Fan looks exactly as pictured. It’s plastic so not a high end look but for the price I thinks it’s good. The installation pictures are garbage (no written instructions) and in a couple of places wrong, but I didn’t think it was too hard to figure it out. The fan is powerful and it is nice to be able to adjust the light; however you must use the remote. Flipping the switch on wall doesn’t work so that is inconvenient. Overall for the price it’s fine. I can’t comment on reliability as I’ve only had it a week.