Product review (5 stars): The only problem was my fault...........
I moved into a foreclosure, and immediately overhauled the kitchen. After tearing down a wall and building a breakfast bar, I wanted to have a stainless steel island hood installed.  I researched online extensively, and found that this hood was the best bang for the buck. There are similar hoods by other manufacturers that cost $700-800 more. Yes, you can buy 3 of this type v/s one of the other.  The specs are the same on most of the look-a-likes (i.e.  3 speed,304 stainless steel, etc)....but this one has a max 900 cfm blower.  That's greater than many of the more expensive types. Since it comes with a year warranty, I felt just as protected as buying any other.  One word of advice if you do the self-install.  Make sure you have at least one, but 2 helpers will make the mounting easier.
  Well, it's been at least 6 months since the install, and the only problem is that I mounted it a little lower than I'd like.  Need a 2-3" adjustment. I'll go back and make an adjustment one day, but it's working for now. All is well :-)

3/8/13 UPDATE .......I was here answering someone's question about the hood, so I figured I may as well give an update. Great news so far....nothing to report other than, it works like the day it was mounted, and everyone gives wonderful compliments when they see it.