Late delivery, disappointed with Zline

I had many questions regarding this island hood before purchasing. My home is older and has 8-feet tall ceiling and not the 10-feet tall ceiling—this gave me some concern about whether I would need the shorter chimney kit. I asked Zline directly if it would be possible to buy the hood and have it come with the short chimney kit instead so that 1) I wouldn’t need to buy it separately, and 2) reduce unnecessary waste. I was told that it all ships together as a single package. They are separate.

Gorgeous addition to our kitchen

The hood fits perfectly into the theme of our 100 year old farm house. The option to add the stainless steel moulding was the perfect touch. We only have 7' ceilings so had to purchase the short ceiling kit in addition to the hood. We went with the recirculating option and while it does a good job we mY end up doing a direct vent as we can still set off the smoke detector! It's not a quiet fan by any means but it is great quality for a very reasonable price.

Ceiling flush mount capable!

This is one of the only range hoods out there that's able to be flush mounted to the ceiling. Due to the design of our kitchen, this was my only option. I had to modify the installation a little bit, but it worked out great!

Sleek solution for islands without outside venting

I've had my hood about 3 years so far. Works great. This was the only stainless island hood available in the dimensions I needed that didn't require outside venting, yet is powerful enough to handle wok steam and pasta pots. Attractive with 4 speeds and terrific lighting. The recessed halogen bulbs swivel slightly in their sockets, but do throw a lot of heat -- enough to crack the little glass cover on one when steam got inside. (Replacement bulbs don't have covers unfortunately but a small point and doesn't affect performance.) Love the dual set of controls on both sides of the unit -- smart!

Outstanding customer service

I bought this range hood 2 years ago. A few months after getting it the lights would only flash continually when you turned them on. It was impossible to use the lights for cooking because the of the flashing. I called the company and they sent me a new wiring harness. It was the wrong size and so they sent me another one. The problem did not go away so they continued to send me parts. Even after 2 years they continued to work with me to try fixing the defective product. On the sixth contact after trying to change out a power module they sent us a new hood. This one is installed and works perfectly and looks great. I cannot remember ever having a company stay with me and continue to help like these folks did. Great customer service and we love the hood.

Nice Looking

Unit looks great and vents nicely. Unit hanging brackets were too long and had to cut and drill new holes to make work. Brackets were probably designed for a 10 ft. ceiling so I may just have ordered the wrong one. No big deal. Problem was the lights didn't work. Customer service was very good and sent me a new light package which arrived a few days later. Hate like heck that I have to pull the unit down to replace as I vented unit to the outside. Not going to be easy. But it vents very well and my wife cooked pork chop the afternoon I installed it and the neibors knew what we were having for dinner.

RANGE HOOD IS DARN NEAR PERFECT - HAD IT 2 YEARS

We purchased and installed this range hood, ZLINE 36" Island Range Hood GL14i-36, about 22 months ago. We'd looked at MANY, so many, range hoods before making our decision to purchase this Z-Line model. We'd looked at many different units from many different manufacturers in many different price ranges in many different, but similar styles. We wanted an elegant look, excellent function (who cares how good it looks if it doesn't work - it has to do its job first and foremost) and easy cleaning. Additionally, I'm tall at 6' 4" so mounting it high enough so that the bottom edge would be above my sight line was an important feature to me, so that I could look at someone on the other side of the island without stooping. Therefore, the ability to mount this up to 36" above the stove top was also an important factor. Fortunately, there was a Range Hood Store near us, so we were able to go there and see their products (if you're not as lucky as we were to be nearby a store, know that everything we saw in the store was high quality and looked like the online pictures). We'd been concerned because of their excellent, very competitive prices that their products might be "cheap" in quality, look or construction WE FOUND OUT THOSE WORRIES WERE UNFOUNDED, so you can order online with confidence even if you have no nearby store to visit in person. Additionally, my wife worried that keeping it clean would be an issue, partly because of the glass portion of this hood. Well, it's pretty darn easy to keep clean and the dishwasher safe filter is nice too. Some people's reviews say that it is loud when in use . . . and, when it's on the highest setting, 4, it is kind of loud, BUT we've found it to be MUCH QUIETER than those BRAND X units in use by some of our friends over their islands. Further, our very quiet dishwasher is certainly louder than this hood, it's just not at ear height like our range hood, which I think may make seem folks think it's louder than it is. One last thing is the fact that there's a set of control buttons on each side of unit and I remember thinking, "There's no need for the duplicate set of buttons, I'll only use the ones on the same side as the stove top control knobs." But, now I cannot tell you just how handy it is to have the duplicate set of controls as we use them far more often than I would have ever thought. So, after almost 2 years we're still happy and we wanted to write this review, so you know you can order with confidence.

