Nostalgia (APH200RED) Hot Air Popcorn Popper Reviews

My grandmother had this type of popper when it was considered cutting edge in the late 1970's so I was excited to get a chance to try a more modern version. The old adage that everything gets better with age is not the case here. Poured in the appropriate amount of corn from the handy measuring cup/butter melter. Fired it up and wham popcorn kernels everywhere! Counter-top, bowl, floor, walls, you get the picture. The design flaw in this product is the small size. The original version was tall enough that the un-popped corn found its way back to the popping chamber while only the popped kernels escaped via air flow. This version only popped about 2/3 of the corn and the rest went literally everywhere! While the popping time was very fast the lack of efficiency Is a dealbreaker for me.

This great, small sized popper uses NO OILS, in fact you cannot add any to this machine without damaging it. But that's ok, just add anything AFTER the popping is done. This is my first HOT AIR popper and I love it. You will have to really try hard to mess this popcorn making process up. It pops a maximum of 1/4 cup kernels which is about one and one half the size of a normal bag of microwave pop corn but so much better tasting. I like to SPRAY olive oil lightly over mine and then salt. There is one caution note I want to pass. This thing blows hot air (duh) and get pretty hot ALL OVER IT, so just be careful. If you pop into a stainless steel bowl like I did, that bowl will also be very hot. I suggest a pot holder glove(s) to turn the thing upside down, when finished, to get all the popped corn out of it as soon as you stop it. It takes about 2 minutes to complete popping and does NOT have a timer. Time stopping is determined by 2 or less pops / second. I would recommend this popper for two person servings or make multiple batches.

I have an old one of my grandmothers but when this arrived was so happy. Very good quality!!! So easy to use, plug it in and push the switch on or off. I knew this was coming spo was prepared, lol. Bought the popcorn kernals, a jug of popcorn butter flavored oil and a topping to sprinkle on (my husband and son like lots of butter flavor). Measure how much according to directions on popcorn ( if you use too much it will lift the top off of the popper). Lift the lid and pour it inreplace lid and turn on. Kids will love watching it pop, just dont forget to put a big bowl underneath. You can also put butter in the lid top and it will melt while corn is popping then just pour it on. I highly recommend this product!

This Nostalgia popper is really easy to use. Small in size but works great. If you love eating popcorn, I recommend this popper. It pops a good amount of popcorn with each go.

Works great took it out of box got some popcorn followed the instructions and in minutes we had great popcorn and almost 100% of the kernels popped better percentage than any other popcorn popper I have used plus pops a lot more of the kernels in the microwave bags and no chance of burning the popcorn you can also add butter flavor if that is your style of popcorn I would recommend to anyone who likes fresh popcorn in minutes with minimum amount of clean up

After opening the package the first two things I noticed was the popper was very light and quite attractive. I mean that its design was nice enough to be able to display it on your counter instead of hiding it away. After examining it closer I did feel that its construction was a little less sturdy than I would have liked. The clear plastic shroud is fairly flimsy. So to get started making popcorn the directions say to warm up the popper for 2-3 minutes, shut it off and load the popcorn into the popping chamber, then turn back on. During this warming up period it did give off a light smell. Not really unpleasant, just notable. It is also a little louder than I would of liked but not too annoying. After loading and starting up it quickly got to popping the goods. Be sure to have a bowl underneath the chute because it does pour out the spout pretty well. It finished popping the full load(1/4 cup) quickly without burning any of the kernels. Simple and easy to use! Be aware that at the beginning of the popping two or three of the uncooked kernel could get pushed out of the chute because of the activity. No more oil in a pan or burnt kernels for this guy. Fresh, fast and healthy!

Sure, there's always microwave popcorn, but when you want to get away from all the oil and all the bags, there's the Nostalgia Hot Air Popcorn Popper. We got this hot air popper because we were ready to cut calories a bit while still enjoying popcorn, especially while virtually trapped inside without regular gym visits during the corona shutdowns. This popper sure helps. It's so very easy to use. Pour the popcorn kernels into the included measuring cup (which, by the way, doubles as a butter melting dish if you want) and then into the popper. Turn the popper on. That's pretty much all there is to it. We've had hot air poppers before but it's been a while. The biggest thing I remembered about earlier poppers was the number of unpopped kernels coming out of it (or staying in, unpopped) so I had some reservations about the Nostalgia popper. This time I tried preheating the popper. The Nostalgia popper warmed up fast. Really fast. So, I lifted off the plastic chute from the base and poured the warm popcorn kernels into the base. In less than a minute the first kernels popped. They didn't pop out of the chute as I expected, but stayed inside the base. However, as more and more kernels popped, they began lifting up out of the base, through the chute and into the waiting bowl. In under three minutes all but about a half dozen kernels were popped. Actually better than microwave popcorn, with more popcorn in a single use than is in the microwave bags. Because of that, everyone can have some and all eat at the same time with all the different seasonings available. If you're looking for a way to cut back on some calories while still enjoying a great looking, stylish machine that makes fantastic tasting popcorn, look no further. I can recommend this Nostalgia Hot Air Popcorn Popper without reservations.

I received this product to review is a Walmart spark reviewer. Everything came packaged very nicely and separately. The unit was very easy to put together. It also has a manual and there are some really nice popcorn recipes in it that I will have to try. I clean the unit out as instructed with a damp cloth and dried with paper towel just remove any dust if there was any on it. Second thing I did was plugging it in and let it warm up for 3 minutes. It does make a noise but not a disturbing or loud noise it's just normal however, the top part of the unit did get very hot to the touch so I would advise not to let kids use it because of that top falls off and then go to pick it up their hands are going to get burned. After warming up for 3 minutes I measured out 1/4 cup of kernels I used yellow kernel corn. I added those kernels to the measuring cup that was included with the unit. It didn't feel it all the way to the top but that was good because the instructions said not to fill the included cup up to the top because it could jam up the unit or burn the popcorn. Are then put a great big bowl under the unit and turned on the air popper. I added a half a stick of butter up into the measuring cup so it would melt and I can pour it over my popcorn. All the popcorn popped quickly and there were no kernels left at the bottom of the unit it gave a nice size helping, which you can see in the video. Turn the unit off and then I poured the melted butter and added some garlic parmesan cheese seasoning into the popcorn shook it up a little bit and sat down and enjoyed it while I watched a movie. This is a very nice unit I would highly recommend it but again keep an eye on kids if they're using it because it did get very hot at the top. I was unable to upload my video unfortunately it was good but it was too big so I just took a couple photos

Love the red color on this Hot Air Popper. It brings back so many fond memories of sitting around watching tv and eating our hot popcorn with my husband and son. I've used microwave popcorn for years. It just doesn't have the same fresh taste and smell as this Hot Air Popper. Tastes just like the popcorn you get at your local theater. The little cup in the lid is just perfect for melting butter to put on the popcorn. No un-popped kernels or burnt ones like I always used to get out of the microwave.

My quarantined college daughter loves popcorn - but she hates making it on the stovetop. We bought this nicely priced unit to see how it would work - and were surprised how well it did for the price. She simply poured the standard amount of kernels into the machine and a few minutes later 99.99% of them had popped and she had a full bowl of popcorn. Highly recommended for snacking so easy that a college kid can do it. Adulting! (See her pics.)