What customers complain about in air fryer reviews
Durability and reliability is the most common complaint in air fryer reviews: 2,502 negative mentions, 27.1% of the 9,244 negative mentions that Amazon counts for 7 widely reviewed air fryers. Cooking performance (1,526) and size (1,136) follow. Adlicio read the counts on 12 November 2026.
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At a glance
Products read
7
Ratings on those products
274,255
Topic mentions counted
56,852
Negative mentions
9,244 (16% of all mentions)
Top complaint
Durability and reliability (2,502)
Most one-sided topic
Odor: 82% of its mentions are negative
Source
Amazon review highlights, read with Adlicio on 12 November 2026
Ranked
The most common air fryer complaints, ranked
The most common air fryer complaints, ranked
Complaint topic
Negative mentions
Share of all negative mentions
Negative share of the topic
Products
Durability and reliability
2,502
27.1%
58%
5 of 7
Cooking performance
1,526
16.5%
7%
7 of 7
Size
1,136
12.3%
29%
6 of 7
Value for money
1,125
12.2%
23%
6 of 7
Odor
1,094
11.8%
82%
1 of 7
Ease of use
628
6.8%
8%
5 of 7
Cooking speed
428
4.6%
11%
6 of 7
Functionality
360
3.9%
18%
2 of 7
Ease of cleaning
282
3.1%
6%
5 of 7
Taste
105
1.1%
9%
2 of 7
5 smaller topics are not in the table. They add up to 58 negative mentions (0.6%).
In buyers' words
What the complaints sound like
Lines from Amazon reviews of these products, as written. Amazon shortens them with "...".
“It was good while it lasted! After 2 1/2 years. It suddenly quit working right in the middle of cooking. No warning, just died.”
“...The basket is completely non-stick. There is a plastic smell for the first couple of times you turn it on but it gradually dissipates and either way...”
On every product page, Amazon groups what reviewers write into topics and counts how many reviews mention each topic in a positive or a negative way. Adlicio read those counts for 7 air fryers on 12 November 2026 and added them up. Nothing is estimated.
The products are 7 widely reviewed air fryers on Amazon US, each with at least 2,000 ratings. This is a sample, not every product in the category.
Amazon shows at most 8 topics for a product, so a topic that is missing for a product is not counted for it. One review can count under more than one topic.
Amazon names the same topic in different ways. These were put together: Durability and reliability (Durability, Reliability); Cooking performance (Cook performance, Cooking performance, Cooks, Performance); Cooking speed (Cooking speed, Cooking time, Speed).
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What do customers complain about most in air fryer reviews?+
Durability and reliability. It has 2,502 negative mentions, 27.1% of all negative mentions across 7 widely reviewed air fryers on Amazon (November 2026). Cooking performance has 1,526 and size has 1,136.
Which air fryer complaint is the most one-sided?+
Odor. 82% of the reviews that mention it are negative (1,094 of 1,334).
Where do these numbers come from?+
From Amazon's review highlights. For each product, Amazon groups what reviewers write into topics and counts the positive and the negative mentions. Adlicio read those counts on 12 November 2026 and added them up for 7 products.
Can I get the same data for my own product?+
Yes. Connect Adlicio to Claude or ChatGPT and paste the product's Amazon link. The answer has the topics with their counts and review lines for each topic. Amazon research needs the Starter plan or higher.
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