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Poor design overall and LOUD
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This review is for the Instant Omni Plus Air Fryer Toaster Oven 11 in 1 / 26L:
It's like buying a cheap car with the interior of a Ferrari. Oven is super light for the size. My last smaller toaster over was heavier. The good thing is the community for instapot items is there and finding different recipes is easy online. The owners manual is a joke. You will need to watch videos online on how to use it which are easy to find. Grab a notebook and clear 40 minutes out of your schedule.
The biggest issues are the large gap around the door and the NOISE. Makes this quite energy IN-efficient. Also leads to the back getting warmer and cooking faster than the front. Plan on rotating your dinner. The build quality is poor for the price. Think of a $65 toaster oven with a few bells like the air fry/convection option and the LCD and your at maybe $150. The metal is cheap there are screws all over on the inside cooking area, the air frying basket is super cheap ( order a different better quality one right away ) and the drip pan is one ding away from losing its' paper thin coating. The rack however is of good quality.
The convection fan design is very poor. You like the sound of a car with a bad muffler in your kitchen then this is the oven for you. One plus is you can set it to high or low. Low isn't as bad.
The lcd just reads OFF 24/7 instead of just turning off. Would a clock cost too much in programming?
This oven will suck a LOT of power so you will need a dedicated outlet for it. Great that it comes up to temp quickly but bad if your just doing some toast or are limited for outlet options in the kitchen.
Another bad point is I have put it on 5 20 minute "Burn in" runs at 350 - 450 and it still smells like a chemical factory. Just put it on another. This is day two and let it sit overnight with the door open to help. Unless you like chemical broccoli and cheese then expect to spend 2 hours running this thing to get the odor out.
Insta if your reading this I just want a semi-durable medium sized air frying convection oven with a nice LCD. Ideally one that doesn't sound like a low flying crop duster in the kitchen. I don't mind spending $250/300 if I know its going to last several years. This one I give it two at the most based on the build quality.
My advice would be buy the extended warranty because your going to get your $$$'s worth out of it. It's like they designed a really good product then found the absolute cheapest factory and parts to build it. I get your trying to turn a profit but you can still make a good item and make money.
October 2020 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase