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Product Description
The Air Crazy corn popper makes popcorn the healthy way using hot air and no oil
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
120 of 128 people found the following review helpful
By Wesley
Amazon Verified Purchase
I do not use this machine to pop popcorn. I only use this to roast coffee...AND it does a great job. The hot air vents are on the side where the coffee is roasted, so it spins around. It has the same hot air vents as the popular West Bend Poppery II. This popper is 1040 watts compared to the Poppery II 1200 watts. BUT it is still enough to achieve a nice dark roast if desired. Because of the less wattage, you have to use a little less green coffee beans. Normally I use a half cup of green coffee beans with my Poppery II...with this one I use a little less than a half cup. It achieves a full city roast in about 7 minutes. Unlike the Poppery II, the plastic sides get very hot and you will have to use oven mitts to dump the roasted coffee in the cooling pan. I bought 2 of these so I could use one while the other is cooling in front of a fan...it makes it go a lot quicker. If you want to try to get into roasting coffee, this is a good inexpensive way to do it. Get your green coffee beans from either Coffee Bean Direct OR Sweet Maria's online. I suggest to try beans from Sumatra, Kenya, Costa Rica, and/or Guatemala.
56 of 58 people found the following review helpful
By P. Chen
My family wanted to try healthier non-microwave popcorn, but we weren't terribly impressed with the ones at our local Walmart and Target. As you see from the reviews for the Pop-Lite, that one has no on/off switch, whereas this one does!
I actually stumbled on this at Marshalls for $19.99 and liked the look much better! We have only popped with it once so far, but it popped all but 4 kernels out of a 1/3 cup unpopped kernels. Fed my family of 4 well for a snack with a little melted butter and salt. Did not use the butter melter option on the machine. Just used the microwave to melt the butter- easier clean up and less concern about ruining a necessary part of the popper.
Popcorn does come out blazing hot and with continued spiral force from the popping, but it is all ok, kids thought it was a great show. So far, I am just as happy as the 300+ people who commented on the Pop-lite, and probably happier because I have an on/off switch.
I actually stumbled on this at Marshalls for $19.99 and liked the look much better! We have only popped with it once so far, but it popped all but 4 kernels out of a 1/3 cup unpopped kernels. Fed my family of 4 well for a snack with a little melted butter and salt. Did not use the butter melter option on the machine. Just used the microwave to melt the butter- easier clean up and less concern about ruining a necessary part of the popper.
Popcorn does come out blazing hot and with continued spiral force from the popping, but it is all ok, kids thought it was a great show. So far, I am just as happy as the 300+ people who commented on the Pop-lite, and probably happier because I have an on/off switch.
45 of 47 people found the following review helpful
By Gil Dror
Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a very nice looking Corn Popper until you actually use it. First I'd say this popper only "pops" 80% of the corn you put in it (the rest will simply get thrown into the bowl as is), second, while the popping occurs, you might want to stand back as the corn is flying out of this thing and will go all over your kitchen. They must have designed it to be used with a special bowl that I don't have and the result is a mess ... literally.
Once you get over all of that, the popcorn is eatable.
Once you get over all of that, the popcorn is eatable.
27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
This popper is horrible. I had to send it back! The kernels just shot out all over the place!!! The base got so hot it shut off by itself!!! There was na terrible burning smell!!! I unplugged and sent it back!!! This is a fire hazzard mess. It seems like there is not enough pressure popping the corn. Extreme dangerous heat in base.... Beware.... Amazon is great though, I was issued a refund within a week. Free shipping both ways, so no complaint there.
23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
By R. Voskuil
Amazon Verified Purchase
This popper worked fine for the first few uses but on about the third use it emitted a puff of smoke and quit. Now the company wants me to pay the postage to send it in--that is not worth the time and effort. This "made in China" popper is just junk. I do not recommend this product at all.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By M. Dalton
PROS:
-on off stitch
-cord wind up on bottom
-butter melting tray
CONS:
-won't spit the popcorn out of it so it burns, air motor is to weak
-clear plastic top does not snap on, it just sits there and can easily be bumped off.
It's a popcorn popper; how complicated could it be to remake a design that has been around for as long as I can remember. It seams they have huge air motor problems. Half the people say it blows to hard and shoots the popcorn all over where the other half, like mine say it isn't strong enough to spit the popcorn out. I am not expecting a miracle just something that works.
-on off stitch
-cord wind up on bottom
-butter melting tray
CONS:
-won't spit the popcorn out of it so it burns, air motor is to weak
-clear plastic top does not snap on, it just sits there and can easily be bumped off.
It's a popcorn popper; how complicated could it be to remake a design that has been around for as long as I can remember. It seams they have huge air motor problems. Half the people say it blows to hard and shoots the popcorn all over where the other half, like mine say it isn't strong enough to spit the popcorn out. I am not expecting a miracle just something that works.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By MomofTwo
Amazon Verified Purchase
My old West Bend air popcorn popper lasted 16 years, before my son knocked it off the table and cracked the housing unit. I was excited to see that West Bend was releasing a new model in red, which would match my other appliances. I waited an extra few weeks for the new model, instead of purchasing the less attractive, albeit highly rated, Poplite. The Air Crazy was as pretty as I hoped, but on the first use, the fan sounded a little weak and unsteady compared to my last one. Then on the fifth use, the mechanism that circulates the popcorn and blows it out of the machine stopped working. Perhaps I just got a lemon, but I am returning this one and opting for a poplite this time.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Claire
When I bought this popper and plugged it in for the first time, it started smoking within 5 seconds so I turned it off and read the instructions which said, "A small amount of smoke and/or odor may occur upon heating..." With this in mind I decided to try it again and after 10 seconds it started producing copious amounts of stinky black smoke so I hurriedly put it outside where I then noticed it was on fire. I am mostly shocked at how quickly this appliance caught fire, if I hadn't been paying such close attention it could have ended very badly!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Popcorn popped perfectly!
This product works exactly as described. It's fast and mess-free. And I'm saving money and eating healthier by not buying microwave popcorn. Love it!
Published 6 days ago by Janis L. Romancik
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not Efficacious
Poorly designed, doesn't do what it is supposed to do very well. It doesn't pop about 1/4 or the kernels. They ride out into the bowl with the popped corn. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Matthew G. Hargrove
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great item
Nice item, purchased as a gift. I believe it is getting lots of use and is being enjoyed by owners.
Published 18 days ago by Karen Rogers
5.0 out of 5 stars
my new coffee roaster!
I bought this on a referral from a home coffee roasting website. It works great and is very easy to maintain. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Margaret L. Radtke
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nice paper weight.
I have used this popcorn maker about 10 times and have decided to buy a new one, this one is worthless.
Positive. Read more
Positive. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Brass Guppy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect for roasting coffee
I researched the best popper to use for roasting coffee, and this model was listed on SweetMarias.com as a good model. Read more
Published 25 days ago by Teknurd
1.0 out of 5 stars
Awful
I'm shopping for a new popcorn maker after having this one for 6 months. It started out OK but has gotten progressively worse. It's loud and not very quick. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Phyllis
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for Home roasting
So there I was getting my ass handed to me on eBay trying to score the 1500w version of this popper (the original). Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. B
3.0 out of 5 stars
Noisy
It has been years since i popped popcorn in one of these. I don’t recall them being this noisy or of low quality. But what in this country is built with quality anymore. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lee
1.0 out of 5 stars
Really?
I can't believe a company lets something like this go to market.
Wear goggles and oven mitts. Construct a safety net around the machine and the bowl. Read more
Wear goggles and oven mitts. Construct a safety net around the machine and the bowl. Read more
Published 1 month ago by dingo
