Big Ass Fans – Haiku L, Smart Ceiling Fan – Energy Efficient Cooling for Home, Bedroom, Office, Living Space, and More – 16 Lighting Settings with 7 Speed Settings – 52” - White

A very nice fan. High quality materials and well constructed/designed. It's extremely quiet, I cannot even hear the motor run at all - completely silent! Fan blades are glossy white plastic as are the covers for the motor; these do not look cheap at all, in fact, exactly the opposite. Installation took me about an hour but I wasn't in a real hurry so probably could have done it faster. The instructions are clear, easy to follow and walk you right through it. Absolutely no problems in this area. Control of the fan is only with the included remote or through the smartphone app (you can also order a wall remote if you wish. Some things to note: 1. There is a ring of blue LEDs around the top that light up whenever you change the speed, turn it on or off, etc. The number of LEDs that are on indicates the speed so 3 LEDs on means you are at speed 3. These only stay on for a few seconds when you change the speed and then go out. This is really a pretty nice feature and is a quick way to see what speed you are at but if you don't like it, you can disable them with the smartphone app. 2. Each time you press a button on the remote, the fan beeps. This can be annoying and really freaked out my dogs; good news is you can also turn the beep off with the smartphone app. 3. The smartphone app works pretty well and covers all of the features/settings of the fan. Seems to be well designed and haven't noticed any issues with it. 4. Took a few times to get the wifi connection on the fan configured. This works in similar fashion to other smart home devices I have run across. First you launch the app and then look for the fan. You then connect to the fan directly via the wifi connection between your phone and the fan. From there you will select your home network and put in the network password. Once I did this, the app came back after 45 seconds or so and said everything was successful but I could not actually connect to the fan with the app over the network. A few resets and restarts later I gave up and called technical support. They answered immediately and after describing the problem suggested that I reset my WiFi router. Once I did this, the fan was visible on the network and prompted me to do a firmware upgrade. I proceeded with this and after a number of minutes the app came back and said the update completed with some problems (and no other information). At this point I could not see the fan on the network anymore so I once again reset my router and it appeared. Everything is working great at this point. I was also able to install the app on a second android phone and it found the fan and worked immediately. 4. The fan can be reversed if desired very easily through the smartphone app or with the remote control (using a convoluted series of button presses). You won't remember the button press sequence and will have to look it up every time; perhaps they should give you a sticker for the back of the remote that has these button sequences defined for easy reference. The manufacturer however recommends you don't reverse the fan at all and simply lower the speed instead. 5. The whoosh feature is pretty neat. This varies the speed of the fan between the speed you have it set on and lower speeds with the idea being that it simulates natural breezes. Tried it out for a while and seemed to work well. Despite the few hiccups getting the WiFi working, overall I am very impressed so far and would not hesitate to buy this fan again. Highly recommended and you will not be disappointed.

SO MUCH BETTER than the $200-$400 alternatives ; I am slowly replacing the noisy / inefficient $200-$400 fans with BAF 52in Haiku L fans. Over 5yrs, have now installed five(5) BAF 52in Haiku L fans. As far as Im concerned these are unmatched for air flow, noise level, and reliability. Yes at Speed #7 there is noise, but it's moving ridiculous volume of air. I rarely need to have the speed above #3. Sorry to read about quality issues ; that is NOT my experience. Have always been impressed with packaging, fit, and finish. Blades/airfoils are balanced - zero vibrations. All fans With the latest fan, bought and installed Nov 2025, was super pleased that the software has improved leaps and bounds - connecting to WiFi (using iPad) was intuitive, painless & quick. The original fan installed is used daily, and must have ~20,000 running hrs on it - it's been faultless and still super quiet. But agree there is sticker shock - these are expensive. But I got here by replacing a $300 fan after <2yrs. Occasionally these fans are sold with 20-30% discount ; that's the best time to get them.

