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Research profile · last verified 2026-08-18Big Ass Fans Haiku L Ceiling Fan
⚠ Similar names, different products: ⚠ Three Big Ass Fans models now sit in this catalogue and the names differ by one letter or one word. This is the Haiku L — the low-profile line, 44 to 60 in., $849.00 to $999.00, a 5 in. downrod as standard. It is NOT the Haiku ("big-ass-fans-haiku-ceiling-fan", $1,550) and NOT the i6 ("big-ass-fans-i6", $2,100 to $3,560, 60 to 96 in.). ⚠ The distinction matters for compatibility, not just price: the Haiku record carries a documented Home Assistant path and this one does not — see "integrations.home_assistant", where the difference is stated rather than assumed away.
Exactly which product this is[1]
- Model number
- Not established
- Generation
- Not established
- Region this page covers
- US
- Also sold or listed as
- Haiku L Ceiling Fan · Haiku L low profile fan
“Not established” means we have not sourced that detail yet — not that the product has no model number, generation or regional variant. We publish the gap rather than filling it.
Compatibility
| Ecosystem | Support | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Alexa | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[1] | Not established. Alexa appears nowhere in the served HTML of this model's page. The page's whole claim on the subject is four words — 'App-enabled. Smart home ready.' — which names no ecosystem. |
| Google Home | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[1] | Not established. Google Home and Google Assistant appear nowhere in this model's page copy. |
| Apple Home | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[1] | Not established. Apple Home, HomeKit and Matter appear nowhere in this model's page copy — the only case-insensitive 'matter' on the page is the sentence 'This decision matters.', which is sales copy about choosing a fan. |
| SmartThings | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[1] | Not established. SmartThings appears nowhere in this model's page copy and no Samsung-owned page naming it was read. |
| Home Assistant | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[1][2] | Deliberately NOT inherited from the Haiku sibling, and this is the cell where the difference between the two records is real. Home Assistant's Big Ass Fans integration lists 'Haiku Fans with 3.0 firmware and later (Legacy SenseME firmware not supported)' and 'i6 Fans'. The Haiku L is nominally a Haiku fan, so the family wording arguably reaches it — but the integration never names the L, Big Ass Fans never names a radio or protocol for this model, and the supported entries carry a firmware condition nobody has checked against this product. Ambiguity resolves to unknown. ⊕ What would settle it: either a Big Ass Fans surface stating that the Haiku L runs the same firmware and local protocol as the Haiku, or a Home Assistant page naming the L. |
? Inconclusive means we researched that ecosystem and the evidence doesn’t settle it — the catch says why, and the sources are listed below. It is a statement about the available evidence, never a verdict on the product. A Setup Check researches your exact setup where the official sources don’t answer.
What it can do[3]
You can tell it to
- On/off
- Fan mode
- Brightness
It reports
Not established — we could not confirm this from vendor documentation
- Alexa: Whatever voice control reaches on this fan, it reaches nothing at all on a unit ordered without the optional Wi-Fi module — and Big Ass Fans sells both. Its Haiku L technical specification sheet (HKU-MKTG-194-ENG-01 REV. J) footnotes voice control and the mobile app with 'Requires Wi-Fi module to be installed in fan', and its ordering table lists the two configurations side by side: '44 inch (112 cm), Indoor, Wi-Fi: FR112C-U1H00-3L02-09259-259P610' against '44 inch (112 cm), Indoor, non-Wi-Fi: FR112C-U1H00-3L00-09259-259P610'. The Haiku L installation guide carries the same condition: 'Mobile app requires Wi-Fi module to be installed in fan.' Both documents are cited on the provenance entry that claims this block.
- Google Home: The same condition as Alexa, from the same footnote in the same specification sheet: voice control and the Big Ass Fans mobile app both require the optional Wi-Fi module, and non-Wi-Fi SKUs of every diameter are sold. Cited on the provenance entry that claims this block.
Listed capabilities are what we could establish from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished — not necessarily absent.
Subscription reality[1]
✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.
Vendor account required: Not established — we have not sourced this yet.
No subscription, plan or fee is named anywhere on Big Ass Fans' product page for this model. Recorded as "none" on the strength of the vendor carrying no plan.
Maintenance reality
- Works without the internet: Not established — we have not sourced this yet. It does not mean the product fails without the internet.
- Three diameters — 44 in., 52 in., 60 in. — driven by a 'High-efficiency permanent-magnet motor', with an integrated LED light. A 5 in. downrod is standard and optional lengths of 10, 22, 35, 51 and 63 in. are offered. A remote is included in the box. ⚠ No airflow (CFM) figure, no decibel figure, no warranty term and no radio specification are printed on the page; noise is described only as 'Whisper-Quiet'.
- Security updates: No security-update support date is on record for this model yet. We haven't yet checked whether Big Ass Fans publishes one, so this is a gap in our research — not a statement about the manufacturer.
