Initially, the extracts were intended for cleaningair. Today they are also an independent very important element of the interior, made in any style from country to high-tech. So now they are looking not only for technical characteristics, but also for design, material, decoration. The most neutral in terms of the design of the kitchen are built-in hoods. They are preferred by the owners of small kitchens, especially people with a limited budget for decorating the room, where it is customary not only to cook food, but also often to receive guests.
Italian corporation Elica specializes inkitchen extracts, which produces since 1970. The products of this company embody the best Italian traditions, impeccable quality and exclusive, sometimes refined design. Not without reason the hoods of "Elika" are used by buyers for constant demand.
The range of products is wide,original design, innovative technologies and attractive prices. Hoods with mechanical or electronic control can clean the air in the outflow mode and in the circulation mode. This can be the usual, successfully sold for decades, models and recently appeared on the market novelties.
Kitchen hoods "Elika" can beclassical, domed, embedded. The first are known for a long time and are among the most budgetary version of air purifiers. Built-in hoods are made in a wide range of sizes, different designs, using innovative solutions, in the non-working state are very compact and not always noticeable.
Dome hoods can be corner, island, fireplace, made of glass, metal, with decorative trim made of wood.
There are wall-mounted devices, and call them banalkitchen appliances do not turn the tongue. A striking example is the hood "Elika Symphony 80", made in the style of hi-tech unusual shape with neon lights and a set of wonderful technical solutions, designed for a large kitchen or intensive cooking.
Built-in hoods are compact and ideal for small kitchens, which is especially true for most Russian buyers.
Built-in hood "Elika" can be fully tuned or telescopic, with one or two reliable motors.
Full-fledged models are mounted above the hob in the cabinet so that they can only be seen from the bottom.
Retractable models are somewhat more functional, since they cover a larger area.
Hoods, as a rule, are equipped with lamps, conventional or halogen, and additionally light the hob during cooking.
By the way, this function is positively evaluated in the responses of many buyers.
If you select a model with push-button control, and not touch (with little if any preferences), then in the hoods of "Elika" the panel is usually hidden, and the buttons do not stick from the fat.
But that's not all that can be said about the built-inextracts. They can be mounted not only in a wall cabinet, as is customary and customary in most countries of the former USSR, but also in the countertop, and even in the ceiling.
In domestic stores such extractsalmost no, except that they are delivered on special order from the catalogs. The built-in "Elika" exhaust hood, model CLOUD NINE WH / A / 120, operates in the modes of retraction and circulation with perimetral suction on the outer perimeter of the device at three speeds.
The operating mode IntensiTime allows you to switch the hood to maximum power for a short period of time, to remove especially intense vapors and soot.
The lighting is a neon lamppower 21 W, electronic control of the device, maximum productivity 1200 cubic meters per hour, noise level within 49-65 dB, height for embedding 150 mm.
This model with very high performancequalities, most effectively use it in large kitchens (at a ceiling height of 2.7 m the area of the room should be about 28 m) or in the preparation of dishes with intense steam formation.
Such extracts with intensive preparation of dishesare pulled out from the table top. The big plus of such devices, apart from the stylish and modern look, of course, is that soot, fat and steam are isolated before they can get up in the air.
A vivid example - built-in hood "Elika" modelAdagio BL F 90. It rises to a height of 300 mm, occupying a folded section of the countertop 900 × 120 mm. At the same time, its maximum capacity is 1200 cubic meters per hour. Control hood sensory, while the work begins with a light touch of the hand (command Touch control), in three modes plus IntensiTime. You can also use the remote control.
On the hood is installed the indicator of the saturation of the filters. When it lights up you need to wash the fat and replace the carbon filters.
Some models use a more efficient remote engine, which can be installed even outside the home.
Like the ceiling, the Adagio range of this kind is designed for effective air purification in large kitchens.
The cheapest and most common hoods of "Elika" are modular models Krea Lux GFA WH F / 60 and Gea Lux A / 60 GR / IX.
Elica Krea Lux GFA - built-in wardrobe white withmechanical control and one fat filter extractor that cleans air only in the mode of retraction, noise level up to 70 dB, capacity 460 cubic meters. m / hour, with two 40 W incandescent lamps each, but with two motors and three speeds.
Model Elica Gea Lux A / 60 GR / IX differs silver color, greater capacity - 650 cubic meters. m / hour, and the possibility of air purification in modes and retraction, and circulation.
The most expensive cooker hood with the standard installation method is, perhaps, the Elica Filo hood.
Extractor "Elika Elite 14 lux" 60 built-in -the most popular for today according to buyers' reviews. This is one of the cheapest, but also the most functional models. The width of 600 mm allows air to be cleaned over all common models of cooking surfaces and gas stoves in the mode of retraction and circulation, maximum capacity is 750 cubic meters per hour, button type of control, three speeds of operation, two halogen lamps with a capacity of 28 W each, aluminum grease filters.
The hood is such a device, in the choice of whichcan not be guided only by its price. The main criterion should be the power and then, whether it can effectively cope with air purification. Another important point is the ability to connect correctly. If these two criteria are violated, the hood can not cope with its functions, so money is wasted, and, more importantly, particles of fat and soot settle on furniture and kitchen utensils, get into the lungs. Most likely, this explains the sometimes contradictory reviews of the same models.
Regardless of the cost and constructivedifferences in built-in hoods "Elika" lack of them, almost all users consider noisy work, the main advantages, in addition to lighting - compactness, ease of use, ease of cleaning, power. They note reviews and reliability, tested by several years of trouble-free operation.
The model Filo reviews are also positive.The disadvantage is the "dead" cold color of non-replaceable diodes and the capacity of air ducts in apartment buildings (!), For which this hood proved to be too powerful.
If the apartment kitchen is combined with the living room,the landlady cooks a lot for a big family, or just needs to prevent food smells from hovering around the house, the problem can be solved by installing a hood with any set of functions. And fit into the interior as a small kitchen in the "Khrushchev", and a large space in the country house will help built-in devices. Reliability, functionality and reasonable prices are built-in hoods "Elika".
