Tower Xpress Pro Combo T17076 Vortx 10-in-1 Digital Air Fryer Oven with Rapid Air Circulation, 60-Minute Timer, 11 L, 2000 W, Black
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| DIGITAL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| AIR FRY | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ROAST & BAKE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ROTISSERIE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DEHYDRATE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| GRILL | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PIZZA AND STEAK PLATE | ✓ | |||
| KEBAB WHEEL WITH 10 SKEWERS | ✓ | |||
| MULTIFUNCTION RACK | ✓ | |||
| OVEN MITTS & RECIPE BOOK | ✓ |
| Weight: | 7.4 kg |
| Dimensions: | 33.9 x 32.4 x 38.2 cm; 7.4 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Tower |
| Model: | T17076 |
| Colour: | Black 10-in-1 |
| Colour: | Black 10-in-1 |
Really versatile and easy to use. Shelves are better than baske
I previously had a more expensive air fryer with shelves that I loved, until it blew up after 5 months! Didn’t want to buy the same one, so went for this one instead. It is just as good and much better value. I’ve used it to make chips (use a little rapeseed oil) and they are perfect. Works really well to dehydrate fruit for a G&T garnish way faster than an oven.
The shelves are so much better than a basket and allow all the edges to crisp evenly. I haven’t used the rotisserie yet, but think it’d have to be a pretty small chicken to be honest.
Would definitely recommend, but these things are pretty bulky and take up a lot of space, and it doesn’t fit in my kitchen cupboards. The door can be removed for easy cleaning which is useful.
A great airfrye
I had gotten this tower version as an upgrade to an earlier tower airfryer. They’re incomparable. This model is vastly superior. The frying concept has fundamentally changed. The older model just had one basket compartment whereas this new version has the capability to cook three different trays. (3 aluminium mesh trays come with it). So you can put a couple of pies in first on one tray, then a while later, put some chips in on a different tray and then put some onion rings in on a different tray later so that they all cook and be ready at the same time. There’s a handy light so that you can see how the frying is getting on. The fryer is digital and easy to use and easy clean. Very happy with it.
AMAZING WHEN YOU KNOW HOW!!!!!!
This product is absolutely good. Due to human error on part of mine self it was first and foremast mistakenly purchased for other uses than those stated in the description, which, alas, I did not read prior to placing my order. I had a lovely time unboxing this product, which I unfortunately did not film, so no monetising that bad boy on the Yunes Tubes. I activated the product by plugging it into the 240v main supply to my house, with a helping hand from our supplier Scottish Power (who I will review next, as soon as I have finished this one). Plug and play, made my day. However, after 14 hours of the product chugging away at 200 degrees Celsius (392 Fahrenheit), the house was no warmer, and my hands and most of my toes were freezing cold. My left index tootsie was toasty though, all thanks to a Findus Crispy Pancake that I had fashioned into a finger mitten, adapted for foot fingers (which I will be reviewing as soon as I have finished this review and the review for British Gas – I changed supplier a couple of sentences ago). This was the moment of enlightenment, awakening, and vacancy, through realisation that this was not meant to be used to fry the air, but indeed to fry food, without oil, using air. I did have concerns that the planet would suffer as we should not be burning air when we already have too much See O2 in the atmos sphere. However, this problem was yet another mistake on my part, as it is neither a problem, nor a mistake. To summarise, the chicken rotated at roughly one rotation per turn, which is as expected. The Frey Bentos Vegetable Balti Pie, approved by the vegetables of society, cooked 14 seconds faster than in the conventional convectional fan-assisted oven, which meant I was already one bite in before my wife managed to be also one bite in. Thank you to Octopus Energy also for giving me the juice to fuel this lovely air toaster. Forever friends. Now to sign off here and clean it using tap supplied H Too Oh from United Utilities, which is approximately 5 times cheaper than the French company Evian wanted to sell it to me for. Save the world, minimise plastic. Dear friends.
Best cooking purchase ever made
Have now be using this product for more than a year since buying it. Felt I needed to review after reading some other reviews of product. This review is based on using the product virtually daily for over a year.
The tower air fryer is the best ever piece of kitchen equipment for perfect chips, bacon, sausages, gammon, rotisserie chicken and any other products that can be grilled or oven cooked.
I never use the pre set function for different food and always just choose my own temp and time based on what I am cooking. Different foods needing different cooking times are put in accordingly, due to the product having 3 removable shelves. We never use cooking oil on anything we cook in it. Top shelf seems to cook the food fastest.
The digital version has worked without fail now for more than a year. The fryer is very easy to wipe clean, (will wipe clean after most uses) the door is very easy to remove and replace after cleaning and has not had any issues. Mechanism for removing door and replacing door is very sturdy as long as some care is shown when doing this.
Some very good cook books out there including tower cookbook that I purchased on Amazon after buying product.
All in all, a fantastic product that is easy to use and produces very healthy, tasty results every time.
Very handy to have
We have had this for a few months now and bought it as a healthier alternative to frying with oil. It certainly does that. And for vast majority of cases you can’t even tell the difference in my view, infact some things taste better.
What was a nice bonus was discovering that many things are quicker to cook in this compared to our oven actaully so we do use this quite often. And the rotisserie is very good, have used it only once but the chicken came out so tender and soft and juicy!
It has also got other functions like fruit drying. Which didn’t work too well, takes hours and in the end the fruit wasn’t dried, it was soggy. Hence 4 stars or would have given it 5.
Last thing, it is quite big compared to other air fryers so just make sure you check the measurements to ensure you have space in your kitchen.
Loved it so much I bought one for myself
My son wanted an air fryer for his upcoming time at University. I chose this one for three reasons, the size, ease of cleaning and the rotisserie option. I used it for a month before he was due to leave and it was fantastic. My bills are greatly reduced and there are less dishes being used to cook with. My favourite aspect of it is the rotisserie. It’s so quick and easy to produce a crispy, succulent small chicken for 3 people (and a dog). I did a delicious fall apart pork roast on it last night. We have done many handmade pizzas and the boys particularly love the sweet potato chips. Even frozen breaded cod comes out like restaurant quality. I didn’t want to lose the air fryer so I ended up buying a new one for my son a week before he left. He’s now enjoying his own proper meals in University and I’m sure he’ll be gaining popularity over it.
Great addition to the kitche
I’m so glad I joined the air fryer family this product is fantastic. Easy to use and has cooked us some delicious food. The rotisserie chicken comes out perfect but ensure your buy a small chicken from the butchers as it is a small space. It cooks steak to perfection my husband has medium well done so I put his in top shelf and I like medium rare so I go in the middle. The timing settings are great help and can even set the temp and time yourself. Only reason I marked cleaning as a 4 is because crumbs get inbetween the door and are hard to get to I had to use a ear bud to get out some crumbs but this really isn’t a hassle as I want to keep it clean for longer use.
Works perfectly as advertised
First it arrived within 4 days from the UK to the Republic of Ireland. Very surprised as I’ve bought things before from the UK and they took almost a month to arrive. I even started shopping on amazon.de as before now, things arrived from Germany quicker than from the UK! Not anymore I’m happy to say.
The Tower Air-fryer: I tested it first with 2 frozen jambons from Aldi. 20 minutes later, I had perfect jambons, YUM! Tonight I did a few McCains frozen chips, again perfect, no need to turn over in the oven, chip butties with butter, YUM!
I cooked a frozen lasagne in the microwave and browned it in the air fryer at 200 degrees C. Again worked as expected.
I’m very pleased with my Tower 5-in-1 air fryer oven, VERY HAPPY! I had a smaller air fryer from argos which worked well, but limited me to only cooking one item at a time. The Tower allows me to cook a few things at the same time, and I love the LARGE OVEN SIZE. Definitely would recommend.
