We’ve only ever had the small under-cabinet hoods, and felt this was a must have to give our new kitchen an expensive look without the huge expense! We checked several big building stores and their comparable hoods were at least $150 more. So glad we ordered this one! It works perfect and the LED’s are not super bright. We like using the lights late at night so we don’t have to light up the whole kitchen. It took us about an hour to hang and a while to get all of the protective film off. Removing that was the most difficult part!