Product review (5 stars): Excellent value
This was a replacement for a 15-year-old Whirlpool range hood, for which replacing the broken switch panel was going to cost $300. The features I was looking for in a replacement were: all white, the highest CFMs (at least 300) in a roughly $300 price range, and NO halogen lighting. (The stove is hot enough - who needs that additional heat, not to mention the price of the bulbs.)

None of the big box stores had what I was looking for, and the specialty stores catered to the more expensive models, all which had halogen lighting, and most of which still had CFMs in the low 200s. This model had everything I was looking for, except for the black control panel. However, since I have a white cook-top with black ceramic, it does look good in the kitchen.

I liked that this model has variable speed. The highest speed is no louder than my old Whirlpool, which didn't have the nearly the same # of CFMs. It takes 2 incandescent light bulbs, up to 75 W each. It's a dual switch so you can have either one or both on. This unit is a great value.

Installation was fairly easy. We had not taken out my old hood ahead of time; if we had we would have known that we should have also ordered a new exhaust adapter (the part the connects the hood to the venting). The old Whirlpool had a rectangular-to-round adapter, the same as needed for the Broan, but it was smaller than what this new Broan required. We had no trouble finding the correct size locally (town of 4,500 in rural MN).

I was a little nervous about having such a large expensive item shipped, but it arrived a day earlier than projected, in perfect shape. One of the specialty stores would have ordered it for me, but for $50 more than Amazon's price.

Both the buying experience and the item quality were excellent. I've been very satisfied with this purchase.