We’ll be living on rotisserie chicken from now on!
This is a great air fryer oven. There are so many nowadays I was spoilt for choice and really didn’t know which one to get. After doing some research and reading reviews I decided on this one as I didn’t want to spend hundreds but I also specifically wanted one with a rotisserie function so this was a good fit. This cooks perfect chicken every time I’m very impressed, I could never get my roasts this juicy in a normal oven! Just be aware that it is quite small compared to others so will not fit a normal sized chicken, my video shows a baby chicken 0.9 kg from Tesco, I’ve since fit a small 1.4kg size and I doubt it’ll be able to fit larger, one tip is make sure the legs are tied up and wings tucked in and cook with a lemon inside the cavity for extra juiciness! On top of that it is extremely easy to clean! All shelves fit in dishwasher and I wipe the inside all around every time after use. I doubt I’ll ever use my normal oven again!
Perfect healthy frying. Absolutely love it!
Bought this on a bit of a whim hoping to use it for more healthy frying, what I didn’t expect is that it’s become so incredibly useful and I use it all the time.
Yes of course it’s brilliant for chips, but equally good for sausages, portobello mushrooms, bbq ribs, hot chicken wings, fish cakes, you name it you can probably cook it in this and it will be a healthier way of cooking.
I love the simplicity of the controls, just two knobs, no buttons or digital displays and programs.
It’s a whim that hasn’t ended up in the back of a cupboard and collecting dust, I love it!
Just place your food in and walk away. Job done
This is by far the best kitchen gadget I have. I bought this in the black Friday deals 2020 and was amazed by it. I use it almost every day. The rotisserie cooks meat beautifully, I have cooked a medium chicken, ham joint and a small joint of beef too. All cooked in an hour and by far the best way in my opinion. If you like beef juicy then 1 hour on 160 on the rotisserie is perfect same with the ham.
I have cooked allsorts from chips, pies, pizza and also cooked fresh fish in foil too.
I can’t rate it more. My Dad as just bought one today and absolutely loves it allready and only cooked sausage in it so far.
Easy to clean also and the rotisserie tool is also easy to fit the knack is to place the pointed side in first on a tilt and then the other side just slots in. Takes seconds and then just lifts out easy with the tool provided when your meat is cooked
Pretty pleased , cooked food for family of six
I’ve only just received it and have tried two things , sausages with veg and a cake. It does suggest sausages aren’t a good idea due to high fat content but we are vegan so they aren’t the typical sausages. We are a family of six and managed to fit 2 sausages each, some cauliflower and some courgette and peppers. The oven is very small and we don’t eat big portions. The sausages cooked great and very quickly, the cauliflower also went brown much quicker than in my gas oven.
The cake cooked in about the same time as would of in the gas oven but it does have a crispy top, more so than if it had been done in the gas oven.
I wish it didn’t come with the rotisserie section or that it was removable as it would be great to have the option of putting one of the trays there. Without being able to do that it does limit the foods you can fit on the trays due to how close they are with each other.
The oven does produce noise as the fan works but isn’t off putting . The outside does get warm but not enough to cause worry. Hot air blows out the back which is very warm and you would need to be aware of this when placing the appliance.
It’s very easy to clean and very easy to use .
I’ll try and update this review in a couple of months as we plant to use this frequently, let’s hope it lasts.
Master Chef
You can be a master chef, just get one of these. I have waited before posting so as to give an accurate account of performance on a variety of tasks.
If you like bacon butties? Better butter your bread quickly because by the time you get yourself a plate, bread, butter and brown sauce – master chef has cooked your bacon.
Like healthy but crave chips? No fat at all, Lidel own brand were fluffy, crispy & 1/3 off the cooking time.
Well those tests were to simple:
So how about scones (you do need some silicon paper as the shelves are wire). Light and fluffy, brilliant rise with golden brown tops.
Whole spit roast chicken: 1.436Kg (to be precise) Lidel cooking time 1Hr 40mins. In 60mins I was slicing and dicing it with golden brown crispy skin and succulent meat.
Master chef (as I call it) is also saving you money on the electric bill 🙂
I have only one potential negative: If you are sensitive to noise, the vortex is like running a mini jet engine. It is similar to having your cooker hood on full tilt.
I have a couple of little niggles:
1) the drip/crumb tray fits in the bottom easily. The wire rack, of which there are three and all the same size, that sits above it also fits easily. The other two racks don’t glide in, it needs a fair bit of force to get them in. They are slacking off a little with use
2) the door needs a final push right at the end to close it. Sounds obvious, right? Well, it’s not as natural as you’d like to think, especially after shifting a tabletop oven that had a lovely door that didn’t need that final push
That’s it. The rest is all good stuff. It cooks like a dream, so far I’ve tried frozen fish in a light breadcrumb, fresh salmon fillet, sweet potato and asparagus. All on manual settings which are easy to do and change as the cooking happens.
I like having a door with glass, to monitor what’s happening. I very much like that the door comes off. The fresh salmon – I’m doing a fillet in marinade from Aldi, pop it on a bit of foil (just enough to fold the sides and catch the juices, 185 degrees, 8 mins, 2nd shelf – it crisps on the top and flakes as soon as the fork touches it. It’s got a flavour that far exceeds the tabletop oven. Love it. The salmon and the air frye
I have a couple of little niggles:
1) the drip/crumb tray fits in the bottom easily. The wire rack, of which there are three and all the same size, that sits above it also fits easily. The other two racks don’t glide in, it needs a fair bit of force to get them in. They are slacking off a little with use
2) the door needs a final push right at the end to close it. Sounds obvious, right? Well, it’s not as natural as you’d like to think, especially after shifting a tabletop oven that had a lovely door that didn’t need that final push
That’s it. The rest is all good stuff. It cooks like a dream, so far I’ve tried frozen fish in a light breadcrumb, fresh salmon fillet, sweet potato and asparagus. All on manual settings which are easy to do and change as the cooking happens.
I like having a door with glass, to monitor what’s happening. I very much like that the door comes off. The fresh salmon – I’m doing a fillet in marinade from Aldi, pop it on a bit of foil (just enough to fold the sides and catch the juices, 185 degrees, 8 mins, 2nd shelf – it crisps on the top and flakes as soon as the fork touches it. It’s got a flavour that far exceeds the tabletop oven. Love it. The salmon and the air frye
So I previously owned a Phillips airfryer, the first one, I owned it 6 years and used it every single day so I know what to expect from an airfryer. Let me put this simply. YOU. NEED. ONE.
I don’t own a big oven because I live alone and its too big and expensive to run for just me.
I hunted around for a long time (I assume you did to) before I settled on this one.
So here’s some info that might help you make up your mind.
First off, it’s packaged VERY well, no chance of it arriving damaged. The door is taped shut, the trays and other bits and pieces were packaged separately above the polystyrene packaging inside the box.
The trays are very nice quality, not flimsy and don’t easily bend, you get 3 of them.
I have not used the rotisserie function and I don’t think I will but it’s great to have the option.
The light inside the oven is nice and bright.
It preheats to 200c in 2.5 minutes, that is VERY fast, muuuch faster than my old airfryer!
It can fit an entire frozen pizza (depending on size, I used a stuffed crust frozen pizza from Iceland) which took around 15 minutes to cook at 180c.
The only thing I’m not a fan of is how flimsy the plastic is on top. It’s quite weak as you can push it in with a light press of your finger, luckily you don’t need to press it as none of the controls are buttons, both knobs are of course twisted and the light is touch controlled. This may be why it says in the manual to not put anything on top of the machine despite it not being an air intake, plus it’s not flat so why would you put anything on top? Nevermind.
I have attached a timelapse of some frozen chicken strips cooking, they took 15 minutes to cook fully but I had to end the timelapse prematurely as my phone was low on battery. Regardless you can still see how quickly they cook.
