Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I was looking for a small-ish deep fryer for me and my boyfriend. I wanted something cheap but good because I didn't know exactly how much I would use it. We don't have a lot of counter space, so size was an issue. I saw this one on Amazon about a week ago for $29.99. The price was perfect but it only had a handful of reviews so I was skeptical. All the reviews were positive though, so I took a chance and ordered it. This thing is pretty much perfect for our needs. The temperature control is accurate, the heating coils are in the oil as opposed to under the unit (this is good, because a crumb layer on the latter kind will make it even harder for your oil to stay the temperature it's supposed to), it came with a nice basket with a collapsible handle. It fits on my countertop and is comparable in size to my Keurig and my Kitchenaid stand mixer. It has a removable layer for easier cleaning. The lid fits as snugly as you would want it to. The basket even has a little catch so it can rest on the edge of the unit and drain your food. Therein lies the only problem I have with this unit and it's incredibly easy to remedy. When it's filled to the max fill line and the basket is hanging on the edge of the unit, there is a slight bit of overlap between the basket and the oil. Which makes it basically impossible to really drain your food, because about 1/4th an inch of your food is still hanging in hot oil. In the future I won't fill it quite to the fill line. Besides, if you cook your food at a high and accurate temperature, there isn't a lot of oil content left on your food. It seemed somewhat counter-intuitive to me, but it's completely true. $30 was an absolute steal for this, I would have gladly paid more knowing now just how well it works.