I have this range hood, had it installed in 2012. Setup is not optimal as I vent straight out the back wall, but it works well enough in my 12x14' open kitchen plan. If I do something really strong smelling/smoky, I do have to run the fan for a couple of hours afterwards. But that's an open plan characteristic; odors go everywhere, LOL.
I don't cook as much as I used to, so am not "stressing out" the vent system as I would have done in my younger days (formal dinner parties including 10-course Chinese banquets).
Still, I'd give it a solid "B". Considering I don't have the ideal (through the roof) setup, it does a good job.
Not too noisy at low speeds, but on high fan noise is noticeable.
After 7 yrs I can't say the clean-up is ideal. The grating is just to keep things like paper towels or plastic film from getting chopped through the fans; it doesn't catch grease by itself. Spraying the fan blades with Windex works okay but eventual grease build-up on them is inevitable.
If you cook a lot, it's always going to be better to have a heavy-duty vent hood, with the type of fan blades that can be taken out and run through the DW.
I'd say for 80% of cooks the Zephyr Tycoon would probably work just fine. But if you stir-fry a lot, do Cajun cooking, etc., then even 850 cfm, especially on a straight-horizontal install like mine, is right at the edge of being underpowered.
HTH.
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