GE - 30 inches - Convertible - Under cabinet Range Hood - Slate

Wish it was more substantial, and that the screen didn't keep falling out. Otherwise, it does the job of finishing a space and providing light in a ventless kitchen.

Great once you get the bugs worked out. Installation was simple enough but after turning it on the first time the fan was making a horrible noise. Had to take it back down to figure out the problem - the squirrel-cage fan was rubbing on the motor mount bracket above it. The fan is held on the motor shaft with a concentric friction clamp/nut, and if the nut isn't tightened enough the fan can slide up the shaft - and hit the motor mount. Simple solution is loosen the nut and slide the fan a very small amount down the shaft so it no longer rubs, and tighten the nut back down. Unfortunately this is not mentioned in the troubleshooting guide, which it absolutely should be since it is common in the reviews. Happy with it now that I've fixed it.

this works well. My biggest complaint is that it does not include a charcoal filter. The filter is only necessary if you are not venting it to the outside. Neither Best Buy nor anyone else had them in stock. In fact you can only get them from GE. GE won't ship them fast either so it was a good two weeks before I could use the hood properly. That was my biggest complaint

We have it installed as a ventless over a range. Even when it’s on high it doesn’t suction any air into the filters. As a matter of fact, it feels like the fan is blowing down not drawing air up. See the flame being blown when held up to the fan and the smoke not going up just staying around the napkin when held down by the cooktop. All recommendations for distance were followed. It’s worse when you put in the charcoal filter. Don’t waste your money, we’ll be buying a different one. The lights work well.

This did not come with a cord. Called parts and they said they didn't make the cord anymore. Called GE appliances and they had the cord we could purchase. How do you sell a product that you don't make the cord for anymore? We didn't have the option to hard wire. The item itself is quite nice. Its a nice size, quiet and easy to use. The lights are bright but get hot. Once we got the cord we were happy with the purchase.

I bought this hood vent to exhaust the air outside the house, not to recirculate the air inside the house with filters. This hood vent has both options. Here are the reasons why I hate this hood vent: 1) They include a flimsy little plastic to cover the air opening for the inside-the-house recirculation. By covering this opening, it directs the air towards the exhaust. They include a cheap flimsy plastic piece of junk that doesn't even attach on properly. After one month it snapped off. This is a design problem, and trust me, I'm an engineer. But even if you aren't, it is obvious to any person that this part doesn't fit the opening well. I remedied this by sealing the opening with duct tape and it works much better than plastic junk. But I shouldn't have to do this. How difficult is it to manufacture an accessory that fits snug?! This is a major appliance made by GE, not some 50 cent toy that breaks after a month. Refer to the picture. 2) When using the fan on full blast, the lights vibrate too much which gets really annoying. When you're trying to cook food, you see the lights wobbling back and forth on the range and fry pan, which makes it really distracting. 3) The fan is placed on the left side of the hood, not the center. Since I'm right handed, I cook most of my food on the right burner of my cooktop. This prevents all of the food smoke and grease from getting 100% exhausted. The whole point of spending hundreds of dollars for ductwork was so that I could exhaust all of the smoke. This product is so bad that it can't even do the sole function that it was made to do properly. Refer to the picture and see how the grease marks are only on the left side. 4) The fan is too noisy. BestBuy says it's 7 decibels. No it's not! Maybe 70? But regardless, I knew it couldn't be 7, but still, it's just too noisy. 5) They use halogen lights which gets hot and heats up your face while you cook. I wouldn't mind if it's hot and could be used as a food warmer, but its too far away from the cooktop, and too close to your head/face. Why couldn't they just use LED lights to save electricity and not have heat?

Love it looks great, very quite nice look over my new stove bring out my kitchen

Tommy is a great service. He is a hard working man and details with customer. Thank you for your hard. My kitchen is very nice.

Had to buy thos model as it's the only one i could find that matched my appliances. Slate. The price was right so i bit. Installation was a breeze. The brackets fit onto the cabinets and the unit lined up perfectly. At 19 lbs, you may want a second set of hands. The wiring was simple, and had plenty of room to do the work. Baffle is included as is mounting hardware. Adapter for verticle vent is also included, i needed rear exhaust so i cannot say how well that works but it's definitely sturdy. The plastic block plate that you need to swap in to make it exhaust instead of recirculate is a weird fit when unit is already hung, so either do the swap prior to installation or just drop the shroud surrounding the fan and put it in then. It has tabs that it must be locked in or it is going to wobble and bleed air. The grease screens fit securely, and they supposedly can be machine washed, I'm not sure how confident i would be with the plastic tabs not breaking. The unit itself isn't exactly flimsy, but is subject to the vibrations caused by the fan. The lights definitely wiggle on the boost setting. Hopefully this won't affect bulb life. The lighting is halogen bulbs, so it gives a warm lighting effect. The bulbs have high and low setting. Both get darned hot. I would prefer a white LED both for light output and heat diminishing, but have not researched into what that would take at this point. The fan itself has 4 settings. Low, medium, high, and boost. I measured the noise with a phone app from about 2 feet away, basically where i stand to cook and they are as follows: Low-38 decibels. Medium-45 decibels. High-56 decibels. Boost-59 decibels. The suction power of the fan is superior to the 20 year old broan unit it's replacing. It definitely reduces smoke and cooking smells, so it is working well in that regard. As others have mentioned, the fan is positioned to the left side, so suction is focused there. Pros: •simple assembly •inexpensive •it works well Cons. •pretty loud •hot halogen lights In conclusion, I'm happy with the unit itself, but if i ever redo the kitchen, i will be upgrading to a different type of hood fan.