Did you try pushing them in a bit while turning? Many halogen bulbs are seated that way.

I have the same problem. One bulb twisted easily and dropped into my hand; the other one, not. A handy friend managed to get the reluctant one out, but the bulb failed again soon. I fiddled and fiddled with it, gave up, and finally mentioned it to DH. He reached up and it plopped down into his hand, I do have carpal tunnel and limited strength in my hands; so maybe asking someone else to try might help. I think you may have to have strong hands and hold your mouth exactly the right way to get it to work.

Best of luck!
Sara

Interesting. I also have a Zephyr hood with two halogen bulbs. So far they have not needed to be replaced. But I'd totally forgotten about the suction cup thingie. It's sitting in my junk drawer in the kitchen and I had forgotten what it was for.

I had issues getting mine out of a different brand hood as well. Just wanted to point out that replacement bulbs need to be shielded bulbs to withstand the range heat. The halogen bulbs come in the same box and all look the same to me, but the shielded ones cost about twice as much.

Find the best tape you have in the house, ideally some duct tape. Wrap it in a 3 inch loop, sticky side pointing out. Put 1-2 fingers inside the loop, attach sticky loop to underside of bulb, slowly twist counterclockwise 1/4 turn, bulb will easily eject stuck to your tape. Will take you 4 seconds.

I've had to replace mine a couple of times since the original post. Getting them out is easy. Getting the new ones in is not so easy.

Mine is Dacor. If you lose the info on replacement bulbs, you are in trouble.

then changing the bulbs is a task as well. The bulbs last forever.

I have a Zephyr too and wanted to clean the bulbs. DH did it but they can be a bit stubborn. Especially if a bit of sticky stuff is built up as fumes go into the fan. He used a different suction cut that was a bit stronger.