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I have an Instant Omni Pro 19L Oven Style Air Fryer and I love it, I couldn't imagine trying to live with a bucket style air fryer, so I'd go for the Chefman without a seconds thought
My first air fryer was the Instant Omni Pro (the same company that makes Instant Pot). I do **not** recommend it. It worked for me the first couple of years, and then the touch controls stopped working. After researching, it seems to be a very common problem with the oven. I had to trash it, and I got a Ninja Flip model air fryer, which is **much better**. It takes up less space, is faster, quieter, and just an overall better experience. But it is considerably more expensive than this Black & Decker model. I cannot speak to the B&D one as I never used one. For me, I use the air fryer fairly often, so it was worth investing a little more money in it (and I got it when it was on sale).
I have an Instant Pot one; it was the highest end one at the time. I hate it. It's just a bit too narrow (like, 0.25") for half of baking pans due to how they designed it, the racks crash off if there's more than toast on them and you pull them out even a couple of inches, and the panel stopped working about a week after the warranty ended. I've regretted the choice since we got it, and it's only gotten worse. I also have an actual Instant Pot (pressure cooker), and love it. I think it's another case of the brand name meaning nothing if you venture outside their area of expertise.
I really like my ninja flexdrawer I got a few months ago (I got the smaller version - 6.6Litre because the big one was HUGE and I didn't have the bench space for that monstrosity!). It's been great for us (family of three) and I like the versatility of being able to just use half the drawer for eg a handful of chicken nuggets for my kid or both sides for eg a big slab of pork belly. What I love the most though is the easy clean up - the entire drawer can just go in the dishwasher and you're done. We previously had an oven style (instapot brand I think). That maybe had a bit more versatility for our circumstances at the time (temporary kitchen with no actual oven) but cleaning it well was impossible so that alone would put me off recommending it. Edited to add the 6.6l flexdrawer would probably be big enough to cook a mostly complete meal for 2 people - eg a 2 person roast dinner in the full drawer or a protein in one side and a veg in the other side (maybe add some rice or something cooked with another method). Depends really on how you cook and eat - for dinners I tend to mostly use it for sides (eg roast potatoes and roasted broccoli etc) and cook my protein on the stove top or cook the protein in the full drawer and serve a salad on the side. I like the flexibility that you can have different cooking times and methods for each side so you can cook salmon fillets and roast potatoes all set at once but they each come out perfectly cooked.
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