I highly recommend this device, please trust me on this, you need one, especially if you live alone.
For this price you really can’t argue with it, it’s an incredible machine!
I hope this review was helpful in your decision making!
Rethink the way you cook!
I’d always been unsure of air fryers, but I wish I had got one earlier. It has totally changed the way I cook. I didn’t think it was possible to cook a whole chicken in 40 minutes, but I was so wrong.
Our oven broke a few weeks ago, but it wasn’t a problem. We’ve relied on the air fryer. In fact, I think some foods taste better cooked in the air fryer.
Having 3 shelves mean you can cook multiple items at once. I do rotate the shelves when using more than one tray to ensure that food is cooked evenly. It is so easy to clean, and the removable door really helps with cleaning.
I highly recommend this product.
We’ve used this daily since buying it 13 months ago so its been fantastic for cooking, it’s so quick! So no issues there, but my door has shattered when cleaning and the timer knob has split and come away. I’ve contacted the tower spares department who can’t provide me with either. They only get spare knobs when they get a faulty item back and strangely they can’t provide a new door unit. Which as the whole thing comes off for cleaning, I figured it would be an easy swap. Seems daft to get a new one when it works fine. I didn’t extend my warranty to 5 years. I suggest everyone does.
We’ve used this daily since buying it 13 months ago so its been fantastic for cooking, it’s so quick! So no issues there, but my door has shattered when cleaning and the timer knob has split and come away. I’ve contacted the tower spares department who can’t provide me with either. They only get spare knobs when they get a faulty item back and strangely they can’t provide a new door unit. Which as the whole thing comes off for cleaning, I figured it would be an easy swap. Seems daft to get a new one when it works fine. I didn’t extend my warranty to 5 years. I suggest everyone does.
Versatile
Great piece of equipment for the kitchen. It’s not that big, but ideal for one or two people or preparing side items for a main meal. Battered food is always crispy and dry and gives excellent results for naan, pizza etc. I bought a rotating drum for the rottisserie axle so that I could roast cashews, works really well and so much easier than a tray in a conventional oven.
Good range of temperatures and an independent timer as well as pre-set programmes.
Very easy to clean, and the outside is a smooth flat surface which is easy to wipe down. I got mine when they were on offer at 79.99 and it really is money well spent.
Was well packaged and protected when it arrived.
Delighted with this purchase.
Fantastic little ove
Very pleased with this oven…I do find it a little difficult to clean. Don’t do what I did..I used oven cleaner inside, and it discolored the silver part inside, (silly me)..It has not spoiled the workings of this oven though. I absolutely love it. There is only my husband and I so this oven is very handy. I bought the oven, because my big oven packed up…I have not replaced it, as I love this oven so much, it cooks a lot faster too. Christmas, I put the turkey into my Halogen oven, then roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding (Shop bought) into my little oven with stuffing… My home made wedges and roasties come out lovely and crisp. I part boil then used goose fat. Delicious. I highly recommend this wonderful oven. If you are cooking fish, do not cook for the recommended time, as the fish will come out dry. This little gem cooks a lot faster than a normal sized oven. I cooked Salmon for 10 mins and it was perfect, same with Cod.
We’ve had our Tower air oven for a good few weeks now, and purchased it when it was on special offer…. We especially liked this one because it had separate shelves rather than baskets. We also chose the mechanical timer. The digital timer model is more expensive, but you can achieve more accurate times. It does take up some counter top space so you must obviously have the room in the first place. It’s ideal for two people and we’ve used it most days. I particularly like my bacon cooked in it! …. Some people have said, use it like you do your conventional oven, which is true to a certain extent, but we have still experimented in order to get the best from ours…. It definitely saves energy consumption because you don’t have to wait for it to heat up like you would do with your existing. Things still take roughly the same amount of time to cook, except they cook in a much healthier way, but they do cook in a much more even way too. Up to now we have used ours for pretty much all of the things we cook in our conventional fan oven. In fact our conventional oven has hardly been on at all. And because it has a rotisserie you can even cook a “small” chicken. Our first roast was completed in around 1hr 10mins which included roast potatoes, and vegetables from the hob…. All in all we are very impressed with this Air Oven. I was worried it would just be another one of those kitchen gadgets that end up stuck in a cupboard. Far from it, and if you’re into a healthier way of cooking whilst saving money, then I’d recommend this.
We’ve had our Tower air oven for a good few weeks now, and purchased it when it was on special offer…. We especially liked this one because it had separate shelves rather than baskets. We also chose the mechanical timer. The digital timer model is more expensive, but you can achieve more accurate times. It does take up some counter top space so you must obviously have the room in the first place. It’s ideal for two people and we’ve used it most days. I particularly like my bacon cooked in it! …. Some people have said, use it like you do your conventional oven, which is true to a certain extent, but we have still experimented in order to get the best from ours…. It definitely saves energy consumption because you don’t have to wait for it to heat up like you would do with your existing. Things still take roughly the same amount of time to cook, except they cook in a much healthier way, but they do cook in a much more even way too. Up to now we have used ours for pretty much all of the things we cook in our conventional fan oven. In fact our conventional oven has hardly been on at all. And because it has a rotisserie you can even cook a “small” chicken. Our first roast was completed in around 1hr 10mins which included roast potatoes, and vegetables from the hob…. All in all we are very impressed with this Air Oven. I was worried it would just be another one of those kitchen gadgets that end up stuck in a cupboard. Far from it, and if you’re into a healthier way of cooking whilst saving money, then I’d recommend this.
Love everything about this air fryer. Cheap to run, easy to clean, the basket in the pic (need to be bought separately) fits on the rotisserie part in the fryer, tumbles around making lovely chips and more.. I’ve cooked chicken on the rotisserie, delicious. What can go in the oven can go in here. Cooks in less time too. Plus quiet when running.
I bought the manual one rather than digital due to the pressing of buttons…no good with that as it’s to technical…….. manual is so easy….and I thought I might be using once in a while….. almost daily……. the chips are amazing… really happy…. lots of room… don’t buy a small one you will regret…..
Manual timers failed twice. Onto our third oven !
Although the oven was a great addition to the kitchen and I probably use it most days , the manual timer was just a disaster. Twice now with two separate ovens ,we’ve had the dial fail on us. It simply didn’t click back fully after only a few months of ( careful) use. Without the ping to tell you when the time is up and in fact having to switch the oven off at the mains left us just watching it and switching the power off ourselves most times . It was sporadic so not reliable. Refunded now by Amazon , so I’ll be buying the same oven with a digital timer. ( slightly more expensive ) Sadly the money saved in purchasing a manually timed appliance wasn’t worth the worry. In other respects this is a useful and compact little oven with easy cleaning and a good look to it and I’ll be happy to buy the other hopefully, more reliable product design.
Amazing little fryer. Very easy to operate and clean. Chips or wedges come out divine! Managed to fit in 1.6kg chicken but it was scraping the top mesh with the leg a little bit so next time will have to get a smaller one. The chicken came out cooked to perfection, even colour all around. Best purchase of the year so far.
The racks are easy to clean too. Really pleased and definitely recommend it.
I bought this air oven for my mother of 74 year for it’s simplicity and hight being placed on the work top, and over the past month we have made all the meals you would make in a normal oven, but a lot cheaper on electricity. I was that impressed with the air oven I bought myself one and i use it all the time. The analog version is best for the elderly because of it simplicity, only two controls one for temperature and one for time for up to 60 minutes max, then the air oven will turn itself off witch is a great because my mother has dementia and can forget what she was doing when detracted.
As for me I have used the air oven for the following:
All meats: chicken fillets, lamb, pork, Turkey, also burgers, sausage, bacon, fish fingers and fish.
