How to choose hoods for the kitchen with a vent to the ventilation? Recommendations - Setafi

Kitchen hoods with a ventilation outlet effectively remove air from gas and electric stoves, they quickly remove soot and other harmful impurities. Such installations are quite powerful and at the same time almost silent. You need to choose them first of all according to technical characteristics. You should also pay attention to the brand of the manufacturer. More detailed tips for choosing are described in this material.

Dimensions and specifications

It is better to start choosing not from the manufacturer or price, but from the dimensions and technical characteristics. They are the ones that matter the most. First of all, these parameters are analyzed.

Dimensions

This is the simplest characteristic, which is selected depending on the parameters of the plate. The hood with a vent to the ventilation should be about 10 cm larger than the stove.

The optimal width is the range from 50 to 90 cm. At the same time, there are also narrower settings, for example, 30-50 cm, and wider ones - about 90-120 cm. It is important to understand that the width has nothing to do with power - these are different parameters.

Power

The extractor hood must be powerful enough to purify the kitchen air well. This is one of the most important characteristics, which you can calculate yourself. To do this, multiply the height, width and length of the kitchen - this is the volume of the room (in cubic meters).

The resulting number is multiplied by 12 - this will be the minimum required power in watts. If you also multiply by a factor of 1.3, you get the optimal indicator, which you need to strive for. If the kitchen is standard (3 * 4 * 5 m), it will be almost 950 watts. This is how the hood is selected with a vent to the ventilation, the photo of which is presented below.

Noise level

Another important indicator, especially for small apartments. It is optimal if the noise is in the range of 20-40 dB. The limit value can be 50 dB, but no more. Otherwise, the sound will already be very noticeable.

Backlight

As a rule, the installation of the hood with a vent to the ventilation is carried out simultaneously with the installation of the backlight, which is already built into the system. In itself, the presence of a light source is a normal phenomenon. But you need to figure out the type of light bulbs:

• LED - the optimal model, they do not spend a lot of energy, do not glow and at the same time give very good light;
• halogen - even brighter, but spend more energy;
• incandescent - they get very hot, spend a lot of energy, and often burn out.

Control method

According to this indicator, all installations are divided into 2 classes:

1. Mechanical - controlled by a button that you can turn on and adjust the power to the desired level.
2. Electronic - these are modern models that are controlled from the display using touch buttons.

Duct type

Depending on the material, there are several types of pipes that remove air from the kitchen to the hood:

• plastic - such pipes are inexpensive and at the same time the most efficient in terms of performance;
• metal - very durable, but very noisy;
• fabric - short-lived and obsolete;
• corrugation - fairly inexpensive models, easy to install, easily take on different shapes, while there is a length limit - no more than 2 m.

Manufacturer

After choosing according to technical characteristics, you should pay attention to the brand. Judging by the reviews, the best in terms of price-quality ratio are:

1. Bosch - reliable models, productive and convenient, easily fit into any design.
2. Siemens - durable and silent hoods, look stylish and are relatively inexpensive.
3. Elica - models made of durable materials, have great functionality, are controlled using an electronic display.
4. Samsung - simple and reliable technology with a classic design.
5. Gefest - the manufacturer produces a wide variety of hoods, so you can choose for almost any occasion.

You can also consider domestic brands, for example, Elikor. The manufacturer produces multifunctional and reliable models at an affordable price. In this case, it is necessary to proceed from the fact that the model is as productive as possible at a low noise level.