Why mesh filters work best on rangehoods

Paying close attention to the appliances in a kitchen design is crucial to help your client get the best possible use of their space.

Take the rangehood, for example. It may look like just an appliance to help get rid of cooking exhaust. There are, however, several key factors to ensure your client gets the most out of it – whilst better protecting their health and the longevity of home fittings and contents.

In this guide, we will review the benefits of fine mesh filters versus baffles, especially with regard to noise and effectiveness in filtering out airborne grease.

Despite being a popular aesthetic in rangehoods, baffles are just not as effective as mesh filters in trapping grease and oils. By design, they significantly reduce airflow yet require sufficient velocity through them so grease-saturated air molecules can even be captured when they cannot change direction fast enough.

To achieve this, rangehoods with baffles typically need to operate at high speeds and are also noisier due to airflow being pulled quickly and sharply over multiple edged panes.

Fine mesh filters are designed to trap contaminants whilst ensuring maximum airflow, and minimize pressure drops that affect performance.

They comprise stacked layers of fine stainless steel or aluminium mesh with cross-directional patterns intersecting one another. As the airborne grease, fats and oils are forced to rapidly change direction through the fine mesh layers, the heavy pollutants get trapped within. Mesh filters are more effective at capturing finer airborne pollutants, while their light material construction means that they typically perform quieter.

They are also easy to remove, dishwasher-safe, and come with lifetime warranties.

Having a rangehood that doesn’t perform up to par means cooking exhaust, grease, smoke, steam, and odours don’t get dealt with effectively. Indoor air quality gets compromised and this has a serious impact on the health of home residents, the longevity of the hose, fittings, and contents. Over time, cooking grease may also congeal on rangehood internals and ducting, attracting bacteria, mould, and pests. Left unaddressed, these can lead to increased risks of rangehood breakdowns and fires.

Schweigen is a climate-positive company behind Australia’s top-selling silent rangehoods that come with premium components like fine mesh filters, Schweigen SteelFlex® high-performance safety ducting, and German-made Isodrive® motors. Coupled with a 10-year motor warranty, lifetime warranties on filters and LED globes, plus world-class service and support – your next choice of a silent, powerful and beautiful rangehood really couldn’t be simpler.

For more information, visit schweigen.com.au.