Ancona Chef Range hood

15 years ago

I'm planning to purchase the Ancona 36" Chef Range hood from Costco. It's reasonable priced at $680 and reviews are good on Canada's Costco website...no reviews for US site. Has anyone used this brand? What is your experience?

Here is a link that might be useful: Ancona Chef Range Hood

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thynes1501

15 years ago

Yes it does. I cannot comment on Rick's experience of course, however in our case everything fit properly, the lighting is adequate by our standards, and I'm not sure what this spring loaded knob is (ours has a series of small buttons, no knobs). As for noise, it seems that Rick has measured his and it is quite noisy. As I indicated above, we find ours to be reasonably quiet, especially for a 900cfm fan. Perhaps Rick's hood was flawed in some way? Installation issues? Not sure.

We looked at choosing a "brand name" chimney hood that matched our cooking appliances (Miele ovens and Thermador induction cooktop) but quite honestly couldn't see ourselves spending $2500 CDN on a ventilation hood. To us, it needed to look right and it had to work. Of course, there are other similar "value" hoods out there as well, but the Ancona with the great Costco return policy and customer service became the right option for us.

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thynes1501
15 years ago
W have the 36" model, been using it since our kitchen was completed in November. It's been an excellent appliance. Quiet for a 900 cfm fan and looks pretty nice as well. We have no complaints.
attofarad
15 years ago
The web site doesn't show the dimensions. What is the height and depth?
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friedajune
15 years ago
Attofard, if you go to the OP's linked page, and click under the 36" hood where it says "product details", you will get to a page with all the dimensions. Furthermore, that page has consumer reviews, which are inconsistent.
ttn0001
Original Author
15 years ago
thynes, thanks for your input. I placed my order for the 36" model.
tomlinson212_aol_com
15 years ago
Run away from this product if you can. While it looks nice, the hood is extremely noisy - much higher than the sound levels claimed. In the "quiet" mode, the fan measured between 63-65 dB (5 sone) vs. the 1.2 sone that the manufacturer claims. The dampers are cheap, don't fit properly, and the spring loaded knob spins around. Also, the lights are extremely weak and hardly put out any light. We should have bought a Kobe range hood.
cplover
15 years ago
Thynes- I am considering this model as well. It sounds like your experience is much different than Rick Tomlinson's
mark428_aol_com
15 years ago
Extractor hood design allows for variations in installation, appearance and efficacy, but all hoods feature standard components. An extractor hood maintains a skirt directly above the cooking surface that is at least as wide as that cooking surface. The skirt houses one or more grease filters in front of a fan that sucks air into the unit for ventilation.

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feisty68
12 years ago
It seems like hood manufacturers are using many alternative methods of advertising these days. There aren't many that I can actually observe in a showroom in my city.