enjoy getting them repaired , tefal are junk go for the philips air fryer much better and doesnt break

Cheapest I have ever seen this, thought £85 from Argos a few weeks ago would never be beat..Bargain

Are these any good? Very new to all these machine.

Unusually for JTF the price includes VAT.

yes these are brilliant, use mine twice a day usually to make sweet potato fries. chuck some coconut oil in and start it and wait 30 mins, so easy. heat.

Got one of these. Really good machine. Makes food taste good. Chicken and chips its brilliant.

Can I bake with that? thanks :smiley:

£77.99 plus vat

Wife wanted one, so that's her xmas pressie sorted.

What's the difference with the plus?

Isn't a halogen cooker a better investment as you can cook a whole chicken?
http://www.tesco.com/direct/electriq-17-litre-digital-premium-halogen-oven-and-full-accessories-pack/265-0071.prd?skuId=265-0071
or am I missing the point of this type of cooking

enjoy getting them repaired , tefal are junk go for the philips air fryer much better and doesnt break

Sort of. This is just a halogen with a rotating paddle. For chips and the like the Actifry will cook more evenly albeit more slowly. Main thing is that Actifries tend to die just after the manufacturer's warranty expires as mine did. I just stick to standard halogens now.

have used tefal and philips, i'd get the tefal as its bigger and moves the food around so more even cooking.

oos online

How does turning the food turn it into a fryer? These are all just compact ovens, really. If you like baked food, great. If you want fried food, fry it.

The images on the website and the posting are of the "Actifry Original" not the "Actifry Plus" (which is 1.2Kg rather than 1Kg). The website details appear to be screwed up.

had one of these years its my most used kitchen item amazing price voted HOT

The best bit of kit you could have in your kitchen! Heat Added!!

I'm not sold at all.
I have my eye set on a halogen cooker (still undecided which one) that will cook a whole chicken as well as chips.

They're all up north :disappointed:

Hucknall
Kidderminster
Leeds
Lincoln
Mansfield
Newcastle
Peterborough
Preston
Sheffield
Stoke
Tamworth
Walsall
Warrington

What does it say on the box? Fryer or oven? Philips does not do what it says on the tin so very misleading. Plus waste of energy and time. Potentially danger as to open hot food constantly to turn it. ​

only 1kg these are usually cheap enough these days.

so reading the above and I posted a question about these yesterday would we all be better of buying a halogen version of these and if so which make and model are all halogen best all combined ?

Walsall and Tamworth are 'up north' ? :confused:

I've had 2 Tefal Actifrys the original one which run for just over a year then died i took it apart repaired it and it run another 6 month then motor burned out,
The last one i had is the model prior to this and that worked until just out it's warranty and motor went on that too :disappointed:

Although the Actifry was alright when working I'd never buy anything from Tefal again, I didn't use it loads it basically imo isn't built to last

I've been told Phillips lasts longer than Tefal. So, I'll get a Phillip.

Heat added. Good deal.

Anything above Watford is up north :stuck_out_tongue:

Great price. These are brilliant. Great chips with olive oil and hardly any mess.

oos

​The actifry is a fan oven based product not a halogen oven. a halogen oven cooks food by holding a heat source (glorified light bulb) over your food. the actifry blows hot air over the food and rotates the food at the same time to evenly cook it. completely different products, its like comparing an electric oven and a microwave.

£80.74 on Amazon

Yes I though hot air was the difference.
Thank you for taking the time and trouble to write your helpful post.

:smiley: Thanks

most people knocking air fryers have never even owned one in my experience, they give it the old "I just spray hand cut chips with my magic oil and turn them in a normal oven every 6 seconds for 2 hours then perfect chips" when we know no oven chips come even close to the crispy delights you get out of an air fryer!! my top tip....goto chippy..buy bag of chips, leave go cold... fry in an air fryer for 10 min BEST chips youll ever have

nearly 80 quid for less flavour, pass. i take my triple cooked chips over this tosh anyday, only a clueless moron would buy a cooking device that takes away flavou. looks like we have plenty here,haha

What the hell is JTF? :smile:

Our actifry has bitten the dust. They are pretty fragile, had to replace a few parts over the years but good machines to have in the kitchen.

Its a Mega Discount Warehouse :smiley:

Get it from Amazon using Prime
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tefal-ActiFry-Low-Fat-Fryer/dp/B01BHW1KIK/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480598058&sr=8-1-fkmr2&keywords=Tefal+Actifry+Plus+1kg

Beware if this is a present, because they are a warehouse they send out in the actual box telling the world what it is...including the person that signed for it that it was bought for

Is this any good for people who don't really eat chips?

I love kitchen gadgets and I cook often, but chips don't usually end up on the menu.

I fry quite often - mainly things like falafel and fritters, but I guess these wouldn't work in here?

If You Get 12 Months out of it your doing well..

Anyone received theirs yet and can confirm whether it is the Plus (1.2kg) or Original (1kg)?

I received mine earlier and it's the tefal original

I'm a man so I can ask dumb questions....
Does it defrost
Does it do everything a halogen cooker does

I'm thinking of buying it for my student son.

http://www.afrecipes.net/

http://tfalactifry.com/recipes

loads of recipes there, will give you an idea of what you can cook in it

I just got a tefal original

If you got something different then i would ring and complain, they have pretty good CS in my experience

People still buy these? Must be a Northern thing.

Ask for some money off if you are happy with the actifry

Just bought one from Tamworth, plenty left in store.

Anyone who's actually got one can you comment about the paddle inside mashing up the chips / food ?

Few reviews I read said the paddle turns the stuff around inside ends up mashing up fries etc.
Would very much like one as I love the deep fried stuff but the missus won't allow it because it's "unhealthy"

No problem mashing up chips in ours

Now thats HOT!

Have one of these! They are fantastic! Had it for two years plus now and still working like new. :smiley:

If the chips are getting mashed up they might be over filling it?

price gone up.

I put a lot of beef fat, salt, pepper and various spices when I cook my chips in this. I don't use it for the healthy function. In fact I'm not sure why I use it over the oven. It does help mix the spices around and the oven takes awhile to heat up.

Honestly though it's a bit useless. The healthy version of the chips taste dull. I haven't cooked anything else in it apart from chips.

It's just very well marketed. It's a large closed in hair dryer essentially. Overall I'd give it 3/10

All you need is a scoop of olive oil and chips come out perfect, maybe you are using rubbish potatoes, we use King Edwards, lovely and crispy and fluffy