Dash Fresh Pop Popcorn Maker – Oil-Free, Air Popcorn Popper – With Measuring Cup & Recipe Guide – Perfect for Movie Nights – 16 Cups, Aqua

Stop looking and buy it.
Holy cow! This thing works great! From the box to hot popcorn in under 5 minutes! Just dump corn in and boom.. done. Easy set up, easy clean up! Love it! We bought it for my elderly father in law who wanted to make his own snacks but also needed the process to be simple.. one button operation. Prefect!

Clear Winner!
Bought this in 2020, and 5 years later it’s my favorite!Be careful of the clear plastic lid part, hand wash only and it can break, but even with mine *slightly* broken from user error, it still pops perfectly! Almost every single kernel is popped every time and produces fluffy kernels. In the picture, the white bowl is air popped with this popper, and the clear bowl is made with Dash’s stirring popper, and I think there’s an obvious winner!The stirrer left so many kernels unpopped and didn’t perform like the air popper!

Makes good popcorn; quite hard to put the cover on
Update after fighting with the cover for one year: I finally duct taped the cover permanently to the base. Problem solved, but the design of the cover is ridiculous.Update after two months of use: I’m taking off one star because it’s very difficult to put the cover on the popper. It’s held on by 3 minuscule tabs that go into tiny slots. If the cover is out of shape in any way, the 3 tabs won’t line up with the slots. With time, as the cover heats up and cools down, it can change shape. To counteract this, don’t remove the cover until it has cooled. But actually, I had this problem with lining up the tabs from the beginning. Don’t force them—they are very thin and could easily break. Very poor design! Dealbreaker? No, because there’s nothing better at this price.UPDATE after one month of frequent use: This popper always leaves a circle of unpopped kernels about 1.5″ in diameter in the bottom—the exact size of the grill in the bottom. I think this is because when there are no kernels above it, the remaining ones don’t sit on or near the grill long enough to get hot enough to pop. I think this is a flaw but not a deal breaker. Another small design flaw is that the on/off switch is located on the “back” of the popper where you can’t see it. If you’re right handed, you will turn the popper so that the exit chute faces right and the bowl is on your right. This places the on/off button on the back of the popper.ORIGINAL 4-STAR REVIEW: I’ve only used this once and it worked fine. The popcorn came out nice and fluffy, aided by the air vents that allow steam to escape so the popcorn doesn’t get soggy. Compared to my last popper, this one is slower to begin popping. The whole process took about 4 minutes, which is reasonable. I put in one-half of the measuring cup, and about 15 kernels failed to pop. That’s reasonable too. These results—slow start and percentage of unpopped kernels—are consistent with reports by professional reviewers that rank it about #2 in air poppers. The price ($20) is reasonable for this product. I like that it has an on/off switch instead of having to unplug it to turn it off. The question is, how long will it last? My last popper lasted 30 years until I accidentally poured oil in it. The directions state to not let this popper run for more than 5 minutes, a hint that it could overheat.

Works as expected-
Like other air poppers I’ve had, this gets very hot! Popped and unpopped kernels fly everywhere just like other air poppers. I use a foul “tent” wrapped over the top and sides of the shoot to keep kernels flowing into whatever bowl I use. I wish that it had a feature like a flap door at the end of the shoot that directs the flow of popped kernels directly into the bowl and opens by the weight of popped kernels. I’ll keep using my DIY foil tent! I like the off/on power switch. I might make a silicone “tent” shoot from a long silicone mitt. This appliance works as well as any other that I’ve had over the years. I like that it’s a bit more compact.

Good productMust buy

Excelente compraSe necesita un bowl grande porque salen volando las palomitas y se pueden llegar a caer pero he notado que mientras más maíz uses (siempre cuidando de no pasar la cantidad máxima) esto pasa menosActualización casi 3 años después, si te gustan las palomitas es la mejor inversión que puedes hacer, la uso mucho, no me ha dado problemas, hay que tener los cuidados de limpieza y todo pero no es nada difícil de mantener en buen estado