Product review (3 stars): Fitting into a tight space
The ceiling height of my kitchen above the range is fairly tight (51 inches), so I was restricted to range hoods where the duct cover was as short as possible and that turned out to be this Golden Vantage model, at 19.5 inches. My installer used the inner duct only, to retain the cover side vents at the top. As installed, the distance from countertop to bottom of the range hood filter is 29 inches. I removed the enormous glass canopywhich I can't stand the look ofto buy back air space and visually trim the whole thing down. I resurfaced the bare metal top of the hood (normally covered by the glass canopy), with a smooth, matte black adhesive for a finished look. The 24 hour clock thing is very odd. I'm sure there's a simultaneous button pressing sequence which I'll eventually decode. The fan offers good suction and inoffensive volume. The cool blue LED lighting is not appealing, so I'll be swapping out the units with warm white. I counted three minor manufacturing dings in the stainless steel duct... acceptable.