Cheapest price since Black Friday $275. Amazon are price matching Bing Lee.
XXL Model, 1.4kg capacity.
CamelCamelCamel.
Yep just purchased, wonder if they will honour it.
Shame about the $20 delivery. No Bing Lees in QLD.
Where can you see the buds? I added to cart for both ebay and bing lee, but I can't see them
Looks like it was fixed now, might have been a site glitch for a bit.
Would definitely have bought if it came with bonus buds. I wonder if it will get honoured by Bing Lee for anyone.
Ok definitely not buying now lol
After seeing that will never leave the air fryer alone regardless of what brand.
I usually leave air fryer on by itself to heat up garlic bread while I take a short trip to pickup pizza.
Lesson learnt
I usually leave air fryer on by itself to heat up garlic bread while I take a short trip to pickup pizza.
…wow.
Well, I used to repair electrical appliances, and after the absolutely dreadful "quality control" I've seen in Chinese appliances, I don't trust ANYTHING left with the power point switch turned on without me there standing in front of it, even just on standby.
Just one example: more than once I've seen missing insulation, and/or loose screws on the active and neutral electrical wires which are a couple of mm from each other in terminal blocks. Most times this kind of thing will trip a fuse if the wires touch. But various other things can go wrong that don't trip a fuse, like creating high resistance, meaning the thing doesn't turn off but builds up high heat, causing plastic kettles/toasters/etc to melt until they burn through the old kitchen bench laminate making fumes that knock out the people sleeping, finally burning their house down with them unable to wake up.
I heard a firefighter interviewed years ago who said two major causes of house fires are heaters and toasters, and during the investigation many toasters were found to not be turned on! I've never figured this one out, because anyone electrically-minded will know this makes zero sense. The only answer I can come up with is maybe he meant they were plugged in, turned on, but the toast wasn't actually down and he just described it poorly. i.e. They probably had an electrical fault - like those loose wires/broken or missing insulation I've seen in Chinese appliances and it caused them to melt/burn.
The number of fan heaters I've seen melt their plugs or the power point they're plugged into is amazing.
In other words… At the very least, turn EVERY appliance OFF at the power point when you're not actually standing there in front of it using it, and completely unplugged is safest. This includes TVs, DVD players, stereos - literally go through the house and turn everything off and/or unplug it, and make sure everyone understands and learns the habit of plugging things in to use, back out when done.
The only four things I leave physically plugged in are the freezer & fridge (for obvious reasons), the air conditioner (because it turns on via a remote), and my laptop power supply (which I'm uncomfortable about, but it downloads torrents 24/7). Even the washing machine, clothes drier, and microwave are all physically removed from the power point when not being used. I even turn the cordless kettle base off at the power point (the type where the kettle sits on a corded base that is off until you flip down the switch on the kettle itself - because I've seen many faulty power switches which start to crackle, get hot, then melt causing wires to touch). AND… for appliances that cannot be turned off like fridges/freezers/air conditioners/etc… never, ever, ever buy Chinese made no matter how good the price (like the cheap crap driers/freezers/etc Aldi infrequently sells). I'd rather pay 7x the price for a few appliances than risk being in the tiny unlucky percentage of husbands/fathers whose family burned in a death sleep because I wasn't home that day to notice something wasn't unplugged.
I do this because of what I've personally seen after taking appliances apart (which most people never will, wouldn't recognise if they did, and therefore are completely unaware of), and because of China's ingrained indifference of the value of human life, the majority of assembly line employees have zero concept of electrical safety. They do one job and are required to do it FAST or lose the job, and thus they churn stuff out so fast there's little chance of them understanding (let alone culturally caring) why: "This MUST be done that way so take a few seconds on this one to do it right." Then there's their ingrained "cultural" view, "If you can cheat, then cheat." i.e. They cheap-out on every possible item. If they can save 2 cents per unit by omitting UV stablisers meaning a plastic kettle power switch becomes brittle and breaks from the sunshine streaming through a kitchen window - that's a desirable bonus in their book.
Mistakes still happen with all manufacturers of course. But we literally gamble with our and our children's lives when we automatically "trust" an appliance without thinking just because it has some 1 cent screenprinted approval sticker on the back, made by people in a country who only become "concerned" about quality control after killing someone meant lost $$$ rather than any genuine compassion or duty of care. (People have their knickers in a twist atm, talking of ways to boycott Russia. Well how about boycotting the ongoing landfill creator of the planet.)
Great post. If youve ever been to china its literally every person for themselves, they just dont care about people, only money. They put toxic chemicals in their own baby formula ffs.
