The fryer has an appealing form. The manual is easy to understand. The first start-up succeed without obstacles. For me as a stand-alone an ideal thing. I also wanted to make proper fries, because the taste but unlike in the oven, although the latter are healthier. That the fryer has no automatic shutdown or an alarm clock, did not bother me, because it in the kitchen are always for these purposes an alarm clock. Must keep good one, too, that the fryer is very reasonably priced!