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.

Very stylish unit and good suction with the single powerful 1600w motor. Unfortunately, it has broken down three times in three years. Seems to be an electrical problem as the circuits have been replaced twice now. Basically, the lights flash and the buttons are non-responsive. Let's see if they fix it the 3rd time as it's just outside the 3 year warranty period.

We only recently had our kitchen renovated however I am impressed by how quiet this model really is. The planes flying overhead have got to be 20 times louder at least! I have actually left it on it's that quiet. Although I haven't tested the suction on too many occasions it appears to work well. My only recommendation is to have someone install it who works with them regularly. We paid $400 for installation.

We have had this rangehood installed since mid November 2015. Every time it has rained it has leaked water from the motor unit on the roof, down through the inside of the ducting which drips onto our cooktop and makes a large puddle! Even in only light drizzle/rain. Have had installation checked twice and no issues with flashing etc on roof. Under warranty, purchased from Harvey Norman in Christchurch NZ - they are sending us a thingy to go on the motor unit so rain doesn't get in anymore. Will see if that works or not.... Roof is standard 30 d...

We've had this undermount rangehood for over a year now, and I am extremely happy with it. It's very quiet, even on the highest setting, and is easy to clean. Perhaps the other reviewer would benefit from having their installation checked. The LED lights are a bonus.

I have no reservation in recommending this product.

Have it installed in our kitchen. Works really well and is very very quiet. Also looks great in our kitchen! Very impressed!

Motor is installed outside so nice can get through but was surprised with the amount of suction. Very efficient and quiet. Also easy to clean and maintain.

Expensive, but I guess you get what you pay for.
Great suction and very very quiet! Almost silent.

I would not recommend this rangehood. We have just installed this rangehood in our new kitchen. It looks great and seems like it will be easy to clean but it isn't very quiet. Infact it is quite loud on setting 4 and 5. I was told it was almost silent but I think it is almost as loud as our old Smeg SlimJim. We have it above our induction cook top and when the saucepan is boiling you can see the steam move away to the side and then come back into the rangehood on setting 2 and above. It isn't strong enough to get all the stream on setting 1. Tonight the smoke alarm went off when we were cooking steak. The rangehood wasn't up to it even on setting 5.
Looks smart, seems easy to clean,
Loud, not sucking well enough, costly