Is there an air fryer not made in China?
@plague69: If you we're asking me directly, I'm not sure, but I was more referring to leaving appliances plugged in when not being used. I'd probably add to that the suggestion if people cannot retrain themselves and their families to do that, then maybe consider buying more well known brands. They can be poorly made too of course, but at least you have some chance they've demanded a higher level of or more consistent quality control from the Chinese factories, due to having some kind of reputation to lose.
Can anyone comment on this vs the Instant Pot Vortex Plus Air Fryer Oven, Stainless Steel, 10L Silver cooking wise ?
Stupid how they show a rotisserie basket in the pictures but never with any food
Looks good though, I'd go for the instant pot over Phillips, especially if it's mainly stainless steel cooking surfaces.
Hopefully drops to $189 again, was that low less than a month ago
The Instant Pot just dropped back down to $189 on Amazon.
We bought the Instant Pot Vortex Plus at its bonkers low price above after getting the Phillips XXL as some friends had told me that the former's design was easier to clean - no need to clean a basket, just change the racks. I tried to sell my relative on it and he said "won't I have to clean the inside like I do a normal oven"? Good point. The IP was also much bigger in terms of footprint, so back it went without ever firing its fan in anger.
So can't compare cooking, but I'm curious to know what peoples' experience is with the IP vortex Plus style in terms of cleaning.
Can't comment on the instant pot, but have this. Swapped it out from the entry level Phillips, it's much louder, but most frustrating is that it has 4 parts to it, which makes cleaning much more annoying.
Our last one had the basket, and the base, both super easy to clean. This one is dreadful
Bought this air fryer 4 years ago. Still going strong. The numbers have all worn off after a few months since new, must be the heat plus poor quality printing of the numbers.
Covering the numbers with nail varnish on this model is part of Ozbargain lore.
Are there any deals on clear nail varnish?
Covering the numbers with nail varnish on this model is part of Ozbargain lore.
I'm not sure if this is a joke?
Good thing nail varnish isn’t flammable!
umm For a $279 Air Fryer, I would expect far better than that, I am surprised. My Kogan one is still going strong after a year or so of use and i use it every day. No numnbers wearing off or any other issues. And It was around $90.
Yeah cleaning products, even just mild detergent, can remove the screenprinting on plastic appliances. The film of oil (that maybe breaks down oil-based paints!?) present in the air from cooking in a kitchen probably doesn't help either. I've accidentally removed the screenprinting from several bread machines by simply trying to clean/wipe the film of oil off.
Best air fryer available?
No. That would be digital version with auto cooking.
Lol auto cooking, I see. Much more expensive? This model is the one that is normally posted on ozbargain yeah?
Edit: I saw the black digital one, looks cool, but so expensive.
What the hell does 1.4kg capacity mean? What is the actual volume?
Volume seems to be 7-8L, somewhere in between
Has been down to $224 in the past according to camelx3
Can some one please help me understand benefit of this over say the one from Target like this one I've got?
https://www.target.com.au/p/bellini-digital-air-fryer-btaf19…
go with the reputable brand instead of double dragon or beaming pagoda
Well apart from things like the cheaper ones having smaller capacity, read my large post further up the page.
Well I've had this Target one for over 2 years and it seems to be cooking our chips and heating up my KFC just fine. Tried cooking a chop using its default setting yesterday and it overcooked. I wasn't watching it closely so feel that's on me for not taking it out sooner.
Otherwise when not using I turn appliances off at the wall so don't feel risk of unattended fire is as high.
Just wondered from a cooking perspective I would notice/get more benefit from spending more $$$
This one is difficut to wash and clean as there are so many configurations and baskets and inserts
whereas Tefal is a lot more simplified to clean and wash - you can only handwash
I just put mine in the dishwasher, easy as. Says it’s dishwasher safe.
Both Phillips and Tefal are dishwasher safe - one of their big advantages over say, Ninja where you can only dishwasher the rack but not the basket.
Coles has a Thompson air fryer like this for $89 and includes a rotisserie.
1600 - 1800w (so getting close to just using a normal oven @2100 - 2700w).
Had one of these, when it karked it after a couple of years. Got a kogan branded air fryer, the only difference being that it was 40% of the price of the phillips and much easier to clean.
Only if we studied chemistry well should avoid it.
If you add the Bing Lee direct listing to cart, it's $251.10 because of Afterpay Day :)
Plus also, it comes with free Bonus Galaxy Buds2 in the cart??