hi
Its funny I came across your post! I am usually in the kitchen forum. Yes, we do have a Kobe 30" undercabinet and we love it. It is so beautiful with no seams. We were going to get it online (aj madison or us appliances) but ended up picking it up in the bay area. Let me know if you need any more specifics, my husband can answer those.

I am planning on getting a Kobe RA-094 30" soon from thenaturalhome.com. They have them on sale and "free" shipping. I have seen good reviews in the past on Kobe.

I have been using our Kobe almost a year. It works very well. The first time we cleaned it it was difficult to take apart. Once you learn the trick of taking out and putting back the baffles it is much easier.

I just got one. Its been installed for about 2 months now. It came from venting direct arrived in perfect shape( boxed real well). Mine is 42 inches CH 97. I installed it myself. Its heavy I did the job solo I had to remove all components to hang it. It replaced the common white 36 in hood with two bulb under a plastic lens and a mesh filter about 220 cfm . Its great it makes less noise the the old one but still it not silent by any means. My biggest problem is it makes a strange whistling in second gear. After the motors warm up it goes away (turning it on it goes to second speed) . First gear is silent 3rd and 4th make noise. You move air with a a indoor fan you got noise external fan cost about 1200$ alone then buy a hood. The control switches are strange in their function nothing wrong I just don't get the logic seem like something is lost in translation. As far hard to clean is BS its simple . I worried about the light being dim they are very bright blinding bright. I install it different than by directions I used a 8 inch duct all the way (which is larger than instructed). My roof vent had small output holes so I put a T in the duct and installed a second exhaust on the house's wall. The hood does not come with a back draft damper which I order 2 different ones for my install from the same company. The hood being 25 inches deep is a head banger for me I only nailed it about 3 times you remember it pretty quick. I ordered it with the thought if I didnt like the blowers noise I install a external blower. Which I could still do. This means I pretty happy with the hood itself. I think the most amazing thing about it at as you fire up a burner the hood heats up (place you hand on the hood) switch the fans on the metal temp goes down in in 20 seconds.

Yes I do and it is the best hood I ever owned by far.

I want to thank everyone (all five of you) for responding to my Kobe hood question. Today I ordered it. The look is great and the price is right. I just hope it functions as well for our son as you have found. I also ordered a 30" DCS range and an 18" dishwasher. There has never been a dishwasher in the house and although I wish it could be a full sized unit. I am thrilled that there will be one at all. THis is for our son's Calif. bungalow house in a historic area and he is so lucky to be looking forward to these fine appliances. Now he is going to have to do many great meals for us. Yes!!!

Just wanted to chime in after the fact..I have a KOBE Island hood that was installed three weeks ago...it is beautiful and quiet..my installer was in awe of how quiet this hood was, and how great it pulled air! Of course, my visits to this site helped me make this great choice!

Me too after the fact: I have a 30" glass Kobe hood, cleaning is a doddle as I just need to clean the cup. It's a little noisier than I expected but SO effective.

I have a 36" chimney wall hood RE02 (IIRC) Goes beautifully with my Capital 36 range. very quit in the Q setting. I have baffles and somehow it creates a weird noise in the low setting only. Other than that, it performs very well. No smell, no smoke, no grease anywhere except the baffles.