Hi all,

I have recently bought an apartment which has obviously a small kitchen (layout attached). I am looking for hood with a measurement of 2ft (60 cm) and hob at about 60 - 75 cm wide : anything more than this will take up space of my yet to built kitchen cabinet. I found one in Smeg - http://www.smeg.my/product/kset61/ and it costs about RM 1300.

Appreciate some inputs from anyone in a similar situation as I am looking for a smaller hood & hob with a reliable brand reasonably priced.

Thanks,
Sham


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This post has been edited by iamsobloodysick: Oct 14 2014, 02:09 PM

Hi, thanks so much for the links. Do you use any of these that you have suggested or you supply them? I would like to know roughly how much they cost?

Thanks.

Where is your location?

Kajang.

the price is half of SMEG

That's brilliant! But what about the quality - appreciate if you could give some input? And yeah, do you supply them?

electrolux and rinnai, i guess the brands are well-known in the market.

SMEG is for the niche market group of people where they want it be unique.

the info of the product is available thru its official website.

60cm hood is rare in the market.

you dont have much choices.

I made a comparison spreadsheet based on the links that you have provided me. I must admit I am not sure what are the factors I should take into account when choosing the hood. Appreciate experts advice here on this.
Thanks so much.


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first you need to decide if you can install a vented hood. this would be more efficient than recirculating types
recirculating types needs to change charcoal filter.
try to fit in a 900mm hood as this size is more common to find. a 900mm hood matches a 600mm hob better. its only 150mm more on each side.

btw that space for your fridge (1550) will not be tall enough for most fridge out there. maybe can get a single door fridge of that size only.

Found one that I liked with a similar measurement. Panasonic 2 doors. Saw that in an electrical appliances shop in kajang. I have not finalized the measurements though. They are just approx.

Must remember to have gap at both side, the heat exchange for most fridge are on the side.

Thanks for the tips. Will bear this in mind when I scout around for Fridge.

I would suggest you "B" because of ventilation type and more powerful suction power.

thanks for your input. if i go for anything wider than 60 cm, I will lose space for kitchen cabinet. So it's either I compromise on the kitchen cabinet space or the hood. Due to lack of storage space (the unit does not come with a store room), and since I don't do much of the asian cooking style - I thought I will maximise the space available for KC and compromise on the size of hood. And I have used 60 cm hood during my stay in Aus few years ago at a rental apartment - worked quite well, I must say.

Thanks, I was considering the same but looks like Electrolux comes with more feature as well.
Still taking time to do some more search and decide..

Hi all,

What about gas hobs? Factors that determines my choices will be:

1. Price
2. Aesthetics
3. Quality
4. Size : 70 cm - 75 cm
5. After sales-service

Appreciate your tips and guidance.

If you aren't doing asian style cooking as in wok hei, you may consider either induction or vitroceramic as both types have 60cm models.

For gas hobs, the spacing between the hobs will largely depend on the size of wok & other utensils for cooking as some people prefer to fry food and make soup at the same time. If you prefer gas hob and doing light cooking, go for the smallest 2 hob type.

Light cooking is my way for sure - may be occcasionaly, fried noodles or fried rice ! And yes, I am looking at gas hob only - you meant to say 2 burners?