Product review (5 stars): Great hood. I needed to build a completely custom ...
Great hood.  I needed to build a completely custom range hood in my kitchen over a peninsula.  All the island hoods were literally too big (I have a gorgeous one in a box in my basement that was $450 that I can't use... sniffle).  Anyway... so I had to build my own ceiling-mounted hood over a peninsula and I realized I could do it with this hood.  I built a box to hang from the ceiling (where the duct is) using an IKEA wall cabinet turned sideways, then mounted this beneath it, ran the ductwork through it.  Then I custom built AROUND the whole thing in place, all the way down to the bottom of this hood -- ie, so this hood is 'encased' inside.  I just made sure I cut a little vent about 4"H x 12"W in the front of my "surround" so that it could ventilate in the front and embedded a stainless cutout panel there (you can buy 12x18 sheets at home depot for like 10 bucks).  If you stand at my range and look up into this custom hood now, you see the bottom of this broan range hood.  We are ducted in the ceiling and this has worked GREAT since we completed it about 7 months ago.  I'm a middle-aged woman and aside from my son helping me connect the electrical line I literally did this all myself using this hood and it is looking fantastic and working perfectly.  Hope this is useful to any other remodelers looking for a similar solution!