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| Tefal ActiFry Low Fat Electric Fryer | 
 enlarge | Brand: Tefal
Category: Kitchen
List Price: £159.99
Buy New: £119.00
You Save: £40.99 (26%)
New (9) from £119.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 11
Media: Kitchen & Home
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 16.7 x 14.1 x 9.9
MPN: FZ700015
EAN: 3045386322015
ASIN: B000T76UOE
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Tefal Antifry very very poor July 11, 2008
9 out of 21 found this review helpful
Having recieved my Tefal Actifry I am more than disapointed! Tried chips, following the instructions and they were really nasty. I looked to see and I had the wrong type of potatoes. Tried again today with the recommeneded potatoes and they were just as bad. Two hundred and fifty grams took twenty five minutes to cook, think about the cost of your electricty!. I am now going to try to sell this machine. Do not buy the Tefal Actifry! It sounds good and healthy! However better not to have chips at all!!!
Good product with minor down-sides... July 7, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Had one of these for a couple of months. I concur with the timer being a bit quiet & the unit a bit loud, & maybe it's not as robust as I'd like BUT it makes great chips with very little fat or smell!!
So far we've mainly done chips, & sauages & branched out into making some of the recipes from the booklet, which were ok but not amazing. The bananas were good though! I freestyled a nice veg curry while the other half was out which turned out good but stained the mixing arm.
My only major complaint is that I'm getting chubby after eating several kilos of spuds in the last few weeks, but that's a lack of self control on my part :) !!
On balance I would give it 4.5 out of 5
 Chips without fried smells all over June 24, 2008
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought the Actifry for one reason alone: less oil meant less odors, and I can't stand the smell of fried oil on clothes. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. Not only does it not let out any of those horrible oil vapors that settle on everything, but it makes the horrible sight of left over oil a thing of the past.
You do need to adjust your cooking habits in order to use it effectively. For instance, it will take its time, which depending on quality and quantity can be anything from 25 to 45 minutes (I think more oil -- say 2 spoons instead of one may help speed things up a bit, but haven't tested this so don't take my word for it)
This means that instead of preparing a salad, fish or meat and then preparing the chips, with the actifry it saves time to throw the potatoes in and prepare the other dishes while it fries them. It is far more forgiving than a traditional frier with regards to the need to pay attention to it: leaving the chips in for 5 minutes longer will not result in them turning to coal. And Actifry itself will not burn your kitchen down or spill hot oil on you or your family. All this means you can concentrate on other tasks without stress while it does its thing.
A word of warning though: turn it off leaving your chips in with the lid down, even for a couple of minutes, and they will loose their crispness. You should be ready to serve them when they are done... or, just turn it off a couple of minutes early and turn it back on a couple of minutes before serving. I found re-activating the airflow for a bit will generally restore the crispness. It is for this reason that I think the timer not stopping the device when it goes off is actually a good thing. Okay they could have had it pop the lid open too, but honestly it never bothered me so far.
The great thing about the small amount of oil is that you can afford to use organic oil for frying. I used olive oil at first, but never got the right results. Edges and small sized sticks would burn by the time the rest of the chips where done. So I followed the advice in the book and used sunflower oil with very noticeable results. It doesn't taste the same, but it delivers a crispier, even, frying without burned edges. I plan to try other oils as well and perhaps mixtures (even a third of olive oil would make the edges burn -- okay, it is the healthiest of them all, but it is much more so in its raw form, best use it for salad dressings!)
I was glad to read another reviewer's comment about not peeling the potatoes. I do this too and I'll second the suggestion, you really can't tell the difference and it is much more nutritious -- do wash the potatoes *really* well though and cut out any soiled bits or abnormalities. And be very careful about the potatoes you use. Make sure they are certified to be pesticide free. Potatoes grow in the ground and absorb all the chemicals sprayed on the field, most of which stay *in* the skin. So unless you are sure they are free of such substances it's far healthier to actually peel them!
It is a bit noisy but it is only a problem if you are right next to it while trying to talk on the phone or listen to the radio. It's the only time I notice the sound it makes.
This is one of the best appliances I've ever bought, and I would highly recommend it to everyone. But we don't all like our chips the same so try to have a taste before buying.
Hold out for a better price June 23, 2008
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
It is worth noting that Amazon swing the price for this item up and down - it was 100 throughout May, allowing it to gather sales and favorable reviews at that price-point. Then, once it was established in the best-seller lists, it went up to 120 - Amazon know that a lot of people will buy because an item is popular, not realising that it became popular at a much lower price.
Now, June 23rd, it is 116. Personally, I'll buy it when it hits 100 again - either here or the other online retailers where it appears at that price from time to time.
To make this comment I was forced to make a star rating, so, I gave it 4 in order not to change the overall rating, which is currently 4 stars.
There are several online services that allow you to "watch" Amazon items and catch them when prices swing low.
tastey healthy food June 20, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
the chips are definately better than oven chips, not quite as good as deep fried though, id give them about 7 out of 10 but of course alot more healthier. chips are better thick cut although the thicker you cut them the more they come out like oven baked potato, i have also had no problems using the cheaper supermarket white potatoes as opposed to the more expensive maris pipers. i find a kilo is a plate of chip for 2 people, it wouldnt be very much for four people but this suits me ok. i also think there is no need to peel the potatoes either, this save alot of time and is healthier.
on a sidenote tefal claim any oil can be used although they endorse a certain brand of olive oil throughout the instruction book and ive read the american version said not to use olive oil which would make more sense as it burns at lower temperature as youll see if you shallow fry with olive oil.
the recipe book is hit and miss, ive tried about 10 recipes, some are just too eleborate, the chicken and pineapple wasnt very nice and the mixed vegetables had far too much stock in which didnt thinken so it was very watery, and again not very nice. meat cooks nicely in it just like chips, tender on the inside and cooked evenly on the outside, fruit (stawberries, apple setc) is also nice but not really any different to baking them in the oven just more convienient.
overall im glad i have the actifry despite its plasticey build and relative high price as it can cook other things well apart from chips. its good that things like this are being developed to help make health eating easier with the busy lives we have.
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