Awesome hood design

Most hoods don't enhance a kitchen, but this one sure does! The curved glass bottom and the simple stainless steel oblong vent allow for unobstructed views from our kitchen, dining and living room. It's one of the first thing guests mention when they enter our home. It's easy to operate, has multiple fan settings and the 4 lights, one in each corner really make it easy to see what you're cooking.

Love it!

This range hood was installed in my kitchen right before Christmas (December 23, houseful of guests!) I switched from a range with a downdraft to one without and needed a hood, but didn't want to obstruct the open view I had into our dining area. My ceiling was a little shorter than 8' and this was the only hood I could find that could be mounted in such a way that it didn't visually obstruct our opening. I am thrilled! Every time I pass through my kitchen I marvel at how inconspicuous and yet attractive it is --- chalk that up to the glass. It functions well --- much better than my former downdraft. Everything arrived very well packed. It seems solidly made, and was less than half the cost of anything else I looked at --- and those would have created an obstructed view.

Great product, poor installation instructions.

The product itself seems to be great. I’ve had it installed for a few weeks and all works great. The fan sucks well and is not overly loud.

So simple I don't know why I waited so long

Hood came with everything possible for a quick install. Assembly of angle brackets and hood about an hour. Prepping opening and bracing another hour. (Electrical was already in place with an outlet in attic). Hardest part getting my 12 year and 16 year old girls to help hoist into place. It is now a focal point of our new kitchen, let alone how awesome the lights focus on the work station and the smoke from cooking gone with the blink of an eye. You definitely know the fan is on but it works so efficiently you shut it off right after cooking. Recommend for anyone who has never completely vented out to the outdoors and just used charcoal filters, this is like a new toy to my wife and I.

Looks good but crown moulding did not fit.

The fan itself looks really good. The items arrived well packaged and quite quickly. The instructions were easy to follow but not that complete - you have to guess on a few steps. Seemed like a generic book for lots of different fans. The biggest issue we have is that it is mounted on a vaulted ceiling and the fan is apparently not made to mount this way (could not tell from description it would not work). A lot of modification had to happen to make it work, however, the crown moulding (which is the reason I purchased this one) did not fit. Apparently, due to the slant of the roofline it would require a larger piece to fit around the entire chimney of the fan. The sides do not fit and they do not look good or even slightly professional at all as they could not be modified to fit. I am very disappointed in this, but since this was the last install item, we were unaware of this issue until after a hole is in my roof and the fan is completely installed. The fan itself is quite quiet and works well. The filter covers do slip a bit, but overall the look on the bottom is very nice. I am just not happy at all with the crown application and feel that it detracts from the look of the kitchen.

Nice product for the price

I bought this model after comparing several similar products. The main things that swayed me were the design, price, and fast shipping.

It's as nice in person as it is in the pictures!

We looked around at a ton of range hoods, and other than Vent-a-hood, most of them kind of looked the same- either ultra modern or kitchen industrial, and we weren't thrilled with that. We also wanted something with plenty of ventilation for our professional series stove.

Very good job of venting, even on lowest fan speed

The hardest part of installation was preparation of a solid mounting surface in the ceiling. Not sure why the mounting kit included drywall anchors ... it needs to be mounted to solid wood with very sturdy screws. I vented through the roof and that also took a good deal of preparation and a separate roof vent. I built a simple "table" out of scrap wood that I set on the counter top, straddling the stove top. Two people could then left the hood to the table top and with shims adjust it to exactly the right height to fasten the frame screws. It would be very difficult to do this any other way unless you have at least three people. The hood itself works very well but it is loud and vibrates slightly at the highest setting which I have never found a reason to actually use. The unit came with LED lights that I had to substitute for the original small halogens. I like the LEDs much better. It looks great! The glass seems to create more of an "open" feeling in our relatively small kitchen.