Product review (5 stars): An excellent mid-priced hood
Range hoods can be bought at almost any price, from under $100 to more than $2,000.  We chose this one to replace an old hood that did not have enough airflow, so any serious grilling was accompanied by smoke detector beeping.  The gold standards for hoods are cubic-feet-per-minute (CFM) and noise.  A well-made unit will run more smoothly, creating less mechanical noise than a cruder one.  This one is very quiet.  If offers infinite speed-control range.  At full speed, it exhausts 460 CFM, a good, but not astonishing rate.  Even a good hood still makes more noise if it moves more air, and there's no way around that.  We found that this unit operates quietly and exhausts a great deal more air than the old unit it replaced.

We noted an earlier review that mentioned that the box was somewhat inadequate.  We agree, but our unit did arrive undamaged, despite some dings in the cardboard.

To make installation easier, you remove the blower and motor assembly, so only the sheet-metal shell needs to be supported.  After mounting is complete, the blower re-attaches easily and plugs in with a single connector.  It does take two people, at least briefly, so one can support the unit while the other installs the first couple of screws.

The 893004 can exhaust from the top or the back.  You remove a metal knockout for the one you want to use.  It's intended to be hard-wired, with a knockout for a clamp to hold the electrical cable.  When installed, the electrical connection is near the right end of the top rear of the unit.  You supply the clamp for the knockout, depending what kind of cable is used in your home.

The installation took an hour or so.  Replacing an existing vented hood, as we were, is relatively easy.  If you must do the duct work to outside through the wall or ceiling, that's a considerably larger job.  As with any task, planning and doing is easier, as they say, than doing and then planning and then doing!

The lamp sockets accept two regular bulbs (not supplied) of up to 75 watts.  A three-position switch lets you turn on one or both lamps, but they are not dimmable beyond that.  We used two 60-watt equivalent LED bulbs, which work well and save money over time.

If you're considering this hood, we recommend it.  You can review  the installation instructions beforehand, which I recommend, at the company website, [...] . While the Broan name is less-well-known than its sister brand, NuTone, it is a company that has been around a long time, and is likely to continue to be.