Philips Viva Collection Airfryer XXL with Fat Removal Technology, 2225W, Extra Large Size For Entire Family – HD9650/99, 1.4 KG Capacity, 2225 Watt, Black

easy to clean, healthier food prepared quicker food preparation and less energy used when using in comparison to oven. We learnt to buy the high quality food for cooking and frying and think carefully about nutrition content.

This has been one of the best buys I have made. I haven’t used my oven since purchasing this as can do most things in the air frye

Love this air fryer. Holds so much more than my previous air fryer. Saves me so much time cooking lunch for the kids.

Excellent in every way. I read plenty of reviews, not just on Amazon and decided to invest in this one. Extremely happy I did! It gets used everyday, easy to clean & operate. Superior quality, I highly recommend this 5*

I think this product is a real saver for a busy family. Very good results. Feels very reliable and well designed and made. The price is high but I believe it is worth it for an important appliance that we need it to stay for long and feels more reliable and safe.

Love everything about this model. Had the XL before for several years and now upgraded to this one. The one thing I didn’t like about the XL was the rim around the top of the airfryer but this one is flat and super easy to clean, the basket is loose bottom too so easy to clean too.

So I had the original Philips airfryer since 2013 – because of the weird design at some stage I pressed the basket release while in motion and the bottom dropped out and disintegrated. Nevertheless I kept on using it until this year when I decided to upgrade – plus sort of annoyed at the constant drips of oil from underneath the fryer. This year I bought the 11 litre tower oven – total waste of money – it’s just a wee oven – doesn’t compare at all to the Philips so donated to elderly mother.

This fryer is a vast improvement on the original. It doesn’t really take up more space in the cupboard. It is easier to clean, has a lovely design (takes a while to get used to how the basket and its drawer work), all parts fit the dishwasher, doesn’t seem to smoke as much as the original because the fat goes under a plastic plate so less surface to burn.

I nearly always use this outside – my big bugbear is that the digital screen is very hard to read outdoors. Would be better off with just a rotary dial for time and one for temp like the old smaller model as nearly everything goes in at 180 for 15 mins and it is a pain programming this every time.

Worth every penny.

This is the second Philips Airfryer I’ve purchased. The first one was the smaller version. That wasn’t big enough for us so we gave it as a present. This one is perfect. We’ve had it for over a year now and we used it so many times. It’s an easy and quick way of prepping good, healthy food. We cooked all sorts of meat and fish and were very happy with how it all turned out.

I am in love with this product. A bit tedious to clean on the top around the coil especially if you are a clean freak. Advice avoid splash (use less marinade) and give it a quick wipe after use. Other components are dishwasher safe which is amazing.
The air fryer it self cooks amazing delicious moist food. Absolutely game changer for people looking to eat less oil.

This is a replacement for our older model of Phillips air fryer which finally broke down after many years of use.
Much bigger than our old one (which is great as I can cook bigger portions) and easier to clean.
Smelled of burning plastic for the first few times we cooked, but stopped completely now.
Very pleased.

Very expensive but well constructed and easy to clean. Seems a lot better design than some of the cheaper ones.

This is a review for Philips Airfryer XXL.

While it has “fryer” in the name, this machine requires NO oil to work. It essentially is a standalone convection oven. But boy is great at cooking food. In particular chips come out incredible – you would think they came out of a real deep fat fryer. Certainly nothing I can replicate in a normal oven.

The machine is incredibly easy to use. While there are a number of “preset temperatures” according to the food type you are cooking, in essence you choose the temperature (max 200 degrees C) and set the timer and away it starts. In general I’ve found the machine can cook food much quicker than a traditional oven – my rough rule is I follow the cooking instructions and then deduct 10 degrees C from the recommended temp for a fan oven and put it in for 2/3s of the time. You can cook pretty much anything in the airfryer that you could cook in a normal oven.

The fans are fairly noisy while in operation but I think this can’t be avoided. The machine is reasonably easy to clean as the basket and inside tray can be removed and are diahwasher safe – however I do not clean after every use and obviously it does get greasy after a couple uses.

