Customer Reviews for Hauslane - 30 inches - Externally Vented - Under cabinet Range Hood - Silver
Customer Rating
5
Great Hood
on June 24, 2021
Posted by: Greg H.
from United States
This is a great hood, especially for the price. Has a delay off you can set the time for so you can leave the pan on the stove and not have to worry about coming back to shut it off during the meal. Great suction.
This was east to install. Very bright lights and the exhaust fan is incredible. Have only need to use the lowest setting. It's all very quiet. My only issue with it is that it is not made in the USA.
The PS18-30 looks and works good but am not impressed with the workmanship for the price. First of all the sheet metal screws supplied for the mounting are useless unless your cabinets are solid wood not the hollow core type as in my case so had to use bolts with washers. Would have been easier to have a template supplied as I noticed other models have so made one. After all, houses aren't always square. Had to watch when drilling the hole for the power cord. One inch is called for but the plug is larger and is close to one of the mounting holes so be careful. The type of strain relief used on the cord won't allow the unit to fit flush to the cabinet underside unless you are creative. Some of the screws on the back were driven crooked and stick out so can't be flush to the wall so leave a gap. Really would have liked to have given it more stars.
This unit is built like a tank. Very nicely thought out and great instructions. The back mounting holes were difficult for a guy my size to see clearly and a tight fit for a hand my size, but was able to feel and get the fasteners in place. The only thing that we changed was the 3 watt GU10 bulbs which did not seem bright enough to suit us. We changed to 35 watt "Bright White" LED bulbs which made a big difference in our opinion. The design has a removable grease tray which I look forward to using, cleaning our old hood was a real pain.
Well-built range hood with powerful fans. Took quite a while to receive due to Covid challenges, but worth it once it arrived. I messaged the company as the shipping date was moved multiple times and was responded to promptly and honestly by real humans! :)