It took me awhile to decide between this and the Ninja version. What pushed me to Cosori were three things, 1) I saw some coating complaints on Ninja including relatively new fryers. 2) while a small difference the Cosori has a lower volume but slightly higher surface area - I care more about surface area than depth that you cant use. 3) I find the Cosori to be sleeker looking
I have owned this machine for two months now and I use it everyday, usually multiple times a day. It makes eating healthier so convenient. I can take a frozen fish/shrimp, throw it in at a lower temp to defrost, season and cook at higher heat to finish. I have made protein french toast, steak, wings, fajitas, eggs, hashbrowns, sausage, and any frozen food as well (wontons, chicken nuggets, veggies, etc).
Cleanup is so easy. I use mine so much that I just wait until I am going to use it to clean. I normally just use the hot water sprayer, sometimes I add a drop of Dawn. If its stuck on then I use the soft side of a sponge. If its really stuck on (rare) I let hot water+dawn soak before attempting to clean. So far it has been really easy to clean and I have never had to use the dishwasher. I do what I can to avoid causing unnecessary wear.
Its a convenient, sleek, fast cooking, lean mean air-frying machine with nice controls/interface. The two basket design allows for alot of flexibility; can use both for 1 item or can make two different things. Can even be helpful for something as simple as heating up a tortillas while the shrimp is finishing up for fish tacos (but make sure you use bake for tortillas, explained below).
The windows look great and are easy to clean as well. I find them most helpful to alert me to issues, watching as its cooking I have seen spinach as well as tortillas flying to the top of the machine. I would have never known if there were no windows. The machine has strong fans, if you are cooking anything light I recommend using the bake function instead.
Tips:
-If both sides are cooking (with time left) but you're finished with one side, you can hold the R or L button down to shut that side off and keep the other cooking
-If you want to change the preset you just hold the function down. For example, I like 15 min, 400 degrees and no preheat or shake for airfry; I set my preferred settings and then press and hold "airfry", now the machine will default to that the next time you go to airfry.