POPCO The Original Silicone Microwave rn Popper with Handles, Silicone rn Maker, Collapsible rn Bowls Bpa Free and Dishwasher Safe - 15 Colors Available (AQUA)

I purchased this because my air-popper stopped working so I wanted to try something new. The item has worked for me well. I have not had any problems with burning of the product as I have read by others. I do not use oil when cooking my popcorn with this product since I had read by others that it worked well without needing to do so. I confirm that to be the case. My 1200 W microwave is an older model, but it still works great, and I use it on high for 2 minutes to get the perfect batch. I also fill my popcorn between the first and second level mark and it pops it to the brim (yellow popcorn) with no or a couple over edge popcorn. Then I add the popcorn oil and salt after in a separate bowl so I can pop more kernels without needing to wipe out any residue oil. it makes for a very easy quick cleaning. We like popcorn at our home and this popper allows us to adjust oil levels and type of oil to use. We also do other flavors and having the popcorn without oil makes this easy. I use to have to get my air-popper out, pop the popcorn, unplug, then wash the items, and put away. I still go through the same steps, but this is so much easier to clean, use, and put away. I plan to get one for my office. I have no complaints about this product. It is user friendly. I use common sense when using it as well as experimenting microwave timing. I very much like the POPCO popcorn popper and I would recommend it for the popcorn lover. I think it would be a great product to keep at your office, and it could save you much on purchasing the bagged popcorn. I think that popcorn could still be burnt in it just like any microwaveable product. I do not use the popcorn button because I know that each microwave pops popcorn at different levels. Like at home, 2 minutes for the 1200 W is perfect. At work, the 1200 W microwave (newer version) only takes a minute 10 seconds or it will burn it I add anymore time than that. Best thing to do is to figure out what it will take for the particular microwave you plan to use to pop your popcorn. When I first use a microwave, I listen for when the popcorn begins to stop popping or gets intermittent popping, then I stop it. I figure out the time from there, then I work with it increasing or decreasing no more than 5 second increments until I know when it takes too long or leaves a lot of kernels. Then I use that to measure the cooking time. I have found the popcorn button not to be accurate, and more often, it will burn the popcorn. Smaller amounts also take less time. I have learned that also from using the POPCO already as well as popping smaller bags at work and home.

If you make popcorn at home, you need this popcorn popper!! You pour 1/4 cup of popcorn in, stick it in the microwave for allotted time and it pops almost every kernel and the popcorn tastes great! Super easy to use, popcorn is so healthy compared to the bags with oil in them, it works incredibly well and the size is perfect.

Works great just takes some figuring out with your own microwave. First time I used it, I added a bit of oil. If you want burnt popcorn, that’s the way to go. 2nd time I used no oil as the instructions suggested and placed bowl off centre. Was sure to use the popcorn button. Did it pop all the kernels? No. But the bowl gets way too hot and is too flimsy to use as an actual serving bowl especially for children. So I simply just put the popped pieces in another bowl and put the remaining seeds back in the microwave to finish popping. That worked great. Gave 4 stars because the bowl does get so hot. It’s definitely a burn risk and children absolutely should not be the ones taking it out of the microwave. The bowl after 2 uses also seems to be losing its shape but so far that has not seemed to affect the cooking.

looks fine, product came earlier than expected

Love this popcorn bowl. It works well and cleans easily in the top rack of the dishwasher. Price was also good. Makes healthy inexpensive popcorn!