Our old ceiling fan’s motor bit the dust so we were due for a new one. After looking around, I found the Haiku L. It was awesome looking and had so many features so I was sold. Next step was installation. I have so little DIY home install experience, but I thought I would give it a shot before hiring an electrician. To my surprise, I was able to pull it off solo! The haiku was super easy to install, with the only difficult part really being the wiring. For 90% of people it’s going to be a real easy: match white to white, black to black, ground to ground and you are good! My particular wiring was a bit more confusing due to being wiring in series with another light junction. I ended up needing to call and electrician, but we was able to guide me through my wiring setup over the phone!! He was such an allstar (Revolt Electric in Seattle if you are local). I half expected the house to light on fire after flicking back on my breaker post wiring.. but instead it all worked! The fan is beautiful, effective, and whisper quiet. A few other reviews complained about a dull electric hiss sound coming from the controller and I was prepared to hear something like that. But I don’t hear it at all. I can only hear the air moving! It’s crazy. Maybe I got a lucky unit, or maybe the other users don’t have a good enough ground connection or something.

UPDATED: Purchased April 2019, update April 2021... OVERALL: 1.0 stars (updated) 1. $1 remote is getting flaky... Buttons need to be pressed multiple times to get them to function. For a now $750 fan, they could at least provide a better designed remote that's reliable over time. 2. I was about to rip the fan down, but decided to dig into what is making the noise. As you can see, the $0.50 injection molded parts are the culprits. They fit too closely and cause "ticking" noises every rotation. At first it was the bottom ring, then the top rings. While the ticking has gone away, the rings are there for a purpose. They help reduce the now, annoying whirling noise of the motor/bearings. Instead of putting Band-Aids on the gushing noise problem, why don't you have your engineers solve the problem at the source. This is noise reduction 101 guys. But, then you guys could just send a small roll of masking tape and ask the customer to do what I did to fix your problem. 3. Will be moving to a new house later this year... Can't wait to rip this fan off the ceiling and inspect the rings for flatness and roundness (surface plate, indicators, snap gauges). I doubt either will portray high quality injection molding qualities. Then it's Dremel time to relieve the "issues" create by the Haiku engineers. The new home of this fan will be in my new shop where a noisy fan won't be an issue. But, damn will my shop look great with a Haiku fan! 4. And, it blows my mind that this fan has increased in price over $150 since I bought it. In no way is this fan worth it. And, mind you... I have never been contacted by Haiku to address this issue. Good luck with their market hyped products. I will never buy another one of their products, and you likely shouldn't either unless you like annoying noises. ******************************************* (prior review) Yeah, sure it looks pretty, get over it! But, let's talk the facts about operation of a $500+ fan after using it for over a year. I wanted a fan for the bedroom that was quiet. Thought a DC motor fan would be a good way to go. 1. The remote is too small, gets lost easy and is really cheap looking and feeling. It's still working, but my initial doubts are still there whether it would last. 2. For the life of me, I cannot get the clicking sound to go away. I have moved the shroud to multiple positions without any success. I have tried reassembly of the blades - cheating their positions radially inward and outward based on the clearances. No luck again. There is a fit issue between the top shroud parts that causes them to become misaligned over days that then causes a once per rotation clicking noise. I now will never buy another fan made mostly with plastic parts for the covers and blades. The tolerances for plastics should be much better than for sheet metal, but I think they closed the gaps up to make it look prettier. And, thus you get fit issues. 3. When not clicking, there is a whirling noise form the motor on the lowest setting. Again, horrible while sleeping. This noise is coming from the motor. I don't get how this is allowable from a product development standpoint. The DC motors that I design into robotic products don't make this much noise, even with gearboxes! 4. I will give kudos for the assembly instructions and ease by which the assembly can be done. DFA is A+. SUMMARY: This fan is a waste of money if you want a quiet fan. It's only acceptable for a room where ambient noise is constantly present. It does a good job with the moving of air minus the serious noise issue that you have when trying to sleep. I finally got sick of the sound and moved it to the spare bedroom/office now due to COVID. I thought about diving into the fan to find the root cause, but it's such a pain to be standing on a bed with your head between the blades.

