Instant Vortex Digital Single Drawer Air Fryer with Easy to Use 4 Smart Programmes - Air Fry, Bake, Roast and Reheat Capacity, Non-Stick and Dishwasher Safe Basket, Black - 5.7 Litre, 1700W

This is my first air fryer. My main criterion was that it should be cheaper on electricity. Also it would need to last 5 years in order to pay for itself if I bought a more expensive one.I found this simple to operate and very efficient as well as being good value. There was a nasty smell, which, despite cleaning many times for two weeks, has only just disappeared.Also there was an annoying rattle which was caused by the heating element rubbing on itself when vibrated by the fan. I fixed this by gently bending the element away from itself. It should have been fitted with a 2nd metal bracket to avoid this issue.The big advantage of this fryer is that the 'basket' is big enough to take a full sized ready meal (e.g. roast beef+pots+carrots+peas) so I do not have to use my large oven for those.Also, the tray will take my small Pyrex dishes, so I do not have to get the tray dirty at all when cooking raw food, etc. It is much easier to clean a Pyrex dish than the whole tray/basket and trivet.I can put chicken breasts in a Pyrex dish and add garlic, butter, olive oil, slices of lemon, paprika, cover with foil and cook until my oven probe reads 60 deg C and then remove foil and add freshly microwaved potatoes/chips on top for final 10 mins at 205 deg C to brown.It is about 1/3 cheaper than using my small oven each day so it saves me about £20 a month as I use the oven most days.I wouldn't know if it is better than other air fryers, but I use it every day and it cooks well. Recommended.

I was fortunate enough to buy this item when it was on special offer, but it's worth every penny of the current price. So much so that when I spied it on offer again recently, I bought a second for when my current one gives up the ghost. Yes, it's that good!Compared to other air fryers I've tried, the Vortex simply cooks food faster and better.Having used it for over a year now, it's still going strong with no sign of any wear to the non-stick coatings (it has been looked after - no dishwashers, no scourers, soaking rather than scrubbing etc), and the only "wear" is where I dropped the fully loaded drawer on the floor and a small part of the plastic handle broke off. It made a right mess of the floor, but only slight cosmetic damage to the Vortex.Things I like about it - it's pretty simple to use - set the temp on one side and the time on the other. There's presets but I've never touched them.You can throw food in from cold, or follow the instructions and wait for it to heat up at which point it tells you to add food. It also tells you when to turn food over, although if you ignore this it carries on cooking it anyway.Smoke/steam/heat is all well contained. The fryer lives under cupboards and there's only minimal grease on the underside of the cupboards from 12 months of use.While there are bigger air-fryers now, I consider that if you need anything larger than the Vortex, it's probably better to use a good fan oven. This air fryer for me is the perfect size for couples or small families.Highly recommended!

I bought this whilst it was at the stupidly amazing price of £60.I wanted a cheap one to see if having an air frier was worth the money (as in if I would even use it). It makes the most AMAZING oven chips!! So much nicer than the actual oven that the oven has never seen oven chips since. Homemade chips are good too!Cover in a bit of oil, salt, herbs etc, while it heats up, takes only a few minutes. I admit I mainly do chips in there and I throw in the odd meat free burger/sausage/fish fingers and cut up sweet potatoes and in 20 min you know you are in for a good Yorkshire meal. There is enough room for chips for 3 people and room for a few extra pieces. Washing up is nice and easy after also.I recently tried cheese on toast in it (after toasting one side of the bread) and that came out rather well. I have also tried roast potatoes and baked potatoes - all came out nice. Roasted carrots in oil and herbs are amazing to.Everyone in my household agrees the chips and veg are amazing and I have since been dubbed the Air Fryer Chef and am in charge of its use.

