Illumination and extraction for your kitchen island with one appliance.

Kitchens are the heart of the home, and the kitchen island is the heart of the kitchen – a central hub where people gather to prepare food, to eat and chat. Therefore, it’s important that it is as functional and practical as it is beautiful. If you’re planning on installing a cooktop into your island benchtop we’ve a great option to keep the fumes at bay not only efficiently but also stylishly.

Illumahoods are the perfect solution for use over island benchtops as they’re easy to install – just hang, plug in and they’re ready to use. This is due to the fact that they’re recirculating, which means they don’t requiring ducting on the wall or ceiling. Unlike ducted rangehoods, which vent air to the outside, recirculating rangehoods consist of a fan with an activated charcoal filter.  The fan sucks up grease particles, heat, smells, and smoke – then the filter cleans the air particles and recirculates them back into the kitchen. These activated carbon filters are also easy to clean – just regenerate them in the dishwasher on a hot wash (without detergent).

Illumahoods also feature powerful LED lighting to beautifully illuminate any kitchen. The Neat models have an 87 watt LED stripe light which filters through the tempered glass and the Pure models have two 2.5 watt LED lights. Like most other Ikon rangehoods, Illumahoods are packed with helpful features like remote control, timer function (turns off after 15 minutes) and they’ll even tell you when the filters require cleaning.

We have two models to choose from Neat (square) and Pure (round). Both models are available in either black or white and have an adjustable height ranging from 650mm to 2000mm. Neat has a squarer shape and is slightly smaller (470mm wide) than the Pure model. They also have a marginally smaller net capacity of 659m3/hour. Neat Illumahoods also feature a USB charging remote control. As well as being a little larger at 502mm, Pure has a round design and a slightly more powerful net capacity of 697m3/hour.

So really, it just comes down to which shape and colour you prefer as either model will be perfectly suitable for hanging over your kitchen island bench cooktop.