recommend a good cooker hood

buckrogers

Can anyone recommend a good cooker hood,
I want to get one that not too expensive on the filters.
The chimney hood cant be sited on an outside wall so
will be using hood on recycle mode.
We have at the moment have a extractor fan on the other side of kitchen on a out side wall, which helps with steam when cooking, but feel it would be better to use a fan above cooker while cooking.
Was looking at this one in Argos http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4699716/Trail/searchtext%3ECOOKER+HOOD.htm

Thankyou for advice

Meepster

Noooooo....

Don't get that one, Baumatic are pretty poor!

You should be able to get an unbranded one, made by Elica for a similar price and will have a better re-cirulating rate...

sweetcarer

I bought one of these kind (approx 2 years ago)

http://www.appliancecity.co.uk/Products/Luxair/Cooker_Hoods/SubCategoryChimney_Style/Cat360cm_wide/ColAll/PriceAll/SortOrderDefault/RecDefault/Page1/Search/

Its a luxair one - the one I have is a bit bigger and I have never used filters in it. Don't know if you are supposed to but have never had any bother with it.

Quite good that you get a free 5 years parts and labour warranty. I remember at the time I bought it - they had good reviews from WHICH.

HTH

sweetcarer

madget_2

Look for one where you can wash the filters in a dishwasher. Then you won't need to have to splash out on replacements.

boongi

have you considered ducting to the outside wall or would that not be practical?

madget wrote: »

Look for one where you can wash the filters in a dishwasher. Then you won't need to have to splash out on replacements.

though it says here http://http://www.johnlewis.com/Magazine/Feature.aspx?Id=41 that you'll still need to replace the charcoal filter every year or so.

buckrogers

boongi wrote: »

have you considered ducting to the outside wall or would that not be practical?



the sink and gas boiler are on the side of 'outside wall'
where the cooker is , the wall backs into our sitting room :-(

madget_2

boongi wrote: »

have you considered ducting to the outside wall or would that not be practical?




though it says here http://http://www.johnlewis.com/Magazine/Feature.aspx?Id=41 that you'll still need to replace the charcoal filter every year or so.

My Siemens extractor has 2 modes and mine is switched to exhaust-air rather than recirculating. The instructions state that carbon filters only need changing for use with recirculation mode. For exaust-air extraction, you just wash the metal filters.

ETA: Just read buckrogers' post above and it sounds as though it might have to be a recirculating extractor. In that case, the carbon filters will need to be replaced, unfortunately.

buckrogers

sweetcarer wrote: »

I bought one of these kind (approx 2 years ago)

http://www.appliancecity.co.uk/Products/Luxair/Cooker_Hoods/SubCategoryChimney_Style/Cat360cm_wide/ColAll/PriceAll/SortOrderDefault/RecDefault/Page1/Search/

Its a luxair one - the one I have is a bit bigger and I have never used filters in it. Don't know if you are supposed to but have never had any bother with it.

Quite good that you get a free 5 years parts and labour warranty. I remember at the time I bought it - they had good reviews from WHICH.

HTH

sweetcarer

Been looking at this one Five years parts & labour warranty! cheaper
does the chimney extend? also seen same ones on ebay £79.98
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LUXAIR-60CM-CHIMNEY-EXTRACTOR-KITCHEN-COOKER-HOOD-STST_W0QQitemZ170440545330QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_H_G_Major_Appliances_Oven_Cooker_Hoods_ET?hash=item27af0c5432

http://www.applianceconsultants.co.uk/lux-air-la60std-60cm-hood-in-stainless-steel-550m3hr-3377-p.asp