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Martec Lifestyle Series
DLS134X (Halogen/LED), DLS134 (Base), DLS1343W, etc...Low power use. BUT 50% LED failure rate.
So I splashed out and spent a packet on 4x identical ceiling fans. I wanted low power usage and LED was a must. The dimming feature was a nice bonus.
It takes a while to get used to having a remote as opposed to wall switch with speeds, but I really like that feature. I have the remotes mounted next to what is now just a light switch.
Power usage is around 40W on full speed with the light being 20ish watts. Great so far!
BUT the LED dimmer lasted about 6 months on 2 of the 4 before it would only settle on low brightness. Usually you turn it on and quickly off and on to cycle between brightness. That’s 50% failure rate.
Now it just flicks on and off 2x then stays on low.
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Purchased in July 2021 at Ceiling Fans Direct.
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Monica H.South East Queensland, QLD
Don't go there
Nothing but trouble with Martec fans. Bought 5 of the lifestyle fans all with remotes. All professionally installed by electrician. Had to have 4 of them replaced as failed to work within first week as they simply would not spin other than slow. The lights also flickered. Took several months for fans to be replaced. Even after they were replaced they have never worked properly. One out of the 5 works ok and puts out sufficient air flow only. The other 4 do not spin with the same strength. They are quiet after u use the magnets to properly bala...Read more
nce them or else they tick. Not sufficient airflow though. My kids still use pedestal fans. Looking for a new fan for my sons bedroom now as the Martec fan in his room will only turn at a snails pace again same as the replaced ones. Electrician tried a new receiver but fan still unresponsive and made no difference.
Purchased in October 2021.
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NandD W.South East Queensland, QLD
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Martec is a shocking company. Warranty is baaaadd. I bought 3 fans . On install electrician showed me a ticking sound. Called martec warranty they told me to put fan on winter setting. This seemed to get rid of tick.. THEN it returned. Had Martec come to party for their electrician to look at. He told me there is a known fault. So he installed a spacer.. solved. But no the other two fans develop tick. Contact Martec they send electrician. Both fans same issue as first. Both had same fix. However Martec only will claim one as warranty as other h...Read more
ad a bit of head wire in cup.. however tick has gone from same fix as first. Been a long 6 months. Asked them to review. Thoight it all good then i get a Letter of demand. For payment. Communication is stuff you flush down toilet. Warranty is written on the toilet paper. Am now going to pay to get rid of them. Need another 3 fans they WON'T be MARTEC brand. Have contacted lighting illussions where i purchased to inform them of this terrible company. Have also let my electrician know, he said he will never install one again, and will talk people into other brands. I am votting with my feet and mouth. Best $80 i spent was paying this bill and letting people know how BAD MARTEC are.Purchased in November 2021.
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John S
- 11 reviews
Stay away from Martec fans
Absolute garbage, nothing but clicking and ticking noises from the get go, 6 months in one has stopped working..
Please stay away from this company, shoddy warranty and there customer service is about as good as there fans. .
Purchased in October 2021 for A$178.00.
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GrahamMacSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 36 reviews
Multiple failures of Martec DLS1344W with both Premier and Duo Remote Kits
I had an electrician install 5 Martec DLS1344W Lifestyle Ceiling Fans with Premier remote kits and 2 of the 5 remote transmitter units failed within days. Martec forwarded 2 new Premier remote kits and the electrician swapped out the faulty ones. I was not easy to get Martec to honor the replacement of these, but eventually they agreed.
