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Re: Cooker Hoods – any comments?

Hmm … I’ve now wasted most of the afternoon puzzling over this. I’ve taken out a trial subscription to Which? … so eat this reply after reading it, since I probably shouldn’t be divulging the details (alternatively go to http://www.which.co.uk/to get your own subscription and see individual model details) … and I’ve looked at more Baumatic user manuals than is natural.

Last time Which tested cooker hoods … 7 of the 23 they tested failed their steam test (which was to reduce the humidity in the room by at least 30{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} in 8 minutes). Some of the big brands and big hoods passed the test easily but were criticised for being too noisy. One of their Best Buys (not a Baumatic) wasn’t good at removing steam and had the condensation problem that was mentioned in that first complaint that I saw.

Funnily enough, Which criticised a big Baumatic chimney for being no good at removing steam but said that two small ones they tested (one integrated and one canopy) were good at it. One of these doesn’t have the Baumatic warning in the user manual about not being supposed to remove steam – the other does – even though it can remove steam (I suspect the first manual is an old version).

So now you know! Cooker hoods aren’t necessarily good at removing steam.

Majjie

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Re: Cooker Hoods – any comments?

Well … you learn something new every day. I’ve certainly never heard of hoods having uv lights … but then it was so much before my time :snigger:

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Re: Cooker Hoods – any comments?

Martin wrote:
… technically speaking no cooker hood extracts steam at all. Their function is to attract steam vapours toward it’s filtration surfaces whereupon it condenses, the pollutants it carries are deposited and the remaining water is vapourised by the constant airflow. 😉

OK, OK … I should have said that Baumatic don’t expect their cooker hoods to remove steam from the kitchen 😆

kwatt wrote:
But one thing I think I left out of that is that, whilst all these glass and stainless hoods are the rage they are an absolute nightmare to keep clean

We can certainly agree there … although I think glass is easier to clean than steel.

Majjie

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Re: Cooker Hoods – any comments?

I have read your excellent article before K and … in the days when I used to sit in showrooms … the Elica reps were always very knowledgeable.

I’m in two minds about Baumatic … they used to have a really terrible reputation in the kitchen showrooms (exploding ovens – the lot) … but their sales rep (surprise!) and an appliance retailer (more believably) reckoned their quality had improved a lot in recent years. They certainly have some nice looking products … but I’m just not impressed that they should say their extractors don’t extract steam!

Perhaps I’ll just suggest that everyone should have an Elica cooker hood whatever make the hob/cooker is.

Majjie

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Re: Cooker Hoods – any comments?

Thanks Martin … I get your drift, that there are lots of variables … but Baumatic also stipulate that the vent ducting shouldn’t be more than 3m long with only one 90 degree bend. (I am impressed with how easy it is to get this information!)

Assuming the widths and heights are all appropriate and the outside conditions aren’t extreme, I would expect a cooker hood to remove – lets say – most of the steam.

Baumatic are saying that they don’t expect their cooker hoods to extract steam at all.

Is that just because they don’t want to go and check on all those other things … to see if there really is a problem?

Majjie

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Re: Question about ISE

Thanks K … yes that does help. I can well imagine everything’s a nightmare at the moment for suppliers. I’m going to add a section to my appliance guide to say that everything is likely to change in the near future!

Majjie

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Re: Induction hobs – service record?

Ah … thanks a lot K.

That is another possible disadvantage then – but good to hear that it doesn’t happen too often.

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Re: Liebherr – Any Opinions?

Thanks guys. I thought it was quality stuff … but it’s good to have the opinion of the people who really know!

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Re: Retro Fridges

Thanks Don and Gegsy,

I hadn’t even noticed the Gorenje ones – and you’re right they’re cheaper.

Thanks a lot

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Re: Retro Fridges

Thanks kwatt

I appreciate that there are much better quality fridges … but they just don’t have that same look about them!

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