This unit is solidly built and has a very appealing finish on it. The multiple fan speeds are very nice. My wife and I do not think the fan is too loud on its highest fan setting and it definitely cleared the air fast on one recent occasion that we needed it to. Others have commented about the lights not being bright enough. I would have to agree. Its not really the bulbs though. I think it is the position of the bulbs up in their housing. They are located close to the front of their housing and the light generated is cast down and back toward the wall rather than being cast more evenly over the entire stove top surface. If the lights lit up the whole stove top area, I would have given the "feature set" an "excellent" mark instead of the "good" mark I did. Overall though, we could not be happier with the choice we made. For what it cost us, I don't think we could have gotten a better one. Very satisfied with the purchase.