In a second premises, an electrician installed 3 Martec DLS1344W Lifestyle Ceiling Fans, this time with Martec Duo remote kits, and was to install 3 additional fans purchased with Martec Duo remote kits, howeve...Read more
r before this occurred one Duo Remote wall unit of the original 3 failed. We tried all 3 "spare" ones which were to be used in the other fans once installed (first setting the code to match that of the installed failed Duo wall unit)- ALL 3 of the "spare" units were tried on ALL 3 of the installed fans (resetting the code to match that of the installed fan in each room) - None of the 3 worked at all. The retailer, Lighting Illusions were very helpful and told me that they had stock of 3 Duo units and would get all 3 to my closest store. I collected these one at a time, tried each of the 3, and NONE of the 3 worked on any of the fans. On contacting Martec, they advised me that the Duo remotes were no longer produced and therefore refused to honor any warranty on these - basically telling me that since they could not supply the Duo units any more, they could not or WOULD NOT do anything at all, so I was on my own. I took the case off the failed unit (since these are only battery operated) and was horrified to find that it had a manufacture date indicating it was 5 years old at purchase. I then checked the other units and manufacture dates were just as old, or older. In this process I could also identify that the manufacture and assembly quality was extremely poor, where soldering displayed poor workmanship (crystallized joints), the solder flux had not been cleaned off (as should have been done), the battery supplied was tested (found to be below voltage so part discharged at purchase - I purchased and tried new batteries), the battery did not fit properly and the push buttons stuck as often as not. The original working units are more trouble than they are worth because of the manufacturing defects mentioned. I actually have to push on the battery to get the buttons to respond as a result of the poor fitment of the battery in the battery holder. Absolutely the first time I have ever known of electronic devices "aging to failure on the shelf" as the built-in obsolescence feature!8 comments
Martec Pty LtdMartec
Hi,
The mpduo was deleted from our range back in summer season 2014/15. It seems wherever they were purchased had them in stock for a fair while.
No excuse for the failure of an electronic device at all. I worked with scientific instruments for over 40 years at a University and these are the first electronic devices I have seen go "rotten" sitt... Read more
ing on the shelf for a few years - 4 out of 4 failures. The only reason for these failures is that this Martec product was always extremely poor quality, with some of the worst soldering and (lack of) quality control I have ever seen. When Martec absolutely refused to honour the warranty as clearly stated on the box, I opened them to have a look and was totally disgusted to find that such a poor quality product had ever been marketed at all - these should have been scrapped prior to ever hitting the market instead of foisted onto unspecting customers who may have previously and certainly incorrectly thought that Martec was a reputable company!I would like someone at Martec to provide me with answers to the 2 questions below -
1. Why do you think that 4 out of 4 mpduo wall remotes failed immediately out of the packaging after being in stock... Read more
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FlybyNSW, 2456
- 21 reviews
Still great after 8 years
Some customers have not had a good experience so I thought I'd share mine. I bought 4 in 2011, 2 with the halogen light & 2 without. I installed them myself in our new house. They are the brushed aluminium models and even though we are right on the coast have no signs of corrosion at all. I give them a clean annually.
All 4 have run faultlessly for 8 years. I have had to replace 1 halogen bulb which blew. They are quiet, perfectly balanced & provide plenty of air movement. A balance kit was supplied but I did not need to use it. The motor is...Read more
quiet and the plywood blades make a lot less noise than the equivalent aluminium blades. We rarely use the high speed, usually low and medium are sufficient. These just have the wall switch so no remote control which is one less complexity. I have too many remote controls anyway. I've just ordered 2 more (factory seconds) direct from Martec Clearance for just over half what I paid in 2011. I'll update this when the new ones have been running for a while.1 comment
My 2 new (apparently factory seconds) fans have been installed and are running well. They were brand new in the box & I could not find a mark on anything. Running well, properly balanced and no noises.
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Very Happy
Got a bit worried after reading these reviews but the store I bought from said they sell 100s of these fans every month and rarely have any warranty calls. I am so happy i listened to the stores advice. They are quiet, have had no problems with the light (I like the 3 stage dimming) and are balanced perfectly.
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Martec Pty LtdMartec
Hi Ashlee,
Thanks for letting us know. We sell many tens of thousand of fans per year, and great to hear the happy customers, most reviews are only from the unhappy customers but there are far more silent happy customers and great to hear.
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John S
- 5 reviews
- 1 like
- Lifestyle DLS1343W
- Verified purchase
Please heed the Negative reviews, disappointing Ceiling fan.
After having good experience with the silent Kogan DC pedestal fans thought it'd be good to replace our bedrooms old A/C Ceiling fan with a DC, unfortunately didn't read the many Negative reviews on Martec products here first.
On our electricians recommendation we went for the Martec Lifestyle DC Fan with LED and remote, when installed it is a good looking fan but when the fitting electrician turned it on the fan had a noticeable bearing knock.....He took it down and exchanged it for a new one from his wholesaler...
