*We’ve tried a number of things so far and everything has impressed us. This model is the higher capacity and higher power model maybe that’s why it is better. Thick cut frozen maris piper chips from Aldi come out excellent crispy outside and fluffy in the middle in just 20mins. We’ve done somasas, kachori, chicken tikka, spicy breaded chicken (frozen) of various sorts, battered onion rings (frozen) and all come out better than our fan assisted double oven. It also seems to use less energy than our double oven (which is relatively low consumption in itself) as the element in the air fryer cycles so doesn’t draw 2kw constantly and being a compact enclosure it doesn’t need to stay on long to keep the temperature maintained inside. It takes about 1 minute (maybe a little more) to reach 180 deg when warming up which is super speed! The best air fryer for sure, pay a little extra buy this one if you have the table top space you won’t be disappointed. Easy to use touch panel, set your temp, set your time press play, make a cuppa tea and wait.
*the first thing I tried to do was fish fingers and chips, both came out fine, and tasted good. The chips are crispy on the outside and nice and fluffy on the inside, and the fish fingers had a nice crispy coating. It did take slightly longer than the recipe book stated to cook both, but I guess 12 minutes isn’t really a long time when it would have taken half an hour in the oven.
*the basket and tray are quite big items and take up a lot of space in the dishwasher. Obviously they could be done by hand but they still require more work than quickly wiping over a baking tray.
*The results are not and cannot be identical to frying. However they come reasonably close, but much healthier. It’s essentially a mini convection oven which heats up almost instantly. As such it’s useful for many things. For example baking a pie or finishing a thick steak after searing it.
*Never used an Airfryer before, and had to get used to it, and now I have it’s great, quick and convenient. It is quite big and sticks out on the counter top but that’s not a problem. It does however give off a lot of smoke/steam so you need to have good ventilation, it keeps setting off my smoke alarm!! But overall a great product. ** see our article on cleaning an air fryer and anti splatter
*After 2 actifrys bought this one and now wish i bought this one first. It keeps a lot cleaner and the chips are much MUCH tastier than the actifry. Well worth the money.