It’s hard to think of a time when an air fryer wasn’t mentioned as being a kitchen staple. After all, there are so many advantages to using them, notably their energy efficiency. As far as brands go, Russell Hobbs is right up there so a deal on their products doesn’t go unnoticed, especially when it’s offering a 65% discount.
Currently on offer on Amazon for £69.99, reduced from £199.99 this is the sort of deal that makes you think Christmas has come early it’s so good. The product is the Russell Hobbs Satisfry Snappi Dual Basket Air Fryer, which has two 4.25 litre baskets, so that’s room enough to get some decent dishes cooking together. It has eight pre-set cooking functions and also has a SmartSync setting.
This means that with the sync feature, you can time dishes to cook for different amounts of time, instead of trying to chuck them in one basket and having to cook them together or work out fiddly timings. You can work out the timings for each basket so that your dishes ready to serve at the same time, which again, saves you another valuable thing: time. Kitchen space is also important and this product looks like it won’t hog the entire counter either.
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It’s also super energy efficient, saving you up to 58% energy compared to a conventional oven, Russell Hobbs says. It has an add food indicator, which pauses mid-cycle to let you know when it’s time to add the next ingredient. And if you love a good crisp on certain vegetables (who doesn’t love a crispy roast potato?), then the shake reminder, telling you when to shake a basket mid-cook, will be another added bonus to ensuring that crisp factor.
As far as functionality goes, it does so much more than a conventional oven too. It can air fry, roast, air boil, reheat and dehydrate, as part of the above-mentioned eight pre-sets available. And there’s no dreaded washing up after cooking, because it has dishwasher-safe parts that require little manual cleaning once you’ve done cooking. Given how much usage you tend to get from household appliances like this, it’s great to know that it comes with a two-year manufacturer’s guarantee, and if you register the product online you get an extra year.
It’s gone down a treat on Amazon, with one person saying: “Fantastic product, so easy to use would definitely recommend”. As we mentioned above about the double draws, someone else picked up on that too and said in their review: “am happy I can cook 2 lots of stuff at the same time so am no more mixing in the same draw”. And someone else’s short but positive review said: “Happy so far”.
Some struggled with the product though, and one customer wrote on Amazon that they found it “hard to use”. Another missed some functionality writing: “There used to be a connector to join the 2 drawers but now they don’t make it and you cannot join them”. Presumably, this new feature is so you can use the draws independently.
If you like to shop around though, there is no shortage of air fryer offers to go around. If a dual basket is your thing, then there’s also one from Currys which is being sold online for £89.99. Some people prefer a single-basket air fryer so Ninja has one online on offer at the moment for £79.99.