Browse Forums Kitchen Appliances Re: Rangehood 52Jul 14, 2015 12:27 pm We have a Blanco Rangehood in our kitchen and a Schweigen in our alfresco. The motors on the Schweigen are externaly mounted so the noise around it is markedly less than the Blanco. I've heard of people having problems with neighbours with the Schweigens but our neighbours reckon it makes no more noise than their and our air cons. The Schweigen has the baffled filters which are much easier to keep clean than the mesh filters on the Blanco. Only issue we have is that although Schweigen used to state you can put the filters in the dishwasher it's now been clarified to state only on low temperature/short duration washes. Long duration washes with the latest in dishwasher tablets corrodes the mechanism in the clip that keep the filter in place. We brought this issue up with Schweigen and they replaced all our filters under warranty without any drama whatsoever. We wash ours by hand now - easy to do. Schweigen canopy quality is much better than the Blanco. |