Living in an apartment with small kitchen is sometimes a nightmare when it comes to kitchen appliances so having a convection oven with air fryer function is great! This oven can toast, bake, broil, air fry and keep warm. You have to experiment with the air fryer at first, for example, we bought some curly fries and the instructions said to air fry to 350 degrees for 15 minutes but we didn't actually know the temperature of the air fry function, so the first time we let them for 15 minutes and the second time a little longer, both times came great, we had use the other features too without problems. I can't compare this to a "regular" air fryer though since we don't have one but I'm sure this oven will last for years since we have another Black and Decker oven and still works great!