Fat fryers vs Air fryers

I am learning so much, have never heard of mist oil

You can use a mist oil. Either bought or do your own, works great and less calories.

I had one when they were new to the market and I was very unimpressed with it ,it ended up at the tip.I have a deep fat fryer that gives good results so I'll stick with it.If anyone has a new air fryer and they work better I'd be interested in hearing about them

I love chips cooked in dripping or lard but my tummy doesn't

Anniebach, so it would appear, about a tablespoonful is all you need. (Or one of those oil spray thingies)
CherryHatrick, thing is, I live in Spain. Beef dripping or any other kind of dripping is not available. Either you fry with oil or you can fry with oil if you see what I mean. Lard is not easy to get either. I quite like oil fried foods, but i do know that it aint great for my health.

So they don't need fats?

Air fryers make amazing roast potatoes and wedges.

Lialou I find it much easier to bang a solid block of beef dripping out of my chip pan than to mess about with a litre or so of gunky oil!

Daddima, if my fryer hadnt broken I would have happily kept going with my unhealthy chips, but seeing as I need to do something about it (I dont mind chip pans, but a fryer is less hassle - I am out of the house from 7.30 AM to 9.PM most days, anything to make my life easier and involving less cleaning is fine by me) I might as well see what is on offer
Mother Hubbard, sounds interesting, I would certainly be going for a bigger one as i still have two kids at home.

We bought an air fryer a couple of months ago and use it almost every day, not just for chips but anything that you would normally grill, fry or oven cook -chicken portions, fish fillets etc. Also cooks frozen food brilliantly without any added fat. Does potato wedges and chips well if sprayed with a little oil first but most of the time no fat is needed and any in the food drains thru the food basket. Ours is small, but just big enough for two, think larger family models are available.

I have heard excellent reviews of an air fryer, but I’m still happy with the old fashioned chip pan and the twice fried chips ( in beef dripping!)

I plead ignorance. What is an air fryer? It sounds like a contradiction in terms.

DH bought an air fryer about 2 years ago. It's still in its box!

Never heard of an air fryer , interested

Ooooo chips!

Must add that chips are a rare treat in our house.

You mean there's another way to cook chips except twice fried in lard? (my way)
I think you'll find there isn't.