First, customer service was exceptional the two times that I called asking about this product. Customer support weighed heavy on my decision of getting this. Second, this thing really sucks.....literally. I was very surprised and pleased at the volume of air this hood moves and the lights are just right. Installation was a little tricky, you will need two people to mark the anchor locations, one to hold it at the right height and leveled while the other makes the marks. Ducting to the roof is a whole other story. The only thing I would improve on would be to include a mounting template like you find with microwaves. Stick it to the wall level, mark the holes, and then it would be feasible to install with one person. I was actually disappointed not finding a template in the box. Other than that I am 100% satisfied with it. I am actually recommending this particular hood to a friend.
Eliminates cooking smell and the smoke. Hauslane was recommended by a friend after he saw our initial setup. I immediately put in an order for Hauslane wm-530-pro. It’s been about two weeks since I’ve been using it and it has exceeded my expectations.
I bought this range hood about 2 months ago. Doing a full kitchen remodel. I looked at tons of hoods and kept coming back to this one for its looks and features. It looks beautiful in my new kitcken.
The Hauslane WM-530SS 30P looks good, installed easily (for a remodel carpenter), is powerful for serious cooking, gives warm but sufficient yellow light, and the grease filters are easy to clean with degreaser and sink sprayer.
Cons: 1. The blower assembly gets funky and moldy in the summer time during standard use, and is impossible to dismount or deep clean without completely uninstalling the hood assembly. Better design could enable standard maintenance/cleaning by the owner, same as grease filters. At minimum, Hauslane should include a diagram or manual for cleaning the blower assembly. 2. Grease filters are flimsy and easily bent when disassembled for deep cleaning. 3. Grease filter easily tumbles out of seat and hand, if you don’t train yourself how to dismount safely. Could damage it, your cooktop, or your toe on the first attempt. 4. Grease filter lock mechanism is plasticky and seems likely to break after some time of standard use. Also has a lot of concealed crannies that accumulate grease during standard use, requiring disassembly to clean. 5. The circuit board housing and wiring is scattered throughout the inside of the hood area, and gets coated in grease during standard use. It’s all too awkward to regularly clean. Better design could place most of this on top of the hood unit (behind flue trim), and keep wiring in the hood space neat and visible for regular inspection/cleaning. 6. Light bulb assemblies have no gasket or seal, so cooking fumes get sucked into the hood at the light assemblies, causing grease buildup on the back of the bulbs and inside the bulb housings. The housings are awkward or impossible to adequately clean when wiping down inside of the hood. 7. A loud ‘beap’ accompanies every button press. There is no volume control. My hack was to stuff a rice grain’s worth of fire caulk into the aperture of the beep mechanism soldered to the main circuit board. No more loud beep.
It took us a while to finally install our new range and now we love it. it has great power at level 1 so we are happy because it also looks fabulous in the kitchen. If you are concern about noise this is not for you because it is loud, but for us we were looking for suction and that we got.