Rost Potatoes, chips ,wedges and the trick is to soak the potatoes in any form above in water then dry and spray a little olive oil place on top shelf for 20 minute at 200c done. If you use two shelfs don’t forget to rotate the shelfs after ten minutes.
Plus let’s not forget the quick and simple things like toast, cheese on toast, pizza.
Also great for baking.
In my opinion it’s a great piece of kitchen equipment for all ages even teenagers.
Hope my experience of this product will help in your choices.
Fast and clean cooking
Never having used one before and with so many air fryers on the market it was hard to know which one to choose. This one seemed versatile (it had a spit mechanism included) and reasonable value so we took a step of faith and bought it. The good news is that we have used it for cooking lots of different types of food and it has produced good results even though the instructions were poor and, despite buying a supplemental air fryer cook book, there are elements of “guess work” as to how to get the right results. For me, apart from the speed and thorough cooking of the various foods, the biggest surprise and to my delight, is how easy it is to clean after cooking. The wire cooking trays are a good size to fit in most washing up bowls or sinks and they wash clean and are dried in seconds!
Very convenie
So easy to use. Didn’t even bother reading the instructions as it is straightforward.
Faster than expected. I use it mostly for my toddlers food as I don’t want to use too much oil in his food.
I haven’t yet managed to perfectly fry fresh potatoes. Using the set program, they seem to burn on the outside and are uncooked inside.
So I use it with frozen or the fresh ready sliced ones.
I’ve cooked burgers, which came out good, all the fat accumulated on the bottom tray so good for diet!
Didn’t like the way it cooked chicken thighs but over all is a good alternative for fast cooking instead of turning the oven on for a few bits.
Edit. I have been using this for almost 6 months. I can’t fault it! Makes a mean pizza and chicken nuggets by the way on 10′!
Cooks very well
I bought this because the wife wanted an air fryer and I thought this sort would be better than the sort with a bucket. I didn’t really think it would be used much, but we both use every day, I cook my breakfast bacon and black pudding in it, it does bacon very nicely and is quicker than putting the grill on. I have cooked both home made chips and frozen oven chips in it, things like chicken goujons as well.
Only small negative is the manufacturer says not to cook sausages in it.
Better than my old Philips Airfrye
Airfryers have come a long way since I got my first one in 2014, which was a Philips. This one has more space and it’s a bit cheaper. It also has a clear transparent window and light, so that I can see the state of the cooking without opening it.
My old Philips broke down after 7 years due to poor care on my part. I let small crumbs of food get into it, which got stuck in the air vents, and it started to smell horribly during cooking. Don’t be lazy and dump the entire bag of frozen chicken without filtering out the crumbs first. Your air fryer will thank you for it years down the line.
If you’re on the fence about getting an air fryer, this isn’t a bad choice. For frozen food like chicken and chips, you don’t need to add any oil at all since they’re always precoated in a bit of oil. You can achieve the same result in a fan oven, but those tend to be larger and much slower to cook.
New kitchen bestie.
Does exactly what it should do. Precise oven cooking with no pre-heating. It intuitively works it’s way into cooking as a second oven especially if your oven is average or inappropriately placed.
Because air enters the oven from the top, expect lovely browning. It’s great for roasting and baking but it’s not good at pizzas as the heat doesn’t travel down to cook the base.
It has sped up cooking, produces very good food, the trays are a big plus on this one vs. Single tray air fryers.
No regrets in buying this. It has replaced my primary oven for many tasks so I can’t fault it.
I have tried rotisserie but unsuccessfully.
Highly recommend.
I just love this machine it is excellent value for money it cooks everything you cook in a oven only quicker not used the rotisserie yet but its that works like everything else then I will be more than happy as it is no more bending down to the oven if something says oven cook this will do it except frozen burgers for some reason it will not do them not a problem though they just go under the grill or on the barbecue I have no problem recommending this machine to everyone
Bought this and really happy, just took little while to sort out best times and temperature for cooking. Three trays but only small gap between bottom two and top one tends to cook quicker and catch a bit as near element. This does give off heat so I put on silicone mat and be careful no cupboard above it. The instructions are ok but no recipes at all which I thought would be great . The rottiserie is very fiddly and again instructions dreadful for this. Also only a very small chicken will fit. Easy to clean. Drip tray provided for bottom. Only thing I can’t work out is dials go to 200 but the segments of heat are not exact if they should be in tens
Bought this and really happy, just took little while to sort out best times and temperature for cooking. Three trays but only small gap between bottom two and top one tends to cook quicker and catch a bit as near element. This does give off heat so I put on silicone mat and be careful no cupboard above it. The instructions are ok but no recipes at all which I thought would be great . The rottiserie is very fiddly and again instructions dreadful for this. Also only a very small chicken will fit. Easy to clean. Drip tray provided for bottom. Only thing I can’t work out is dials go to 200 but the segments of heat are not exact if they should be in tens
Great little ove
Great product for a single person. Easy to use. Easy to clean. You can follow built in programmes but I usually free style it and set my own temperature and time, which you can do as soon as you switch it on. Bit of trial and error at first, but no disasters. If the cooking time set is too long and you can see that food is done you can simply press the timing arrow repeatedly down to 1 minute remaining. (It will not let you take it to 0). You can use the wire shelves to cook a whole meal, e.g I can cook fish and sweet potato fries together, swapping the shelves round half way so that the fries can crisp up. I wouldn’t think this was suitable for a family, 2 people at a push. I use it most days now as it is so much easier to clean than my main oven and running costs are much cheaper. It’s great to be able to turn the light on quickly to check the cooking progress and the light turns off automatically after a minute. Really thought I was taking a chance on this when I bought it. I have no regrets and I’m very impressed. Would recommend.
This is an amazing bit of kit. Originally bought because we wanted something multifunctional and the dehydrator function appealed to us to try and make biltong, it’s quickly become our main oven. We’ve baked cakes, roasted joints of meat, dried peppers and mushrooms (not quite got to biltong yet but we’re working on it). Our Sunday lunch cooking time has halved, and the meat is always nice and juicy. it’s so easy to clean, the racks are great and the door detaches easily to give you chance to clean out the crumbs. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone with a gas oven looking to find a way to save money by using an electric alternative, or anyone who just wants a small easy to manage oven. It’s great.
This is an amazing bit of kit. Originally bought because we wanted something multifunctional and the dehydrator function appealed to us to try and make biltong, it’s quickly become our main oven. We’ve baked cakes, roasted joints of meat, dried peppers and mushrooms (not quite got to biltong yet but we’re working on it). Our Sunday lunch cooking time has halved, and the meat is always nice and juicy. it’s so easy to clean, the racks are great and the door detaches easily to give you chance to clean out the crumbs. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone with a gas oven looking to find a way to save money by using an electric alternative, or anyone who just wants a small easy to manage oven. It’s great.
I bought this manual air fryer after reading so much about how good they are I wasn’t expecting to much being honest but thought I’d give one a go wow I was so wrong I can’t believe the difference in our food everything is cooked in a fraction of the time I’m able to do chips without fat it gets used daily my favourite part is the rotisserie the chicken is cooked perfectly in 40 minutes lovely and moist with a crisp skin if I can give any tips it’s to put greaseproof paper on the wire trays when cooking sausage burgers bacon etc as it stops them sticking to the shelves and makes cleaning it so much easier
I would highly recommend getting this
Excellent Air Fryer/Ove
This is an excellent Air Fryer/Oven
It is easy to clean with every tray, even the drip tray is removal but the biggest surprise was that the door is removable to wash also.
