Schweigen 900 Undermount Questions & Answers

We have the same problem, for the price, I find this product pretty useless.

We live on the coast and it works ok ... but it’s weak and no different to one that’s not ducted. Waste of almost $1000 in our opinion.

We have had this for a year now and it is the best extraction fan we’ve ever had anywhere.
It’s definitely load OUTSIDE the house where the motor is. Inside the house, you literally don’t notice it’s even running on the lowest speeds. When it is on max speed, you can hear that it is on, but it is most certainly not loud. For example, if I’m using the wok, the sound of the gas hon and the sizzling in the wok is pretty much all you hear in the kitchen.

I do know that the more expensive schweigen range are very silent but it also depends on how you install the unit. If you install the exhaust on the roof it’s less noisy but this will come with an extra cost I suppose. We just went with the cheaper version as we were trying to keep our kitchen under minimal cost. In my opinion if you are going to be living in your forever home and you can afford it spend the extra $$ and go with the top of the range schweigen rangehood and have it installed correctly the noise will be almost silent and the extraction on these fans are superb. Be sure the rangehood covers your entire cooktop otherwise your above cabinets will be splattered with grease spots and you will be forever cleaning them. The filters come out on these rangehoods and go directly in the dishwasher. They are definitely worth the investment if you purchase correctly. Most retailers that stock these units will have them working on display so you can see how they function and how silent they can be. I believe you need to pay extra for the roof installation parts etc so ask plenty questions when buying one so you understand what you are up for in costs. Don’t compromise however the schweigens are the best on the market.

Thank you for the answers

Hi Su. We got the UM1170-9S. Pretty powerful and very little noise inside even on top speed.If you're outside the house with the fan on 5 there is a fair bit of noise (but can't be heard inside. Like you, the motor is on the outside wall right behind the rangehood) but at speeds 1,2 and 3 the noise outside is pretty negligible.Hope this helps!
Matt

Hi Su, Looking at this too but as the moror is NOT remote from the rangehood, expect it to be noisy. It's a trade off - price & extraction v noise. The remote units are crazy expensive but hey, I'd love one.

Hello Su. I don't have the answer for you but I too am looking to buy the HN9UM Harvery Norman exclusive. As your question was in May, could I ask you if you did buy that model? If so, how have you found it?
Regards,
Marie

Hi Alice - we have the standard 900 external single motor over a 900mm 5-burner gas cooktop. We have a pretty large open plan kitchen/dining/living area - around 60 square metres - and the range hood works really well. For wok cooking / stirfries we use it on top speed (5) and virtually all of the smells and definitely all of the smoke/steam gets sucked right up. Hope this helps!

If it was me, I would go with the 1200 and not be disappointed. I have installed the 900 and I am very happy with it. It is living up to my expectations.

I'm very pleased with my 1 year old Schweigen. It really is whisper quiet. Removal of smoke and vapours is effective. I don't cook with much oil so I cannot comment on how well it might work with oil fumes.
I don't know anything about the 'Sirius' brand.

I am pretty sure we went for the double motor. It extracts Indian and stir fry fumes well. As it is vented to the outside the cooking smells are always very nice outside the house!!

Schweigen UM1170-6S single motor.
Excellent for the Asian cooking I do. Small kitchen with 4 burner gas cooktop.
Still amazed at how quiet it is.

Hi. I am an authorized installer for schweigen. There are 3 motor options for the rangehoods. One 650 m2 motor, twin 650 m2 motors and a 1600 m2 motor. The models numbers end with S1, S2 and SP accordingly. They are not silent but are very quiet compared with a rangehood with an inbuilt motor. If someone says they are overly loud my experience is that the installation is not right. Thanks

Our Scweigen is now 4 years old. It works well (good extraction iof cooking fumes) and noise had not altered. It is far superior to a smeg undermount we had previously in terms of both function and noise. As mentioned in my initial review it is certainly not silent, but still a good product. I would happily purchase again,