Rival Popcorn Maker

this is the first hot air popcorn maker i have ever owned.it is simple to understand just fill little butter dish with kernals (do onot over fill or pack to tight) turn on and the popcorn is ready in a matter of minutes. the kids really enjoy watching the kernals pop.

Many negative reviewers here on this product perhaps have missed the boat by not reading the manufacturer's directions supplied with the Rival. If you put the right amount of corn in the hopper, as directed, you will have a decent amount of popcorn with very few kernals unpopped. This unit is designed to work with a properly filled hopper of kernals not just a few teaspoons. I popped my first batch by filling the measuring cup almost to the brim. After consuming most of the corn, I counted 14 kernals that were unpopped in the bowl and 9 unpopped remaining in the hopper. I'd say this is pretty good for a first pop in any machine air or wet. Certainly better than the wet method. Super easy clean-up, the popcorn produced is heathier and to me taste better than I thought. Pop time was about 1.5 minutes to completion. Can you buy a better machine? Possibly, but this one works just fine for -$.