3 Best Proline Range Hood Inserts for 2025
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Are you looking for a modern range hood insert for your kitchen? A range hood insert perfectly complements your custom hood.
Without an insert, grease and grime from your cooking will accumulate on your custom hood. It'll require your consistent time and effort to clean, and you probably want to spend that time elsewhere.
When your friends and family walk into the kitchen, your custom hood will be the center of attention. So, if you put the effort into building a beautiful custom hood, you should keep it clean.
Check out three of the best range hood inserts along with our favorite in this article.
Best Range Hood Insert - Our Top Pick
Hurricane Insert - Most Versatile
The Hurricane insert is one of our most versatile vent hood inserts – not to mention it is also incredibly popular. It comes with a local blower at no extra cost, which saves you money. Not only that, but this is our only blower with both 600 cubic feet per minute (CFM) single blower and 1200 CFM dual blower options.
The Hurricane is an easy-to-use insert with the touch panel right under the front of the hood. These unique features make the Hurricane inserts one of our most popular models.
Summary
The Hurricane insert is a high-selling and incredibly versatile model with convenient single and dual blower options.
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Other Popular Range Hood Inserts
PLJL - Most Minimalistic
With some inserts, less is more. This is true with the PLJL model. It has a sleek tapered design with a hidden touch panel on the underside of the hood. With two filters, two LED lights, and a simple, easy-to-use control panel, this minimalistic model is great for any cook.
With a 900 CFM single blower or 1200 CFM dual blower, this insert rivals the vent hoods in our professional series.
Summary
The PLJL range hood insert is powerful and easy-to-use due to its several minimalistic features.
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ProV Insert - Most Customizable
The ProV range hood insert offers countless customizable features. From multiple blower options to fully adjustable lights and blowers, you can truly make this model yours. The ProV insert is modeled after our ProV range hoods – like these hoods, it offers three unique blower options:
The blower speeds are not set thanks to Rheostat dial knobs, allowing you to adjust your blower speed just right. Conveniently dim the lights with this same knob to either create ambience or brighten up your kitchen.
Summary
The ProV insert is a highly customizable insert with an impressive 1700 CFM dual blower option.
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How Our Top-Rated Range Hood Inserts Compare
Proline's range hood inserts come in sizes six inches apart ranging from 28" to 58". Between these sizes, you'll be sure to find a perfect fit for your custom hood. Buy your Proline range hood insert today.
Proline Range Hood Inserts - FAQ and Helpful Information
We do not sell a range hood insert with an external blower. Our range hood inserts come with either a local blower or remote blower. Local blowers sit inside the insert, while remote blowers sit inside your ductwork.
We sell one range hood insert with a remote blower: the ProV insert. You have three blower options for your ProV insert, a 1200 CFM local blower, a 1300 CFM remote blower, and a 1700 CFM local blower. Remote blowers are also called inline blowers. They sit inside your ductwork instead of inside your range hood.
Our PLFL range hood inserts come with LED lights. Our Hurricane and ProV inserts come with Halogen lights. Halogen and LED lights are both bright for your cooktop. But LED lights will last much longer – up to thousands of hours.
Proline does not sell a range hood insert with heat lamps.
Our PLJW 109 under cabinet hood comes with heat lamps to keep your food warm before it's served.
Proline does not sell a ductless range hood insert with a charcoal filter. All three of our inserts duct to the outside. Ducted inserts are always preferable over ductless inserts because they move all the greasy smokey kitchen air outside your home. A ducted insert better improves your air quality in your cooking space and home. It will do its part to help keep you and your family healthy for years to come.
Proline does not sell an outdoor range hood insert. Most inserts are installed indoors since it's hard to keep a custom hood clean in an outdoor kitchen. It is possible to use our insert in an outdoor kitchen but it is not recommended.
Quietest Range Hood Insert
One of the quietest range hood inserts at Proline is the ProV insert. The ProV is the quietest since it comes with the option for an inline blower. An inline blower sits inside your ductwork instead of inside your range hood. It will always be quieter than a local blower.
The Hurricane is also a quiet option for your kitchen. It comes with either a single 600 CFM blower or a dual 1200 CFM blower. The 600 CFM blower is about 5 sones, while the 1200 CFM blower is about 7 sones. Both of these sone ratings are quiet given the amount of air that the fan pulls from your home.
More FAQ and Helpful Information - Range Hood Inserts
A range hood insert, also called a range hood liner, fits inside your custom hood. You're free to design it however you'd like. A range hood insert will slide seamlessly into your kitchen, custom cabinetry, or other custom-built structure. They're also an efficient alternative to over-the-range microwaves.
Range hood inserts come in a wide variety of widths and depths, accommodating any kitchen design.
To learn more about range hood inserts, check out our full article 'What is a range hood insert?'
A ducted range hood insert is a kitchen fan inside a custom hood that vents to the outside. Most range hood inserts duct to the outside.
A ductless range hood insert is a kitchen fan inside a custom hood that recirculates your kitchen air back into your cooking space. Unlike a ducted insert, it does not require ductwork. Ductless range hood inserts are not as popular as ducted inserts.
To keep your custom hood clean, and enjoy all the benefits of a custom range hood it's best to install a ducted insert that moves your grimy kitchen air to the outside of your home.
A convertible range hood insert is a kitchen fan that converts from ducted to ductless using a recirculating kit and/or charcoal filters. Most range hood inserts are ducted, but you can find convertible inserts from some big box stores.
A range hood insert features one or two blowers that pull your kitchen air from over your cooktop to the outside of your home through ductwork. Range hood inserts also have a circuit board that powers the control panel and lights.
The size of your range hood insert will depend on the width of your custom hood. At Proline Range Hoods, our inserts come in sizes 28" to 58". These inserts fit smoothly into hoods that are two additional inches wide. For example, 28" inserts will fit seamlessly into your 30" custom hood.
The amount of power you need for your range hood insert will depend on your cooking style. If you cook often, you'll want a higher-CFM insert to eliminate strong odors and provide adequate ventilation. But if you cook rarely, you'll want less CFM. Blower power will also depend on the type of food you cook. Generally, high CFM hoods and inserts are great for high-heat cooking, Asian cooking, greasy cooking, and other similar styles.
At Proline Range Hoods, our inserts pull between 600 and 1700 CFM. Regardless of your cooking style, you'll be able to find an insert for you. We have a couple of articles on determining the CFM for your vent hood: