Product review (4 stars): It's a sheet metal box with a fan in it, just like all the $1k+ hoods, but this price was set by a sane person.
If you're like me, you probably started your journey looking at mainstream brand range hoods and were put off by the prices (not a single brand I  looked at offered a sub-$1000 price point while I was shopping; here's looking at you KitchenAid ($1900? Are you freaking kidding me?). And you're not missing something, that is insane and makes no sense.

This hood, however, does make sense. It's not perfect, but in my experience it is of equivalent build quality and functionality of its more expensive cousins. The stainless steel body is of the same gauge, it has the same basic PCBs to control blower speed/lights/etc., and it has the same mounting design and hardware. (Time will tell if this holds up.)

I have one usability complaint, which is the odd behavior of the blower when adjusting its speed. If it is already blowing and you touch to increase/decrease the speed and release your finger, it will shut the blower off completely before starting it up again at the desired speed (rather than simply speeding up/slowing down the already active fan). This makes fine speed adjustments a pain, and makes it feel less responsive since it adds 3 or 4 seconds each time you adjust. Not a dealbreaker, but surely it would have been easy enough to design a controller board that didn't do this.

Pros
* Appropriately priced.
* Looks sexy.
* Straightforward installation.
* Not too loud (not too quiet either, about right for the size blower).

Cons
* Increasing/decreasing the blower speed is cumbersome and slow.
* LED lights feel a bit too blue (around 6000k color temp), would have preferred a warmer 4300k or 3500k
* Factory styrofoam packaging is inadequate for ground transport, it took 3 deliveries before I received one undamaged.