Tefal Actifry or Philips Airfryer Advice please

smurfet

Hi
Have been looking at both of these fryers Actifry and Airfryer.
I really can't make up my mind on which would be best so if anyone has one of these or even better has tried both could tell me which one give the best results I would be very grateful.

DitzyLips

We don't have this product yet but my mum is looking to buy one.Her slimming club (slimming world) are all raving about it.The best price i have seen is £107.20 at argos.Hope this helps.
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002451&langId=-1&searchTerms=ACTIFRY

inspace

I looked into these last year and changed my mind after bad reviews for one of them saying dangerous check out these complaints.

http://www.housewareslive.net/news/news.asp?id=5283

sarah1972

The Tefal actifry is absolutely useless... takes ages to cook anything and breaks food up.

Mine went straight on freecycle and even then I struggled to get rid of it.

As the last poster says, check out the reviews and in my opinion save your money.

The airfryer on the other hand I cannot comment on as I dont have one.

scorpiolady

Iv'e had my tefal actifry for just over a year now and i think it's ace, iv'e never experianced food breaking up and it takes about 20 - 30 minutes to cook chips and when it breaks i will definately be buying another one :beer:

Sublime_2

My mum, likes her Tefal actifry, although only uses occasionally. Thinking about getting one, but there isn't much I fry at the minute. If I had one though, I would seriously look into HM chicken nuggets, etc.

Fellpony_2

I love our actifry. It does take a little longer to cook things in but they taste fantastic. (Smiley faces are never the same again once you have had them out of an actifry lol) HTH

SonjaLiK

We've had the same dilema yesterday and done some research to see the difference. Well, basically, the Phillips one is just a small fan oven. It will save you a bit of time and energy compared to an oven but you won't get chips.
You need oil to get chips.

edit, update - first portion of HM chips done today and they are gorgeous (it's good to be able to have HM chips again (haven't had a fryer since we've had kids)).

caroc

There have been other threads on the Tefal Actifry which you can find on a search. It seems they are like Marmite - you either love 'em or hate 'em. I have been using mine for a year now about once per week and I love it. Fresh potato chips are done to a turn. Some varieties of potato do break if the chips are too long or thin, but they are still delicious. They don't really fry the chips as such. The chips are rotated under a heat source and the oil coats them.

SonjaLiK

Two lots of potato wedges later - the opinion remains the same -brilliant!

jaks111

i have been looking into buying one of these but im thinking will it be another gadget i will use the odd time
does anyone know the cheapest place maybe i will treat myself

thanks