Manual or Digital Air Fryers?
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Looking for advice which is better?Also which size is better only cooking for one or two people?Thanks
Don't know the difference but would definitely advise anyone to get an air frier I never use oven or grill anymore
Imnotcheap My sister has an air fryer that's dual (two baskets) and, man, all those touch screen controls are confusing. She better get used to it.
A manual air fryer has physical buttons and easier to understand than a digital.
Example:
My old air fryer a Philips model just had a mechanical timer and rotary heat control and to be perfectly honest that is all I needed. The replacement has loads of features I don't need and I just set the timer and heat lever digitally but can't see the benefit. The only necessary extra control it has is the rotisserie motor control. The old Philips air fryer was far more intuitive. My mother has a Medion microwave and its the least intuitive device I have come across. The way you set it seems illogical. It's just a generic Chinese microwave that Medion has slapped its brand on.
BonzoBanana The Uten Air Fryer I bought from Amazon (2-3 years ago, I guess) is easy to work with and no touchscreen controls (don't like them too much everywhere).
I've never read of an air fryer having a faulty touchscreen, but it's possible and that means the customer will need to get it replaced or buy a new one, whereas with a manual the buttons are physically there.
The one place I definitely don't want a touchscreen is on a car radio, I prefer to feel the buttons with my fingers and change the track or lower the volume. If with a touchscreen, the fingers can't recognize it as it's just a screen.
PhilipMarc Mine is a Uten as well. It's got one large knob that does both time and power in sequence but I think I have to use the touch screen to turn the oven on and also operate the rotisserie feature. The touchscreen is full of controls I never bother with. My mother has a similar air fryer which only has a touch screen it looks like a cosmetic variation of mine coming from the same factory but a different brand. The model she has completely relies on the touch screen but hers has a higher temperature than mine. Mine goes up to 200 degrees although defaults to 190 when you turn it on but her near identical model goes to 220 degrees. 190 is the safest temperature anyway as it doesn't burn olive oil I think so tend to use that.
BonzoBanana Mine doesn't have touchscreen, just shows the ideal cooking time for different meals. I ordered the air fryer thinking it'd have touchscreen controls, but I'm glad it doesn't.
I have a dual basket air fryer and it's digital, I find it quick and easy to use no problem. It's a 7.6l capacity and find it is big enough for two people, for a bigger family I would go for a bigger capacity though.
I own a digital 11 L and Its perfect for two people. With digital you can control the temp better than a manual one. I can cook a 1.3kg Chicken In mine on the rotisserie spit. Lovely when Its done which takes 55 min. I got the Tower T17039 Xpress Pro 5-in-1 Digital Air Fryer Oven with Rapid Air Circulation, 60-Minute Timer, 11L, 2000W, Black. Its currently £68.67 on Amazon right now and I use It everyday.
www.amazon.co.uk/Tower-T17039-Rotisserie-Circulation-Technology/dp/B07WZVCRLM?th=1
I have a ninja mega zone air fryer, has multi function use (baking etc) and use it quite often. Usually googling or looking in book to cook the right temp or just guess! Pretty much cook everything in it apart from pizza or faggots lol.
We have 2 dual basket 9L digital airfryers. We have the large basket to go into one of them so we can cook more in it. There are only 3 of us but we use them when we have people over for dinner and at Christmas time. Get the biggest one that you can afford.
I have a digital one, and I only ever use the same program 
I don't think it really matters which version you get but get a bigger size than you think you need. I'm a one person and I've got a 5l. I didn't think my smaller one cooked things evenly
I have a Cosori Pro LE 4.7 litre Air Fryer.This is easy to use and has a recipe book which helps when you first start using the air fyer. I am a new user but getting on well with doing simple things like chips.This greatly reduces the time and expense of traditional oven cooked chips.
Lots of different designs for air fryers nowadays, my original was a single basket but my current one is basically a small oven with shelves plus the option to use a rotating basket for chips etc. I prefer the oven style air fryers now just because I prefer the classic oven layout but I was fine with the original Philips basket type air fryer. The only thing annoying about the basket style is you can't cook food that expects to sit on a shelf like pizza, quiche, processed food in its own cooking tray etc.
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