Hauslane Range Hood 30 Inch - Ducted Under Cabinet Range Hood 30" Stainless Steel Kitchen Hood, 6 Speed Vent Hood 30 Inches, Stove Vent Hood for Kitchen, Vent Hoods 30 Inch with LED - Chef Series PS18

This vent hood is a beast and it's beautiful. Never thought a vent hood could be this good, or make this big a difference in cooking. Totally keeps cooking smells and grease/oils out of the kitchen. It replaced my OTR microwave, which was worthless at venting cooking odor. We bought a sub-compact microwave to put on the counter, since we never used all that microwave space in the first place. Having said all that, I feel like I need to comment quickly on the Q&A's that I have found on various other sites that sell this unit, which to me were un-true: - The display has backlit buttons to see them in the dark. As soon as the power button is pressed, the option buttons back light. For some reason, people kept saying the buttons did not. - When turning on the fan, it defaults to the last used speed. For some reason, people kept saying it defaults to high speed. If you last left it on low, it starts on low the next time you use it. - Removing the protective plastic on the filter screens took my wife and I less than 5 minutes. For some reason, people kept complaining that it took forever (one person said hours) to get the plastic film removed. It was easy and fast! Now, some observations from doing the install together with my wife: Do take a good amount of time evaluating the vent slot, if you are venting to the rear. We had to modify our vent (previously used on the above stove microwave) to get the height correct. This involved removing drywall, cutting the steel vent, hammering/forming, caulk, and copious amounts of foil tape. In addition, to get a good seal to the wall vent hole, we picked up some foam seal tape 3/8"x3/4" wide (like the kind that is used for around doors/windows). We attached this foam to the back of the vent unit. This allowed us to push the unit back against the wall and seal up the exhaust port very well. We also removed the vent flapper because our outside vent already had a spring-loaded vent flapper to keep outside air from getting into our house. To make lifting the unit up and installing easier, we removed the stove and put bar chairs under the space. Then, we could just sit and lift the unit above our heads without straining our backs. Finally, the unit has this soft, but not-too-loud, chime sound when you press the button. It just put the icing on the cake. The stainless finish matched out GE stove and refrigerator as well. Very satisfied with our purchase. Worth every penny spent. UPDATE 11/22/2020: Well, another Q&A update. I asked the question if the clock problem was fixed on the Q&A before buying. Sure enough, it still is not. My clock loses about 3 seconds a day. So about every three weeks I will be a minute off. Not acceptable for a device at this price-point. My $25 wrist-watch keeps better time than this. Wish I could just disable the clock all together. UPDATE 12/20/2021: Decided I just didn't like having the clock display at all. So, I took it apart again, removed the internal display unit, and simply put a piece of black tape over the clock section. Put the internal display back in and now I don't see the clock at all; even when the unit it turned on or off. For me, it just isn't needed. Even with the countdown timer feature to turn the unit off, I simply press the countdown timer button once and it just automatically counts down from 5 minutes by default, which is fine for me. I usually hit the countdown button when I'm done cooking and sitting down to eat. The unit turns off 5 minutes later, and I'm happy with that. I've uploaded a couple new pictures to show what it looks like now. Shouldn't take but 10-15 minutes to put the black tape modification in. Remember, this is NOT black tape on the outside of the hood unit! You have to take it apart and remove the display circuit board located BEHIND the tinted display panel. The internal display unit is held on with a couple screws, once you get the initial stainless cover part off from underneath.

I’m extremely satisfied with this range hood. It has a powerful suction that effectively removes smoke, grease, and odors from the kitchen, leaving the air fresh and clean. The design is sleek and modern, fitting perfectly with my kitchen decor. It operates quietly, which is a huge plus, and the controls are simple and easy to use. Overall, it’s a high-quality product that offers great performance and excellent value for money. Highly recommended!

To briefly reiterate other reviews, this is a beautiful hood, the vent is very powerful and not that loud, yes it is heavy, the installation is not easy and the instructions are not much help, but after a few uses it is so much better than the above range microwave we replaced and overall it has been worth the effort (so far, may update after more use). The lady of the house liked this particular hood, but we had to choose a model that allowed for horizontal venting out the back and there were not many options for this. After reading many helpful reviews on Amazon and watching some videos out there, I decided to take on this project. This model is fairly heavy (packaging I think says 39lbs), but it was not heavier than the GE above range microwave we were replacing. A lot of reviews and the instructions say this is a 2 person job and/or to have it professionally installed, but I did this mostly by myself so it is possible. I did not use the cabinet jacks only because I did not feel like spending the extra money for something I would probably only use once, unless absolutely necessary. Granted, in hindsight it probably would have been a lot easier with the jacks but what DIY project doesn’t come with some difficulties? If you’re willing to take on a project and you have the patience (I almost ran out during this project, but not all because of this hood) and some DIY experience it can be done by yourself. I found items around the house to stack on top of the range instead of using jacks and already had some wood for filler and some plywood lying around the house so the weight of this hood was not an issue during the installation. The instructions and the company’s video were only somewhat helpful, could have been so much better especially for this price point. Our cabinets have the recessed bottom so the instructions were not helpful for this and the hardware provided is not useful. I went to Home Depot and for $13 bought some longer carriage bolts, washers, and nuts to install the hood. The difficulties with this hood install are because of the two pre-drilled holes in the rear corners of the hood that are extremely hard to reach. This was the part where I needed help… once I had the hood up against the bottom of the cabinets I could not reach in there to mark where to drill the holes under the cabinets and then again after I drilled and put the hood up again I had to insert the bolts while my wife pulled them through. All other things being equal, the install probably would have taken 2-3 hours. Unfortunately I also ran into some issues unrelated to the hood. After taking down the microwave and unsuccessful attempts at lining up the hood I discovered that the existing vent placement in the wall did not match up to the vent on the backside of the hood, by about 3/16 of an inch on one side, so some additional cutting in the drywall and reworking the existing vent was required. And I retaped and applied just a bit of AST sealant tape. After several rounds of trial and error everything was lined up perfectly. If you don’t like a good DIY project, save yourself the frustration and perhaps hire someone to install this for you. Or spend the extra money and go with the cabinet jacks. After our first day of use, this works great. With six venting levels, the first level does not make much noise, the second level is comparable to what our microwave made, and three through six are all about the same level of loudness but still not much louder than the microwave. Definitely much better venting than the microwave so even if this hood is a little louder than the old microwave vent, it’s worth it. May report back with more updates after a little more use. I think 5 stars might be a little premature with only one day of actual use, definitely a little pricey, and I have to think the install could have been made a little easier, so 4 stars for now. But overall a good purchase.

