The stove hood is of stainless and curved glass. We are very happy with it, and installation was not a problem. (Except that the contractor forgot to put a hole through the wall for it and had to chip out a 6" hole through 10" of concrete.)

It has 6 speeds, but we only need to use the lowest 2 or 3. The lights that are built in are halogen and adjustable from dim to bright. One interesting feature is a timer you can set to run the fan for 5-10 minutes after you finish cooking and then turn off. It also has an elapsed timer to tell you when to remove and clean the filter.