The only drawback I have found is that the dials to control the time and temperature are not an accurate measure, if you want something on for 15 minutes you have to guess as the markings do not line up with the numerous markers and it is the same as the temperature markings
Amazing Appliance
How did I live without this little machine…it is amazing. Can cook everything in this one and the shelving makes it ideal to layer up food and cook a whole meal. Hotter at the top so foods requiring higher temperatures can be placed above other food. Everything cooks so well and food can be monitored as it is cooking and time or temperatures adjusted as necessary. Food is much healthier and even oven chips come out crispier than in conventional oven. Homemade chips take tiniest amount of oil for delicious chips and the rotisserie chicken is to die for. No recipes per se but everything can be googled or plenty of books around.
Having gone with out an oven for 1 year I decided to buy this, having read the reviews good and bad I thought it should be ok for what I need. So far I have cooked sausages, chips, jacket potato…oh how I have missed crispy skin, frozen pie, pork chops and I have also baked a cake and rock buns. It was a bit of a guessing game on some items but as long as you write down then next time you have a reference for times and temperature. So all in all I think it’s amazing and great value for money.
Having gone with out an oven for 1 year I decided to buy this, having read the reviews good and bad I thought it should be ok for what I need. So far I have cooked sausages, chips, jacket potato…oh how I have missed crispy skin, frozen pie, pork chops and I have also baked a cake and rock buns. It was a bit of a guessing game on some items but as long as you write down then next time you have a reference for times and temperature. So all in all I think it’s amazing and great value for money.
Love it, absolutely love it. We needed a larger air fryer simply coz they’re so versatile. Cooked the usual stuff chips, Battered fish, breakfast etc. Works great providing you follow the rules and leave gaps for the air to circulate.
Today I tried the rotisserie, bliss, 1.5kg chicken, olive oil, salt, pepper on the outside. Crushed garlic cloves and a shallot on the inside. Omg, succulent, juicy, with an amazing flavour..
Clean up = throw everything in a bowl of hot soapy water for 10mins and clean with a brush or scrubber.
P. S. The door is a little weird. It only opens slightly and needs unlocking to gain full access by removing it. This isn’t a problem as there is no need to touch the food during cooking provided you leave a sufficient air gap between items. Bamboo bbq skewer is an ideal tool for the door latch.
BURGERS, homemade or shop bought do not require turning. I cook my homemade on 160c
Best kitchen appliance i ever bought. I bought this thinking it was going to be be like many other appliances i bought in the past use it once and end up in the back of the cupboard but not at all, i have been using this almost daily and it almost replaced my kitchen oven 100%. It cooks much faster with no fat and everything comes out crispy and crunchy. Already did several rotisserie chickens in it and they come out amazing. Definitely worth the extra money to go for this over a normal airfyer. The extra space and rotisserie gives you endless possibilities.
Love it!
When our halogen air fryer broke down I thought of replacing like for like, then I saw this. It was about double the price which I ‘d been planning to pay but as hubby is partial to rotisserie chicken and there was a 5-month pay plan on it I decided to get it instead & I’m glad I did.
I find having trays on shelves and an front opening door more convenient than a “normal” halogen oven as it is much easier to get things in/out & clean. The rotisserie is great – we’ve had a couple of rotisserie chickens (I bought some silicone bands to hold the chicken legs & wings tight so the chicken turns more easily), it only takes a small chicken but it is plenty big enough for the 3 of us. The rotisserie cooked pork joint was also a great success.
I’m sure that food is cooking quicker in this oven than it was with my original halogen, I certainly did find that although the cooking time on the label for the first chicken I bought for the rotisserie said 1h 20m I’m glad I checked it after being on for the 40 min (which is the guide time on the oven) just to see what it was like and it was cooked through.
I’m very pleased with my purchase & would certainly be happy to recommend it.
More useful as mini oven than air frier.
Use this most days, so very useful. The air frying is not great as the air circulation is more like a small oven.
Oven chips and roast veg are better than using a standard oven but nowhere near a deep fat fryer.
Comes with a spit attachment which would be great if you want to roast sparrows! The smallest chicken in local supermarket is too big to fit.
There is also supposed to be an optional rotating basket but not even the manufacturer stocks this.
Useful, glad I got it, but not excellent.
Final not; would be very useful for single person or student in bedsit / studio.
I bought this for my parents as a Christmas present, after reading tons of reviews and this model was mentioned in most ‘top ten’ air fryer reviews. I have to say they are very pleased with it. They use it several times a week, for fries, roasted vegetables, bacon and chicken etc and have nothing but good things to say about it. They said they find it simple to operate and clean out afterwards and enjoy the flexibility that multiple trays offers and I can personally guarantee it produces really crispy, delicious chips.
I bought this for my parents as a Christmas present, after reading tons of reviews and this model was mentioned in most ‘top ten’ air fryer reviews. I have to say they are very pleased with it. They use it several times a week, for fries, roasted vegetables, bacon and chicken etc and have nothing but good things to say about it. They said they find it simple to operate and clean out afterwards and enjoy the flexibility that multiple trays offers and I can personally guarantee it produces really crispy, delicious chips.
Love this little oven. Bargain price. Heats up almost instantly. Cooks fast and is very easy to clean. The door comes off but I tend to leave it on and just wipe it clean feel like this is the possible weak spot on this oven. The oven is of a reasonable size inside but still I doubt I’ll use the rotisserie rack as it would have to a fairly small chicken. Glad I got the manual control on over the digital one it’s so simple 1 dial for temperature 1 dial for timer. Which you can set for up to 60 minutes. Only thing I would say is I assumed as an air fryer everything on the 3 shelves would cook evenly but this is not the case you need to rotate the shelves top shelf cooks alot faster than the other 2. But its fast efficient good value
We adopted the Tower Vortex Air Fryer just before Xmas and was amazed! When microwaves came we thought they were brilliant but the downside, reheating some things turned chewy rather than crispy…..not so with this Air Fryer Oven. Not just an air fryer but an oven….rotiserrie chicken, or any piece of meat, tied with string and self bastes as it rotates!
Once upon a time, we’d occasionally have oven chips….now it’s almost daily! Lol….guilt free due to no added oil required and only what you need cooked. Food little and often. Croissants and other pastry items almost every day, as it’s quick and efficient.
As for the bacon and/or slices of mushrooms for a fry up? No more soggy mushrooms, or white foam surrounding the bacon in a pan showing the high water content…
Nope, beautifully crispy bacon, and tasty mushrooms….and chips if you wanted to put them on one of the 2 wire shelves that are included.
My tip for cleaning the wire shelves? A dedicated nail brush for the purpose – as well as on the mesh filter in the cafetiere…
We LOVE the air fryer oven. I’m glad I skipped going for just an air fryer….a few pounds more and you get a better capacity, the option of 3 different food items on mesh shelves, and rotisseried meat!
I just hope that unlike a previous review, ours won’t cease working….but then, there is the Tower Guarantee, which I’d like to assume I can rely on compared to the ‘non brands’.
Do I recommend this? Yes, yes, yes….with chips on it!!!!!
We adopted the Tower Vortex Air Fryer just before Xmas and was amazed! When microwaves came we thought they were brilliant but the downside, reheating some things turned chewy rather than crispy…..not so with this Air Fryer Oven. Not just an air fryer but an oven….rotiserrie chicken, or any piece of meat, tied with string and self bastes as it rotates!
Once upon a time, we’d occasionally have oven chips….now it’s almost daily! Lol….guilt free due to no added oil required and only what you need cooked. Food little and often. Croissants and other pastry items almost every day, as it’s quick and efficient.
As for the bacon and/or slices of mushrooms for a fry up? No more soggy mushrooms, or white foam surrounding the bacon in a pan showing the high water content…
Nope, beautifully crispy bacon, and tasty mushrooms….and chips if you wanted to put them on one of the 2 wire shelves that are included.
