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Best air fryer

From the guide: Best air fryers

Guide last checked 14 Oct 2026. 8 products recorded.

Look Into editorial pickBest for narrow worktops: Ninja Double Stack XL 9.5L (SL400UK). Two 4.75-litre drawers stacked one above the other in a body 28 cm wide, the narrowest of the eight.

Look Into editorial pickBest value two-drawer: Tefal Easy Fry Dual Zone 8.3L. The cheapest of the four two-zone picks, and the drawers are different sizes: 5.2 litres and 3.1 litres. That suits a main in the big drawer and a side in the small one.

Look Into editorial pickBiggest single basket: Tefal Easy Fry Mega 7.5L. The one for cooking one large thing. Its 7.5-litre basket is bigger than any single drawer on the two-drawer models in this guide.

Look Into editorial pickBest budget: Tower Vortx 4.2L. The cheapest to run of the eight. A single 4.2-litre basket and a 1,400-watt rating, so a 20-minute cook at full power costs 12.3p at the October 2026 cap.

Awards are editorial picks from desk research. Look Into has not handled or tested these products.

Look Into research on this

Article: Cheapest way to cook UK 2026: microwave vs air fryer vs oven vs slow cooker
Head-to-head: Ninja Dual Zone AF300UK vs Philips 3000 Dual Basket: which costs less?
Head-to-head: Ninja AF300UK vs Tefal Easy Fry Dual Zone: which costs less?
Head-to-head: Tower Vortx 4.2L vs Ninja AF140UK: which air fryer costs less?
Buying guide: Best air fryer liners UK 2026: 3.7p a use, and the 81-use payback

How to read this: Recorded from a published sourceManufacturer figureCalculated estimateLook Into editorial pickLive Amazon priceNot recorded
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Where the figures come from

Product records live in the product database, each traced to a live buying guide. Appliance-type figures come from the dataset behind the UK Running Cost Index, with the source of every wattage named. Electricity is priced at the current Ofgem price cap unit rate. Prices are live Amazon prices read when the page loads. As an Amazon Associate, Look Into earns from qualifying purchases; commission never decides a pick.