Is there such a thing as an oil spray bottle?

[Kermit power]

Afternoon all,

I have just taken delivery of an air fryer. A lot of the recipes I've seen for them make reference to spraying oil onto the food, which makes a lot of sense, but having just looked online for a suitable spray bottle, I'm wondering if such a thing really exists?

Plenty of the cheapo ones reviewed on Amazon point out that whilst they're fine for creating a fine spray of water, as soon as you put oil in, you just get a squirting stream instead. Given the extra viscosity of oils compared to water, is it even realistic to expect to find a bottle which can create a spray mist of oil?

If anyone knows of one, I'd really appreciate a link!

[FunkyGibbon]

I've recently got these:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08YQW15WZ/ref...

works fine with olive oil. The first squirt can be a bit "blobby", but subsequent ones OK

[Scrump]

Supermarkets sell a range of this sort of thing:

[FunkyGibbon]

Scrump said:

Supermarkets sell a range of this sort of thing:

Which is exactly why I bought the above, IMHO horrid stuff, have you checked the ingredients list? Makes food taste funny, again IMHO, YMMV.

edited to add - apologies if that came over all keyboard warrior - it was not the intention !

[Scrump]

FunkyGibbon said:

Which is exactly why I bought the above, IMHO horrid stuff, have you checked the ingredients list? Makes food taste funny, again IMHO, YMMV

I didn’t mean that actual one. Here are some others which may be more to your taste (spray bottles pre-filled with other oil types are available)

[abzmike]

FunkyGibbon said:

Which is exactly why I bought the above, IMHO horrid stuff, have you checked the ingredients list? Makes food taste funny, again IMHO, YMMV

Does the dedicated bottle block up? My primary moan about the FryLight stuff is that it bungs up when the bottle is still a third full... Rally wasteful.

[FunkyGibbon]

abzmike said:

Does the dedicated bottle block up?

No problems so far in just over a month.

[abzmike]

FunkyGibbon said:

No problems so far in just over a month.

Cheers - might give one a try.

[Pixelpeep 135]

i've just got a water spray that i use normal sunflower oil in - just for the air fryer. has been fine for the last 5 months, we might not use it for a few weeks and it's never clogged.

[Scrump]

FunkyGibbon said:

edited to add - apologies if that came over all keyboard warrior - it was not the intention !

[ajprice]

You can get oil spray bottles to fill with your own oil of choice if you don't want a prefilled bottle like Fry Light



Were the ones you found on Amazon for oil like these, or water spray bottles?

[Cotty]

Scrump said:

I have this type of bottle from Sainsbury's but with just sunflower oil and it works well. Unfortunatly I can't see that you can refill them.

[Doofus]

Cotty said:

Scrump said:

I have this type of bottle from Sainsbury's but with just sunflower oil and it works well. Unfortunatly I can't see that you can refill them.

You can pop the white collar off with a blunt knife, and then just clip it back on again. Sometimes the collar breaks, but I'm using one that I've refilled once or twice now.

Edited by Doofus on Tuesday 4th January 13:39

[Cotty]

Cheers will give it a go

[Kermit power]

ajprice said:

You can get oil spray bottles to fill with your own oil of choice if you don't want a prefilled bottle like Fry Light



Were the ones you found on Amazon for oil like these, or water spray bottles?

Yes, these were the ones I saw which didn't look up to scratch. I might try a small plant sprayer from Homebase to see how that goes.

[105.4]

FunkyGibbon said:

Scrump said:

Supermarkets sell a range of this sort of thing:

Which is exactly why I bought the above, IMHO horrid stuff, have you checked the ingredients list? Makes food taste funny, again IMHO, YMMV.

edited to add - apologies if that came over all keyboard warrior - it was not the intention !

Unscrew the cap, empty the contents and refill with your oil of choice. Repeat for a couple of years until the spray nozzle is gunked-up, then buy another bottle and repeat the process.

That’s what I do.

[Kermit power]

Doofus said:

You can pop the white collar off with a blunt knife, and then just clip it back on again. Sometimes the collar breaks, but I'm using one that I've refilled once or twice now.

Does it actually come out as a mist, rather than a single stream?

There's a couple of the Amazon ones with videos in the reviews which basically look like you're firing oil through a water pistol!

[Doofus]

Kermit power said:

Doofus said:

You can pop the white collar off with a blunt knife, and then just clip it back on again. Sometimes the collar breaks, but I'm using one that I've refilled once or twice now.

Does it actually come out as a mist, rather than a single stream?

There's a couple of the Amazon ones with videos in the reviews which basically look like you're firing oil through a water pistol!

It's not a mist, I suppose it's a stream, but the bottle isn't under pressure, so it only 'streams' while you push down on the trigger, amd stops when it's fully depressed.

I guess each squirt is maybe 0.25ml

[number2]

I imagine to get it to mist you need all the additives that are in the shop-bought ready-filled 'misters'. It won't mist with normal oil, just squirt streams.

[Kermit power]

number2 said:

I imagine to get it to mist you need all the additives that are in the shop-bought ready-filled 'misters'. It won't mist with normal oil, just squirt streams.

That was my fear. I've just seen a suggestion that 2 parts olive oil to 1 part water will mist properly, so may give that a go.