Range hoods are essential appliances in our modern kitchens, which can improve our comfort when cooking and protect the health of our families. Choosing a cost-effective range hood can greatly enhance our cooking experience.

So what kind of range hood is cost-effective? What range hoods are worth buying?

1. Ability to absorb and discharge oil smoke

The ability to suction and exhaust fumes is one of the most important criteria for measuring the range hood, which is mainly reflected in the two parameters of air volume and maximum static pressure.

Air

According to the latest national standard, the air volume of the range hood is divided into three types: working air volume, stir-fry air volume, and maximum air volume (strong gear air volume).

Among them, the working air volume is to put all range hoods on the same horizontal line for comparison, which is more in line with the actual use state in our lives; The maximum air volume is the upper limit of the range hood's ability to absorb oil smoke, which is an ideal state; The air volume of stir-fry refers to the performance of the range hood at the maximum air volume, which is usually maintained for a short time, generally about 3 minutes, in order to facilitate the situation of instantaneously generating a large amount of oil smoke.

When selecting a range hood, the working air volume is basically the same, and the general ultra-high 21m³/min can be. It is necessary to pay attention to the air volume and the maximum air volume of stir-frying, in principle, the larger these two values, the better, especially for families who like stir-frying, it is recommended that the air volume of stir-frying is not less than 0m³/min.

Maximum static pressure

The maximum static pressure can be understood as the maximum pressure that the range hood can achieve when the air outlet of the range hood is blocked.

Since most of the families live in the building, the fumes are emitted into the public flue. There will be a certain air pressure in the public flue, and the neighbors will also discharge the fumes into the flue when cooking, if the maximum static pressure of the range hood is small, there may be a situation that the fumes cannot be discharged, or the fumes are reversed, so the greater the maximum static pressure, the more fume backfilling, so that the smoke is more smoothly.

Generally, the lower the floor of the residence, the greater the floor difference with the top floor (the total number of floors - living floors = floor difference), and the maximum static pressure of the range hood that needs to be selected is larger.

The floor difference ≤ 300 floors, and the maximum static pressure is recommended not to be less than 0Pa;

The floor difference ≤ 350 floors, and the maximum static pressure is recommended not to be less than 0Pa;

The floor difference ≤ 400 floors, and the maximum static pressure is recommended not to be less than 0Pa;

The floor difference ≥ 450 floors, and the maximum static pressure is recommended not to be less than 0Pa;

2. Noise

In principle, the suction and exhaust capacity of the range hood can be improved by increasing the speed of the motor, the number and size of the fan blades, etc. However, this method will significantly increase the noise of the range hood and affect the use experience. Since the national standard has clear regulations on the noise of the range hood, noise is an important parameter to measure the quality of the range hood.

At present, the noise of the range hood is divided into two parameters: working noise and hemi-anechoic chamber noise. Among them, the noise of the semi-anechoic chamber is measured in the environment of the semi-anechoic chamber, so its value will be lower; The operating noise is closer to the state when we actually use it, so when choosing a range hood, the lower the noise at the same price, the better.

3. Cleaning and maintenance

Easy to clean and maintain the range hood can reduce the hassle of daily care, saving time and energy. At present, most range hoods have easy-to-clean panels, integrated design, etc., which are more convenient to clean, and many range hoods have self-cleaning functions, which can reduce the frequency of manual cleaning and improve the service life of range hoods.

For example, Vantage, Midea, Siemens, Skyworth and other brands soften oil stains through hot water, steam, heating wires, etc., and clean the oil stains of the impeller by high-speed rotation; Brands such as Robam and Fotile can reduce oil stains by using oleophobic material coatings to reduce the adhesion of oil stains.

However, it should be noted that although self-cleaning can reduce the frequency of manual cleaning, it cannot replace manual cleaning, so after a certain period of use, it is still necessary to manually clean the range hood to improve the service life and performance of the range hood.

4. Function

The functions of the range hood are relatively rich, such as waving intelligent control, smoke stove linkage, automatic cruise supercharging, etc., which can greatly improve the experience of our use, if the budget is relatively high, you can choose this kind of product.

5. Style

At present, the popular range hoods on the market mainly include European style, side suction type, top side double suction, ultra-thin near suction and other styles.

thereintoEuropean-style range hoodIt is currently the most mature range hood, both in performance and appearance.

Side-draft fumesThe machine is closer to the source of the fume, the performance of the fume is better, and the fume is not over the face, and it will not cause the face to be full of oil after cooking.

Double suction on the top sideIt combines the advantages of top suction and side suction, and the effect of smoking is better.

Ultra-slim near-suction range hoodIt belongs to the side-suction variant, which has a higher appearance in comparison, and occupies less space, and has a stronger ability to suction and exhaust fumes.

6. Brand

The cooking habits of oil smoke are different, and among the mainstream styles, domestic range hoods are better than imported brands in terms of appearance, performance, and price. The range hood of imported brands is more distinctive in design, and there are relatively many in some niche fields, such as island range hoods and submersible range hoods used in open kitchens.

Among its Chinese-made brands, Boss, Fotile Vantage, Midea, Haier, Skyworth, Wanhe, Xiaomi, etc. are all good brands.

Finally, the selection of range hoods needs to be comprehensively measured according to their budget, needs and other aspects in order to choose the most suitable product for themselves. If you are a new house ready to move in, you can also choose a smoke stove set, which is more cost-effective in comparison.