Product review (5 stars): Beautiful and effective.
Looks beautiful (especially with the stainless backsplash we put around it), very effective even with pungent food (we cook a lot of Indian and Korean) and while not whisper quiet at the highest setting it's far less noisy than our last hood which was less powerful. We have it vented sideways through the kitchen wall and it's a short run and so even more effective. Highly recommended even though it's pricy.