UPDATE: 5/16/2018 First off, let me state that I never got the L Series fan. Instead I ordered an H Series fan directly from Haiku which is great, although I didn't get the optional light kit which is standard with the L Series. Overall, it's the same functionality as the L Series except that the H Series is considered an upgrade due to the blade material and the color options. After seeing the components which make up the H Series and comparing to the L Series, there are more similarities between the two than they are differences. After experiencing my Haiku fan for a year, I recently purchased 2 more. These fans are solid and don't wobble at high speeds like other fans do. You can crank this puppy up and feel like you're in a wind storm and yet the fan will not wobble which I love. Another really nice aspect of the Haiku fan is the integration with the Nest thermostat. The fan and thermostat will work in conjunction with one another and adjust the use of the HVAC system by increasing the fan speed to maintain the desired temperature. This feature alone will save you money in the long run and will reduce the overall cost of ownership. I am not familiar with other ceiling fans which have this capability. The fan has a lot of other nice capabilities that others have mentioned in their reviews, but by far I like the way the Haiku fan integrates into my smarthome system and interoperates with Alexa and my thermostat. Mine has been up and going for almost a year now and I can't think of any issues that I have experienced since installing. One last item - it's an awesome looking fan once it's mounted. ========================================================================================================= Update July 7, 2017: Unfortunately I have decided to return the fan as I just don't believe that this version of the fan is worth the cost for many of the reasons that I pointed out, but primarily due to my concerns of the materials used in this version of the fan. I may be totally off base so please don't base your decision to purchase or not on my incomplete experience. It may be a great fan, but the cost barrier is hard for me to overcome. I personally believe that Haiku could have done a better job in the durability of certain fan components. If for no other reason than perception to overcome the price shock. Much of the hype on the Haiku website and in reviews outside of Amazon appear to be referring to upscale versions of this fan such as the H series. ========================================================================================================= Initial review: I am probably being somewhat unfair writing a review before even installing and trying the product, so I will preface my review by saying that it is based on initial impressions only as I sit here and ponder if I should pack it back up and return it or if I should give it a chance by going ahead and installing knowing that there is a strong possibility that I will be disassembling and returning. My first observation as I unpacked the fan is that the materials used in the L-series fans are OK, but not at all impressive especially given the cost. I don't see any craftsmanship here as it's all appears to be nothing more than injected plastic except for the motor, downrod and some miscellaneous small parts. While the plastic fan blades appear durable enough, the housing and casing not so much. After installing and looking at it from a distance, this could end up being a don't care for most people including myself. However, as I look at my $700+ order (the non-white/black blade option was an additional $75 to the base $600 and then taxes adds additional cost) still in its box I just don't see the cost benefit. I really agonized over this order given the cost of the fan. Yes, it's a great concept that no one else to my knowledge has yet exploited. However, is it really worth the cost? Especially for this plastic version of the fan. Based on the photos that I have seen on the Haiku website, it is an attractive fan, but then are so many other fans available at half or less the cost and quite frankly appear to be made of better materials. I did have a lot of questions and did review all the material available on the Haiku website and even contacted the manufacture and got a lot of questions answered and misinformation from other reviews cleared up. I will mention that I never got responses to 2 e-mails I had previously sent before contacting Haiku directly, but was finally able to get some questions answered via Haiku's online chat. Not getting any response to your e-mails concerning a potential high-cost purchase makes you wonder in the back of your head what the communication quality will be with the manufacture once you make a purchase. My online chat with Haiku did clear up most of my questions. However, not all of my questions were answered satisfactorily. BTW - there seems to be a bit of confusion in some of the reviews of the cost difference of the fans on Amazon vs. the Haiku website and the wifi module being included or not. The fans on Amazon are $50 more than the Haiku website, but that is because the Amazon version comes with the wifi module while the version on the Haiku website does not. The wifi module is required if you want to integrate the fan into your smart home or Alexa or control using your phone. The base cost of the L-series fan on the Haiku site is $550 vs $600 on Amazon. To get the wifi module directly from Haiku is an additional $50, not $150 like some have stated in their reviews. I believe the reason for the confusion is that Haiku doesn't advertise the wifi modules on their website. Instead they only advertise the wall control unit which is needed if you want the SenseMe capability. If you order the wall control from the Haiku site, they also include the wifi module which is required for the wall control to communicate with the fan. Why Haiku doesn't advertise the wifi module on their website, I don't know but it does add to the confusion that potential buyers have. However, I was told that Haiku would sell the wifi module, instead of having to purchase the wall control if you requested. I was also told that the different blade color options available on Amazon were also available on request from Haiku directly for the same cost as advertised on Amazon. Only the black and white options are advertised on the Haiku site. I was actually going to order one of the H Series fans from the Haiku site one weekend, but their online ordering system seemed to be having a problem when I attempted to execute my order. While I did receive an e-mail a day or two later that Haiku was aware of the issue and invited me to complete my order by giving them a call - I didn't. Again, due to the high cost of the fan plus the fact that I need at least 3 fans so I put off ordering and did further investigation. Although I never came to a conclusion that the capabilities and the attractiveness of the Haiku fans justified their cost, I did finally decide to push forward and try one of the lower cost L-series fans off of Amazon. I decided to order from Amazon since I thought that it would be easier to return the fan to Amazon than Haiku should the fan fall short of my expectations. My direct communication with Haiku thus far falls short of my overall expectations. Another thing to mention is that the warranty is only a year on certain aspects of the fan, only the motor has a lifetime warranty which is pretty common with most fans. When I asked Haiku about this, I was told anything that was going to happen should occur within one year. While that may indeed be the case, one would think that the manufacture should then be willing to give customers a stronger warranty if the historical trouble data shows that the vast majority of product issues manifest themselves within a year.