My tip for cleaning the wire shelves? A dedicated nail brush for the purpose – as well as on the mesh filter in the cafetiere…
We LOVE the air fryer oven. I’m glad I skipped going for just an air fryer….a few pounds more and you get a better capacity, the option of 3 different food items on mesh shelves, and rotisseried meat!
I just hope that unlike a previous review, ours won’t cease working….but then, there is the Tower Guarantee, which I’d like to assume I can rely on compared to the ‘non brands’.
Do I recommend this? Yes, yes, yes….with chips on it!!!!!
For the past few years I have used Halogen Ovens ,I couldn’t find one from the same maker so was in a pickle.
I watched a demonstration of the Air Fryer Oven on T V .it was fantastic.The man demonstrating was a wizard,
so I ordered one for my self . It looked so small I thought I had made a big mistake but thankfully it’s one of
the best buys I have ever made..Christmas day we cooked chicken two vegetables and roast potatoes all in this
small oven .The food always cooks to perfection ,tastes lovely and it is so easy to clean. I wish I had known about The Air Frier Before and would recommend it to anyone.
For the past few years I have used Halogen Ovens ,I couldn’t find one from the same maker so was in a pickle.
I watched a demonstration of the Air Fryer Oven on T V .it was fantastic.The man demonstrating was a wizard,
so I ordered one for my self . It looked so small I thought I had made a big mistake but thankfully it’s one of
the best buys I have ever made..Christmas day we cooked chicken two vegetables and roast potatoes all in this
small oven .The food always cooks to perfection ,tastes lovely and it is so easy to clean. I wish I had known about The Air Frier Before and would recommend it to anyone.
I’ll be honest… this deserve an all-rounder, 5 stars. But I’m giving it 4, due to one little gripe I have. Why does the door open downwards?! It hits the worktop if you get excited and open it too fast. Food often gets on the glass and If you’re like me who likes their breaded chicken…Well just be grateful that it is easy to dissemble.
And that’s why it deserves 5 stars. It cooks amazingly. It has intuitive settings, anyone can get started in minutes. You can detach the door, my aunt has it and she even removes the glass layer by unscrewing it every couple of months to really give the glass a good clean ( I don’t know if that is recommended but as you can see by mine, it’s necessary. And I clean mine after every use)
And it’s not very loud at all. Loud enough for you to remember something is cooking but quiet enough for it not to cause disruption. The timer is also pretty loud goes off a few times and then again if you haven’t opened the door since it finished. I hear it from anywhere in my flat.
It is a lot bigger than I initially anticipated, but still fits comfortably under my cabinets.
The trays clean very easy, especially the nonstick black drip tray at the bottom. It cooks EVERYTHING. I honestly wouldn’t look any further. If you are looking for an air fryer you will not regret investing in this!!
I’ll be honest… this deserve an all-rounder, 5 stars. But I’m giving it 4, due to one little gripe I have. Why does the door open downwards?! It hits the worktop if you get excited and open it too fast. Food often gets on the glass and If you’re like me who likes their breaded chicken…Well just be grateful that it is easy to dissemble.
And that’s why it deserves 5 stars. It cooks amazingly. It has intuitive settings, anyone can get started in minutes. You can detach the door, my aunt has it and she even removes the glass layer by unscrewing it every couple of months to really give the glass a good clean ( I don’t know if that is recommended but as you can see by mine, it’s necessary. And I clean mine after every use)
And it’s not very loud at all. Loud enough for you to remember something is cooking but quiet enough for it not to cause disruption. The timer is also pretty loud goes off a few times and then again if you haven’t opened the door since it finished. I hear it from anywhere in my flat.
It is a lot bigger than I initially anticipated, but still fits comfortably under my cabinets.
The trays clean very easy, especially the nonstick black drip tray at the bottom. It cooks EVERYTHING. I honestly wouldn’t look any further. If you are looking for an air fryer you will not regret investing in this!!
Tower Vortex 5-1 Digital
New after a year or so of use:
I wouldn’t call it an airfryer per se. It’s a mini oven with the option of turning a skewer or basket etc.
I use it a lot. The top makes things crispy quickly, to the point of burning whilst not necessarily cooking thoroughly. If using multiple shelves or only using the bottom, that leaves things more soggy. But if left in long enough, it’ll cook through.
It’s good for small things like a cheese sandwich, sausages, muffins, the likes. Definitely an everyday item, when the actual oven would be too large and in an energy crisis too costly to run.
Initial review :
Package was ripped 🙁
Product seems not affected, thankfully.
Haven’t tried it yet, but will leave review on the item at a later stage.
I bought this with limited expectations. Primarily as a rotisserie. So here are the facts – instructions poor and the menus are pretty pointless since the only 2 parameters you need are time and temperature and since you can alter each programme you do not have to worry which one you choose other than the rotisserie one – which requires it to rotate. The instructions do not state this but you can override the programmes to stop it by holding the on/off button for about 5 seconds – you do not have to reduce the time as stated in the manual. The oven heats from the top so don’t think you can put the 3 shelves in without rotating them around manually – like some people have ‘compalined’ about. So i bought for the chicken – and boy i was surprised. Once you realise you can only use a small chicken, you have to get used to putting the skewer through the chicken and that i found chopping the wings off help (as well as using string to tie the legs in place) – the results are very impressive although we found we needed 50 minutes for the chicken but you can assess that for yourself. we have also used it for things such as fish fingers, sausage rolls, mince pies etc – really useful at Xmas when it was used for stuffing and pigs in blankets – just make sure you don’t use the top shelf for items that take longer – use this to crisp them. I would totally recommend – we just now need to practice with other foods. it sits on the worktop permanently so that shows how useful it has been – hope this was useful
UPDATE: I received the replacement very quickly, earlier than expected. I have been using it for a couple of months now and it works perfectly. Very easy to use. Cooks faster than a regular oven. Easy to clean. I would definitely recommend it.
Original: It was working fine and I was happy with it, but it stopped working all of a sudden. I only had it for 4 weeks. I have requested to replace it and they are sending me a new one.
I will update the review if I receive the new one and it works well for more than 4 weeks.
UPDATE: I received the replacement very quickly, earlier than expected. I have been using it for a couple of months now and it works perfectly. Very easy to use. Cooks faster than a regular oven. Easy to clean. I would definitely recommend it.
Original: It was working fine and I was happy with it, but it stopped working all of a sudden. I only had it for 4 weeks. I have requested to replace it and they are sending me a new one.
I will update the review if I receive the new one and it works well for more than 4 weeks.
Absolutely love it. Not really an air fryer, more of just a mini oven, but it makes it so useful and versatile. I’ve made fried chicken, burgers, chips, crisps and more. It cooks everything really quickly and makes everything lovely and crispy on the outside while keeping it nice and moist on the inside. It has loads of room in it! It can hold 3 trays full of food. Only issue is as the fan is on top it cooks the top tray really quickly while the bottom takes a lot longer. I find changing the trays half way through is best.
Incredible machine. I was sceptical before purchase, as we already have a dozen kitchen gadgets gathering dust, but I was soon proven wrong. I arrived home from work one evening to the most incredible aroma of roast chicken, but found out this beast has a rotisserie attachment/function. It cooks a bird in far less time than a conventional or fan oven, and with zero foil required. Our dinner was basting itself with it’s own juices, whilst excess fat gathered in the collecting tray. By far the tastiest chicken I’ve ever had at home, and my wife is a helluva cook so this is saying something! Looking forward to many happy years of use
Incredible machine. I was sceptical before purchase, as we already have a dozen kitchen gadgets gathering dust, but I was soon proven wrong. I arrived home from work one evening to the most incredible aroma of roast chicken, but found out this beast has a rotisserie attachment/function. It cooks a bird in far less time than a conventional or fan oven, and with zero foil required. Our dinner was basting itself with it’s own juices, whilst excess fat gathered in the collecting tray. By far the tastiest chicken I’ve ever had at home, and my wife is a helluva cook so this is saying something! Looking forward to many happy years of use
Wow, just wow! This product is simply amazing! I bought this to use instead of the slightly dodgy oven (the top oven doesn’t appear to work) in my uni house. As well as getting rid of needing to wait for the oven to pre-heat, this product is far easier to use. It’s clearly a high-quality product and works very well.
