How can a company with such a ridiculous name make such great products? Or, how did a company that makes something as prosaic as ceiling fans come to have such a hip name? No matter which version of that question you lean toward, this much is indisputable: Big Ass Fans makes great ceiling fans. They are quiet, energy efficient, impressively engineered, beautiful, and really expensive. Big Ass Fans started out in 1999 as the HVLS Company (high volume, low speed) and specialized in big fans with slowly rotating airfoils (don't call them blades) for stirring up the air in huge spaces such as warehouses and hangers. It wasn't long before customers started referring to these products as, well, big-ass fans. With some models having a diameter of 24 ft., it's hard to argue with that sentiment.
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