I’ve had this hood installed for a few weeks now and it’s made a huge difference with cooking smells and smoke. I do a lot of high-heat cooking, and it pulls the smoke out right away instead of letting it set off the alarms or drift into the rest of the house. The stainless steel looks sharp in person and blends right in with my other appliances. The lights on the bottom are surprisingly bright, which makes it way easier to see what I’m working on. Cleaning is painless too since the grease filters pop right out and go straight in the dishwasher. It definitely gets loud when you crank the fan all the way up, but given how much air it moves, that’s a fair trade-off. Mounting it was a two-person job to hold things steady, but overall it’s been a great upgrade for the kitchen and well worth the money.
I didn’t think we needed a vent and my husband insisted with our kitchen remodel and so glad we did.. vents the air outside and no more beeping fire alarms