The Stir Crazy popcorn popper pops great popcorn. The person who wrote this article didn't pop it right, either the wrong amount of oil or popcorn. Also, cleaning the butter tray before the flip? What's that about? It has a lid, just put the lid on it, and clean later (the bowl can be cleaned in the dishwasher). If you flip too late, the popcorn will burn. I have used this machine for almost 20 years and have seldom ever had a problem, and all were user error.

Since I've used this machine, many of my good friends have purchased one and several of their friends have too. It's a great popper. Not to put the others down, but each has there own quality. The air popper has its own taste, which is great but not the same as the theater popcorn many people want. The stove top one is great, but has a performance similar to a stir crazy, plus work.

As far as popcorn poppers go, for price and quality: Stir Crazy.