tl;dr -- versatile, easy to clean, FUN, and less complicated than my brand-name pressure cooker. ;) As a french fry afficionado, I've been wanting an air fryer for LONG time. The first thing I had my eye on didn't work out, so I started considering other options. I thought about a toaster oven version, since our toaster oven is on its last legs and will need replaced, but there's freaking tutorials on how to clean the things effectively and safely, so I noped away from that pretty quickly. Found a list of 2020's best air fryers in different categories, and this one was one of the first listed, I think as best all around, or best for a family of 4. I haven't even had it 72 hours and I've made 2 different types of frozen cod, salmon jerky, fried pickles, pizza rolls (sooo much crispier and less tough than microwaved!), zucchini fries, black bean burgers, an Impossible Burger, and some mixed frozen veggies I tried to do with one batch of the cod and scorched them because they were in too long and too hot. ;) Lesson learned. I make notes on a piece of paper taped in a cabinet door near where I use the fryer, as well as in the app the manufacturer provides. (Yep, there's an APP!) The app is basically just the included recipe book, only it has a lot more included, a note option, you can favorite recipes, search (and of course you can also shop for other products they make, hah). It doesn't let you control it remotely, like my silly techy husband thought it might. *L* It is SO easy to clean. The first few things I made, I only wiped the main basket with a wet paper towel, and the mess came right off. The wire racks are the trickiest part...I have a handled scrubber that I use for cleaning potatoes and carrots that works really well for flaking off all the little bits of dried fish and veggie breading. I've heard you can line them with parchment, but I've also heard it reduces airflow, so I'm not sure yet whether I want to do it. The only two beefs I have with it are that I haven't yet found a preset that matches the directions of a recipe, and the timer starts at 15 minutes by default, so I have to turn it down every. single. time. I. use. it. Preheat for 3 minutes, turn it down. Cook for 5 minutes, turn it down. I did the pickles in batches, and I don't believe it even retained the time setting between those. My other issue is that the wire baskets ride high, and if you don't nestle them into the main basket just right, they can get jammed trying to open it again. There's no grooves for the legs to rest on the bottom, and they need to be fully "connected" when it goes in, or it will get hung up on the element or the mouth of the unit...not sure which it was. Luckily, we have a long bread knife that I was able to slip in far enough and press down to release it. My advice is to only use two trays if you can. That's how I finished my pickles. ;) Also, I think multiple layers is really only best for dehydrating (like the jerky, and the apple chips my son has requested). With our burgers on the bottom last night and the zucchini fries on top, the Impossible never got "done" to my liking, and I had to swap the fry racks because the top one was brown while the one below it was still bland and mushy looking. It'll take some more experimentation (and I'm curious how it might handle beef burgers), but as cool as it is to make everything together, different foods do really seem to need different times and temps, so for as quick as this thing is, batching may be the way to go. With the pickles, I put the first batch in before I was done breading the rest, and just cycled through, dredging and breading while a batch cooked, then swapping them out for the next ones, instead of breading everything and cooking in batches. It was definitely quicker. I am considering getting a silicone pad for my countertop to set the unit and hot basket on in case the heat damages the countertop. I also removed the warning sticker from the back about keeping the unit 6 inches from the wall and wrapped it around the cord down near the plug so that I (and the kids and husband) actually *see* it when plugging it in. ;-) Long story short, I love this thing, and while it's 20 bucks cheaper for Prime Day today than when I bought it a week ago (which I THOUGHT was Prime Day, since the price had dropped a little then, too), I'm not sorry I bought it when I did, especially now that my sister has told me her toaster oven style sucks. ;)