cooker hoods

andrewf75

Anyone know anything about these?

Getting a kitchen from benchmarx but they don't have a 75cm one to match our hob so we need to source our own. Don't want to spend a fortune but guessing its better to avoid the cheapest ones?

Anyone got any recommendations? whats important other than what it looks like?

lackingwedge

Wouldn't it be better to get a 90CM one to catch all the steam\smells?

andrewf75

Good question, we were advised to get the size corresponding to the hob! Can't think why they would advise us to get one somewhere else if there wasn't a reason for it

lackingwedge

What type of cooker hood do you need.

Appliance Online (AO.com) have a fair few. Prices vary as to the type of cooker hood and the brand. They are pretty simple contraptions so you should be able to get away with a cheaper brand with little difference in features and performance. There are kitchen specialists on this forum who may be able to give better advice

andrewf75

What type: One for a 75cm gas hob. We like the style of the chimney ones
http://ao.com/l/chimney_cooker_hoods/1/3-5/#!/chimney_cooker_hoods-70_80_cm_wide/1-26/3-5/
Just wondering what makes are most recommended.

scottishblondie

Other than looks the things to pay attention to are the extraction rate, the noise level, and whether you need it to be extracting (to the outside) or recirculating.

wiogs

I had a very expensive cooker hood which broke eventually. I got an identical replacement from ebay saving £200 on new price.

Is was sold as "scratched" but the small scratch is on a bit that is joined to the wall so cannot be seen.

andrewf75

finding it really hard to find any to fit 75cm hobs!

Could we get away with 70cm? or should we go with an 80 or 90?
Its an open plan kitchen diner so what kind of extraction rate do we need?

scottishblondie

I would go with an 80cm wide one, i think it will work better and look nicer! The extraction rate I was recommended when buying was between 8 and 12 times the volume of the room per hour.

E.g. my kitchen is 5.4m*3.1m*2.2m so has a volume of about 37m³. The cooker hood I chose has an extraction rate of 370m³ per hour, with an "intensive" maximum of 410m³ per hour. I suppose the layout of your kitchen/diner could impact on how you work this out, especially if the dining area adds a lot of space.

jenfa

Hi Andrew, still on that journey!

I think it depends on whether you want a hood because that's what you are supposed to have and you never switch it on then go for the cheapest, or if you want one that will work properly you need to look at the volume of extraction. For us it is really important, we cook fish a lot and Chinese food and I hate it when the kitchen smells even if we shut the doors to other rooms they seem to smell too, we currently have an old SMEG came with the house and it is absolutely useless.

Work out the volume of your room and times by 10 (changes of air per hour) to work out the minimum extraction rate you need - sorry repeating other posters - decibels maybe of interest to you, if ours is on no one can be heard. Extraction outside is important and to use a minimum of 150 hole preferably without any bends, it is also suggested that you use a rigid tube or pull the stretchy ones really tight. Elica just make extractors however they are pricy and a lot of them look good but to me changing the filters isn't easy.

Also look at the different types we want an angled one as my husband hates it when you stand in front of the hob and bash your head on the extractor.

hope some of that helps

andrewf75

Thanks some useful tips there jenfa
The kitchen is going to be open to other rooms so we definitely need a decent one. Good idea about the angled type, I wondered why they were that shape. Think they look a bit weird though.
Main thing we're struggling with is there are very few 70cm and 80cm ones, most seem to be 60 or 90.