One important thing to note about airfryers in general is that the basket capacity is fairly small. Therefore, while this fryer is the XXL version, and has a fairly large overall profile, is necessary if you have a family of 4 or more. The basket has a capacity of 1.4 litres, which if full is enough chips for around 4-5 people.

This is an amazing product that I find myself using almost every day and cannot recommend enough.

Since purchasing this item, I have very rarely used my oven. Chips are done in 12 mins and are crispy and soft inside. No oil is needed at all. Bacon is lovely as well. I have also cooked chicken wings inside it and when compared to the ones I’ve cooked in my oven, the taste is far superior. I also heated up frozen quiches and pizza, however you may need to cut up the item first before cooking so it fits inside the fryer.

This thing is fab and I have told everyone I know to buy one. It really is worth it.

Was originally planning to buy the smaller version but i’m glad I got this one instead. Can cook whatever I usually cook in the oven but without having to preheat. Chicken turned out very juicy, reheated spring rolls out from the fridge in 4 mins and they were crispy like they were freshly made.

So far Ive cooked 2kg chicken (slightly too big for the frier, recommend 1,5kg max), chips, roast potatoes. Works well. I will try cooking other items in due course. I am using this instead of my main oven as its quicker and easier to clean.

This product was tested by a family of six.
Pros:
: black shiny acrylic finish looks stylish
: easy to clean- just put basket in dishwasher or wash by hand
: great results with ‘fried’ foods, especially homemade chips, which come out tasty and crispy with just a thin coating of oil
: safe- no chip pan full of boiling oil
: quicker than oven baking

Cons:
: noisy when in use
: very large and takes up a lot of counter space – needs to be stored in a utility or garage really

A good product overall if your family love fried foods but would like to reduce the fat content.
However you need a large kitchen or somewhere to store it when not in use.

Used for first time today. So far I can say the build quality is much better than my previous (2) airfryers. Documentation is poor. Cannot figure out how to pause airfryer to rearrange food but waiting for a reply from Philips. Watch this space!
UPDATE 1. Downloaded pdf user instruction files. Answer in there. Why does Philips not include this in the box?
I have downloaded the app and find it annoying. Why is there not an index? I dislike intensely the modern trend of relying on electronic documentation, not only Philips, but most manufacturers, do the same. What if you don’t have internet access? What happened to good, old fashioned instruction books? The booklet supplied with the machine does not give any guidance for use, that comes in a very large paper leaflet, full of pictograms. Not the easiest to follow. The online instructions are much better if you can find them. Come on Philips, not everyone is computer literate and internet savvy. 4 stars because of the lack of good documentation.

UPDATE*** no doubt it cooks well but the longer it is in use the worse the ‘white smoke’ gets when grilling fatty foods. The kitchen disappears in a white, greasy smog (despite extractor fan an open windows). Putting water in the basket is supposed to minimise this problem but it doesn’t.
UPDATE 4 YEARS LATER!***
All my complaints still hold true but there are positives that weren’t obvious at the beginning. The removable base of the basket is non stick fine mesh, unlike most of the current popular models that have solid bases or removable bottoms with non stick coatings. The coatings on these begin to wear very quickly and I have seen more than one YouTube video showing some baskets have warped after 6 months of use necessitating purchasing spare baskets. I cut a piece of non stick silicon mesh to place in the bottom of my Philips air fryer and after 4 years frequent use, the base is as good as new. The fan is exceptionally powerful and food tends to cook on both sides so that turning the items, although best to do, is not as essential as with other airfryers I have had. Due to the power of the fan parchment liners, unless well weighted down with food, can curl up over the food. The circulation through the mesh bottom is excellent. The plastic cover of the power switch is now cracked and the shiny finish round the central button has disintegrated but the airfryer still works as it did when it was new. Not bad for 4 years hard labour!

