Z Line ZLKB30 Stainless Steel Wall Mount Range Hood, 30-Inch

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Price: $299.25    

Product Feature

• 760CFM 4-Speed Motor with Timer/Auto-Shut-Off
• High Quality Stainless Steel design
• Dishwasher-safe Baffle Filters
• Directional Lighting
• Measures 30" x 17.7" x 10.5"

Product Description

Quick Overview 30" Wall Mounted Range Hood; 4-Speed touch sensitive electronic controls; Stainless Steel dishwasher-safe baffle filters. (Model No. KB.30) Details This wall mounted range hood is one of the best-selling of the 30" models. In addition, Chimney Extensions are available for this model for up to 12' ceilings. Enhanced with a completely installed blower and fan, as well as provided with the factory-tested assurance of performance, this wall hood will be reliable for years to come. The installation of this product is one of the easiest in the industry. Dimensions Specifications Power: 110v 60hz Material: #430 Brushed Stainless Steel Output: 1290 m3h/760cfm Lighting: 2-20W NEW ADJUSTABLE Halogen Lights Controls: 4-Speed Touch Sensitive Electronic Filters: Stainless Steel Dishwasher-Safe 3 layer Baffle Filters Air Outlet: 6" Certification: CE, GS, and CCC Safety Approvals (USA and Canada) Hood + Chimney Height: 26.3"-40" Ducting: It is not mandatory that this product be ducted outside, as it easily converts to a "ductless" operation, by utilizing the optional Activated Charcoal Filters.

Z Line ZLKB30 Stainless Steel Wall Mount Range Hood, 30-Inch Review

The only thing I can say good about this range hood is its look. It looks pretty neat for the money. I really could not find anything that looks better than this for the money.

I purchased this range hood to replace my current range hood (which is rated at 500CFM) mostly because Z-Line says the range hood is 760CFM in its product description. If that was true, it would be a good deal for the price (I paid $300). But the amount of air this range hood actually pushes out at exhausted vent when running at it max speed is much smaller than my old range hood does. I don't have an air flow meter to get an accurate number, but looking at how much the flap on the vent opens and feeling the air stream blown out when running this range hood at is max v.s. when running my old range hood, I would estimate this range hood is 300CFM max.

Other than that misleading description, this range hood has several other flaws:

- The exhausted pipe come with the range hood is plastic. This is not good. All exhausted pipe for range hood should be rigid steel pipe. It's not a big deal for me as I simply not used it, and used a metal pipe instead.

- The pipe adapter between the hood canopy and the round pipe is also plastic. This caused an headache for me. I couldn't find an steel adapter that fits the range hood from any store. So I had to spend many hours to build an adapter using a piece of 8-in diameter round metal pipe to replace the plastic one on this range hood.

- The design and build of this range hood makes it's very hard and dangerous to do regular cleaning for the inside:

+ Inside this range hood's canopy, metal edges are not smoothed out. They are extremely sharp. That makes cleaning inside this range hood is a dangerous. I got several cuts on my hands when trying to do that.

+ The edges of baffle filters have the same issue, they are sharp. I plan to give them some sanding job to fix this issue.

+ There are many small chambers inside the range hood canopy. It's practically impossible to have a good cleaning for those chambers. In my experience with range hoods, if not cleaned properly, after using for sometime (years), the cheesy will accumulate enough and start dripping out on things being cooked on the stoves below! I tried to mitigate this with aluminum duct tape (the thing used for heating pipes). Using aluminum duct tape, I could seal/cover most of those chambers so that the cheesy stuff won't get inside them.

+ Many parts, wires inside the range hood canopy are exposed to the air stream the hood tries to suck out. It takes much more time to clean those. They should have been covered, not exposed to the air stream, so that we don't have to clean them.

I'm still using this range hood, not returning it even with all those issues because I damaged my old range hood canopy when taking it out. I need something to fill that old range hood's place! I'm planning to salvage the old blower and throw away this range hood weak blower to 'fix' the capacity issue.

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