Rating: - Hot Air Popper by Prest
It was a great value; but, has no on/off button and must be plugged in to pop. That was a drag at our gathering as we had few electrical outlets available...otherwise was great..
Rating: - Does what its supposed to do
My little girls love to watch the popcorn popping and coming out of the shoot. Make sure you have a tall enough bowl.
Rating: - Presto 04820 PopLite Hot Air Corn Popper shoots popcorn everywhere
I used to have a small. inexpensive model that shot popcorn through a smaller channel that left everything in the bowl. All the reviewers were correct about this one shooting popcorn everywhere due to the force of the popping and the width of the spout. But there isn't really a decent alternative, so just use a large bowl, put it on the kitchen counter and aim it toward the wall, guide it by keeping something at the sides or putting a kitchen towel over it while it is operating, and don't overfill the chamber.
Rating: - Great Product!
The corn popper is great! So much quicker and healthier than popping corn with oil. I had one that I had been using for years and was delighted when I found this replacement for my tired old corn popper.
Rating: - Makes great tasting healthy popcorn
I admit I got sucked into the convenience mode and had been eating microwave popcorn for a while. I had forgotten what really good popcorn tastes like. The air-popped popcorn comes out light and fluffy and really helps to appreciate the true "corn" flavor. I have not had any problems with any appreciable number of unpopped kernels. Definitely far less unpopped kernels than from the microwave bags. I was always prone to overcooking and burning my popcorn in the microwave, anyway. Virtually no mess to clean, either.
The one drawback to air-popped in general is that it creates a large amount of noise in the process. I feel like I am near a jet engine. But then again, most of my other kitchen appliance make a lot of noise - my blender, my juicer, my mixer, etc.
I am not sure if this is a common trait of all poppers, but there is no on/off switch. Once you plug it in, it starts cranking and the only way to turn it off is to unplug it - strange.
- Hot Air Popper by Prest
- Does what its supposed to do
- Makes great tasting healthy popcorn