If you plan to cook while entertaining or socialising, you may want to invest in a quieter cooker hood with a lower dB rating. These days all cooker hoods, both recirculating and extracting, come with grease filters. The filters usually sit underneath the hood and are the first point of contact for the air being sucked in.
These filters ensure that the worst bits from the air are removed before the machine processes everything. It may also be worth considering how easily you can get replacement filters and how expensive they are before you buy the cooker hood. These filters can only be found on recirculating cooker hoods. Other than the grease filter, the charcoal filter is what removes the smells and smoke. Replacing charcoal filters can be quite fiddley in some models, this may be something you want to check before you buy the cooker hood.
As with the grease filter, it is also worth looking into how easily you can find replacements for the charcoal filter and how expensive they are. The extra light will give you clear visibility when using your hob and can be additionally useful when checking that your food is properly cooked. Most cooker hoods come with LED lighting. It is worth looking at how easily you can replace the bulb, as some units can be a little bit tricky to open.
The latest cutting-edge technology can allow you to control your cooker hood from an app on your phone. These state-of-the-art smart extractor hoods can also regulate the level of extraction themselves by sensing and responding to the amount of vapour or smoke rising from your hob.
Furthermore, the app will let you know when to change the filters to ensure your cooker hood is always operating at its best. More traditional cooker hoods are available with buttons or touch-sensitive controls. You may want to consider which you prefer.
Make sure you keep hold of the instruction manual so that you know how to remove the components and only remove the components when the hood is switched off. Grease filters are often made from a ceramic or fleece material and will need to be changed every 4 to 8 weeks. In recirculating hobs, carbon filters will need changing every 9 and 12 months.
The metal mesh filter should be soaked overnight in warm soapy water to loosen the grease. A toothbrush can be handy for getting into the mesh to clean it.
You should also wipe the hood itself. Make sure you use products specifically designed for cleaning stainless steel if your hood is made of this material. You must dry everything thoroughly before reassembling your cooker hood.
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Below is a bit more of an in-depth explanation of the two: What is the difference between extraction hoods and recirculation hoods?
Below is a more in-depth explanation of the two: The Extraction Hood These cooker hoods simply send the air outside through ducting. The Recirculation Hood These cooker hoods push the air through filters. Integrated Hoods This hidden style is ideal for those of you that do not wish to make your cooker hood into a feature. Conventional or Visor Hoods Usually fitted to the underside of a wall unit, these cooker hoods are more visible and obvious than the integrated type but are a little more subtle than the designer or chimney hoods.
Chimney Hoods Chimney hoods have become very popular in recent years because of their ability to make a stylish statement. Plus, they sound like they do just as good of a job as extraction units, right? Well, extracting the air outside is a lot more efficient than recirculating it. Vented extractor fans remove odours and steam far easier than recirculating hoods.
Plus, extraction hoods are often a lot cheaper than recirculating ones. You see, to ensure that a recirculating hood does the job you need it to, you need to invest some money into it. The top kitchen appliance manufacturers like Neff and Rangemaster, for example, make recirculating hoods that are very comparable to extraction hoods, but they cost a bit more. The same is true for downdraft extraction units. As these are the newest extraction units on the market and they are very powerful, they are not the cheapest solution to your venting problem.
However, they are extremely stylish and do work very well as they extract the odours and steam out of your home via ducting under the floor in some cases. As many downdraft units require ducting under your floor, though, they can be very tricky to install yourself.
So, which extracting hood should you buy? That really depends on the extraction you need in your kitchen and the price you want to pay. To work out the extraction rate your kitchen needs, here is a simple equation:. So, for example, if your kitchen is 3 m wide, 2. There are carbon filters in the extractor hood. Carbon has the property by nature to absorb dirt. When the extractor hood sucks the cooking air, the carbon filter absorbs dirt and odors from the air.
The air is clean and the hood blows it back into the room. In a recirculation hood, the carbon filters absorb the dirt from the sucked-up air.
At a certain moment they are satisfied and you have to replace them. How long you use a filter depends on the type of filter, how often you use the cooker hood, and what you cook. A normal filter lasts an average of 6 to 8 months. A recirculation hood extracts about 85 to 90 percent of the odors from the cooking air.
As you use the filter for a longer time, the effect will deteriorate and odors will hang faster. Because of the 'extra' part, the filter, the extraction hood makes more noise.
How much exactly is described in the product specifications on the product page on our website. The suction is less good if you use the extractor hood as a recirculating cooker hood. The suction reduces by 20 to 30 percent when you do not use the hood with air exhaust. You buy a recirculation hood usually as an exhaust air exhaust hood.
You must then make it suitable for recirculation by placing a filter. In some cases you have to convert it with a recirculation set. The product page shows which of the two ways you can make the product suitable for recirculation. The conversion of your extractor hood is done once with a recirculation set.
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