COMFEE' 60cm Chimney Stainless Steel

Is the COMFEE' 60cm Chimney Stainless Steel worth buying?

The COMFEE' 60cm Chimney Stainless Steel is worth buying at £69.99 if you want 400 m³/h in a brushed steel chimney body, with a two-year manufacturer warranty and 396 owners rating it 4.4. It hangs on the wall over a 60cm hob, and the stainless finish is the whole reason it exists beside the black COMFEE' hood at £49.99.

This COMFEE' hood is not the one for a kitchen where the appliance runs through dinner, because 67 dB at full speed carries across the room, and it is not the one for a household that recirculates without buying extra parts. Add the CF04 carbon filter and it becomes a recirculating hood; leave the filter out and it vents outside instead.

What does 400 m³/h mean on the COMFEE' 60cm Chimney Stainless Steel?

The 400 m³/h of airflow is the number to hold on to, and at £69.99 it works out at £17.50 for every 100 m³/h the hood moves. That puts it £5 above the £49.99 COMFEE' black chimney hood at £12.50 per 100 m³/h and £4.25 below the £86.99 glass COMFEE' at £21.75 for the same 400 m³/h. In a 60cm kitchen, 400 m³/h clears steam from two pans at once and still has something left for a frying pan.

A 65 W motor drives that airflow, or 6.15 m³/h for every watt, which says more about the fan and the duct route than the wattage alone ever will. The body also weighs 5.3 kg, roughly half the 10.8 kg TopStrong on the same kind of wall, so lifting it onto the bracket is a one-person job.

What comes in the box with the COMFEE' 60cm Chimney Stainless Steel?

The box holds the hood, one five-layer aluminium grease filter and the user manual, and the chimney adjusts in height to meet the ceiling. The body measures 598 mm wide, 448 mm deep and 569 mm tall, so it covers a 60cm hob edge to edge and stands 569 mm off the wall. The grease filter lifts out through the front and washes by hand or in the dishwasher.

The three push buttons are rated for 20,000 presses, and the same panel switches on the LED over the hob. A carbon filter is not included, so a recirculating install needs the COMFEE' CF04 bought separately, while a ducted install needs a route through the wall. Spare parts for the KWH-PYRA17SS-60 stay available for five years.

Where does the COMFEE' 60cm Chimney Stainless Steel fall short?

At full speed the hood runs at 67 dB, 3 dB above the £69.99 COMFEE' angled hood and 1 dB below the £86.99 glass one, which is loud enough that you will raise your voice over it. Most cooking will happen on speed one or two, and the third setting is for a pan that is smoking.

There is no booster, so a wok night sits beyond its reach where the £129.99 TopStrong adds a fourth setting at 450 m³/h. The box also arrives without a ducting pipe, and recirculating needs the CF04 filter, so a finished install means buying parts the hood does not bring with it.

How does the COMFEE' 60cm Chimney Stainless Steel compare with other hoods?

Against the £49.99 COMFEE' 60cm Chimney Black, this hood costs £20 more for the same 400 m³/h, the same 67 dB and the same five-layer aluminium filter, and the difference is the brushed stainless finish plus the two-year manufacturer warranty. If the finish does not matter to you, the black hood saves £20 and works identically.

Against the £79.99 CIARRA CBCS6201, this hood costs £10 less, moves 30 m³/h more, and has 396 owner ratings against 12,710. The CIARRA runs at 60 dB, so 7 dB quieter, and it brings the pipe for a ducted install; take the CIARRA if a long ownership record and quieter running matter more than the extra 30 m³/h.