts on wall with magnetic connection to supplied plate.