I have four of these in my home, along with one higher end H series fan. So I've got a pretty good sense as to the pro's and con's of these units. Here's what I like: They're quiet. They look good. They have very granular speed controls and efficiently move a good volume of air. They integrate with a variety of smart home products, some better than others (Alexa integration is especially good) Here's what I don't like: They're very expensive relative to the competition. They require the use of bolt on products like the wall control & Wifi module to obtain full functionality (like temperature monitoring). The built in led light has a narrow lighting range, so won't do a good job lighting up anything but smaller rooms. And their software/"smart" hardware components leaves a lot to be desired and you have no insight into what the hardware is sensing (like temperature). A couple of examples - I have the fan scheduled to turn on via motion controls at 8am, with a smart cooling setting of 72 degrees. As of 5 minutes ago, the room was 77 degrees and the fan still hadn't even turned on. I had to activate it manually and I'm expecting it to spin up to 100% shortly. Another example: Early this week the integrated led on my daughters bedroom unit inexplicably turned on an hour after they went to bed, waking up my 2 year old twins and the fan disappeared from the app so we couldn't interact with it and had to turn it off from the room via the remote. This is unusual as we've found wifi connectivity to be quite good in general, but is still indicative of teething problems with the units. A final example: My H series fan will randomly speed up and down overnight despite the temperature staying consistently high in the room. We have no insight into why that is happening as the app offers no insight into the conditions the fan believes are present in the room. In summary, the software and smart connectivity options continue to be the boat anchor that stops a good product from being great. We love the performance of the fans and Alexa connectivity which works well. But the lack of consistency in regards to temperature monitoring, motion controls, poor interaction with other smart home devices (like Ecobee themostats, where the benefits continue to elude me) and the overall clunkiness of the software really hurts the product. For $750 (Fan + wifi module + wall control), I'd expect a better experience. Sadly, they have a ways to go.

So far I'm liking this sleek & modern "cheap" L series fan. Since this is the "cheap" "L" series line-up, it's mostly plastic (mine is shiny/glossy white plastic)... but it does have a some nice features like LED dimmable lighting (2700K warm white by the way), remote control, high efficiency, and very quiet. Even though it is overall very quiet, you can hear the "wind" on the higher fan levels, and it actually sounds a little like a "swooshing helicopter". Unfortunately there is still some noise to be heard on the lowest fan setting (motor and/or friction noise?) but it's not much. Also, I thought the fan was made in the USA but it appears not. They say the higher end models are made in the USA but did not say the L series fans were. Installation was more time consuming than previous fans I installed. It wasn't hard but a little "tricky" if you've never installed a fan like this before. I highly recommend watching the installation video for the fan that you can find on youtube. I was impressed with the balance of the fan. I cannot see any vibration or wobbling at all. Be sure to install the fan blades (or "air foils" as they call them) in the right positions because the fan comes balanced from the factory. It comes with one wireless IR remote and a wall holder for it. Since it is an IR remote you have to point it at the fan in order for it to work. I also got it working with Alexa. I was going to download the "Haiku Home" Android app on my phone but it had bad reviews so I checked the iOS app and it had much better reviews so I used the iOS app on my iPad and it worked very well. It seems the Android app may still need some work. Anyway, using the Haiku Home app I made an account and got the fan setup on my WiFi network so I can control it with the app. I enabled the Haiku skill on Alexa (Amazon Echo) and linked my new Haiku account. It works. I can now say "Alexa turn on the office light" or "Alexa turn on the office fan" as well as dim the light and change the fan speed - like "Alexa set the office light to 100". So is it worth the $$$? I'm not sure yet. If I still like it like I do now in a year or two and it performs without any problems then it very well could be. For now I'm giving it 4 stars because I'm not yet sure it is worth the high price and I was disappointed that the "L" series residential fans do not seem to be made in the USA as I had originally thought. UPDATE 2017-12-06: I did have a good experience with their support and they are sending me another remote (good), but I also discovered that the fan wasn't as quiet as I thought because it was making some audible noise (motor and/or friction noise) on the lowest fan speed (I expected "true" silence at the lowest speed). Note that although the noise is quite low, it can still be heard when the environment is very quiet. I'm keeping my rating at 4 stars at this time but I may still upgrade the rating to 4.5 or 5 stars in the future. UPDATE 2018-01-10: Just wanted to add that the Alexa control has been very good so far - it's been very responsive and reliable, which is more than what I can saw for a lot of other Alexa controlled devices like Belkin WeMo and Philips Hue, which can fail to respond to commands too frequently. UPDATE 2024-06-08: Still happy with this fan and sad that I'm moving and will be losing it... but I will buy several more of them for my new place if the price drops to 'within reason' so I'm watching for a good sale. Still 4 stars because of the high price... and even higher now than ever before.

