Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I really love this stainless steel hood. It’s beautiful and very sleek and modern looking. With the multiple fan speeds, you can adjust it to whatever type of cooking you’re doing. It’s pretty quiet on the lower speeds, a little louder on the high speed but not annoyingly so. The grates are easily removable for cleaning and look much better than the mesh screens that most hood vents come with. It even has a clever little grease trap that’s easily removable for cleaning. Installation was fairly easy, but is definitely a two-man job due to the weight of the unit. Overall, I’m very happy with my purchase. That being said, there are several reasons for only four stars instead of five. 1) This hood vent has a plug and cord. NOWHERE on the specs does it say it’s a plug-in (unless they correct it after reading this review). I needed a hard-wired unit, not a plug and cord unit. {sigh} Luckily the Great and Mighty Kevster is a licensed electrician. He was able to hard wire the unit. But without him, I would have had to either return the unit or hire an electrician. C’mon tech writers...get the dang specs right, okay? 2) The handy-dandy grease trap is nice, but it would have been nice if somewhere, ANYWHERE, in the installation instructions, it would have (a) even mentioned the part, and (b) given any hint as to its installation. This part isn’t even listed in the instructions. Again, the Great and Mighty Kevster was able to figure it out, but he shouldn’t have had to. And finally, we come to 3)...There is a laminated foil label on the side of the unit. Unfortunately, the label was too far forward and after installing the unit, about 1/3 of the label was showing. I’m not sure if all the units come like that are I just happened to get a unit with a wonky label placement. Because the Great and Mighty Kevster said there was NO WAY he was taking it back down just to remove a label, I ended up having the carefully reach between the hood and cabinet with a razor knife to carefully put a slit in the label in order to peel off the section showing. And of course, it left a mess of adhesive behind. Luckily the Great and Mighty Kevster came armed with a can of Goof Off, and I was able to remove the adhesive with a little bit of rubbing. Overall, it’s a great hood and you won’t regret this purchase. Just be aware that you can hard wire it, but it doesn’t come that way. If you don’t have access to the Great and Mighty Kevster or a licensed electrician, then you might want to rethink buying it.