The only thing I really have to complain about here is that I'm the one who made a mistake at the beginning and had to take the whole thing apart.
Seriously, though, I don't know how they could have made the installation any easier. Keep in mind that I was replacing a fan, not installing a new one. The old fan didn't reverse, and it had three speeds. A "barely moving" speed, a "this almost makes a difference" speed, and "ludicrous" speed. When the fan was on ludicrous speed, it made a a steady buzzing/humming noise that slowly pulsed. It was barely audible, but it was the kind of noise that drives a person insane. You want a tension headache? Try sitting for a few hours under a fan blowing ludicrous speed with a quickly pulsating but barely audible humming nose. Oh, and the thing took candelabra bulbs. It was a pain to find bulbs that would fit in the fixture let alone bulbs that were bright enough to, you know, actually light the dining area.
When I installed the new fan, it made a clicking noise. That was me failing to secure the wires properly before I put the whole thing together. Easy fix. It just required me to essentially assemble the fan twice. When it was all said and done, I ended up with a nice fan. The reversible switch is easy to access, and it gives off quite a bit of nice lighting. My dining room is no longer a gloomy, dungy place.
The three speeds on this fan are far more useful. The lowest speed is at "I notice this thing is running, but barely". The middle speed is a "relaxing and peaceful breeze". The top speed is "ludicrous" speed, but it doesn't hum. In fact, the only sound I hear when the fan is on ludicrous speed is the sound of the air whooshing by my ears.
Oh, and the special touch: There is actually a symbol of a light and a symbol of a fan on the two different pull chains. I could never figure out which was which on the old fan. Thank goodness for small favors.
I'm a fan of this fan. The quality and the ease of assembly have blown me away.