2nd one installed, no...Read more
knock but had a annoying electrical resonance hum especially noticeable on its lowest Fan settings, worse than the old A/C fan it replaced and questionable seeing I'm a light sleeper...Leaving the 2nd installed we later found that night when trying to sleep that the LED light turned off unacceptably glows like a miniature moon in our rooms centre for the entire night. Not happy we contacted the installing electrician, to his credit he tried yet another unit out in his own home first before coming out, when arriving he remarked the new one had the same hum and glow as our installed unit so no point changing it a third time.... Our electrician who is a good one and has performed other electrical work for us has logged a call with Martec sending in videos of the fans hum and light off glow but given the difficulties people have stated here when dealing with them suspect this will be a painful experience...Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
Bernie ZAU
I bought 3- Buy something else
I purchased 3 Martec Lifestyle ceiling fans 2 1/2 years ago for the bedrooms in our house. The fan in the main bedroom had to be replaced under warranty, as the fan only ran on slow speed from the beginning.
The 2nd and 3rd fan are in the kid's bedroom and guest bedroom. They make loud ticking noises. The 40 year old ceiling fan in our dining room is quieter.
Back to the main bedroom- there is now an electrical issue with the lights on the first fan, ( the fan that was replaced under warranty.)
The Martec warranty system is a pain in the ba...Read more
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DsalSydney
- 6 reviews
- Lifestyle DLDC134
- Verified purchase
Great product, a few cons
The fan is very quiet, looks great and performs well. They also have fantastic customer service. However, some cons.
Firstly, the dimming feature is crap. You have to click the light on and off as it cycles through the settings from high, to medium, to low brightness. And it doesn't remember your last setting, it defaults back to brightest.
The warm/cool setting is also difficult to adjust. You have to remove the glass dome and switch it over. Not something you want to do regularly. I was hoping this would be on the remote, but no luck....Read more
Not a big deal though. A couple of screws didn't come out of manufacturing properly, so had to be replaced, bit of a quality issue there. But the customer service was excellent. Prompt and no issues, a big plus on that front. I bought 2 fans, and the fans operate slightly differently on startup. One turns on and starts spinning correctly. The other takes a couple of seconds, before turning the wrong way initially, thinks about it, then starts spinning the right way. Very weird. One last thing is the noise it makes when you turn the light on/off. I just don't need the beep. It's not loud, but it's weird and I don't like it.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
MartySydney, NSW
- 2 reviews
Worst fans on market.
I be very clear I purchased 3 Ceilin fans they are noise and worst fans on market.
Looks ok bad product must replace after one year do not by Martec will cost you money.
Customer service is bad they come to fix one and is worst than before newer again .
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J.MSydney
- 2 reviews
- 2 likes
- Lifestyle DLS1343W
- Verified purchase
Terrible.... lasted one day
Purchased the white DC motor model without the light for family room and new white fans with DC motors and LED light for bedrooms....that came out January 2018. They seemed to tick all of the boxes especially the one with the light - could change colour 3000K, 4000K or 5000K and it had a dimmable LED - only limited to three settings though. Felt sick the morning of install when I found these reviews but decided to continue.... BAD MISTAKE !!
Did not like the very basic remote control. When you changed the speed of the fan, there was no indicat...Read more
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SanthaMelbourne
- 4 reviews
- 3 likes
Disappointing .. don't buy
This worked fine for the first three years.One month out of warranty the light stopped working.
According to consumer affairs Martec still have an obligation to repair or replace.
Martec refuses.
I requested that they supply the parts free of charge and I will wear the installation cost. I thought that was a fair compromise as it's probably the LED system which can be easily replaced. At cost price Martec would be out of pocket around or less than $20.
I will have to pay for an electrician to install.
Nup.
So if you want a fan and light that work for around three years then go for it.
I hope that when the light dies again it does in inside warranty ..
Very disappointing.
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AdelaideChrisAU
- 5 reviews
Bought 3 regretted all 3
We have had Martec fans for the last 30 years. They have been great but were due to be replaced, so we decided to stick with what we know. We bought 3 of these units, 2 with lights 1 without. A total waste of money.
Let me start.
On installation all made ticking sounds and wobbled, 1 so badly I asked for a refund. The blade was physically warped and could not be balanced. I spoke to someone in their head office and after a bit of wrangling they said they would send out new blades. They confirmed the sale and model with the copy of the recei...Read more
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BomboSydney
- 3 reviews
So Far So Good
I cringe reading the negative reviews.
Purchased a factory seconds martec Fan c/w LED (I rent) and it looks sensational. I replaced an old Omega Casablanca model that was making shorting noises at full speed. So far it is quiet and very powerful.
