Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This vent hood is a beast and it's beautiful. Never thought a vent hood could be this good, or make this big a difference in cooking. Totally keeps cooking smells and grease/oils out of the kitchen. It replaced my OTR microwave, which was worthless at venting cooking odor. We bought a sub-compact microwave to put on the counter, since we never used all that microwave space in the first place. Having said all that, I feel like I need to comment quickly on the Q&A's that I have found on various other sites that sell this unit, which to me were un-true: - The display has backlit buttons to see them in the dark. As soon as the power button is pressed, the option buttons back light. For some reason, people kept saying the buttons did not. - When turning on the fan, it defaults to the last used speed. For some reason, people kept saying it defaults to high speed. If you last left it on low, it starts on low the next time you use it. - Removing the protective plastic on the filter screens took my wife and I less than 5 minutes. For some reason, people kept complaining that it took forever (one person said hours) to get the plastic film removed. It was easy and fast! Now, some observations from doing the install together with my wife: Do take a good amount of time evaluating the vent slot, if you are venting to the rear. We had to modify our vent (previously used on the above stove microwave) to get the height correct. This involved removing drywall, cutting the steel vent, hammering/forming, caulk, and copious amounts of foil tape. In addition, to get a good seal to the wall vent hole, we picked up some foam seal tape 3/8"x3/4" wide (like the kind that is used for around doors/windows). We attached this foam to the back of the vent unit. This allowed us to push the unit back against the wall and seal up the exhaust port very well. We also removed the vent flapper because our outside vent already had a spring-loaded vent flapper to keep outside air from getting into our house. To make lifting the unit up and installing easier, we removed the stove and put bar chairs under the space. Then, we could just sit and lift the unit above our heads without straining our backs. Finally, the unit has this soft, but not-too-loud, chime sound when you press the button. It just put the icing on the cake. The stainless finish matched out GE stove and refrigerator as well. Very satisfied with our purchase. Worth every penny spent. UPDATE 11/22/2020: Well, another Q&A update. I asked the question if the clock problem was fixed on the Q&A before buying. Sure enough, it still is not. My clock loses about 3 seconds a day. So about every three weeks I will be a minute off. Not acceptable for a device at this price-point. My $25 wrist-watch keeps better time than this. Wish I could just disable the clock all together. UPDATE 12/20/2021: Decided I just didn't like having the clock display at all. So, I took it apart again, removed the internal display unit, and simply put a piece of black tape over the clock section. Put the internal display back in and now I don't see the clock at all; even when the unit it turned on or off. For me, it just isn't needed. Even with the countdown timer feature to turn the unit off, I simply press the countdown timer button once and it just automatically counts down from 5 minutes by default, which is fine for me. I usually hit the countdown button when I'm done cooking and sitting down to eat. The unit turns off 5 minutes later, and I'm happy with that. I've uploaded a couple new pictures to show what it looks like now. Shouldn't take but 10-15 minutes to put the black tape modification in. Remember, this is NOT black tape on the outside of the hood unit! You have to take it apart and remove the display circuit board located BEHIND the tinted display panel. The internal display unit is held on with a couple screws, once you get the initial stainless cover part off from underneath.