This is my first ever air fryer. I love the fact that I can SEE the food cooking inside the unit, and it's made of glass, not some black teflon type stuff, so no worries about chemicals. The dials are simple and analog. There are no beeping sounds, just a ticking timer, the soft fan noise, and a gentle "ding" like an old-fashioned kitchen timer when it's done. The "grabber" it comes with for removing the racks or basket was a little tricky to maneuver at first, but now that I'm used to it, I also use it to remove the round cake pan I sometimes use for cooking more liquidy foods. 2-layer cooking is good if you want to cook a lot at once, and the self-cleaning setting is a cool "extra." It doesn't use overmuch power and I can even use it on the same circuit as my instant pot, at the same time. It's fun to watch the halogen light glow over the food, like some kind of movie theater popcorn machine. I use it to toast bread, bake cinnamon rolls, toast nuts, dry-"boil" eggs, bake potatoes, cook okra...pretty much everything but make soup or chili, or boil water.
