Schweigen Silent UM1170 Series

I bought this less than three years ago when I renovated the kitchen. It costed around $1900. You would expect this will run many years. But unfortunately, within 12 months, the duct was broken which had to be replaced for $300. recently it happened again! Then I noticed that the mash/filter needs to be changed, $60 each, and you need three!. So over the past 2.5 years, it had costed me over $600 to keep this machine running. I wouldn't say this is a bad machine, and it works well for the first 6 months. but it has been too costing to maintain ...

Silent and powerful function but when it comes to service within warranty period, they tell us to check the rooftop motor for wasps, get an electrician and pay from pocket. Shocking!

This is totally worth the money. No cooking smells in the house, very quite and the lights are fantastic. Really easy to use. I would recommend this to anyone upgrading their kitchen.

Purchased this 90cm undermount from Harvey Norman back in Jan 2010. It hasn't missed a beat and does the job of removing all odours from our cooking, given that we cook a lot of curries. It had halogen GU10 globes which I have replaced with LED'S from Bunnings. Many of my friends have also gone and purchased same model to install at their home. Would recommend it highly.

We've had the current one for 4.5 years. It's been incredibly reliable and outstanding in keeping the curry, stir fry and burnt toast smoke outside. But just a hint.. we have the 900mm range hood on a 600mm induction stove. I have to hold a tissue up to show friends when it's on the highest setting.. They don't believe it can be that powerful and quiet!. And yes.... we were very careful how it was installed - the piping, sizing and no kinks!

We installed this in our apartment. We previously had a very noisy and ineffective rangehood. This is seriously silent and highly effective. Living in an apartment it is so important to have an effective fan. Apparently they are even more effective for houses but it works really well in our apartment. We love being able to have a conversation without being drowned out by noise. We generally run it on 2 which seems to be enough. If cooking fish or meat, we do run it on 4. There is really nothing to complain about and we'd definitely recommend it to anyone!

We’ve had our Schweigen for six years.
After three years several of the tiny globes in the LED light strip had slowly failed.
We contacted Schweigen and paid $31.82 plus $9.09 postage for a replacement strip to be sent to us in WA.
Now three years later that replacement LED light strip has gradually lost globes and light emitted is down to about one fifth of capacity.
I contacted Schweigen in Melbourne last week to order another one and the price for the same part is now around $200 (I nearly fell off the chair) plus $20 for handling and d...

The PCB and/or button controls have broken down 3 times and been replaced twice in less than 2 years
Total of 6 months without a Rangehood.

1. Buttons non responsive-replaced
2.Digital display not working- replaced
3.Whole unit randomly turning itself on and then randomly cycling through the settings (usually ending on a supercharged speed which sounds like it’s about to blow up)-PCB and buttons replaced.

The PCB and buttons are such a basic part of this appliance it is very disappointing that it has had so many faults considering the price and advertising.

We have had $600 rangehoods not miss a beat in 10 years and this top of the line specimen can’t even see out the first year without a hitch....

Have had the range hood for three and a half years, and was a good fan (although the power settings a tad non-linear and not quite as silent as advertised, but this could be due to installation type). Recently however, it has been turning itself on full blast at arbitrary times. Once it gets into this mode it keeps switching itself on until power is removed from the unit. Need to leave the whole thing switched off during the night so as not to be disturbed. Would not expect this from a nearly new and relatively expensive appliance.

We have had our Schweigen for 2 years now and have no regrets about paying a little more. It fulfils everything they claim . It`s super silent and extraordinarily efficient . We opted for the S2 motor at 900M3/hr as the roof outlet is not directly overhead . Fantastic appliance .

This rangehood meets the key criterion for our purchase - it is very quiet. So quiet that you need to make sure you do not accidentally leave it on. We got the SP motor as we do a lot of Asian cooking, and it has enough grunt to whip out all the steam and smells. We were slightly concerned as we mounted the unit at a height lower than recommended (60cm rather than the 70cm suggested for an induction cooktop) but so far there is no problem with condensation (which the height apparently helps dissipate). It is very expensive though.

When I was looking at appliances for our new home the sales bloke took me on a tour of rangehoods, extractor fans etc stopping last of all at the Schweigen. It's super quiet, the motor is on the outside of the house, 5 speed settings, pulls apart easy for cleaning and very bright lights so you can see what you're doing while cooking. The whole time we were chatting I didn't realise the thing was even turned on to the highest setting. It is so quiet that I sometimes forget to switch it off. The price tag is pretty hefty but our house has a raked ceiling open plan living/kitchen/dining area which can get noisy. I'm glad we spent the extra coin on getting this as anything else would have driven us around the bend.

We bought the schweigen undermount rangehood for our 600mm gas cooktop. We are very happy its performance. The rangehood makes very little noise even at the highest setting and prevents any build up even though we do heavy cooking including frying and indian naans etc.- We have the 1600m3 fan on the rooftop. No complaints so far.

Update: So after 4 years with this item I can honestly say it is the most quiet range hood I have come across. So much that recently I ran into a situation where it wouldn’t turn off. None of the buttons worked and was literally on ALL night until the following morning. Eventually it turned off and hasn’t been able to turn back on since.

I reached out to Schweigen recently and was quoted parts, nearly $200 worth plus the cost to get a sparky out to replace the parts. The explanation is condensation. I’ve been given a list of reasons why conde...

I have remodelled a few kitchens over the years and have never been happy with the range hoods so this time I decided to seek advice about the most effective type to install. Overriding advice was that I needed at least 900cfm airflow and a remote motor/fan to keep the noise down. I bought the Schweigen unit with the motor mounted on the roof. It is so silent we sometimes forget that it is working but it extracts smoke, steam and odours in a most satisfying manner. Can't speak highly enough of it but if I did it again, I would get the higher airflow twin-motor unit. Noise is not a consideration as the motors are on the roof at least 5 metres way from the kitchen. The silence is BLISS.