Excellent – We bought the Model 18316 which is the same, but with a few extra features. we could only find a couple of reviews on the web: one great and one terrible! Happily, the terrible reviewer must have had a dud because this unit is fantastic. Cooks evenly, good basket capacity and so safe with kids due to cool exterior and retractable handle, unlike the current fad for rectangular stainlss steel fryers that are so hot to touch and easily pulled off benchtops by the handle by toddlers(on top of themselves). HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Uses less than half the oil due to rotating basket, so don't judge it on it's oil capacity. Basket is much bigger than most others. Easy clean, especially with built-in drain hose and oil receptacle. Cooks well. Effective filters. Safe design wrt kids: cool touch and retractable handle. Hinged lid means no hot oily lid to have to put down on bench. Lid removes for cleaning though, as do filters. Takes a little longer to cook than some.