Dual Air Fryer with Visual Window, 9L XL Capacity, 2

I bought this to replace my oven while waiting for a replacement. I was pleased with how easy it is to use and the drawers are a good size. You can use the drawers separately or at the same time but at different settings.It certainly comparable to more expensive brands and definitely value for money.

Simple and easy to begin using with no need to really study the instructions. The two trays are big enough to cook for 2 – 4 people. Food tastes great and cooks quickly.
The novelty of turning on the light and watching my food cook through the glass has yet to wear off.

I must admit I have been putting off buying an air fryer for well over a year. They seemed complicated and difficult. I couldn’t get my head around what they actually do – do they fry, how do they fry without oil? How do you get the right cooking setting?

Prompted by a recommendation from elsewhere I finally decided to take the plunge and bought this model. I particularly liked the size, the fact that there are windows in both drawers and a light so you can see how things are going without opening them, there is a sync feature (like the Ninja), and best of all, it’s MUCH cheaper than a ninja of this size. To be fair, this model only goes to 200 degrees so it doesn’t get as hot as a ninja and I guess that will make a slight difference when cooking steaks etc.

So, how has it been? The machine has various pre-sets. I was initially a bit nervous about these, as how would they know the size of the food portion and whether it was the correct setting? Once I started to use the air fryer the simplicity dawned on me. What you have here is two little ovens. For each, independently, you set the temperature (like an oven) and the cooking time. However, thanks to the light and the windows on the doors, you just keep an eye on whatever you are cooking and, as you would with a regular oven, if something isn’t quite cooked, you put it on for a bit longer. If it is ready before you expected, you stop the air fryer and remove it then. It’s that simple, almost blindingly obvious now I have one.

There is a match button that will set the same settings for each drawer (so if you are cooking two drawers of the same thing at the same time), and a smart button, which will automatically ensure that both drawers finish at the same time (so if you had set drawer 1 to cook for 10 minutes and drawer 2 for 20, drawer 1 will not start until drawer 2 is down to 10 minutes left. Simple!) The one thing I didn’t see in the instructions is if you finish earlier than planned, you pause the cooking and then to “stop” it and reset the airfryer, you hold down the power button in the middle for a couple of seconds.

So in terms of what we have cooked, I did a veggie roast dinner on the first day. Great. Roasted butternut squash chunks and other root veg, roast potatoes etc. Frozen onion rings were also excellent. Much better than in the regular oven where they tend to dry out. Cheese on toast is a revelation! You can’t burn the bread (unlike when I use a grill) – and so you end up with proper golden cheese without any acrid smoke.

I did a steak and that was juicy and tender – though I struggled to get it to cook rare – which may be because of the 200 degree limit – or just my lack of practice. But it tasted delicious. Bacon is also brilliant. Pop it in for about 10 minutes and it comes out crisp, cooking fat free and delicious. Frozen things seem to reheat so much better than in the big oven as well. I could go on, but so far everything has been excellent and genuinely better in most cases than our big oven which I have barely used. I have only used the big oven for casseroles where I need to cook for a long time – and that’s mainly because I haven’t yet found a casserole dish with a lid that would fit one of the drawers.

The non-stick surface is very easy to clean. There is a little non stick tray in each which allows the fat to drain off. Everything tastes so much better and I’m saving a fortune on extra virgin olive oil – as well as saving lots of calories.

Finally, the unit looks really smart. It is quite big, so you do need enough space but measure up and see what you can do. It fits easily under my units on my kitchen worktop and even my wife, who was not keen on having another thing “cluttering up the kitchen” has had to admit that it actually looks good.

Add to all this the quicker cooking time, convenience, no need to wait to heat up the big oven, the energy savings, it has been a superb buy. After I ordered I read some of the negative reviews and I must admit I was wondering if I had made a big mistake. Well I haven’t – and I know that if something did go wrong, Amazon customer service is always excellent. When I bought it, it was on offer and it cost me just over 105. I love it- and highly recommend!

There are loads of pages of how to cook in your air fryer – but for most things – you just put it in, turn it on, and monitor until it is cooked. Just like your oven. Don’t be fooled into thinking it’s “hard” to cook with one. It really isn’t!