Works great
This way works unbelievably well if you pay close attention to the instructions. In my case, my fan had a dark round thumbscrew that held the light on. By just turning the light on to a low light setting the phone was able to accurately track the center of the wobbling fan and acquire accurate readouts. The computed results were spot on -well done!
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Fixed my vintage Hunter
I picked up an older Hunter ceiling fan from my local Re-store. It had a pretty bad wobble due to the restore mishandling it. It’s very important to follow the preparation steps as this identified that one of the blade irons was not only bent but twisted causing the pitch and blade height to be off. After fixing that, I ran the routine in the app which got the wobble out completely on the first try.
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Time Saver
New ceiling fan had a shimmy-shake thing going on after install. Before breaking out the food scale, disassembling the blades and measuring each one, thought I’d try this optical balancing app out. It worked perfectly! Went from 20.7 units out of balance to zero/one (barely visible wobble). Aces!
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Tedious but worthwhile
I read the poor reviews and purchased anyway and am extremely happy with the results.
Instructions are detailed and I needed to follow them precisely. The app DOES work with sloped ceilings - when it says blades should be the same distance from the ceiling and your ceiling is sloped or uneven simply spin each blade to the same spot before measuring distance from ceiling.
Buy a balancing kit that includes 3 gram weights not 5 gram for better precision.
If the bottom center of the fan spins along with the blades then your “black dot on neutral color painters tape “ must be exactly in the center so it doesn’t move when slowly spinning the fan.
Be sure to use the 3gram clips with the 3gram weights or the 5gram clips with the 5gram weights.
Do all this and the app works beautifully.
Instructions are detailed and I needed to follow them precisely. The app DOES work with sloped ceilings - when it says blades should be the same distance from the ceiling and your ceiling is sloped or uneven simply spin each blade to the same spot before measuring distance from ceiling.
Buy a balancing kit that includes 3 gram weights not 5 gram for better precision.
If the bottom center of the fan spins along with the blades then your “black dot on neutral color painters tape “ must be exactly in the center so it doesn’t move when slowly spinning the fan.
Be sure to use the 3gram clips with the 3gram weights or the 5gram clips with the 5gram weights.
Do all this and the app works beautifully.
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Works as advertised.
I need to get another set of weights as I only had two, but, I got rid of even a hint of wobble all the way up to full speed with my test set. Worth the cost. Follow the instructions exactly and don’t screw around and it works.
Good except for one thing
It reduced wobble, but the app tells me to place weights that are so close to the center of the fan that the weights would have to be on the blade holders themselves which I cannot do. It would be great if I could specify the length of usable blade space where I can actually stick a weight on top of. Otherwise it’s very helpful
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Way better than expected
I was a little skeptical of this, but was willing to accept a little wobble if I could improve it enough to not make noise. I went through the process twice and it is absolutely perfect. I ended up putting weights on multiple blades at various lengths. There is no way I would have gotten it that still through trial and error on my own. Saved me hours of work, a mental breakdown, and probably a still kinda wobbly fan.
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Works great
Does exactly what it says it does.
Easy-Peasy
I installed a new ceiling fan this afternoon. It’s mounted on a vaulted ceiling and the fan blades only have around an inch of clearance. I should probably get a longer downrod, but the two previous fans were fine.
The new fan had the very slightest wobble. Not enough to really notice, but enough that the fan blades were tapping the ceiling.
I tried balancing it manually and spent too much time with no better results. Then I read about this app on Reddit.
It took around ten minutes using the app and got the exact best place to add weights on two blades. Now the fan is completely wobble free at all speeds.
Truly a great tool.
The new fan had the very slightest wobble. Not enough to really notice, but enough that the fan blades were tapping the ceiling.
I tried balancing it manually and spent too much time with no better results. Then I read about this app on Reddit.
It took around ten minutes using the app and got the exact best place to add weights on two blades. Now the fan is completely wobble free at all speeds.
Truly a great tool.
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Works as Advertised
I was somewhat skeptical that it would work, but it was only CAD$3.99, so why not?
It worked perfectly. I placed the weights exactly where the program said, and the wobble disappeared completely. However, I did need 2 clips for testing, so I ordered a set from Amazon.
It worked perfectly. I placed the weights exactly where the program said, and the wobble disappeared completely. However, I did need 2 clips for testing, so I ordered a set from Amazon.
Now I want to balance all my fans!!
This app is the tool I needed to balance my wobbly fan that squeaked. It helped me find which blade needed the weight and where to place it. I like its objective measurement. I started with a wobble score of 30 and ended with 2.5. To my eye, it’s perfectly still at full speed. A few tips, put the camera on a step ladder for consistency. I used small paper binder clips from my office. I numbered the tops of my fan blades with a magic marker.
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Does not work in vaulted ceilings.
The app was never able to detect the blade movement. I believe it is because my ceiling has vaulted areas. Does not work. I want my money back.
App does not work
The app could never identify the dot on the bottom of the fan. I tried different color tape, making the dot bigger, and making the dot darker. The app was never able to locate the dot and balance the fan
Worth the $3
Fiddled with the fan for 2 hours, then bought the app. In 20 minutes it had it better than I could get it. Not perfect, but worth $3
Also props for not asking for my personal info or wanting a monthly subscription.
Also props for not asking for my personal info or wanting a monthly subscription.
I was a skeptic, but now a believer.
I spent about an hour trying to balance my fan, using a balancing kit following the instructions in the kit. I had it pretty close, but being the perfectionist that I am, I wanted to get it perfect. A little Internet searching pointed me to this app, which I tried. I had doubts that it would allow me to get the balance any better but I went ahead with the instructions in the app, exactly as outlined. I removed the weight that I had originally installed and much to my surprise. The app had me put the weights almost where I originally had them with a few minor additions of weight and slight change to the location. The fan is balanced perfectly now. I’m impressed to say the least.
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Remarkably good, well worth the cost!
I admit I was a little skeptical, but this app was pretty inexpensive, so I gave it a go.
It’s gotten our fan better balanced and quieter than I’ve ever been able to do manually. It gave a recommendation to put a weight 4” from the end of one blade, and 12.25” from the end of another. And it really worked! Amazing!
Take the plunge—it really is worth it.
It’s gotten our fan better balanced and quieter than I’ve ever been able to do manually. It gave a recommendation to put a weight 4” from the end of one blade, and 12.25” from the end of another. And it really worked! Amazing!
Take the plunge—it really is worth it.
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Does what it supposed to do.
We loaded up this app, followed the instructions and balanced the fan. Easy least, lemon squeezey.
Time /Sanity saver
After I misread instructions and 10 tries. I corrected and got it in the first try. Worth $3
Amazing
I am an unpaid purchaser of this app. I am typically skeptical of apps like this, but after struggling for an hour, I thought losing $3 on the off chance that it works is totally OK with me. I should have bought it at the start of my struggles! It worked great the first time I tried it, even with me fudging on some of the measurement steps!
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Magical
My son’s fan was a wobbly mess. I bought a weight kit but it seemed like it was going to take forever with trial and error so I bought this app. I was skeptical despite the positive reviews but it worked like a dream. Followed the simple instructions and boom wobble fixed.
This developer needs to be building rockets or something.
This developer needs to be building rockets or something.
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