I can't believe what I've been missing with a good ceiling fan. It's pretty pricey, but you get what you pay for. Integrated LED (on an aside, don't change out the LED cover to the smoke one--it's way too dim and makes the color of the light seem... dirty? And to change it back it requires you taking apart the fan... though with the normal lens cover, it definitely can get bright on the higher levels), wifi, scheduling, Amazon Echo support, integration with Ecobee/Nest thermostats... the features go on and on. I'm finding myself controlling this almost entirely with my voice through Alexa. It's motor is completely silent, but you do hear the air moving on the higher speeds. I had some excess air noise, and Haiku was excellent about sending a replacement. What's great about Amazon's package is that it already includes the wifi adapter (I don't think it comes with it if you get it directly from Haiku, but I could be wrong), so it's already app-ready. Also purchased a wall control unit directly from Haiku, but I'm not finding it super useful except for having light/fan control on the wall. But once I get a better schedule configured, I think having the presence detection will be a cool feature. I would have more in my house if I had existing fans to replace. Unfortunately, until I put the money down to run electric to my various ceilings, I'm going to continue just rocking my awesome bedroom fan.

I love this fan. Been super impressed with the brand for some time now and finally bit the bullet and have them a try during Amazon prime day sale. Worth every dollar. Considering swapping out all other fans in my home for this

Bastante malo. Compré dos y uno llegó con el módulo descompuesto. Es un ventilador de altísimo precio para tener una falla de ese tipo.

After using other fans, which BOTH did the rawr rawr rawr electric motor sound which drove me CRAZY. put my money down on this fan. Easy to install, and silence reigns......... And at high speed, it really rocks, which will be good in the summer.

Fan itself is high quality and has a cool modern look. Gripes: 1) alexa/Google home integration seems to be flakey. After it was installed we got that working no problem, but it recently stopped working. BAF says they did a server upgrade which caused issues and they are working on it. 2) we’ve noticed that sometimes turning on our Vizio TV (which is in same room) will toggle the fans on/off state! I asked BAF about this and they said that the frequency used by some TVs is the same as the fan, there’s not too much you can do about this unless you can somehow change the tv remote frequency. Not a huge deal. Doesn’t seem to happen all the time. A workaround could be using Bluetooth or apps to control tv etc.

Found this fan to be 1/3 the weight of our previous 1980’s-style fan. Although the blades are made of a plastic material, they seem to be solid and they don’t appear cheap once installed - especially once spinning at Mach Schnéll. We were experiencing issues with our previous hunk of sh*t whereas it would mysteriously turn on in the middle of the night - likely due to interference from some other signal or because ghosts. This one has solved the issue. The light is also LED and quite bright once turned to the highest setting. Little blue indicator lights identify what fan speed has been selected. The remote is tiny in man-sized hands. Overall, very satisfied with everything but the price tag.