I can't recall the exact price of our Zephyr insert, but I believe it was around $1,200. It's about 35" wide.

Sorry that the baffles look a bit smudgy in the pic. I did some frying the last couple weeks and they're due for a cleaning in the dishwasher. It lets you know when it's time to clean. Not the quietest around, but works great.

Mine has three baffles and they just lift out for cleaning.

We purchased it through Build.com.

I have the Broan insert you are looking at and am happy with it and I have a 30 inch range and 30 inch range hood. The range determines the vent size based on its size and power. Keep in mind that if you go above 400, you will need a make-up air system. Someone once explained it really well - wish I could remember the post. but large hoods pull so much air that they can start causing air to pull from the furnace? - not sure, and can raise CO levels - so the need for an air makeup system. Sometimes the air make up systems pull in so much air from outside to make up for the air being sucked up by the fan that they can cool down or heat up the house, depending on whether it is hot or cold outside. Makes me glad I just have an ordinary gas range and hood:)

This article has some info:

http://www.kitchensource.com/range-hoods/how-to-choose-a-range-hood.html

Costco?

I have the same insert (purchased at Amazon), over a 30" electric range, and for the money it's a good model. I try to remember to turn it on before the plume of steam and grease starts to rise--usually start on high, then back to low. I've never had it switch automatically, that I recall, and although it's probably louder than some blowers, it's not uncomfortably so.

I built the hood and liner, so my capture area is shallow, but sufficient. The bottom of the module is 29" from the cooktop--I wish I'd mounted it an inch or two lower and two inches forward, which would still have been comfortable for me at 5'7", but I'm the shortest in the family, and didn't want anyone else being inconvenienced.

I've read that the 4" deep liner sold to go with the hood makes it more difficult to see and operate the controls, so keep that in mind when building your hood. Here's another recent thread about that model, in which buehl explains variables that contribute to efficiency: Vent hoods and grease ...

I bought my hood unfinished and it came with the liner. The instructions with the hood said to mount it 24 to 30 inches above the stove and since I have a soffit, the hood fit perfect at about 24 inches up from the stove. I was told on a forum thread a while back that any combustable material, including wood hoods, were supposed to be 30" up. However, I have seen wood hoods like my own on many homes and even kitchen displays in my area at 24" up. The metal liner covers the inside of the hood, so only a small area of wood is actually lower than 30" and my kitchen predates the date of the code - though as I said I am still seeing new ones at 24" and that is what the hood directions called for. So, if you live in an area where this code exist and inspectors are picky then be sure your hood is 30 inches up.

After reading the Vent Hoods and Grease - I think I better pop my screen into the dishwasher:)