I had heard air poppers had improved since they first came out, 30/40 years ago.  I guess.  My memories are they were loud (ok, that comes with the territory) and a lot of kernels would not pop.  I was correct.  A ton of wasted kernels.  This will get you some low fat popcorn, so it's servable for that purpose.  Can't necessarily say it is the brand, but the product itself since it doesn't seem to have changed much from years ago.