Broan #BP87 7" Range Hood Damper
by BROAN-NUTONE LLC
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Broan #BP87 7" Range Hood Damper
Customer Review: A true piece of junk!!!
Summary: 1 Stars
This is the worst excuse for a damper that I have ever experienced. Even Broan has removed it from their website which should tell you something.
It rattles more than you would be willing to tolerate.
I read the other negative review before buying this item and thought that with all the positive reviews there had to be something wrong with his. He was absolutey right. Those other reviews had to have been placed by someone with a vested interest in selling this worthless piece of junk.
Once I track down and buy a better damper, I'll have to basically redo all the work in installing the range hood.
I strongly urge any reader to avoid this product.
If I could have give this product a negative number, I would have.
Customer Review: Broan / Nutone ARE YOU KIDDING? Can't spend 3-5 cents to make it not bang when windy???
Summary: 1 Stars
I have a POS Broan BP87 damper and when it gets windy the thing smacks and bangs loudly, I mean loud. In fact so loud you can hear it upstairs "crack!!" and it makes people jump. This is a brand new home, with a Broan BP87 Hood and this damper is a complete POS. The flaps are flimsy, not even really hinged. It seals nicely however when it is closed and prevents any backdrafts.
However, Broan, could you have spent like 3-5 cents to at least just put a simple cheap foam seal around the edges where the flaps make contact to prevent that metal on metal sound and another piece of foam in between so the flaps can't smack against eachother when they lift? I would easily have paid twice the $7.00 or whatever the Broan/Nutone BP87 sells for just to have a cheap 3 cent foam seal and another piece just to keep the flaps from smacking against eachother when they both lift vertically. Instead it sounds like gun shots are going off when it's windy!
Well, I was looking for a better replacement with an actual hinge and a spring to add a little bit of resistance to help prevent the wind from lifting the flaps up so easily and causing them to smack around so then tried the Air King E-22A.
Unfortunately the Air King E-22A is just a different kind of POS. It has hinge in the center, a spring and feels better constructed than the Broan BP87 but the SPRING IS SO WEAK I CAN GENTLY BLOW ON IT AND IT LIFTS UP!! This is not just a weak spring, it's a completely useless spring that allows this one to bang just like the Broan BP87. Not only that there is absolutely nothing to keep on flap from rolling over ontop of the other on the other side, which could easily happen while you don't even know it allowing lots of draft. Additionally the Air King E-22A's flaps don't seal where there are large gaps on the sides which defeats the purpose of a damper (to keep outside air, especially cold air out!).
Again very dissappointed, two companies, one Broan/Nutone and now Air King, both these companies have been in the ventilation business for a long time, why make products when they are practically useless or completely flawed? These sell for so cheap I'd easily pay double just for a decent damper for my range hood. THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE and a concept this simple shouldn't be that difficult. Now I feel like I have to build my own because these two companies can't.
I don't typically feel compelled to leave reviews just because I don't really like a product but this is something so simple it boggles my mind how two large companies in the industry could make them so flawed.
Broan/Nutone and Air King Listen UP! Make a "decent" damper that does a pretty decent job sealing drafts and doesn't bang, smack, crackle and pop, pay an extra few cents to make them and PEOPLE WILL GLADLY PAY TWICE AS MUCH AS YOU ARE CURRENTLY SELLING THEM FOR!! You can also advertise that they don't bang around!
I bought another BP87 to see if I can modify the stupid thing to not smack, crackle, pop loudly when it gets windy. My plan was to try and put a thin strip of foam around where the flaps make contact. SOMETHING BROAN COULD HAVE EASILY DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR 3-5 CENTS AND JUST PASSED ON THE COST! I was able to cut the noise down by doing this but ended up having to bend the flaps to close properly and not jam, still seemed like it might jam, just to flimsy, not worth it.
UPDATE: I did send Broan a copy of my review and a link to the other one star reviews. They claim it isn't a common issue that they know of and sincerely apologized and recommended that an outside damper also be used. I told them that I felt it may not have been a problem if it was vented through the roof with the increased distance that the wind would have to travel and agree with the end cap w/damper. Unfortunately our builder didn't and it's stucco'd in. Broan offered to reimburse me for the BP87 but I explained it wasn't really about the cost, it's more about this making our new home buying experience miserable and having to rip out our hood range in our new home to search high and low for a decent solution.
UPDATED / SOLUTION, purchased Aldes 7" Backdraft Damper Model BDD7
Only thing is I had to carefully pop out the hinge rod by pulling on the sides and slide off the springs on each side, leaving just one spring in the middle because the damper didn't open on my fan's low setting because my fan moved so little air on the low setting where all 3 springs were too much resistance for the flaps. It has a soft rubber seal that the flaps fall on so no more metal on metal noise, has a real hinge and a spring. Just inserted the foam seal end into the top of my 7" range hood, used foil tape to secure it so it doens't push down when I reinstall the range hood into the ducting. NO MORE snap, crackle popping when its windy!! It's also more energy efficient by not opening when windy like the Broan BP87!
I just can't understand how it could be so difficult to find a good 7" Hood Range Damper which is the most common size but I'm glad I finally found it!! I really hope this helps some one out there in the same situation!!
Customer Review: Broan Range Hood Damper
Summary: 4 Stars
It's amazing to me that I bought a new Broan range hood (not a cheap one) and a damper wasn't included. It took a while to find where I could buy the BP87 using the Internet. It also took me a while to figure out how it needed to be installed on the range hood. The instructions from Broan were not clear at all. Once I did, I was satisfied with the purchase.
While not mentioned in the "instructions", the BP87 need to be screwed to the 7" duct adaptor plate. It is necessary to drill holes at the bottom edge of the damper through the adaptor plate and then secure it with sheet metal screws (I used 4 screws spaced 90 degrees). The damper works well to keep "wind" out of the kitchen along with noise from the neighbor. When the range hood fan is on, the damper opens very easily and closes quickly when the fan is turned off.
Customer Review: Cheaply made
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a very cheaply made damper for older range venting systems that still have a 7" round vent pipe. Unlike the included rectangular damper, this one (not included in my Broan range hood) has no insulation between metal parts and thus is very noisy as the vented air passes through. Now we're forced to go through the extra time and expense of adapting the round pipe to the rectangular damper.Customer Review: Complete Crap
Summary: 1 Stars
What a complete peice of crap. It's hard to believe that this company would even put thier name on it. I installed it with my new QS230SS hood - at any speed, all you can hear is this stupid damper rattling around. Instead of a finished project, now I'm looking at taking the hood off again to swap this out for a better damper. Bahhhhh!