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Air Fryer - which is best ?

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  • sk2402005
    sk2402005 Posts: 127 Forumite
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    Just putting it out there, why not buy two cheaper ones instead?
    I got two 6l ones from Adsa for about £30, and they have been great.
    Also you get the advantage if one fails you still have the other one.
    They are also simpler.

    We rarely use the oven anymore.
  • MouldyOldDough
    MouldyOldDough Posts: 2,685 Forumite
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    sk2402005 said:
    Just putting it out there, why not buy two cheaper ones instead?
    I got two 6l ones from Adsa for about £30, and they have been great.
    Also you get the advantage if one fails you still have the other one.
    They are also simpler.

    We rarely use the oven anymore.

    Seriously ?

    If I was half as smart as I think I am - I'd be twice as smart as I REALLY am.
  • bob2302
    bob2302 Posts: 555 Forumite
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    BFBW said:
    I agree with @GrubbyGirl_2 Don't waste money on a tiny and expensive fan oven, also known as an air fryer.. Even a double stack is a mere 9.5l in capacity.  You can get an inexpensive and larger capacity 'Halogen' type air fryer/fan oven, 12 to 17l for less than £40. 
    Fan ovens and air fryers are of a similar nature, but most air fryers are much better optimized.  The rapid circulation of air over the food cooks it faster. An air fryer also wastes much less energy in heating itself.

    In tests I've seen, the 'Halogen type come out as intermediate between fan ovens and air fryers in time and energy use. It's also said that they don't crisp as well.
  • DullGreyGuy
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    bob2302 said:
    BFBW said:
    I agree with @GrubbyGirl_2 Don't waste money on a tiny and expensive fan oven, also known as an air fryer.. Even a double stack is a mere 9.5l in capacity.  You can get an inexpensive and larger capacity 'Halogen' type air fryer/fan oven, 12 to 17l for less than £40. 
    Fan ovens and air fryers are of a similar nature, but most air fryers are much better optimized.  The rapid circulation of air over the food cooks it faster. An air fryer also wastes much less energy in heating itself.
    It will heat itself, and I wouldnt be surprised if ovens weren't better insulated than air fryers but their saving grace is their size, the aforementioned airfyer is 4.75L, our oven is 76L, so has vastly less to heat and so that offsets the greater waste from lack of insulation. 
  • bob2302
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    edited 17 July at 3:04PM
    bob2302 said:
    BFBW said:
    I agree with @GrubbyGirl_2 Don't waste money on a tiny and expensive fan oven, also known as an air fryer.. Even a double stack is a mere 9.5l in capacity.  You can get an inexpensive and larger capacity 'Halogen' type air fryer/fan oven, 12 to 17l for less than £40. 
    Fan ovens and air fryers are of a similar nature, but most air fryers are much better optimized.  The rapid circulation of air over the food cooks it faster. An air fryer also wastes much less energy in heating itself.
    It will heat itself, 
    I am aware of that, but they are constructed out of materials that add very little thermal mass.
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