Which air fryer?

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Timothy Bucktu

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15,165 posts

199 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Daughter wants an Air Fryer for Christmas. She's a student, so only cooking for herself, and maybe her other two flat mates.
Don't argue...it's what she wants (I do think they're a bit fad'ish personally, I mean it's just a small fan oven...but it's what she wants and that's that...daughters eh!)

I'm quite drawn to the Cosori 5L jobbie...but then you read the reviews and it seems they have issues. Then I looked at the Ninja, but then you read the reviews and it seems they have issues...repeat for literally every air fryer I looked at!
So...they can't all be unreliable pieces of junk?
So now I'm going to ignore the reviews and trust you guys...Any recommendations?

tomsugden

2,231 posts

227 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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I bought one of these recently and can't fault it:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Instant-Vortex-Plus-Clear...

Dave.

7,317 posts

252 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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When she said she wanted an air fryer, what she probably meant to say was "I want a Ninja"...

Ask her what she actually wants before you waste your money and disappoint her in one go... hehe


Ham_and_Jam

2,158 posts

96 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Timothy Bucktu said:
I do think they're a bit fad'ish personally, I mean it's just a small fan oven...
They are very useful bits of kit, and definitely have their place in a modern kitchen.

Don’t dismiss them until you try one. Whilst technically they are small fan ovens, the end result’s are far superior for certain foods.

mikeiow

5,258 posts

129 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Dave. said:
When she said she wanted an air fryer, what she probably meant to say was "I want a Ninja"...

Ask her what she actually wants before you waste your money and disappoint her in one go... hehe
She might well mean that!

We have https://www.costco.co.uk/Appliances/Small-Kitchen-... - works a treat, a decent price....

Kermit power

28,575 posts

212 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Ham_and_Jam said:
Timothy Bucktu said:
I do think they're a bit fad'ish personally, I mean it's just a small fan oven...
They are very useful bits of kit, and definitely have their place in a modern kitchen.

Don’t dismiss them until you try one. Whilst technically they are small fan ovens, the end result’s are far superior for certain foods.
They're more than just small fan ovens. They're combo fan ovens and pressure cookers. smile

Evanivitch

19,697 posts

121 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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What's she likely to cook? We bought a dual draw Vortex because we often cook chips and Quorn products as a convenience meal.

Bought the vortex because it was available. Bought an air fryer because it's faster, uses less energy and out of reach of a toddler.

V8covin

7,181 posts

192 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Costco Sur la table if they have any stock.
There's a good thread running
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Mr Pointy

11,110 posts

158 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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You're likely to be very limited in what you can actually buy before Christmas, especially if it's a Ninja she wants. You might want to check if she wants just an air fryer or one of the multi-cookers with pressure cooker etc:
https://ninjakitchen.co.uk/ninja-catalog/ninja-mul...

Funk

26,252 posts

208 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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I have this Ninja and it's working great: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07PBBW4XF/r...

My only gripe is the rubber feet on the bottom plate can collect gunk and are a bit fiddly to clean but that's it really.

matchmaker

8,456 posts

199 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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You can get a basic Tower air fryer in Argos for £30. We got one and it is excellent for making chips, etc. Only a fryer, though.

https://www.argos.co.uk/search/tower-air-fryer/?&a...

gotoPzero

17,093 posts

188 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Ninja. 6L one. Enough capacity to air fry for 2 people.

Also pressure cooks batch soups and stews like no tomorrow, enough for 6+ people.

I use mine at least twice a week.

Evanivitch

19,697 posts

121 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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gotoPzero said:
Ninja. 6L one. Enough capacity to air fry for 2 people.

Also pressure cooks batch soups and stews like no tomorrow, enough for 6+ people.

I use mine at least twice a week.
Air fry a portion of chips each?

Riley Blue

20,879 posts

225 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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We bought a Ninja AF300 a short while back and haven't used the oven since. The Ninja is far quicker, uses less electricity and is a doodle to use; we can't fault it at all.

Long air fryer thread here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Mr Pointy

11,110 posts

158 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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gotoPzero said:
Ninja. 6L one. Enough capacity to air fry for 2 people.

Also pressure cooks batch soups and stews like no tomorrow, enough for 6+ people.

I use mine at least twice a week.
That's not an air fryer though. There's confusion over what everyone is talking about.

Timothy Bucktu

Original Poster:

15,165 posts

199 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Thank for the tips...one of the links took me to this. It looks perfect?
https://www.robertdyas.co.uk/daewoo-sda1551ge-1800...

here_we_go

164 posts

105 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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We have one of these: https://ninjakitchen.co.uk/product/ninja-foodi-8-i...

Different footprint to most air fryers but has the bonus of being able to cook pizzas, toast stuff etc. Use it quite a lot

craig1912

3,272 posts

111 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Kermit power said:
They're more than just small fan ovens. They're combo fan ovens and pressure cookers. smile
They aren’t though. An air fryer is an air fryer. The fact that some manufacturers put a load of other features on them is fine but just adds to the cost.

We have the Costco one linked above and also bought one for our son at Uni. Brilliant things for the money and miles more efficient than turning on a big oven.

Dogwatch

6,221 posts

221 months

Tuesday 29th November 2022
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craig1912 said:
They aren’t though. An air fryer is an air fryer. The fact that some manufacturers put a load of other features on them is fine but just adds to the cost.
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yes the basic ones are just forced air cookers. Pressure cooking is an add-on.
I believe they are cousins of the Merrychef units seen lurking at the back of snack counters.