Exhaust hood in controlled residential ventilation: Your experiences?

We also thought about recirculation/exhaust air for a long time; our kitchen builder, whom we trust (supposedly one of the top 100 in Germany), also clearly recommended exhaust air. Of course, there are various solutions, all of which can be good and must also be adapted to the respective house; especially with a fireplace, the whole thing becomes more complex, as mentioned. It is also subjective whether someone smells something or not. For example, smokers are apparently significantly more "pain tolerant"; a colleague (non-smoker) even says he doesn't smell anything at his place after a 3-hour cooking spree, and that without controlled residential ventilation and without any extractor hood, only by briefly airing out after cooking! Ok, I’m not inclined to believe that, but well. As I said, if someone thinks they can calculate the losses or the increased heating effort, I would be interested myself.

I have never smelled a recirculation hood that really worked well - but enough exhaust hoods that work well even when cheap.

There may certainly be recirculation solutions, but they also cost accordingly. I'm too stingy for that, so we have an exhaust hood - the window contact is already invisibly installed in the frame.

I don't have to turn the thing on for every meal - sometimes the controlled residential ventilation in the kitchen is enough.

Regarding energy consumption, I wouldn't worry about that at all...

I have never smelled a recirculation hood that really worked well – but plenty of exhaust hoods that work well even when cheap.

Then have a look at how well a Berbel recirculation hood works.

This recirculation hood is not only more user-friendly compared to the Siemens exhaust hood installed in our "old" apartment but also significantly quieter, more effective, and even has a maintenance-free, self-cleaning activated carbon filter.

Regards,

Dirk

Please read my posting again...

Why?

My post was only meant to be a tip about which recirculation hood definitely works well.

Nothing more and nothing less - I have already seen that you also wrote that well-functioning recirculation hoods are not necessarily cheap.

Regards,

Dirk

Well, you said I should take a look at the Berbel - I know them and I consider them absolutely overpriced. But definitely stylish - only the pain isn't great enough for me to want to invest a lot of money there.