GoWISE 5-Quart Air Fryer with 8 Cook Presets

What I like: The things I've cooked in it so far have all turned out very well. Some great chicken wings, some chips, a few other things. Haven't given it a great workout yet, but so far, so good. EDIT: I've cooked a number of other items now: It's a great way to cook bacon with less grease in the finished product and no spatters on the stovetop. Meatballs, carnitas, zucchini fries, roasted broccoli and a number of other items were all great. The simple controls for adjusting temperature and time. All the pre-sets may or may not be useful; unless you know what temp/time your recipe calls for, just pushing a button for "chicken" when it could be whole game hen or a few wings isn't particularly useful. The ease of removing the basket. It seems to work pretty smoothly and is a good shape and has a good handle for giving the contents a shake. The drip pan and basket are both easy to clean. I haven't seen any reason to buy parchment liners for it and create more waste. The relatively small footprint. This doesn't take up a ton of counter-space and is pretty sleek and inconspicuous. It's also light-weight and easy to stash in a cupboard when not in use. What I don't like: Chemical smell. There was a strong chemical smell on opening the box. I carefully followed the instructions to heat up the unit, empty, to burn off any residues from the manufacturing process, but that was not enough to completely get rid of the smell. After several uses, I can still smell it, even though it does not seem to affect the taste and smell of the food. But it is a bit unpleasant, and for the many people who think "chemicals" is a dirty word, it might be a worry. EDIT: It appears this smell came from the gap between the handle and the basket, i.e., not near the food, was very mild after a half-dozen uses, and is continuing to dissipate. I don't see any reason to worry about it. The included recipe book is pretty bad. Some recipes list a number of ingredients and then neglect to tell you what to do with half of them. The instructions are unclear on some of them, or steps seem to be omitted. One of them tells you to cook at 450 degrees, but the air fryer doesn't go above 400 degrees. Others don't seem to give the correct cooking times for the type of food involved. No preheating function. A lot of the recipes in the included book (or online) call for "pre-heating" the fryer, but there's no way to know when that has happened. The controls don't offer a preheat option and if there's some way to know from them when the fryer is preheated to the correct temperature, I can't figure it out. Tops out at 400 degrees. There are many things I would cook in my oven at higher temperatures than that, and I've seen recipes for air fryers that call for higher temperatures, but this unit only heats to 400. Given the circulating air, it's possible that will be OK, since the main point of the higher oven temperatures is to help dry the food so it crisps well. Certainly, the chicken wings I cooked came out tender, still juicy but also well crisped on the outside, even better than I've been able to do in a higher-temp oven. So that may not be a negative; time will tell.