Extractor fans

Aylesbury_Duck

Given that nearly all the responses advocate getting one, you seem to have decided not to. What sort of compelling information were you thinking might make you inclined to buy one?

Your choice of course, I'm just curious.

RelievedSheff

trailingspouse wrote: »

Thanks for all the advice!!


I don't suffer from condensation, and the kitchen window only steams up if I'm boiling something for a long time, like a Christmas pudding (and I generally do those in the microwave these days!). I do a bit of shallow frying if I'm making a curry or stir-frying - I never deep-fat fry. And I'm not aware of kitchen smells the next morning, even after making curry or cooking fish - everything gets put to soak as soon as it's been used, and then put in the dishwasher.



I've never installed one in a kitchen myself, but I've had kitchens where they've already been installed. I don't like the idea of that grubby filter sitting above my food. Also, I frequently hit my head on them (for example if I want to lean across to see what's happening in a pan on one of the rings at the back).

The idea is that you clean the filter so that it isn't grubby :rotfl:

Grenage

We have a large extractor above our range; I rarely bother with it.


Boiling pans are covered, we don't fry food, and to be honest the extractor isn't that impressive as we still get fine condensate on the windows. The house is old and draughty, so I'm not bothered about humidity levels.


If I lived in a more modern house, I would probably care enough to replace the extractor innards with something more powerful.