Summer & Winter Mode Fans

A reversible ceiling fan for living room use is a ceiling-mounted fan whose motor spins both ways. It runs anticlockwise for a cooling breeze in summer and clockwise at low speed in winter, mixing warm air back down from the ceiling. Most add LED lighting and a remote, so one fitting does two jobs. British … Read more

There’s a particular kind of denial that sets in every October, when you catch yourself standing under the ceiling fan you bought for July, wondering if the thing has any use at all for the next five months. Here’s the honest answer: it probably does, and it’s not the gimmick it sounds like. A ceiling … Read more

Here’s a confession most heating engineers won’t make in a glossy brochure: the average British loft, wall cavity and double-glazed window are all doing a stellar job of trapping warm air exactly where you don’t want it — hovering three feet above your head. Reversible ceiling fans exist to fix that particular injustice. Flip the … Read more

Somewhere between the third stuffy August night and the first frosty morning of October, most of us have the same thought: wouldn’t it be nice if one appliance could sort out both problems? That’s the entire pitch behind a reversible ceiling fan, and it’s a genuinely clever one. Flip a switch, and the same set … Read more