The three shelf-baskets provided given ample space for all your cooking needs. It’s possible to fit a deep-pan frozen Tesco pizza or a smaller pizza express pizza nicely on one shelf. They cook well, although deep-pan ones doe sometimes need to be turned over so the bottom cooks better. But that’s not exactly a difficult task to do. It’s also possible to cook bread rolls in this oven. However I did find it was best to take out the top shelf and just cook them on the middle so they had enough room after rising. The bread comes out wonderful and doesn’t take very long to cook, even when only able to cook 4 big rolls at a time.
I haven’t had the chance to try out the chicken-cooking-spit, but I have cooked quite a range of items in this fryer. Chips, burgers, chicken, sausages, potato pops, pizza – they all cook very well and often in time a little less than they would need in the oven. Which, all in all, makes it generally take a lot less time to prepare tea!
The light inside is very useful as well, making it easier to see if the food has finished cooking yet without opening the door. The door itself can be removed without too much difficultly. This does make it easier to clean. I’ve only had to remove the door properly a couple of times so far and was a little tricky to reattach the door. But I imagine this gets easier with a little more practice!
Overall, this is a purchase well worth making. You get the health benefits of going with an air-fryer, combined with the format of cooking in a regular oven. It’s simple and easy to use, and excellent for cooking in. I can’t recommend this any higher!
It’s been a while since I purchased anything that impressed me so much.. The last thing was my Canon SX730HS… A pocket camera with an unbelievable 160x zoom!…
I upgraded from the tower mini air fryer which I fell in love with… This has just raised those feelings… I can use one mesh tray in the centre and put my frozen chips on 2/3 of it and a couple of Cumberland sausage pricked on the other side… Then tell alexa to remind me in 15min and I’ve got a plate full of perfectly done sausage and chips… (leave a little gap between the chips etc) and you don’t even have to turn them.. The fan will circulate the air to all 4 sides… Cleaning is a doddle.. There’s a non-stick tray that is as easy as a plate to wash and the mesh tray which is just as easy… I would recommend this model to anyone of my friends and family with confidence…
Best purchase I’ve made in a while. Does rotisserie chicken perfectly. Not had any issues with it. Brilliant for roast pork with crackling as well on rotisserie.
Photos show the size of this model compared to the 2.2L basket model. Also I have just tried the rotisserie today with a 1.3kg chicken cooked at 200C for 40 mins, its absolutely perfect. I would suggest wiping out the oven asap with a damp cloth–I use insulated gloves to do this-as it makes cleaning much easier. I do like being able to cook sausages and bacon in this, just put on the shelf, set the timer and temp and walk away til done. It’s trial and error as you cook more types of food, there are plenty of airfryer recipe sites, youtube videos etc to get ideas and help. A lot of them are American but it’s easy to adjust their F to C. If you keep in mind that anything you cook in the oven can be cooked in an airfryer–only quicker and better then you can’t go wrong.
Photos show the size of this model compared to the 2.2L basket model. Also I have just tried the rotisserie today with a 1.3kg chicken cooked at 200C for 40 mins, its absolutely perfect. I would suggest wiping out the oven asap with a damp cloth–I use insulated gloves to do this-as it makes cleaning much easier. I do like being able to cook sausages and bacon in this, just put on the shelf, set the timer and temp and walk away til done. It’s trial and error as you cook more types of food, there are plenty of airfryer recipe sites, youtube videos etc to get ideas and help. A lot of them are American but it’s easy to adjust their F to C. If you keep in mind that anything you cook in the oven can be cooked in an airfryer–only quicker and better then you can’t go wrong.
Used a few times since buying, everything has cooked well, have to move the shelves around a bit for even cooking, easy to clean, has a light inside that you can keep on or turn off.. so far so good
Bought this and have used it nearly every day for the last 6 months. Does everything an oven can do and we have used the rotisserie for a small chicken and roast meat (lamb/pork/beef) .
We rarely ate chips before but now make them regularly with this. Have also dehydrated food by turning the heat on very slightly so it is just warm and the fan dries the food.
Need to know:
This is small and great for two people but too small for a family.
The heat is not evenly distributed so you need the rotate the shelves up to the top if you want things to crisp up properly.
The handbook was very basic so we needed to download recipes from other websites.
Once you know this it is great to use and cooks very quickly.
I’ve been using air-fryers for about 5-6 years now and find them very convenient, quicker than a traditional oven and healthier than a deep fat fryer. I’m normally cooking for 1-2 people and in most instances, my current airfryer is sufficient for the portion sizes I require. However, my current airfryer is of the traditional single tier, ‘basket’ type, and when I saw this fryer it immediately appealed to me because:
* it is possible to view food as it’s being cooked without needing to open/stop the unit
* increased capacity over my existing basket-style fryer
* rotisserie cooking option (haven’t used it yet, but nice feature to have)
* multiple cooking shelves/tiers, so that I can cooking multiple foods at once (making better use of the available internal capacity)
* easier to clean (I find the flat, removable shelves less bulky and easier to clean than basket-style fryers)
* good value for money when compared to similar style air-fryers
I’ve been using this unit for a couple of days now and it has pretty much lived up to my expectations. It does seem to take a little longer to cook than my previous air-fryer – perhaps due to the increased capacity/volume that needs to be heated. No major issues or complaints, although it would be nice if the light would remain on, even when the unit is opened and/or cooking is complete – it appears to be directly linked to the rotisserie function, and the power-cord is also a little on the short side.
It’s early days, so I can’t vouch for the reliability of this unit just yet – only time will tell, but very happy so far.
I’ve been using air-fryers for about 5-6 years now and find them very convenient, quicker than a traditional oven and healthier than a deep fat fryer. I’m normally cooking for 1-2 people and in most instances, my current airfryer is sufficient for the portion sizes I require. However, my current airfryer is of the traditional single tier, ‘basket’ type, and when I saw this fryer it immediately appealed to me because:
* it is possible to view food as it’s being cooked without needing to open/stop the unit
* increased capacity over my existing basket-style fryer
* rotisserie cooking option (haven’t used it yet, but nice feature to have)
* multiple cooking shelves/tiers, so that I can cooking multiple foods at once (making better use of the available internal capacity)
* easier to clean (I find the flat, removable shelves less bulky and easier to clean than basket-style fryers)
* good value for money when compared to similar style air-fryers
I’ve been using this unit for a couple of days now and it has pretty much lived up to my expectations. It does seem to take a little longer to cook than my previous air-fryer – perhaps due to the increased capacity/volume that needs to be heated. No major issues or complaints, although it would be nice if the light would remain on, even when the unit is opened and/or cooking is complete – it appears to be directly linked to the rotisserie function, and the power-cord is also a little on the short side.
It’s early days, so I can’t vouch for the reliability of this unit just yet – only time will tell, but very happy so far.
Easy to clean and it cooks chicken well and roasts potatoes perfectly.
I bought this oven because I’m fed up of cleaning my big gas oven, I wanted a rotisserie for chicken and I have solar panels which will cover the energy cost.
I ordered the analogue version because I hate the beeps that never stop that are common with digital timers and I hate all the blue LED lights that are slowly taking over the world — I’m running out of Blu-tack to cover them with. Analogue, being less expensive too, seemed like the better option for me.
The only reason I gave 4 starts instead of 5 is that the analogue timer doesn’t time down very well. It has a habit of stopping every couple of minutes so I have to keep looking at a digital clock anyway.
