How to select best chimney for your kitchen? Size, Power, Look, Warranty, Brand, Price or Features?

Chimneys are the most important Appliance of all Modern Kitchens. Not only because of their functionalities, but also because of the Grace & Aura they provide to your Kitchen. But the common confusion with customers revolve around what to look for in a Chimney when you need one. Is it Size, Power, Look, Warranty, Brand, Price or extra Features. We will look into all one by one. Size : Chimneys come in majorly two Sizes - 60cm (~2ft) & 90cm (~3ft). Some rare models also have 75cm options. So first priority must always be 3ft if enough space is available in your kitchen. Only in case of less space, you must opt for 2ft, because the price difference is not much. Also, if you are using a 3 Burner Cook top, you must use 3ft Chimney. Power : Chimneys now majorly come in the range of 1250 - 1500 m³/hr Suction Power. Earlier in Filtered Chimney, it used to be max. 1100 m³/hour. But now with Filterless Chimney ruling the market, 1250 - 1500 m³/hr is sufficient. So if you are using more Oil and doing heavy cooking, better go for a higher power like 1500 m³/hr, but for average Indian Kitchen 1250 m³/hr is good enough. Look : It is a complete user perspective of which Chimney fits in your Design Scheme. Majorly Chimneys come in Curved Glass, Straight Glass and Box Shaped with Auto opening front Panel. Curved Glass Chimneys are available from beginning and most popular since past 5-10 years. Same thing with Straight Glass but recently with extra features they have become more popular. Chimneys with Auto Opening Front Panel are most sought after these days, if your Budget allows. But functionally all the above shapes of Chimneys are same. Warranty : Almost all Brands now offer Lifetime Warranty on all Chimneys barring few lower end Models. Definition of Lifetime Warranty is usually 7-10 years. And this Warranty covers the Motor inside and the Display Panel. Service Warranty is for 1 years, where no service charge will be taken for any problem before 1 year. Brand : We have had very good experience with 2 brands, Sunflame and Hindware, with respect to quality, rates, and after sales service. Sunflame is the oldest Chimney and Cooktop Brand and has an extensive Service Network. Their rates are the most competitive. Hindware, is a newer Brand, dealing in Chimney since past 6-7 years only, but they have some of the best Models available with latest technology. Price : Ideally, the Chimneys that we have been discussing till now, fall in the range of Rs. 14000 to Rs. 25000. It depends upon the size, model, brand and features. You will get a Good Chimney in the above range. There are very Good Models in the range of Rs. 25000- Rs. 35000 also and if your Budget allows, you can go for them, because they provide some extra features and world class looks. Extra Features : Features like BLDC Motor, Less Noise, More Speed Controls are some of the differentiating factors while deciding the Price Factor of your Chimney. These functions are helpful, but they come with a cost. Basic Functionalities like Auto Clean, Oil Collector, Gesture Control, LED Lights, Filterless, are available in almost all Chimneys. So summarizing the above, you need to decide your balance between all the above points and we at Girdhar Das and Sons, Sigra, Varanasi will help you in deciding the same. Kindly visit our store and share this Video with your friends and family.