Deep Fat Fryers - useful or cupboard clogger

[JimM169]

Years ago we had a deep fat fryer which was only ever used for frozen chips and after the introduction of the oven chip it was banished by Mrs J. Now that I'm getting a bit more adventurous with my cooking I was thinking of re-investing in a fryer. However I'm not sure if it will follow the same path as the panini press, electric juicer, breville toastie maker etc and after a month of constant use will slowly make it's way to the back of the cupboard never to see the light of day again. So do those of you that own a fryer actually use it, what do you make in it and are there any features\makes that I should be looking for

Cheers

[JimM169]

Thanks guys, you've pretty much summed up what I was expecting, although they may do good chips the smell, cost and faff of cleaning means it would be a short lived fad. I've survived the last 10years without one and as tempting as the scotch eggs look I'll give buying a new one a miss.