Whirlpool Cooker Hood Vent Kit for AKR400AV (857840015000) Stock Number: ES509971

Overall rating

• Roger the bodger. Bristol
  3.0 out of 5

  More development needed. 10 April 2014

  This kit is partly OK but needs a bit more development. I've ended up glueing and clamping the flexi tube to the external vent and even with that there was not really sufficient thickness of material around the hole through the wall to satisfactorily drill, plug and screw the vent plate to the wall. Was I advised to bore a 150mm / 6inch hole/ ? Had I bored a 150mm hole then the vent plate would have had no means of attachment as it's not big enough for the fixing screws to be outside the bored hole!. This kit is OK ish as an amateur prototype but should not be on the market in its present state. Still, I'm happy to have managed to install it as the extractor does now vent smells and vapours to the outside. What is the point of them if they do not?

  Ease of fitting	3.0 out of 5
  Quality	3.0 out of 5
  Value	4.0 out of 5

• JKPilsworth Cambridge
  3.0 out of 5

  OK, but not quite 18 August 2013

  Despite this being the kit, and the source of the kit, suggested by the supplier of my new extractor hood, the size of the kit meant that fitting was a more complex process than it needed to be. The guy fitting my new kitchen explained that he could not use a standard bit to make the hole for the hose, because the size and diameter meant that a standard drill bit would be a couple of mm too small. He was able to work around this, but I would suggest that if someone was trying to fit this themselves, they might struggle.

  Quality	4.0 out of 5
  Value	3.0 out of 5
  Ease of fitting	2.0 out of 5

• Anonymous Barrow in Furness
  3.0 out of 5

  Vent Kit Review 21 October 2011

  This appeared to be a universal vent kit and did not easily connect to the cooker hood or to the 100mm pipe in the wall. I did manage to adapt it to fit but had to use duct tape to seal the joints which looks amateurish. However it did the job.

  Quality	3.0 out of 5
  Value	2.0 out of 5
  Ease of fitting	3.0 out of 5

• Anonymous scotland
  3.0 out of 5

  Not quite Universal 22 November 2010

  Good value price wise but didn't just fit on as i thought it would. adaptions had to created involving duct tape (& the joiner who was here at the time)to secure the flexi pipe to the hood. my extractor is a Belling.

  Quality	4.0 out of 5
  Value	4.0 out of 5
  Ease of fitting	2.0 out of 5

• MrBodgeit Chester
  3.0 out of 5

  The clue is in 'Universal' 01 November 2009

  I bought this item for our Neff extractor hood to convert from internal to external venting. I employed a tradesman to do the actual work as it involved some accurate drilling. The search on the e-spares website indicated that this kit was compatible with my type of cooker hood. There were no detailed fitting instructions though the box did contain an assembly diagram. The main problem was that the plastic collar which attached to the spiggot on the top of the fan housing was fractionally too large. I used the foam strip (see product illustration) to line the inside of the collar to provide a better fit but I'm not sure if that was what it was for. The result is reasonable but there is clearly a compromise when buying an item with a universal fit. I suspect that a Neff branded part (if available) would have fitted better but would have cost more.

  Quality	3.0 out of 5
  Value	2.0 out of 5
  Ease of fitting	2.0 out of 5

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