Customer Reviews for KitchenAid 30 in. Convertible Slide-Out Range Hood in Stainless Steel

KitchenAid Convertible Slide-Out Range Hood is sleek and compact giving us much more room over our stove top. The stainless steel looks great against our brick backsplash, and the variable lighting and fan speeds work wonderfully. This compact unit is much more powerful than our old huge vent hood.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We had it installed just a few weeks ago (8/2018). First of all, the design is just fantastic looking. It gives an elegant look to our kitchen layout. The hood vent has enough air suction power (400 cfm). Note that the bulk of the vent design is hidden into the upper cabinet but that is just fine with us. Template cutouts are provided and you will definitely need two person to install the vent.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This replaced a 17 year old GE of similar design, but this new Kitchen Aid is much better and so easy to use! The design is gorgeous and the halogen lights have two levels of brightness and make my kitchen shine like new. The fan has four speeds and does a fantastic job of drawing up the air. I love the way this vent hood seems to almost disappear and then makes a stunningly beautiful appearance and goes right to work. Highly recommend this product!!

I wanted to add a hood that wasn't obtrusive, and this fit the bill. I'm not sure how hard it was to install because I hired someone to do it for me as part of my kitchen remodel. I've used it a few times and so far, it seems to work well. One thing to note is you have to manually slide the glass panel out - it's not motorized. A convenient feature is that the fan and light turn off when you slide the panel back in.

the retractable hood extension is a little flimsy relative to the older version it replaced. but looks good and functions the older version was replaced because I could not get replacement parts.

Very tight fit and mounting brackets tough to get right. Had the hood for under a month and one of the lights is already out!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Looks and works great. It fit well with our remolded kitchen. Very modern

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this a year and a half ago, but did not have the opportunity to install this until a month ago. The installation was not easy, and the instructions were convoluted. It took a finish carpenter and my spouse 4 hours to get this in. But, once installed, it has been a fabulous finishing feature to our renovated kitchen. It takes up so little room, provides excellent lighting, and does an equally excellent job in venting the cooktop. It is not outrageously noisy. The pull-out glass hood extender does its job very well to keep steam/moisture front the cabinets this is installed in/under.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Bought it 3 weeks ago. Pricy but love the contemporary appearance. Fits my kitchen. Quiet. Like the light, however would prefer LED instead of halogen. Mostly Up to my expectations. Love it.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I am very pleased with this hood. I have a smaller kitchen and didn't want a big hood that would overwhelm the room. It is easy to pull out, looks great and it removes smoke and odors quickly and quietly. You can hardly hear it.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My husband installed this a month and a half ago. We haven’t had it completely up and running for long though since he wasn’t aware that we needed an extra filter kit to recirculate the air into the room since my stove isn’t near a wall. It took 2 days shy of a month for that to arrive. I have no complaints, it works well and looks nice in my kitchen. I just wish the lighting was in a slightly different location since it’s bright on the back of my stove and darker at the front where I cook most often. I really do like it though.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I love this vent. It slides back out of the way when not in use and isn't an eyesore. It's fairly quiet even with the vent on the highest setting. The lights are great. So glad I went with this model.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Concept of unit is good. However, if you are under 5' 6" tall, you would have difficulty turning the fan on because the hood has to slide out making it difficult to reach over the fully extended hood to reach the buttons for the fan. The lights can be turned on without extending the hood.

A handsome unit. Took me four emails to Kitchenaide to ensure it was not made in China, but finally got a response. Made in Italy. Italy good, China bad. Powerful fan. I can now make my stir fry and sear my steaks without setting off the smoke detectors!

...but this one is. All our friends who come to look at our new kitchen are simply wowed by this fan and the way it works. Expensive? Yes. Awkward to fit? Yes. But for the simple, quiet and effective operation, the fact that it disappears when not in use, and the "look" - certainly well worth buying.

This is a great fan. It is sleek and efficient and looks great

Looks and works exactly as I wanted - nice and sleek in a smaller kitchen where I didn't want a big range hood

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We really like this compact and efficient fan. The lights adjust high and low, as well as the adjustments on the fan. It looks sleek and modern. We're glad it's now installed and it's been working fine. The most frustrating part was in getting it. This is the third one shipped; the first two came smashed. But now that it's in, it's great.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Looks Great. Very clean. Hard to install. Gives the Kitchen a little extra something.

Replaced old slide out unit with this one. It wasn’t very difficult. Adapter is available at store. Cut some parts off of old duct as well. We like the look and function of the new hood fan

It looks even nicer once installed. Love it!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Super quiet even at higher speeds. Very cool design and very efficient. The retractable hood makes it more compact if necessary.

I am so happy that we spent the extra money for this range hood. It was easy to install, according to my husband, the fan is whisper quiet, and it looks beautiful. Cindy Leonhardt, Boise, Idaho

This fan is POWERFUL! Sleek, modern design. The bad, the installation guide is either outdated or unnecessarily complicated. For those installing: the cabinet cut out does NOT require a T-shaped ( for lack of any other way to describe) cutout in lower cabinet. A rectangle is fine (I know I installed it that way). Also, the package containing the installation screws do not match the guide. Finally, the TORX screws required are a pain to install. Firstly they are not all a size 10 so additional tools are needed. Secondly, as a previous reviewer has noted, the clearance on the sides to actually install these screws once the fan box is in the cabinet is extremely tight. What should be a relatively straight forward install becomes a lesson in patience merely due to these TORX screws and the outdated manual! Even with the right tools!

I was looking for an elegant, quiet, yet powerful hood and this fits the bill 100%. Just have to be height aware, if I was more petite, I would need a remote to operate the fan speeds since the hood must be part way down to adjust it. The instructions were terrible. Had you cutting what you don't need and the screws were all wrong let alone trying to understand how to assemble the brackets that hold the vent up. Yes, the instructions were were many times and rechecked on the net and website. Very difficult and confusing. But the product once in place is a work of art!

Very quiet and easy to use. Timer on fan is a great feature. Very easy to clean....

Just remodeled my kitchen and love this slide out hood. It not only looks amazing but works great.

Overall, after installation, this product meets our expectations. I give this a one star rating because the installation instructions are apparently for a prior version of this range hood. Several references to "landmarks" that do not exist on this version. We found some of the spring mountings, which are required to install, were soldered to the frame over an 1 1/8" away from where they needed to be, and where the manual suggested that are located. We ended up having to notch out the floor of the new upper cabinets to make them work. The installation tool provided by KitchenAid is flimsy and cheap, so much so that it broke off in the screw head. We had to modify the end of it to enable a second screw driver to fit into the back side so we could use it. What should have been a two hour installation turned into two evenings and a bunch of frustrating modifications and changes.

I love the way it looks and works. No easy to install and wish it had LED lights

Direction were not real clear to install. We did get it instaled and I love it.. Wish it had LEDs lights, but I love how it looks and works great