We only had a small, 2 qt basket fryer before this one. Touch controls can be a little fidgety at first and the tone played on button press is quite unnecessarily loud. But hooooooo boy do we adore this thing. Use it all the time... Reheating fries. Home fried potatoes. Delicious asparagus. Toasting bagels, once you figure out the right temp and timing. Fantastic and only takes up a little more counterspace than our toaster oven.