I admit I can be a bit of a technophobe and have a nervous attitude to anything that gets really hot on my kitchen worktops; I am the person who would stand and watch over my old deep fat fryer to make sure it didn’t bubble hot oil all over — it never did but the nerves couldn’t stand it.

So when I got this piece of kitchenalia, I was not sure about the healthy air fryer malarkey everyone was raving about. I left it a week before I even got the instruction book out, then began reading all the small print (for safety reasons of course, not at all putting off trying it out). In the meantime a 13 year old relative calmly stocked up the pan with frozen fries, set the clock and had delicious hot crunchy fries served up before I had even got to the component description list.
We have fallen in love with Phil. The biggest problem I’m going to have with him – is keeping him, because everyone wants to have him once they taste what he can produce: Healthier fries in minutes, cooked thoroughly and crispy; whole chickens come out like rotisserie bought, with deliciously moist meat and crispy skin – in less time than it takes to oven cook; and any number of fish finger/ goujons etc can all be done in here. Basically if you can fry or roast it you can probably cook it in here in less time and with less fat.
There is a lot of info online about cooking with an air fryer, and that is useful for guidance on dishes and ideas. I can only say, after initial misgivings, I love it. Definitely the way forward.

The Philips Airfryer Xxl is large and heavy and buyers will need to make sure they are able to handle it and make sure there is enough space in their kitchen. It uses Rapid Air technology to heat the food from all angles and it can fry foods without the use of oil with up to 90% less fat. It comes with an instruction manual and a recipe booklet. Noise is minimal when it is switched on, sounding more like an electric fan than a machine that is actively frying its food. The frying process involves removing the basket at intervals to inspect the food. Chicken pieces were fried unevenly and so required movement with a utensil. Potato chips are fried evenly in around twenty minutes. Users with larger hands may find accessing the food inside the basket difficult. Also removing the basket and mesh can be cumbersome.

With little or no oil usage there is very little mess on the mesh and on the tray after usage. This means it may not be necessary to clean the components after every use. All removable parts are safe to clean in a dishwasher. These Philips Airfryers are recommended by Gordon Ramsay. They must be good.

I am trying to make my mind up about this. I think my biggest issue is it is not really a fryer. You see the definition of frying in the Cambridge Dictionary is “to cook food in hot oil or fat” and that is not really how this works. Think of it as a tightly contained fan oven and you are much closer to how it works.

This version is the XXL model and this was confirmed when the large box was delivered. It is supplied with a basket, rather basic instructions and a well-written cookbook. Ensure you remove all the packaging from inside before you attempt to use it and heat it up first before putting any food in to remove odours from the new device. It looks to be well made with a solid construction and clear digital display on the front but is rather large for its capacity measuring 32 x 43 x 32 cm and weighing in at a hefty 8KG and this is exasperated by the black finish. However, there are smaller versions available if space is an issue although you do obviously lose capacity. The instructions warn to place on a heat resistant surface although it seemed fine on our standard laminate worktop you may want a ceramic cover for extended use.

The controls are easy to work out with a dial used to set temperature and timing and the device does heat up quickly. It is reasonably quiet in use with just a hum from the fans but does use a lot of electricity rated at over 2200 watts. The device works by circulating hot air around the product you are cooking. Any oil required is added in small quantities by yourself and usually rubbed or sprinkled on the surface. This is a healthy way of cooking but it isn’t frying. I cooked some frozen chips with it following the instructions which came out nice and hot, if a little dry, rather like they have come out of the oven and with similar cooking times. The main time saver is it heats up extremely quickly and is quick and simple to clean with all the key items that touch the food being dishwasher safe.

I will experiment with it further but I suspect that while this is a healthier way of cooking which is to be applauded it does not quite match the taste of fried of grilled cooking where the fat is a greater part of the process. I have had the same experience with George Forman grills for example. That said this can also be used to bake and roast and used for cakes puddings and pastries so it is potentially very versatile. So despite being rather expensive, it does seem to be a quality product. I am just not convinced about the process of “air frying” if the taste is your priority.