DASH Fresh Pop Popcorn Maker - Oil-Free, Air Popcorn Popper - With Measuring Cup & Recipe Guide - Perfect for Movie Nights - 16 Cups, Aqua

The technology for air popcorn poppers has greatly improved and this machine makes popping corn a breeze with easy clean-up. The popped corn is not dry and is very flavorful. The machine operates as described and does not take up much room on the counter or in storage. Just add the popcorn and you quickly have a delightful snack. I enjoy the smell of popcorn almost as much as eating it. Great value and the color of the machine can add a pop of color to your counter top.

EXCELLENT! Used the smaller portion for measurement and it is more enough popcorn for 2 adults. This Air Popped popcorn is very tasty and a lot healthier than the packaged can you buy. Very few un-popped kernels left. Quick and Easy to Use. Easy to clean. We melted the butter in the microwave for ease of use - rather than the top container as suggested - we think could get messy. Great Snacking Treat! And, fun to watch! *NOTE: use a large enough bowl to Catch the popcorn.

I purchased this popcorn maker on a whim and I have now used it multiple times. It is really easy to use and does exactly what it’s supposed to do. You just add the kernels, turn it on and it pops quickly (2-3 minutes) with very few unpopped ones. I like that it doesn’t use oil in the machine as it doesn’t require a bunch of clean up. It’s also small enough to leave out or store without taking up much space. The only downside is the butter tray doesn’t actually melt the butter very well — it mostly just softens it, so I still melt butter separately. That part is a bit disappointing as the butter melting ability was one of the draws I had to this machine. Other than that, it’s been reliable and great for quick popcorn at home. Side note, I highly recommend using butter flavored coconut oil as a butter alternative as well. It tastes great and helps give that movie theater butter taste. Just don’t forget to add a little salt too. Yum!

I gave this 5 stars because it does what it advertises, it is quick, one heaping measuring cup fills a 5-quart mixing bowl with popcorn, it is easy to fill, clean up takes about 5 seconds, its compact, and the price is right. Some comments. Be careful because it is quite hot after use, as warned in the instructions. I mention this, because one does not expect a thin plastic item to be that hot. When all the corn is popped, I turn off the button and go about adding butter and some salt to the popcorn then sit and enjoy it. Later I come back for my 5 second clean up. It is inefficient to melt the butter in the measuring cup, I use a paper bowl in the micro, easy and no clean up. I have been on a low carb diet for a year, and this is my go-to snack. Use it about every two days. It does shoot some popped and unpopped corn around the countertop, but I don’t find it to be bothersome. There is only one item that slightly bothers me, and that is the two plastic clips that attach the plastic top to the base. They seem to be somewhat fragile. And therefore, I am careful when I attach the top to the base.

Like others have said, it leaves some unpopped kernels in the machine and also discharges a few of them into the bowl. But it’s still better than stovetop and quicker too. I didn’t try melting the butter. That can be done in the microwave.

This is a popcorn making monster. The commercial style delivery of the popcorn dictates The Vessel used to catch it. 1 scoop of popcorn makes over 2 gallons of popped popcorn. A regular size bowl is not going to be adequate. I use a 2 1/2 gallon stainless steel milk bucket with bale handle. It's high, with the handle I can angle it over and I catch pretty much 100% of the popcorn. Machine Works fantastic, the only complaints I hear about it is that it works too good. Two and a half gallons of popped popcorn or not going to fit in any average bowl that I know of.

Don't believe the hype, The hot air blows about 10% of the kernels un-popped out of the popper with enough force to land all over the kitchen. The popped kernels come out and in the vicinity of the receiving bowl, but the design doesn't guarantee that they will land in the bowl so they spill out somewhere close, but only occasionally "in". The top design doesn't direct the popped kernels into a receiving bowl, no matter where you place that bowl. On the good side, the popcorn never gets burned, tastes great, and you do get fresh popcorn in about 3 minutes. The butter holder is useless, the butter usually isn't melted by the time the popcorn is done and you can't remove it to pour over popcorn until the maker is turned off, which means only the top layer of popcorn gets adequately buttered.

I ordered the DASH Hot Air Popcorn Popper Maker with Measuring Cup in white. I only ordered it because it was the best price I could find, however, the negative comments are definitely correct. The positives besides the decent cost is that it's effortless for prep. You have to be careful when you put the plastic top on, because I could see how easy it would be to break some of the tabs. There is a butter container if you want to melt that which I will not test because the reason I ordered this was for a healthy snack so I don't want butter. You just plug it in, put in your kernels, and press the power button and wait a few minutes. It does make popcorn fairly quickly, and this thing is quite loud. I used to have an air popper, and I don't remember that one being very loud. Some of my animals do not like this thing at all. It gets the job done but there are several negatives. This thing is crazy and has a mind of its own. This thing can shoot out alot of unpopped kernels. I have to try and gather them so I can put them back in, but they are hot and burn your fingers. Then some other unpopped kernels will come out as it pops and then a dump of them at the end. Then it seems sometimes this thing just goes completely crazy at the end and starts shooting them all over the kitchen. Then you think it's done and some more will blow up right in your face. It's absolute chaos, but it doesn't happen every time it seems. The animals think it's fabulous when a bunch of stuff falls on the floor, but I have a dog with allergies so he can't be out when this thing is on. It's also hard to find unpopped kernels that fly on the floor. However, because a lot of the good quality ones are so much more expensive, you just get what you pay for and I think it would be unreasonable to expect too much from this unit. I use this everyday and several times a day, and it does get the job done. But if I'm going to keep up this daily habit, I might need a higher quality one because this is too much extra work when I care about the unpopped kernels and grand finale kernel shootout at the end. You'll have to pick your poison to either pay alot more money for a popper that has more maturity or pay much less and deal with chaos.