The catch
The page sells this fan on four words of connectivity — 'App-enabled. Smart home ready.' — and that is the entire claim. What the page never mentions is that this fan is Matter-certified: CSA's compliance ledger holds certificate FAM226154 for the 'Haiku L Series', dated 2024-03-29, and Big Ass Fans says so nowhere. That certificate is why this record lists Matter under protocols, and it settles the radio only — it is not evidence that Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home or SmartThings will show you this fan, which is why those cells still read unknown. Measured rather than impressionistic: the served HTML names no ecosystem and no radio at all, so what 'smart home ready' reaches is undocumented by the people selling it. ⚠ Do not read the sibling's compatibility onto this one. The pricier Haiku is documented by name in Home Assistant's Big Ass Fans integration; the Haiku L is not named there, Big Ass Fans states no protocol for it, and the integration's supported entries carry a firmware condition nobody has checked against this model. If a specific ecosystem is why you are buying, ask Big Ass Fans directly before ordering — this record cannot answer it, and neither can their page. ⊕ What the page does state usefully: a remote is in the box, the motor is a 'High-efficiency permanent-magnet' unit, and a 5 in. downrod ships as standard with five optional lengths.
Who it's for
A room with a lower ceiling where the Haiku's price is hard to justify — three sizes from 44 to 60 in., an integrated LED and a remote in the box, at roughly half what the Haiku costs. It suits a buyer who wants a quiet, well-built fan with app control and is not depending on a particular voice assistant or hub. It is the wrong buy for anyone choosing on documented ecosystem support, because Big Ass Fans documents none for this model.
Sources & method
Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →
- [1] bigassfans.com, Haiku L Ceiling Fan product page — vendor-page research (including a keyword census of the served HTML for platform and radio strings), verified 2026-08-18Backs: Product identity, Price, Protocols, Power source, Installation, Required hub or bridge, Subscription, Batteries, Market availability, Service status, Research status, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, Apple Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility
- [2] home-assistant.io, Big Ass Fans (baf) integration documentation — platform-documentation research (counterparty surface; recorded as a non-finding rather than as support), verified 2026-08-18Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
- [3] Big Ass Fans' own Haiku L technical specification sheet (HKU-MKTG-194-ENG-01 REV. J, 01/05/26), read 2026-08-21 as a PDF and linked from the vendor's Haiku L support hub. It is this model's document and that was checked rather than assumed: its ordering table enumerates the model numbers printed on the cover of the Haiku L installation guide — FR112C-U1H..., FR127C-U1H..., FR150C-U1H... Verbatim — key features: 'Optional Wi-Fi module for mobile app and voice control integrations' and 'Seamlessly integrated LED kit with 16 dimmable settings'; the CONTROL block: 'IR REMOTE / MOBILE APP / VOICE INTEGRATION'; the Construction Features table's Controls column: 'Handheld remote / Bluetooth wall control / Voice control and Big Ass Fans mobile app / 0-10 V', and its Integrated LED Light column: 'Settings include on/off, Sleep mode, and 16 dimmable light levels'; the fan-specification table's Speed (Min/Max) column: '60/260 RPM', '35/201 RPM', '55/149 RPM'; footnote 5: 'Voice control requires an Amazon Alexa-enabled device or the Google Assistant.'; footnote 6: 'Requires Wi-Fi module to be installed in fan.' Corroborated by the Haiku L installation guide (https://bigassfans.widen.net/s/lcrgsjcgvd/haiku-l-install-guide, same model numbers on its cover), whose remote diagram labels 'Fan On/Off', 'Adjust fan speed', 'Light On/Off', 'Adjust light brightness', 'Timer', 'Clear', 'Whoosh' and 'Sleep'. — vendor-page research (BQ-187 capabilities population, batch 15b), verified 2026-08-21Backs: Capabilities
- [4] Internal re-spelling under BQ-228 (16 #450). No page was read for this entry and no source was consulted; the evidence behind this record's protocol position is unchanged and lives in its existing protocol-claiming entries. — schema re-spelling, verified 2026-08-22
- [5] Matter Distributed Compliance Ledger, models for VID 5202, read 2026-08-22 via tools/dcl-lookup.mjs: 8 models enumerated to pagination exhaustion, among them PID 4 'Haiku L Series'. `cert 5202 4` returns software version 0 (3.3.0) CERTIFIED, certificate FAM226154, dated 2024-03-29. The ledger names the 'Haiku L Series' outright, and the csa-iot.org page carrying Product ID 0x0004 (/csa_product/es6-8/) records Family Variant SKU 'MK-HK4', Primary Device Type 0x002B (Fan), Transport Interface 'Wi-Fi, Bluetooth', Specification Version 1.2. — registry-lookup (DCL enumeration by vendor ID, with known-positive control), verified 2026-08-22Backs: Protocols
- [6] Big Ass Fans' own US product page for the Haiku L, re-read 2026-08-27 with our declared bot user-agent after checking robots.txt (which allows /): HTTP 200, 451,034 bytes. A full-text census of the served HTML reproduces the 2026-08-18 measurement exactly: ONE case-insensitive occurrence of 'matter', and it is the sales line 'This decision matters. We can handle it for you.' Zero occurrences of 'HomeKit', 'Apple Home', 'Siri', 'Alexa', 'SmartThings', 'Home Assistant' and 'thread'. The five 'google' hits are all preconnect and tag-manager URLs in the page head. The connectivity claim is still the same four words: 'Remote included. App-enabled. Smart home ready.' — vendor-page research (keyword census of the served HTML), verified 2026-08-27
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