Product review (5 stars): Quiet and powerful
After extensively searching for the perfect hood in our price range, this hood met my expectations. Very quiet on the lowest 4 settings. 5 and 6 become loud enough to interfere with conversation. But if you need that much suction, you don't care how loud it is. Vented it to the outside. I don't understand why anyone would add a hood if they couldn't vent to the outside. On the lowest setting it works great to keep the heat from the oven out of the house in the summer. Level 4 is adequate to keep all the smoke and heat from a pan seared steak on a very hot cast iron pan. Having controls on both sides is an option that I had know idea I would use so much. Very handy. If you are busy at the stove and need more light/suction, someone at the bar can do it for you. It is a lot of work to install just like the other reviews state. We completely remodeled an entire kitchen, and this was one of the hardest things to install. Took 4 of us to get it hooked up. Well worth it.