I do recommend this type of oven. They are efficient and cook food faster than gas but if you have a big appetite or cook for family/friends you might prefer the larger version of this oven.
I have only owned his machine for a few days. I have no experience of air fryers and need instructions but the leaflet which come with the machine has very pale grey printing and, even with the aid of a magnifying glass, I find it very difficult to read. I am impatient to try out the machine but until I can find some legible instructions, I am stuck. I have the digital version and possible the cheaper version with knobs would make it easier to understand
Love these air fryers, this is the second one purchased, the last we used for years.
It arrived quickly and love with this one that there’s different shelves to cook on as the last just had a basket, so this one for the price is great as offers more cooking opportunities. Look forward to cooking a whole meal in it.
We cooked vegan sausages in it and they turned out great.
We had a much smaller air fryer and needed something bigger. Absolutely fantastic. The spit roasted chicken (albeit won’t accommodate a large one) was to die for. I have not tasted chicken so crispy on the outside and yet so succulent on the inside. Cleaning is an absolute breeze. Best Buy for ages
Have been using for one week and generally the programmes for chips, chicken (including whole 1kg spit roasted), steak, fish, pork and bacon have given good crisp tasty results within 1 hour cooking time. Our main criticism is the ‘manual’ is a pathetic document cheaply produced and unfortunately light grey text on lighter grey background so not good for anyone with poor eyesight. We would also recommend purchase of an air fryer recipe book to make the most out of the machine. Other Air Fryers can be used for stews, cakes and desserts but no pans (only wire shelves) are provided for this although the potential exists. As one who likes to buy British was disappointed to find it was MADE IN CHINA so the 3 year warranty is welcome.
Have been using for one week and generally the programmes for chips, chicken (including whole 1kg spit roasted), steak, fish, pork and bacon have given good crisp tasty results within 1 hour cooking time. Our main criticism is the ‘manual’ is a pathetic document cheaply produced and unfortunately light grey text on lighter grey background so not good for anyone with poor eyesight. We would also recommend purchase of an air fryer recipe book to make the most out of the machine. Other Air Fryers can be used for stews, cakes and desserts but no pans (only wire shelves) are provided for this although the potential exists. As one who likes to buy British was disappointed to find it was MADE IN CHINA so the 3 year warranty is welcome.
Husband bought this on a bit of a lockdown whim, but we are so glad he did! Cannot live without. Almost everything is better, cooked in this air fryer! The best roast potatoes I’ve ever made, fantastic homemade chips, lovely crispy chicken wings, even battered fish from frozen and using a lot less oil. The trays mean you can cook a few things at once, as a rule we swap the trays round to different layers to make sure everything gets cooked evenly, but it always seems to cook quicker than the oven. So pleased!
Husband bought this on a bit of a lockdown whim, but we are so glad he did! Cannot live without. Almost everything is better, cooked in this air fryer! The best roast potatoes I’ve ever made, fantastic homemade chips, lovely crispy chicken wings, even battered fish from frozen and using a lot less oil. The trays mean you can cook a few things at once, as a rule we swap the trays round to different layers to make sure everything gets cooked evenly, but it always seems to cook quicker than the oven. So pleased!
when in use hot air vents to rear of device which makes no sense , if full access is required to controls and door
to check on heating process………. roast potatoes ready in 1/2 hr in full heat.. the internal layout work very well
but the hot air vent needs to be redirected……away from a wall ,.
I was a littlle bit unsure before buying an air fryer …I just did nit want another kitchen item that will end up in the bin! This is just simply amaizing… I cannot stop using it. I am addicted to it!
I was a littlle bit unsure before buying an air fryer …I just did nit want another kitchen item that will end up in the bin! This is just simply amaizing… I cannot stop using it. I am addicted to it!
I have waited to do a review because using it is the best way. I can tell you its easy to use and clean , it cooks quicker, i actually cooked a 2 kilo pork shoulder on the rotisserie a bit tight but crispy crackling meat juicy, a whole chicken on the rotisserie crispy skin and the meat omg juicy, i use this every week. This is an honest review so glad i brought it , it also has 3 shelves easy clean so great cheers.
I have waited to do a review because using it is the best way. I can tell you its easy to use and clean , it cooks quicker, i actually cooked a 2 kilo pork shoulder on the rotisserie a bit tight but crispy crackling meat juicy, a whole chicken on the rotisserie crispy skin and the meat omg juicy, i use this every week. This is an honest review so glad i brought it , it also has 3 shelves easy clean so great cheers.
Absolutely love the oven I previously bought an air fryer this cooks very fast & thorough very happy with it easy to use & clean & also looks good
This oven is one of the best purchases we have made in a long time, the food tastes better and cooks perfectly.
We are still trying to perfect the roast potatoes but will get there in the end, we love the versatility it presents and the fact that it is so easy to clean. We would recommend this oven to anyone with a busy life.
This oven is one of the best purchases we have made in a long time, the food tastes better and cooks perfectly.
We are still trying to perfect the roast potatoes but will get there in the end, we love the versatility it presents and the fact that it is so easy to clean. We would recommend this oven to anyone with a busy life.
I was a bit nervous about the size. I wanted mainly for chicken. I couldn’t’ get a whole chicken in but did get a chicken crown big enough to feed both my partner and I (we both have quite large portions). It says it would hold a small whole chicken. The chicken came out absolutely amazing! It was really really nice. Way nicer than if cooked in the oven. Can’t wait to try other things in it also.
I was a bit nervous about the size. I wanted mainly for chicken. I couldn’t’ get a whole chicken in but did get a chicken crown big enough to feed both my partner and I (we both have quite large portions). It says it would hold a small whole chicken. The chicken came out absolutely amazing! It was really really nice. Way nicer than if cooked in the oven. Can’t wait to try other things in it also.
I love this way of cooking and ideal for one person living alone.id recommend this machine every time.i have a smaller tower which I also use often and they both look great side by side.and for the price,half of some of the other ones I’ve seen,you won’t get better than a tower.A quality name by fa
I love this way of cooking and ideal for one person living alone.id recommend this machine every time.i have a smaller tower which I also use often and they both look great side by side.and for the price,half of some of the other ones I’ve seen,you won’t get better than a tower.A quality name by fa
Really like this air fryer. Shelves make it easy to load and unload and cook different foods at the same time. The rotisserie works well with small joints and chickens. The door is a little difficult to remove for cleaning until you get the angle of the door right.
Really like this air fryer. Shelves make it easy to load and unload and cook different foods at the same time. The rotisserie works well with small joints and chickens. The door is a little difficult to remove for cleaning until you get the angle of the door right.
I purchased this oven after seeing similar one on shopping channel
its a very nice oven the only down side is there was no recipe book with the oven and the barest instructions for fitting the rottiserie which appears to be very fiddly. I have cooked several things including half a chicken which turned out beautifully so with bit of practice should work out very well. But would still like better idea of fitting rotisserie and some sort of recipe book.
I purchased this oven after seeing similar one on shopping channel
its a very nice oven the only down side is there was no recipe book with the oven and the barest instructions for fitting the rottiserie which appears to be very fiddly. I have cooked several things including half a chicken which turned out beautifully so with bit of practice should work out very well. But would still like better idea of fitting rotisserie and some sort of recipe book.
brought this as my daughter has one and used it all the time .So far i have done a piece of beef in it and it was lovley . SO easy to use and big enough to do any thing you need lovley thing glad ibrought it .
I love this air fryer. You can cook in batch and there’s a light that you can turn on and off to see the food while it’s cooking!
Wow !!!! What a fantastic kitchen gadget. We already had an airfryer but this is far superior
To my existing one.
So pleased that I bought it. Thanks amazo