Product review (4 stars): Powerful and beautiful!
It's a great looking range hood with powerful suction. Most range hoods are very loud, so I was looking for something that's quiet but still powerful, and I think this one fits the bill perfectly. Our old range hood was only 600 CFM but was so loud that we couldn't hold conversation anywhere in the kitchen area. Z Line is 900 CFM but still much quieter. All thanks to the remote blower that sits behind the ceiling (in the attic). It's not super quiet though, you'll definitely hear the blower but you can hold a conversation around it. The installation is not simple, it requires a professional to do it. You have to build a frame in the attic for the blower to sit on. I had a contractor install it and he did it in multiple sessions over a span of 4 days. He also had to cut the chimney pieces short to fit our 7-foot low ceiling. It's an expensive unit with high installation cost but the low noise levels make it all worth it.
It has 4 LED lights, and their angles can be adjusted. The buttons are on both sides which is convenient. We usually leave it on for 5-10 min after the cooking is all done, so it's easy to turn it off from the other side. The only thing I don't like is the release mechanism of the baffle filters. You need to slide those little knobs to release the filters and they are not smooth. I always struggle a bit to slide them and in the process I dropped the filters a few times. The handle design is a bit ridiculous. I think it's too much compromise on the aesthetics for the role they play. They are just for holding the filters. But I guess that's a subjective matter.
The product picture is not correct, it's probably an older model. It shows 2 LED lights and 4 baffle filters but the model I got has 4 LED lights and 2 large baffle filters. I like 4 LED lights, but the filters are so large that it's not very easy to fit them in the dishwasher unless you run a separate load just for the filters.