What did you select?

Right NOW (might change before I buy it), I am going with Futuro Futuro Streamline. It has flourescent light. It will block my view minimally because it is very thin, and it's $900 cheaper than their version with the perimeter suction. It is also not glass (less cleaning) and supposedly low noise and 940 cfm (although it might function as less because the pipe/tubing is 6 inches).

Thanks so much for all of the information, emily_mb! You're way ahead of me in the process (I'm still interviewing contractors and only started looking into hoods to make sure that I was comfortable keeping my island cooktop), but you've saved me (and many others, I suspect) a lot of time with all of your research. We'll be interested in how it all turns out. In the meantime, best of luck with your renovation--and I hope that you managed to find some new cabinet installers to replace the one you lost.

the idea of a curtain wall is appealing.

But, the term may be used a bit loosely here.
In reality it may be more complicated than having perimeter slots to remove air.

I think it requires air to be released from slots below. The same quantity as the air being removed. Or almost as much. This is a curtain wall, for open areas: supermarket freezers, retailers who leave their front doors open, etc.

I predict that one day people will have air slots between their counter and the cabinet drawer, pushing induction cooktop fan air up to make a curtain of air in front of the cooktop. Perhaps combined with other air directed upwards from below. The cooktop could come with slots pushing air upwards. That would be something. Moving air in this manner means cooked greasy air rising is encircled in a tube of rising air, so it is less likely to spread out.

hth.

"""supposedly low noise and 940 cfm (although it might function as less because the pipe/tubing is 6 inches"""

--This won't effect the power as much as it will effect the noise level. This will be noisy. IMO, the CFM is WAY too high for the a 6" duct.

--Are you sure you want flourescent light? It is not a light people rave about. And you said it is a softer light?

--The glass and partial glass hoods are typically easier to clean than SS. Windex and wipe.

I just wanted to convey any concerns that may arise

Davidro1, the salesman told me that clean air was coming down but honestly, I didn't follow it up with him as to whether he meant from inside the hood or from outside as a function of air going up... If anyone has some engineering knowledge and wishes to follow-up on the mechanism, I will be very glad to hear back.

Thanks, aprince. I clearly don't know about noise/power issues with 6" duct. As to fluorescent, yes, I would rather have warm white or neutral fluorescent than bright halogen that will generate heat and most importantly, will shine in my eyes. If I had the option of a deeper hood in which the lights wre recessed, then I would go for halogen. But, I want a low profile hood to open up the space.

Carol08. It's worse than you think. I will soon have the cabinets in my LR (mind you, it's a condo) and the man who said he would demolish walls and ready the space is not answering his phone. But, I hear he does that until he finishes with the job at hand. I'm giving him till next week. I have worked for months to try to line up the ducks and it's totally futile in this area.

So sorry to hear about your cabinet situation, emily_mb! It seems as if no matter how carefully one plans, something still goes wrong. I guess there are just too many people and too many variables involved to control everything perfectly. Hopefully, your cabinet guy will resurface very soon and he'll do a wonderful job for you.

We have a Futuro Concorde 36" wall mount that we have been using for about 10 days now. We do not have the metal sleeve on it and have cranked it up. While it is not whisper quiet and once in awhile it gives a soft whistle, we can stand at the cooktop and talk in a relatively normal voice and hear each other. We are happy with that. We hope it will be even quieter once the receiver for the remote control is installed.

One of the reasons we chose this model is because of height issues. I can reach it but have to step back to see the buttons because of the angling.

Some of the models even come with a sound softening sleeve that fits over the duct pipe but under the sleeve. I don't know if yours does. I noticed there are two streamline models, so I wasn't sure which one you are considering.

Good Luck regarding your project!

earth_pal, thank you for your post. I am not sure I understand what the metal sleeve is. Is your hood ducted to the outside? Or, is it re-cycling? I see that you have one with the perimeter suction. Does that feature work well?

I am interested in the island streamline (white and blue only refers to an accent light), "Sound softening sleeve"? I don't see this. Do you know if any of the island models has this? Most important, does the "perimeter suction" work?

Thanks.

I' like to revive this thread for discussion about the Futuro Futuro hoods. I too want what Emily is/was looking at, so any and all comments are most appreciated.

Bought a 48" Luxor. Search for my name in this forum and also in the kitchen forum for feedback. The post in the kitchen forum ("Finished white open..." ) includes pictures. Will try this weekend to do a video

In response to emailed question-- posted here for others who might be interested --

The light from the hood is NOT glaring and I believe that I can be trusted on that because I am very sensitive to light. Never out without sunglasses. How is this for an explanation, the LED light from the backsplash is silk and the light from the hood is sateen cotton :)

Noise? subjective. It's definitely not the Bosch dishwasher, which I might not know it's running if it weren't for the light, but I think it's quiet.

The wok -if I have more than a pound and a half of beef or chicken cold from the refrigerator, I split it into 2 batches so that the wok temperature won't drop too much, too long. Otherwise, with vegetables, it's great.

Thanks Emily, I know all the prep items have to be at room temp before I drop them into the wok, but then, I'm using a 10k btu flame on an older range.
The 3500 watt induction seems over-the-top, but it doesn't take up any more room over the 2500 w, so it may be the way to go. BTW, where did you purchase?

The Luxor seems to have everything I want/need in a hood. Just hope the install goes well ;-)!

Again, thanks for blazing the trail!