Cooker Hoods - Any difference in quality?

ahfh1

Hi,

I'm planning to knock down the wall that separates the pokey kitchen and dining room to create an open plan kitchen/diner room, but don't want kitchen smells/grease/steam going from the kitchen into the diner area.

At the same time I'll be re-fitting the kitchen. What are the main differences between a cheap (£100) hood and expensive (£300) hood? If I pay more will the hood fan noise be quieter? Will it get rid of bad smells quicker? Do extractor fans get rid of grease (which currently gets everywhere in the kitchen)? Or am I just paying for the design?

Thanks

rachbc

generally with a more expensive extractor you will get better extraction and less noise - check the extraction rates ( in cubic metres per hour) and decibel levels for ones you are interested in to compare.

Meepster

You get a massive difference between cooker hoods, either due to build quality, noise, extaction rates and filter types.

£300 is NOT expensive for a hood. This is what you call an expensive hood:

http://www.shopwiki.co.uk/_Elica+OM+SE+BLK

It's like anything, if you buy cheap, you get cheap. If you want quality, buy German...

ahfh1

Wow, £2,000 for an extractor fan!! Better start saving!

david29dpo

Just paid £700 for an elica hood but worth every penny.

ahfh1

david29dpo wrote: »

Just paid £700 for an elica hood but worth every penny.

Do you mind if I ask which model you went for and where you got it from?

Is the fan noise distracting at all?

Thanks

david29dpo

The Isolabella. cant remember where from but is very quite.

flea72

a cooker hood should extract grease as well as smells

however, we have an open plan house, and although we can extract the smells from food cooked on the hob, the worst smells come from using the oven - worst being roasts/burgers/sausages - as the extractor fan over the hob, is on the other side of the room, it just doesnt touch what the oven emits

Flea

Meepster

It does if you use it right...

cally1_2

I have a CDA one that cost me £149 and I am very pleased with it. Quiet and seems to extract efficiently... For £1800 more what on earth does it do???

in FACT I was going to buy a Neff one to go with my appliances but the salesman sold me this one for considerably less...! He said it was quieter and more efficient.