XtremeAir PX02-W30, 30" wide, LED lights, Baffle Filters W/Grease Drain Tunnel, 1.0mm Non-Magnetic Stainless Steel Seamless Body, Wall Mount Range Hood

This is an excellent hood, with a powerful squirrel cage fan that works very efficiently to pull smoke, grease and odors out of our kitchen. I've only had one other fan that was better and it was a professional hood sitting over a 60" 8-burner range. But loud? Please! This one is over my 30" GE Profile Induction range and is much quieter, even on the highest setting.It's been installed less than a month. So far, it's cleared away heat from my oven and a bunch of odors. Popcorn (several times), burned fried taquitos (don't ask), sausage and bacon odors were all removed in about 10 minutes.For the amount of air it moves (900cfm), it's quiet. Even on the highest setting, it's easy to have a conversation in the kitchen. We were worried the lights wouldn't be bright enough, since they're only 2w (LED), but they light up my entire cooktop exceptionally well, also lighting the entire backlash and spilling out onto the countertop on either side. The light is bright white, almost blue, which was disconcerting at first, but I soon got accustomed to it. If you're used to warmer incandescent lights, as I was, it's a shock at first. The controls are as simple as can be.Construction is excellent, the housing is made of one piece of heavy gauge brushed stainless steel. This results in nice rounded corners and no sharp edges anywhere, so there's no danger of cutting your head if you bump it. Speaking of that, we're tall (5'9" and 6'), so installed it at the max height of 30", for fear of hitting our heads. We needn't have worried. In fact, we could have dropped it down 2" and still had good clearance, with even better air capture. Unless you're exceptionally tall, 28" is plenty high enough. The stainless baffle filters are also very easy to remove and replace. Personally, I find them far more attractive than mesh filters.My husband installed it easily in a couple of days. It ships with everything needed to get it to the ceiling, but if you're venting it outside, you'll need to buy additional vent tubing, a wall or roof vent, flashing, gunk to glue it all down, etc... We bought a kit from Home Depot ($30) that had almost everything we needed to vent it out our roof. We also widened the tube to 7" to allow for easier airflow. Because we have 10' ceilings, the included chimney is too short. Rather than purchase an extension ($128) from XtremeAir, We had a local machine shop fabricate a chimney to match the hood. The cost was $200 and left us with a 1-piece chimney, a much cleaner look than the extension provides. It's a perfect fit and the finish is dead on. If you go this route, leave the included chimney with your machine shop, this will make it easy for them to match the brushed grain of the metal.Cleaning is easy so far. Before using it, I poured a few drops (literally, 3 or 4) of cooking oil onto a folded paper towel and wiped it all over, following the grain. I know it seems counterintuitive to put oil on, but it makes it look gorgeous and prevents rust. Once a week I stand on a stepstool and wipe it clean with a paper towel. Lint and dirt wipe right off. Takes about 2 minutes, including time spent getting the stool. I haven't coated the chimney yet, I need to haul out a tall ladder for that. In a few more weeks I'll clean the baffles.Overall, it's a very well made fan with excellent airflow and quality features at a very reasonable price. Made in China, every unit is inspected, tested and repacked (very securely) at XtremeAir's California facility. We're well satisfied.**** UPDATE ****We've been using our hood now for about 8 months and still like it very much. It is noisy on high, but not as noisy as the big prosumer hood I had. We forgive it because it sucks grease and odors out so quickly. Also, my kitchen is wide open so we notice it more than most people will. We routinely fire up my wok on high heat, get it smoking hot, and cook away. The fan sucks the smoke right up. As soon as I turn off the wok, I can turn off the fan. I preheat my oven at 550º for an hour to cook a pizza. The fan (on low) cools the room very well. Most of the time, we turn it on for a few minutes on high, then bring it down to it's lowest setting, which is great for most cooking. You can find a quieter fan, but it'll cost 3 times as much. We still highly recommend it.

I knew I wanted a certain air flow volume, LED task/cooking surface lighting, stainless steel, and easily managed long life grease trap filters. The mid-range brand name products started at $1600, and the high-end easily into the $2500 and higher. The XtremeAir products popped in my searches and met all my criteria and had the appearance I was going for. Based on the reviews and price point I figured it was worth a shot.I am extremely pleased with my purchase decision. The blower is powerful but quiet enough to be more than tolerable. The grease traps/baffles look good. The forming process of the steel was well done, the rounded corners are even and smooth. The texture of the steel is also pleasing, no unevenness or rough texture and the color is as expected (classic stainless, no tint).The LED lighting is towards the 5000K temp, which is perfect as that is my preference. I'm unsure if the comments mentioning 'blue' in the light are from earlier models or if it's just from people who are still using incandescent bulbs, but I don't see any blue in the lights at all. The touch panel is responsive and very clean looking, and thankfully is completely dark (does not show the clock) when the unit is off. Seriously, there is a clock on everything in the kitchen, I don't need another one showing all the time.Given the 3 filter layout this unit gathers air from a much wider area than the 2 filter models. There is no singing or air noise around the filters. I did some testing using a smoking incense stick and it appears that the draw is more an sufficient to cover the range area below, with a nice draft even at the lowest setting. I do notice a little bit of a noise from the baffle at full speed on the blower. I'm uncertain if this will annoy me long-term. Given that I have a baffle on the exterior the one on the unit is redundant and can be removed.A source of contention in many reviews is the install and associated documentation. I can't say their docs are great. They are clearly run on a copier, often sized wrong for the paper, etc. But the information you need is there if you take the time to read them and actually look at the hood and parts before you install it. You should be able to dry run everything before attempting to install the hood: Know where everything mounts and in what direction. If it looks like it fits but there are screws there, most likely those screws come out and are then used to mount the item. The documentation is written with a lot of assumptions about the skill set of the installer. Given some reviews those assumptions overshoot the mark often.I attached a photo of my install as it is today: Hanging, ducted and electrical done. I am leaving the duct cover off for a week or two to make sure my joints are good. I have 3.5 hours invested in hanging the hood (I did have a set of helping hands to lift, etc), including electrical rework. Not understanding that you have to remove screws to add mounting plates, or that you've actually installed the baffle/duct mount backwards making it bump against the wall … those are issues that could be addressed in the documentation but it also shows a certain lack of understanding on the part of the installer. Mounting the unit properly is not overly complicated, but that doesn't mean it's easy. Do yourself a favor and talk to some people who have done this sort of work, their experience is invaluable, and will lead you on a path to a beautiful, highly functional result.Good luck!