Recommendations for Rangehood < $1500

Eevee on 11/02/2025 - 21:43
Last edited 11/02/2025 - 22:13 by 1 other user

I'm looking to get a new 90cm wall mounted canopy rangehood.

My current one has about 600 m^3 extraction rate on full fan.

Ideally I would like to replace this with something that is stronger.

Any there any recommendations?

Do I just get anything that can just give me a better extraction rate?
https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/westinghouse-90cm-canopy-rang…
https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/lg-90cm-canopy-rangehood-bwh9…
https://www.thegoodguys.com.au/smeg-90cm-canopy-rangehood-sa…

A lot of people recommend really expensive rangehoods with external motors, but I don't think I want that and I don't think it's possible in my house set up.

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  sumyungguy on 11/02/2025 - 22:15

  Is your current hood ducted or recirculating? Here's good place to browse

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    Eevee on 12/02/2025 - 07:55

    It's ducted.

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  FareEvader on 11/02/2025 - 22:22

  I got a Sirius rangehood from E&S. $1100 + ~$440 installation.

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    Transient on 12/02/2025 - 00:25

    +1 for Sirius

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  ForkSnorter on 12/02/2025 - 07:39

  I just have a fan in the ceiling.

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    bazingaa on 12/02/2025 - 15:27

    me too :D I thought I was the only one, I don't have gas though

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  ESEMCE on 12/02/2025 - 08:59

  +2

  External is the way to go if you can make it work.
  So much quieter.
  Ours at full speed ~1300m^3 is only around as loud as my old internal fan rangehood on low speed.
  It's so quiet on low speed that we've accidentally left it on overnight on a number of occasions.

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    Eevee on 12/02/2025 - 09:11

    Do these have motors on the roof or in the roof cavity?

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      ESEMCE on 12/02/2025 - 09:34

      The motor is on the roof, in the shroud extending past the roof line that the duct leads to.

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    samwaw on 06/06/2025 - 11:23

    What brand of rangehoods have external motors? Would like to investigate installing one for our home.

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      sumyungguy on 06/06/2025 - 11:30

      https://www.schweigen.com.au

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  saltypete on 12/02/2025 - 09:33

  -1

  External motor and youll never go back. Quiet, powerful efficient, easy to clean.

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  timmof on 12/02/2025 - 13:35

  We reno'd a few years ago. Our Fisher and Paykel has touch buttons, which are a pain, as you cant use them just by feel. Look for real buttons, especially if the rangehood is relatively low and you'd need to bend underneath to turn it on / off every time.

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  omguleh on 12/02/2025 - 13:53

  We have an Electrolux 90cm one and does a good job with our Chinese style cooking.

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  itsme on 12/02/2025 - 14:22

  Fotile rangehood - fantastic in eliminating cooking smells/smoke and super easy to clean

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    Eevee on 12/02/2025 - 19:10

    Yeah I’ve heard of these Asian brands including Robram.

    So do you just clean a metal cover? Do you find oil dripping from the fan still with this type of filter?

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      itsme on 17/02/2025 - 18:43

      That's right - it's super easy to clean the metal cover. No oil dripping unless you haven't cleaned it for months and months. Best of all how it drafts up the cooking smells and smoke compared to traditional rangehoods. Switches on/off with a wave of my hand and pretty quiet too.

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  Exprise on 13/02/2025 - 03:58

  https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/underverk-built-in-extractor-ho…

  I use this 80cm one for a large 90cm gas stove, love that it mounts in a cabinet for extra storage. It's made in Italy and $599.

  Note that my first one had a dodgey bearing and was making squeaking noises but IKEA replaced it and reimbursed us for labour to have it swapped over.

  5 years warranty is good.