Product review (5 stars): Wow....Looks Great, Easy Installation
We recently had part of our kitchen renovated.  A new stove was installed along with some cabinetry overhead.  The old stove had nothing over it and never had a hood.  I was all for getting a vented hood to the outside for the new stove until I heard about all the tunneling and extra money it was going to cost.  I have one of those old houses that is not set up for scrounging through crawl spaces and such, trust me.  I decided to bypass the vented kind and opted for this Broan hood.  We were skeptical at first that it would work as good or look as nice, but fortunately we were wrong on both counts.  For starters, this hood installs very easily.  And trust me, I am not Mr Fix It to be sure.  The hardest part of the entire project was just getting someone else to hold it up and straight while you get the first couple of screws in.  The rest was easy, almost a pleasure.  I had to make a hole in the bottom and side wall of a cabinet above it to snake through the power cord, but that wasn't that difficult.  As far as the way this thing looks and works, it looks like one of the nicest pieces in the whole kitchen, and remember a lot of what is there now is new.  The stainless steel is very clean and expensive looking, and the fan on the unit is strong, not that noisy at all, and works well on both low and high speeds.  A course fabric like material wrapped in a steel mesh acts as the trap for your smoke and odors, and is easily washed in a dishwasher.  A light in front completes the deal and adds a lot of needed illumination to your cook top.  The whole thing looks great, is easy to install, and was a much better alternative to an expensive vented model.  Best of all the price of it here on Amazon is even a little cheaper than where I bought it locally.  Altogether a real nice unit that I highly recommend... : )