Product review (5 stars): High end compliment to updating our kitchen
Over the past year we had slowly talked ourselves into updating our builder supplied range for an Electrolux slide-in induction range with a double oven. As a matter of following the theme we were advised by pro appliance direct to buy this fan unit. We had a tough time installing it because we had also installed a custom diamond pattern backsplash panel from stainless supply. The backsplash kept us from putting in a temporary ledger board to brace the fan against while driving the mounting screws.

Things to Make the Installation Process Better:
1) If needed, reinforce the under cabinet bottom so that your mounting screws do not go through the cabinet.
2) The sides of the hood are only about 7-1/4" high instead of the 8-1/4" inches the instructions seem to indicate, see installation guide: [...] Why the discrepancy? Because, the instructions allow for the utility hook bar that goes against the back wall. Best to measure the actual fan housing when allowing for side backsplash wing extensions.
3) Scribe a template from the top of the fan to help you see where the cabinet needs added material.

Back to the product

The BF in the model number stands for Baffle Filter. This gives the fan the commercial hood look and works with the optional recirculation kit with charcoal filters ZRC-0200 if you are not ducting this fan to the outside of your home.

We replaced the supplied halogen bulbs with the dimmable Philips LED GU10 M16 (standard direct halogen GU10 replacement) bulbs. We chose these LEDs because the light is more of a daylight tone. The original halogen bulbs are yellowish (warm) light.

The construction and build quality are at the high end of what we've seen. The steel is thicker than most.

The fan seems loud, BUT given its power even at lowest setting and the fact that we have ours installed with the ZRC-0200 recirculation kit, its still in the tolerable range. BTW: the high setting is enough to pull a whirlwind vortex from any smoke or steam coming from your cooking.

How Could this Product be Better: All high end fan hoods today that require suspended mounting should be designed with a mounting shoe framework. Mounting would have been 5-min. if the manufacturer had taken this one design step.