I already have a student/single person size. I thought I needed something larger, I bought this not really thinking it through - just thinking it is an air-fryer, and the price would cover this.It is in fact a range of cookers - the air fryer, roaster and baker.I am a lazy cook and cook most meals by cooking ready-to-cook , often chicken. With the energy crisis I obviously had to do something about this. The aluminium trays fit in the container, and you set temperature and time as you would for the traditional oven.There are various advantages - I am not wating energy by heating the kitchen. Also I tend to leave the iron on longer than necessary.This cooker sits on the hob - no bending down to take things in and out. The buttons are easy to use and it stops once the length is reached . ~whole process is fine for the less confident. I line the base with cooking paper, which catches the juices, and minimise clearing.It is large and very definitely a step up from my single person. The container is lsrge,, and might seem a bit cumbersome, but discovering it takes the trays for 2 people makew me feel it is not so extravagant for one person. (I can divide each tray into 2 portions. Very simple- best quality bacon, cut itno pieces with cherry tomatoes - air fried or cooked on wrap. surprising number of delicious meals. Timer set make it easy to managa and not something I would have bothered to fry on the hob - also no washing upwhen using paper. Recommended.

Well what can I say. Brilliant little machine. I had been looking at air fryers for some time, but was getting abit frustrated as there were so many to choose from, and seriously didn't know where to start. Read so many reviews. Added a few to my wish list, so I could have a think about it. So glad I did as waited a few days and one of them came up on offer. This one! Wow 40% off this appliance. It was too good to be true. This made up my mind popped it into the basket and voila it made it to my kitchen. I was wary as to how much I would use it. I didnt want to pay a fortune for one because I was trying to save on my electric so didn't want to spend loads. So glad I brought this machine. It is brilliant. I was cautious to begin with but im impressed, i haven't used my oven as much. (which is the whole point right 😊) It heats up so fast and i have cooked all sorts, but I have to admit chips are so good in it. They taste so much better! I have even baked some cakes! If anyone is unsure about these airfyers and which one to buy! So easy to use and clean, instructions easy to understand. You can even download an app for recipes! No brainer! Don't look any further this is perfect buy!

Great for single person meals - e.g. chicken / fish and chips. I used my friend's one of these for a year and bought one this year and it's great. Good value for money and it cooks fast. Pretty small and compact. Only thing I'd say is keep it maybe 10+cm away from a wall so you don't potentially cause any heat damage to it. Would recommend

Having previously owned an airfryer for 10yrs with a removable basket which was good for its time but not easy to clean due to basket and handle being one item. This machine has a large area to put food in so needs less shaking, the machine is quite in operation and very easy to control. We have tried all types of food all are exceptional but we have used these machines for 10 years and you get used to their workings. If buying and using for the first time they are very fast compared to oven hence they can burn food or dry it out only use will allow you to gauge the timings needed. The smell that some reviews referred to was present for the first week but aftyer that it has gone. Hightly recommended i would buy again.

My instant pot vortex 4 in 1 arrived yesterday. It was late evening so I got it out the box and followed the instructions for 1st run. It went well with no strong smell . Today I raided my freezer for sausages, oven chips, onion rings and one Yorkshire pud I made a while ago. I chopped red peppers from garden and put those in with sausages and chips, the peppers were done quite quickly so they came out and I kept them warm with foil covering, I added the onion rings and all was done in about 15 mins I popped the Yorkshire in as I was dishing up to heat through 1/2 minute. I added microwaved frozen peas and put sausages in the Yorkshire, sort of toad in hole. It was delicious, I probably cooked the oven chips a little too long and twice I touched the cancel button by mistake and had to reset. All in all it was a very successful first go and I will learn as I go along times and temperatures. I am really pleased with this airfryer which seems well made and good quality and the food tasted very good . It was very easy to clean too. The controls are straight forward and not complicated. Hopefully it will get lots of use.

Good and versatile

It works perfectly! I was looking for a long time, and one of the advantages of this product is that it has many different functions. It's good enough for cooking and offers great value for the price.

Works well, I’m happy with it.

Power cable is too short.Temperature adjustment step is 1C which is not practical. It should be 5C or 10C.