Tefal Actifry. Anyone got one?
Tefal Actifry. Anyone got one?
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B Huey

Original Poster:

4,881 posts

228 months

Tuesday 19th July 2011
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We seem to have acquired a Tefal Actifry and I was wondering if anyone else uses one.

It seems to do nice chips, any recommendations of what other food it can do.

Only downside is it's a bit noisy.

magpie215

5,025 posts

218 months

Tuesday 19th July 2011
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sausages cooked in them come out really well :-)

tr7v8

7,621 posts

257 months

Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Google them, not good! Ours was great super food, until it went into a melt down one Sunday with sparks & flames out of the back. Not uncommon according to the internet. Ours was 13-14month old & we got our cash back for it. A shame as we thought it was great.

thetapeworm

13,818 posts

268 months

Tuesday 19th July 2011
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Good timing, I was looking into these after the OH told me about the Philips Airfyer:

http://www.philips.co.uk/c/airfryer-frying-without...

If anyone has one of these I'd be interested in some feedback or a comparison to the actifry.

miniman

30,049 posts

291 months

Tuesday 19th July 2011
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£205 eh? scratchchin

£15:



£0.49 x 387



Total of £204.63. Nice saving, and better chips smile

B Huey

Original Poster:

4,881 posts

228 months

Tuesday 19th July 2011
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magpie215 said:
sausages cooked in them come out really well :-)
It does great bacon too.

SwanJack

1,956 posts

301 months

Wednesday 20th July 2011
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We had one too. It also died in a cloud of sparks and smoke. It had been great for about two years though. Broke it up and got £50 in parts on e-bay. Bought a deep fat fryer which is used in the garage instead.

Du1point8

22,898 posts

221 months

Wednesday 20th July 2011
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I was looking at those but then since its just me I wanted smaller and then I read about fry daddy...

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=fry+daddy...

shame I cant get one in the UK as they look good value for money...

Anyone tried one of these?

B Huey

Original Poster:

4,881 posts

228 months

Wednesday 20th July 2011
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SwanJack said:
We had one too. It also died in a cloud of sparks and smoke. It had been great for about two years though. Broke it up and got £50 in parts on e-bay. Bought a deep fat fryer which is used in the garage instead.
According to my O/H, the MK1 was a bit fire prone, but the new MK2 is much less fire prone.

Pferdestarke

7,192 posts

216 months

Wednesday 20th July 2011
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magpie215 said:
sausages cooked in them come out really well :-)
Surely you're missing the point of sausages and the actifry?


Edited by Pferdestarke on Thursday 21st July 12:36

SwanJack

1,956 posts

301 months

Thursday 21st July 2011
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B Huey said:
According to my O/H, the MK1 was a bit fire prone, but the new MK2 is much less fire prone.
So not completely safe then rofl Having said that, we still used ours knowing that one day it might catch fire eek

Nigel H

2,245 posts

239 months

Thursday 21st July 2011
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We've got one. So far so good - once you get used to the chips they taste great IMHO.

SwanJack said:
We Bought a deep fat fryer which is used in the garage instead.
smile

Good idea!

750turbo

6,164 posts

253 months

Thursday 21st July 2011
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Mine went POP as well, replaced by Comet, or wherever we bought it. But it is another of those bloody gadgets that gets used only occasionally.

Must try bacon in it though....never thought of that.

tr7v8

7,621 posts

257 months

Thursday 21st July 2011
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Becks used to do a "stir fry" in ours with meat, onion, peppers & a cook in sauce. That with rice or pasta yum....