Product review (5 stars): Great hood...know what you're doing to install it.
This hood was the best price of any high-CFM hood I've seen. Nothing else could even come close to this in amount airflow with a reasonable price, and also included the blower motor. First reason to purchase this unit.

When it arrived, it was packaged securely. The box had a couple of dings. The hood had none. When unpacked, this unit looked really nice. The power-check on the unit went well. The uninstalled hood plugged-in and fan set to high showed that the unit wasn't the absolute quietest. Nor was it that loud. I was able to have a normal volume conversation with the fan on high. I've read reviews that said it was way too loud. I disagree, and my ears are sensitive to loud sounds. What I did need to do though was quiet the beeping sound that every button push makes. That IS too loud and really bothers me. One of the reasons that unit may be too loud, as the instructions say, is that the unit may need to have screws checked for tightness. OK, easily done. This is the second reason to purchase this unit.

The instructions are not a reason to purchase this unit. They really suck! First, they are obviously translated. This is super funny until you need them to install from. Second, you have a couple of parts that the instructions tell you nothing about. Rubber gaskets for noise suppression, plastic wiring caps for wires that are already installed and capped, screws for ??? The instructions are a detractor of this purchase. My install technique was a combination of Youtube and Home Depot's Pro Desk. If you're a "do-it-youselfer", the instructions don't really matter. Installation is pretty simple.

Hood got installed. Along the way I took the baffles out in order to hang the housing. WEAR GLOVES for this! The inner metal lining that houses the baffles is razor sharp and cut my arms and hands in multiple places. You wouldn't normally interact with this metal lining unless you were going to install the unit. The install was very easy once I knew where everything went. One thing to mention is that if you are looking for a 7" exhaust, you'll need an enlarger piece. I just kept it 6" for the sake of convenience.

The first actual use of the hood was nice. It's powerful enough to be used as a room exhaust fan. I opened my kitchen and living room windows and felt it pulling a breeze through the house. It's advertized as 870 CFMs or close. I'm not sure if this is true. I am sure that it pulls a breeze through my 2000 sq. ft. home. It also hasn't needed to be run higher than low when using the 20,000 btu power burner on the range. The kitchen stays nice and cool.

I've already stated that the buttons beep. This is irritating. The rest of the interface panel is touch and nicely put together. The programming of time and how to program the fan-off time is poorly explained in the manual. But, it is nice to set the fan to auto-off after baking is done to keep the kitchen cool.

Overall, this is a nice unit that is probably worth more than it sells for. If I was going to purchase another hood, I'd buy this one all over again: great price, nice product when compared to the high-end makers.