Built-in hoods "Elika": review and reviews

Initially, the extracts were intended for air purification. Today they are also an independent very important element of the interior, made in any style from country to high-tech. So now they are looking not only for technical characteristics, but also for design, material, decoration. The most neutral in terms of the design of the kitchen are built-in hoods. They are preferred by the owners of small kitchens, especially people with a limited budget for decorating the room, where it is customary not only to cook food, but also often to receive guests.

Products of the company "Elika"

Italian corporation Elica specializes in kitchen hoods, which produces since 1970. The products of this company embody the best Italian traditions, impeccable quality and exclusive, sometimes refined design. Not without reason the hoods of "Elika" are used by buyers for constant demand.

The assortment of products differs breadth, original design, innovative technologies and attractiveness of prices. Hoods with mechanical or electronic control can purify the air in the outflow mode and in the circulation mode. This can be the usual, successfully sold for decades, models and recently appeared on the market novelties.

Kitchen hoods "Elika" can be classic, domed, built-in. The first are known for a long time and are among the most budgetary option of air purifiers. Built-in hoods are made in a wide range of sizes, various designs, using innovative solutions, in the non-working state are very compact and not always noticeable.

Dome hoods can be corner, island, fireplace, made of glass, metal, with decorative trim made of wood.

There are wall-mounted devices, and they can not be called a banal kitchen technique. A striking example is the hood "Elika Symphony 80", made in the style of hi-tech unusual shape with neon lights and a set of wonderful technical solutions, designed for a large kitchen or intensive cooking.

Built-in hoods "Elika"

Built-in hoods are compact and ideal for small kitchens, which is especially true for most Russian buyers.

Built-in hood "Elika" can be fully tuned or telescopic, with one or two reliable motors.

Full-fledged models are mounted above the hob in the cabinet so that they can only be seen from the bottom.

Retractable models are somewhat more functional, as they cover a larger area.

Hoods, as a rule, are equipped with lamps, conventional or halogen, and further illuminate the hob during cooking.

By the way, this function is positively evaluated in the reviews of many buyers.

If you select a model with push-button control, and not touch (with little if any preferences), then in the hoods of "Elika" the panel is usually hidden, and the buttons do not stick from the fat.

But this is not all that can be said about the built-in hoods. They can be mounted not only in a wall cabinet, as is customary and customary in most countries of the former USSR, but also in the countertop, and even in the ceiling.

Hoods built in the ceiling

In domestic stores there are almost no such extracts, except that they are imported on special order from catalogs. The built-in "Elika" exhaust hood, model CLOUD NINE WH / A / 120, operates in the modes of retraction and circulation with perimeter suction on the outer perimeter of the device at three speeds.

The operating mode IntensiTime allows you to switch the hood to maximum power for a short period of time, to remove especially intense vapors and soot.

As a lighting, a neon lamp with a power of 21 W is used, the device is electronically controlled, the maximum capacity is 1200 cubic meters per hour, the noise level is within 49-65 dB, the height for embedding is 150 mm.

This model with very high performance, it is most effective to use it in large kitchens (at a ceiling height of 2.7 m the area of the room should be about 28 m) or when preparing dishes with intensive steam formation.

Hoods built into the countertop

Such extracts with intensive preparation of dishes are pulled out from the table top. The big plus of such devices, apart from the stylish and modern look, of course, is that soot, fat and steam are isolated before they can get up in the air.

A striking example - built-in hood "Elika" model Adagio BL F 90. It rises to a height of 300 mm, occupying a folded section of the countertop 900 × 120 mm. At the same time, its maximum capacity is 1200 cubic meters per hour. Control hood sensory, while the work begins with a light touch of the hand (command Touch control), in three modes plus IntensiTime. You can also use the remote control.

On the hood is installed indicator of the saturation of the filters. When it lights up you need to wash the fat and replace the carbon filters.

Some models use a more efficient remote engine, which can be installed even outside the home.

Like the ceiling, the Adagio range of this kind is designed for effective air purification in large kitchens.

Budget models

The cheapest and most common hoods of "Elika" are modular models Krea Lux GFA WH F / 60 and Gea Lux A / 60 GR / IX.

Elica Krea Lux GFA - built-in white cabinet with mechanical control and one fat filter extractor, purifying air only in the mode of retraction, noise level up to 70 dB, capacity 460 cu. M / hour, with two 40 W incandescent lamps each, but with two motors and three speeds.

Model Elica Gea Lux A / 60 GR / IX differs silver color, greater capacity - 650 cubic meters. M / hour, and the possibility of cleaning the air in modes and retraction, and circulation.

The most expensive model

The most expensive hood with the standard way of building in is, perhaps, the Elica Filo hood. Its capacity is 900 cu. M / h, it is equipped with a perimeter filter made of tempered glass in white and stainless steel trim, made in three sizes: 600, 900 and 1200 mm wide. The Elika 90 (900 mm wide) hood is more popular, it has an extended coverage zone, it can be conveniently used as a shelf in a wide cabinet. In this device, a non-glare LED backlight of two 3 W lamps, a powerful motor, a rotating light electronic control, an indicator of the contamination of the filters are installed. It can operate at four speeds, with a maximum noise level of up to 63 dB.

The most popular model

Extract Elika Elite 14 lux 60 built-in - the most popular for today according to buyers' reviews. This is one of the cheapest, but also the most functional models. The width of 600 mm allows air to be cleaned over all common models of hobs and gas stoves in the mode of retraction and circulation, maximum capacity is 750 cubic meters per hour, button type of control, three speeds, two halogen lamps with a capacity of 28 W each, Aluminum grease filters. Due to the extendable part, the depth of the hood and the area of the working surface are increased by one and a half times. At the same time, the front part of the plate, which the housewives use most often, is seized.

Reviews of the hoods built into the cabinet

Extraction is such a device, in the selection of which one can not be guided only by its price. The main criterion should be the power and whether it can effectively cope with air purification. Another important point is the possibility of a correct connection. If these two criteria are violated, the hood can not cope with its functions, so money is wasted, and, more importantly, particles of fat and soot settle on furniture and kitchen utensils, get into the lungs. Most likely, this explains the sometimes contradictory reviews of the same models.

Regardless of the cost and design differences of the "Elika" hoods built into the cabinet, practically all users consider their lack of noise a noisy work, the main advantages, in addition to lighting, are compactness, ease of use, ease of cleaning, and power. They note reviews and reliability, tested by several years of trouble-free operation.

The model Filo reviews are also positive. The disadvantage is considered to be the "dead" cold color of non-replaceable diodes and the throughput of air ducts in apartment buildings (!), For which this exhaust was too powerful.

If the apartment is combined with a living room in the apartment, the landlady prepares a lot for a large family, or simply needs to prevent food smells from hovering around the house, the problem can be solved by installing a hood with any set of functions. And fit into the interior as a small kitchen in the "Khrushchev", and a large space in the country house will help built-in devices. Reliability, functionality and reasonable prices are built-in hoods "Elika".