Product review (2 stars): Lovely but problematic
I love my Kobe hood when it works and I can see my range.  I have had my lovely & expensive hood repaired twice for different issues under warranty.  The service was very good and pleasant.  Unfortunately less than 2 years after I installed the hood, 1.5 years from the first problem that was fixed (but SADLY 2 years and 1 month from ordering) the problem recurred.  Kobe has told me all sorts of things, but the last was my favorite, to check for a fault or short in the housing.  This was not the solution to the problem the first time (that was a 'processor board') and I doubt it is now.  In SHORT, Kobe does not stand behind their products, which, by the way, are made in China, not Japan.