Healthy fryers?

[SaraHarv]

Hi everyone

I'm new to the site, I have 2 children and just wondered if anyone has the fryers that are meant to be healthy, using a tea spoon of oil. Are they any good?

My mum has one and she loves it, I did see a programe that said they could sometime catch fire. Since that she has kept a small fire blanket nearby but it can't be that common just something to be aware of.

She does chips and she has done sweet potatoe in it, I've eaten them and they are lovely.

Should have said welcome to the site.

healthy fryers - surely an oxymoron?!?!

thanks, i know that's what i was thinking. But thought i might be a good why to treat the kids to chips where i regulate the oil.

I have one - Tefal Actifry and it is good. Chips aren't as nice as deep fried ones but are better than oven chips.

But this is the second one we have had as the first one caught on fire and was replaced by John Lewis.
Luckily my dh was in the kitchen when it happened and put the fire out quickly - there were flames coming out of the thing and lots of black acrid smoke, so it was very dangerous.
We accepted a replacement as they wouldn't give us a refund but use it very warily now.
There is quite a bit of info on the net about this problem so I think it is fairly common and I would advise anyone never to leave their Actifry unattended.

Thanks for the tip, i've just got one off of a site i found somuchcheaper, so at least i've saved some money on it. I'll let you know how i get on when it arrives!