I purchased three fans from Lamps Plus two wet rated fans for outdoors and this one for my living room. Nearly three years to date, this fan’s motor is making a grinding noise when you turn it on. Of course, because of whatever is going on inside the motor the fan will not even come on. For the price tag I would absolutely expect a bit more longevity for these fans. Bcos one of my wet fans has been malfunctioning for nearly two years. It randomly goes off and on by itself, but I guess I should be grateful that it still works considering the issue I’m having with this fan. It is so unfair that we consumers work so hard to have nice things only to be duked by these retailers with their fancy ads, fake reviews, short warranties, and overall poor or hit or miss quality products. At least long time places like Home Depot and Lowe’s they have 5 year or lifetime warranties on most of their ceiling fan motors. I feel that Lamp Plus does not really believe in the quality of their fans, otherwise why only give a one year warranty….one year is not enough time to scale quality. I’ve referred this fan to so many family and friends, and even contractors and sales people who have done work at my home. I am hopeful that anyone who has purchased this fan from Lamps Plus based on my word of mouth has not suffered the same fate. These sort of experiences or issues and reduced warranties make it more and more difficult for me to trust and support many of these online warehouse type retailers. Once they have your money they don’t care about the rest of the experience. I am so bummed about this issue bcos I am out $500 for a ceiling fan that only lasted 3 years. I thought Lamps Plus was a reputable retailer. I guess I didn’t do enough research or read enough reviews about this fan or rather Lamps Plus prior to my purchase. What a rip off.