Honestly, this was one of the few kitchen gadgets that seemingly lived up to hype for me. We use ours all the time, even though our oven has convection mode which is essentially the same. The oven takes so long to warm up.. where as the "air fryer" is up to temp super quickly. For a small family, the air fryer is used way more. In general I am opposed to kitchen gadgets that are supposedly saving you time or effort versus the "old" way of doing things.

Sounds like janky electrical mixed with a junky air fryer. I love ours as it heats up quick and cooks almost right away. If you think that's bad, imagine how much more juice your full-sized oven pulls.

It pulls less than your typical under counter oven (or an electric kettle). I think you need to check your circuits.

All they are is a small countertop convection oven. They use less power to cook than a full size oven, you just don't notice it because those are on their own higher powered circuit.

That issue sounds to be with under gauge electrical wiring. We run an air fryer frequently in my home with no issue. It does pull a bit of electricity in the short time we use it, but it’s much better than using an electric oven to cook 20 chicken nuggies.

Cheap air fryers suck but a good quality one is super versatile. Fries up chicken well and you can make so much other stuff. Just avoid the really cheap brands

I use mine instead of the oven for anything that fits and can withstand the "whirlwind" it produces. It's faster, work at lower temperatures and requires no pre-heating.

The Philips i have now was quite expensive though. Before I had some other brand that didn't work any better than a regular oven.

Oh, you mean a small shitty oven that dries everything out and got really popular for some reason?