The wifey is pleased with the new fan as well so that's always a bonus.
The light is brighter than a single LED e27 globe I had in the old unit, I was hesitant at buying the LED version but I'm glad I did now.
My main criteria was price, after scouring 4 different shops on the weekend I was shock...Read more
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JackSydney
Terrible product
The model I bought was the one with 24w dimmable LED. The LED went off in one week. Terrible quality for a fixed light that I cannot replace easily. Called for a warranty service but was told they don’t cover DIY installation. Now I have to chuck the whole fan after just one week. Stay away with this brand.
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Adam
- 2 reviews
- 2 likes
- Lifestyle DLS134X (Halogen/LED)
- Verified purchase
Great so far
I did read a bunch of reviews about the Martec lifestyle fans and decided not to buy based on the terrible reciews. I decided to buy a different brand, the Franco Urban fans, turns out, it’s just a rebranded Martec fan. When I was un boxing I panicked when I saw the Martec badge but the electrician was there so we continued with installation. So far the fans are great, very quiet, provide a lot of air flow and very bright (which is what we need). The electrician also mentioned that they felt very good build quality. So far we are happy with the purchase. Also, we purchased online in Adelelaide on a Monday afternoon and they were delivered 9am the next day, very impressed.
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Paul
- 2 reviews
- 5 likes
Worst product
Purchased four of these in 2014.
1 x replaced under warranty within two months of install - quite the debacle which took 2 months of complaints and Consumers Affairs being involved.
2 x wobble like crazy when on...
2 x tick loudly when in use... (was told they need to warm up and that it'd go away in a few weeks...)
1 x no longer changes speed. Unfortunately we're out of warranty now by two months. Martec not sending out a technician but have offered to send out a replacement control mechanism which 'might' be the problem.
We foolishly bought a number of martec lights at the same time... they too are shizen, with the ballast in one blowing within two months.
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Poor product no service
2016, I also purchased 5 fans for my home and one for my 78 year old mother, I wish I had done reviews before hand. I thought I was buying a quality item that should last. Mums failed and 3 in my place make buzzing sounds and globes keep blowing, we are changing them all out. Contacted the Martec Warranty number and all the woman would say is do you have the receipt = yes, do you have the installers certificate= No (who does) and I said they are only 4 months old and were installed by a licensed electrician . Can I just bring them to your stor...Read more
e for evidence = NO, we must follow the procedure or no warranty can be claimed. Martec are the are the worst at customer service, do not support their customers, never again...............people ...don't buy Martec (my opinion)Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
SMKBrisbane
- 2 reviews
Do your homework before purchase
Purchased 7 fans for my new home that was being build, I wish I had done reviews before hand.
I thought I was buying a quality item that should last. Unfortunately this is not the case.
When the fan is on 3 its hardly moving and the noises that come from the fan just scares me. I'm in the process of replacing all fans,
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Questions & Answers
GrahamMacasked
I would like someone at Martec to provide me with answers to the 2 questions below -
1. Why do you think that 4 out of 4 mpduo wall remotes failed immediately out of the packaging after being in stock for a few years?
2. As the supplier of this faulty product, do you think it is acceptable that as a customer, I have 4 installed Martec fans purchased with mpduo remote kits ( 1 wall mounted / 1 portable) that will never work as advertised by Martec, since 1 of the 2 remotes in all 4 mpduo remote kits was faulty?
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Martec remotes are complete rubbish, and that's no joke as you know. Read all the other reviews. I installed 3 Lifestyle mini fans many years ago, and I went through 4 failed remotes. 3 remotes were replaced under warranty, but they would not honour the 4th (remember I only had 3 fans, so the remote for 1 fan died twice), so I had to buy another one which was expensive as you have to buy the kit which includes the controller that's installed in the fan head which I didn't need. The manufactured date on all the remotes was years old, it's old crappy electronics. At least for the past 5 years they have been stable and not completely failed, but their build quality is down right terrible. I have the Premium LCD remote, which I only purchased because of the timer function.
I should add approx 3 months ago the light in one fan has now died (not globe), and given the age and likely expense, no point getting a replacement part for it even if it existed. I will buy a new fan, not Martec, and completely replace it.
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Martec Pty LtdMartec
Hi,
our fans are covered by a 3 year in home warranty.