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Advantages: Two fryers in one | Each can be set to separate temperature | Easy to Clean
Disadvantages: Unsafe | Unreliable | Expensive

A: When it's the Russell Hobbs 10357 I have a large family and on the rare occasions I give them chips or other fried foods, I usually find that I have to cook them in two or even three batches, as a deep fat fryer will only hold so much. One day I decided I'd had enough of this malarkey and decided to hunt on-line for something that would let me cook for the whole family in one go. What I came up with was the Russell Hobbs 10357, a deep fat fryer ...
...couldn't believe my luck and ordered it straight away, thinking at last, an answer to my prayers, or was it…….. ---The Styling--- Looking like something out of an industrial kitchen, this fryer is extremely large and measures in at approximately 34cm square, so it takes up an awful lot of room on my work surface. The majority of the unit is brushed stainless steel, with black plastic detailing, it looks very modern and as I've already said wouldn't ... Read review

Advantages: use little oil
Disadvantages: easy to break no repair

I bought this to cook chips but it takes to long 35-40 mins but they are not worth the wait to dried up . It does chicken wings great in 30 mins it also does have a recipe book some of them work others do not. The let downs of the fryer are the plastic clear lid the clips that keep lid closed are made of the same thin polycarbonate and after a little time the become brittle and break off so you can not keep the lid down. Lakeland customer service ... Read review

Advantages: Can make fresh low fat chips and wedges, easy to clean
Disadvantages: Bit big so takes up room, takes quite a long time to cook, caught on fire

I love the chips and wedges (that I made with fresh organic potatoes), and so do the family. It is much cheaper to make your own, once you have bought the product, but takes a longish time to cook - up to 45 mins depending on how much you cook. One kilo of wedges take 45 minutes. Less takes a little less time. The instructions are easy to follow from the recipe book, I haven't tried any of the interesting recipes in there. I can't use wheat flour ...
...two tablespoons of oil, and I added spices as per recipe but my own choice of spices. The actifry is easy to dismantle and clean in the dishwasher and it doesn't smell much when cooking. However after just 5 uses my actifry caught on fire and it is really lucky I noticed this right away or it could have been very serious, so it is going back to the retailer. I unplugged it and shut the lid and it went out, but produced a lot of chemical/plastic ... Read review

Advantages: healthier,removable inner for washing up
Disadvantages: initial cost for some people

...a worthwhile investment.Some of the recipes require a tablespoon of oil and other things you can cook without the need to add any fat at all especially if the product you wish to cook already has a fat content.The Tefal actifry is worth every penny so invest in one today. ... Read review

Advantages: Good to cook with. Easy to clean.
Disadvantages: Rather large to store.

Kenwood DF520 I have found this fryer to be an efficient addition to my kitchen. It is rather bulky so advisable to have a cupboard to store it in, for, if you are like me, it will only be used on a few occassions. It cooks well with a good range of temperatures and has a reasonable sized basket for the food to be cooked. It is rather spoilt by the viewing window becoming hard to see through once cooking has commenced as it appears to steam ... Read review