Future Smart vent sizes
Are there any plans to offer square Smart vents in the future? I have an AC only system with ceiling vents that are square. 10x10; 8x8 & 6x6 I believe.
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Official comment
Hi Paul,
We are bringing our latest 6x14 to market shortly and then will be looking into new sizes, especially the sizes seen more in the South and Southeast - larger squares and rectangles. Hard to give a timeline yet but definitely something we are going to expand into.
Cheers,Dan
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So one question on the square sizes - I assume they are all on the ceiling - preferences on the grill pattern/throw? Assuming its all ceilings, perhaps we could do a curved blade design? We could also stick with the current design to keep things consistent if that would be preferable since many homes have a mix of sizes. I'd also like to make the front plates out of aluminum instead of steel (save on weight) if its ceiling only - any preferences there?
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All of my vents (7 square and 2 rectangle) are all ceiling vents. I would prefer if the grills are the same for consistency. I like the idea of using aluminum instead of steel, however, would these dent and crease easily?
These are just my personal preferences. But if you move forward with square vents, how many variants would you offer at once? I have three different square sizes, bathrooms have the smallest vent, then bedrooms, then larger rooms.
I appreciate the quick feedback.
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Aluminum shouldn't have any mechanical issues, they are commonly used for ceiling and wall vents so long as an adequate gauge is used. Do you mean you would prefer grills that match our current design or grills that would be consistent across the square and larger sizes?
In terms of new sizes, I'd imagine that we'd likely target an 8x8 and 10x10 next since as best we can tell, those are the next two most popular sizes but are still reviewing tickets and what not to try and verify that those are the best next sizes to make.
For the 3 sizes you have - what sizes are they? -
Nathan - "most on the ceiling" - are the 8x8s all in the ceiling or also on the floor?
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Chrissie, all 8x8s are on the ceiling. So I have seven 8x8s in the ceiling, one 6x6 in the ceiling, and two 6x6s in a wall.
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@Daniel Myers, any updates on the 8 x 8 vents? I have several in my walls and ceilings. Would be ready to buy 7 of them and 7 pucks to go with them if they were available. Would be great to get a timeline as others have requested.
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Happy to weigh in here from the Flair side. We are working on a something pretty big that will enable us to launch a bunch of new sizes. I know thats vague and unsatisfying but I can't share the details just yet. I can share that one of the absolutely top priorities is building more smart vent options.
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I'd say that we'll have some announcements in the coming couple months and hope to have at least a few of the new sizes around the end of the year. Generally tooling and testing take 3-5 months for a new size but we might be able to compress that a bit. Of course after testing is done, we can kick off a build and that has some lead time as well for components/assembly/freight hence a Q4 estimate. Definitely an aggressive timeline but also very doable.
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