Cooking island / work island in the kitchen - Which extractor hood?

To counter the "Who has the most expensive equipment contest" (But hey... with the houses themselves, it's no different here either : We didn't want a hood over the island either and in the end decided on the AEG IDE84241IB, which I found still acceptable in terms of price. Even though it is still next to the kitchen and not yet installed, in my opinion, the space consumption inside the cabinet is also limited.

Which contest?

By the way, your AEG cooktop is also far from a simple hardware store cooktop with a recirculating hood.

. Although I have now abandoned induction. It will be a normal ceramic hob.

I agree with Chand1986. Why?

Reason?

I am definitely not a conspiracy theorist, but I have read quite a few warnings regarding induction. It is also "officially" recommended to keep a minimum distance of 40 cm from the operating cooktop, I believe. It may not matter - or it might. And I do not want to take that risk, especially since family planning is still pending. A ceramic cooktop is not that bad or medieval after all.

Then you also have to discuss about cell phones.

But as with almost everything in life: to each their own!

For example, I would not buy a Thermomix...

but I’ve read quite a few warning messages regarding induction.

Warnings are mostly about what people don’t understand. There are alarmists for absolutely everything.

It is also "officially" recommended to keep a minimum distance of 40 cm, I believe, from the running cooktop.

So grandma with a pacemaker doesn’t get a fit while cooking.

And I don’t want to take that risk, especially since family planning is still pending.

Not having a TV in the bedroom helps the most here. You can’t possibly cook that much.

I am definitely not a tin foil hat wearer

And yet you let some scare you...

There is some nonsense to be found everywhere. And whoever successfully scares people can continue selling ceramic cooktops. Or something like that.

A ceramic cooktop isn’t really that bad and medieval after all.

Well, the ratio of ceramic to induction might not be medieval to modern. More like horse-drawn carriage to car. Both are drivable, but one is much slower, balanced out by significantly less comfort.

Do you have a mobile phone? Evil Wi-Fi radiation in the house? High-voltage power lines in sight?

Your concern is unfounded and fueled by fed fears.