I looked at and researched hood vents for longer than I care to admit. Home depot, best buy, Brick ect ect. Almost every vent I looked at was flimsy, lightly built and kind of cheap with reviews to match. I really wanted something built in Canada or at the least in the USA. No dealers around this area for the Hauslane products but I did my research and read many many reviews. I am really happy that I did. This is by far the most industrial good looking well made hood that I have viewed at any price point. Even the optional venting systems provided with this hood are built way beyond my best expectations. Solid with an incredible foam rubber gasket attached to them. This thing weights 40 pounds, and might need 2 people to install. It comes with cord that has a plug on it, our old vent was hard wired so we needed to install an outlet in the cupboard above the vent. Our kitchen is set up for direct venting out the back of the hood, Built in 1987 the exhaust to the outside of the house did not fit the supplied vent with the Hauslane. This was not a huge problem as this company provides 3 options for venting and we easily adapted the 3x10 inch top vent to our purpose. Gasket was attached already, installation was complete. Easy to bring to life and program this product is a joy to use. On low settings it is very quiet, on the higher setting it can be heard but is not annoying. You can not move the incredible volume of air these twin fans move with out some sound. The LED lights are perfect, not a harsh light but bright and warm allowing you to see exactly what you need to when using the stove. The touch screen controls are responsive to the lightest touch and are perfect and simple. Do not hesitate to buy this product, if you can afford this price point it will not disappoint you. Hauslane is not messing around with with cheap price point garbage. I only wish I could get all my household needs supplied by this company.

I purchased this December '23. It made the perfect puppy gate for the first 6 months for a puppy that arrived on Dec 27. Last week, I finally installed it (the puppy is now over 2 years old). This hood fan is very well built, beautiful and most importantly, quiet on lower speeds. It also comes with a couple rectangular adapters and a round 6". The lights are incredibly bright, something I didn't know I was missing. I regret not installing it sooner. I love this thing!

This unit is very nice. The unit itself was easy to install (once I got the hole in my wall lined up). but lost one star because the rectangular part that I needed to put on the back didn’t line up with the screw holes which it said it should so I just had to drill them in and make new holes. Didn’t effect the unit but still. Also I found the top round cover it very thick and didn’t allow us to install it flush with the cupboard, so I had to remove that and put aluminum tape instead. If these 2 issues were fixed I’d give it 5 star. However even with these issues I’d buy it again. Very nice and installing wasn’t that hard but you do need 2 people to hold it and one person to screw or in. Or one strong person to hold it. It’s about 35lbs. - instructions are great. - sound is great. On the low setting it’s about 45 decibels and on high is about 65 if you are standing right beside it. My previous unit was 65 on low so this is a big improvement. I can actually talk to someone when it’s on the first few levels. On high it’s louder but nothing to bad. You can still talk. - Suction is great even on low. Easy to change the lights out if needed, but so far they are good. - clock for some reason shows the zero at front when there’s no need for that. Setting the time was simple. Took a few seconds . Only had for a couple days now, oct 2022, so will update review if anything changes.

We love this range vent hood. The suction is amazing. We normally use it on level 3 or 4. I think level 5 would implode the house. In all seriousness, this hood looks great installed over our range. It vents great and is easy to clean. It is a bit loud on level 4 and 5 which a few reviews said but not enough to be annoying. It was heavy to install, we used a car scissor jack on planks across the gap for the range to assist us, you only have to keep it balanced. The holes for the screws are tricky but not impossible to reach. I recommend moving the range out from under the cabinets so you can get directly under the hood when you install it. We love it, works great and looks. The kids love the little tornados that form in the steam when the unit is on 5.

We are quite happy with the appearance of the range hood, its overall performance, and general level of noise it generates. On the two lowest settings, there is sufficient draw to clear cooking odors and combustion fumes from our gas range, and still allow for normal conversation. At the highest two power levels, the hood really performs well, drawing everything outside quite a bit better than our older range hood. Even at the highest power, it generates a lot of draw with not too bad a noise level. As others have mentioned, installation was a challenge (and we're pretty good around here at all levels of construction/remodelling). I added some additional mounting holes and heavier screws - the unit is VERY heavy. We had to modify the drip bar as we have tiles in the area around the hood. I'd recommend the unit overall, but know that the installation, while straightforward, will be a couple of hours...