We've been looking at these too, since some enthusiastic recent posts! PROlectrix do a 7litre one for around £35, but we've only seen this in Makro, not accessible to everyone. I would THINK that this would be big enough for 2 people - can anyone confirm?
We've looked in all the supermarkets, Currys and Comet, none of whom have them down here! The only other place that we've seen them is in Robert Dyas, where they had 10litre JML one for £59.99, and a 12litre PROlectric one reduced from £99.99 to £49.99 (or so the label said!).
But it was HUGE!!! I totally agree with everything Circes says about too big to leave out on the worktop, and I'm really envious of anyone who could find cupboard space for it - it would probably have to go into the shed here, if we could carry it that far, it was very heavy as well!!!
However, the staff were very helpful, undid one of the boxes and let us have a look at the booklet. We were totally put off by the suggested cooking times! As far as we can remember, it was 45minutes for a jacket potato - we're used to doing ours in about 6minutes in the microwave, OK, without the lovely crispy skin that we both enjoy, but even so...!!!
The other thing that bothers me is just how BRIGHT is the light? Does it really glare in your eyes, or not as bad as that? The reason I ask is that hubby bought me a SAD lamp last Autumn, one with LED bulbs, and I had to stop using it - it felt like it was burning my eyes! (I'm DREADING the clocks change on 25th October, but that's another story!).
It would be really great if some of you could find the time to post some cooking times, or, even better, some "Halogen Oven Recipes" for those of us who are totally undecided. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who'd be very grateful!!!
Many Thanks in advance!